Hi Carl,

> We should be comparing the rating systems,
> the other method is to list race results in both
> Texel and Portsmouth for direct comparison...

Why? :-))

The fact that there are N different ways of reasonably rating a boat clearly implies that it cannot and never will be an 'exact' methodology. Each rating sys will have it's quirks, but surely in general the better sailors will tend to win, etc etc.

I personally think that as long as the various rating systems are reasonable, it doesn't really matter which you use. Sure there will be some place changing but nothing dramatic... (?)

One bad tack in a cat and you can throw the decimal points of out the window anyway...

Or perhaps that's just one of my bad tacks... :-)

Regards,
Colin
www.sailwave.com