This does raise the question of how we should race in open events. If we have an F16 event, we race 1-up vs 2-up on the water. In an open event, we have handicaps of 0.98 vs 1.02 which is a fair spread. Presumably nobody would object if the 2-up F16s accepted the vicious 0.98 handicap, but that rather ruins our chances against other classes (3% faster than an F18?)

I am hoping that one of the things to come out of Simon's work on the SCHRS will be a slower rating for the single-handers. I think our experience on the F16s is a good data point here: our boats are comparable on the water 1-up vs 2-up over a reasonable range of wind conditions. Unless SCHRS adopts separate low-wind / high-wind ratings, a formula that comes up with a very similar figure for the two F16 configurations would seem both reasonable and defensible.

As an aside, I think we should make a point of including "F16" in the boat name when signing on. Aside from making the RC's job easier, it's a small but important piece of class promotion to get the class name in the results.

Paul