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Catfest - LNYC this weekend (Sept. 11-12) #218916
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Here's the link to the regatta site:

http://www.catfest.net/catfest_2010.htm

If you're planning on attending, please pre-register. This is a great venue with plenty of campsites and top notch facilities. It will also be an opportunity to get out and practice at the same location as this year's D North Alter Cup Qualifier.

Hope to see everyone there!

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Re: Catfest - LNYC this weekend (Sept. 11-12) [Re: drbinkle] #218917
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For you out of townies:

CatFest 2010 ,120 Ruby Lane, Gastonia, NC 28054


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Re: Catfest - LNYC this weekend (Sept. 11-12) [Re: Timbo] #218919
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Thanks Timbo. That address is Scott Smith's (regatta organizer) home address in case you wanted to send the entry fee with your pre-registration, but it's not required.

The closest address I could find for the club is:

297 Yacht Road
Mooresville, NC 28117

It's about 10-15 minutes from I-77, about 45 minutes north of Charlotte NC.

Re: Catfest - LNYC this weekend (Sept. 11-12) [Re: drbinkle] #218920
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I'm there..


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Re: Catfest - LNYC this weekend (Sept. 11-12) [Re: MarkW_F18] #218928
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Dave and I will be there, launching the new F20c - "Alpha Cat"

Re: Catfest - LNYC this weekend (Sept. 11-12) [Re: mikekrantz] #218932
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watchout for the rating on that one :P

Re: Catfest - LNYC this weekend (Sept. 11-12) [Re: ThunderMuffin] #218933
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provisional numbers issued

D-PN = 57.9

BN-HC
0-1 = 61.8
2-3 = 58.2
4 = 58.0
5-9 = 57.3

Re: Catfest - LNYC this weekend (Sept. 11-12) [Re: mikekrantz] #218935
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I'm there on the A


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Re: Catfest - LNYC this weekend (Sept. 11-12) [Re: Jake] #218939
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Originally Posted by Jake
I'm there on the A


Bring the N20, pansy.


Trey
Re: Catfest - LNYC this weekend (Sept. 11-12) [Re: NCSUtrey] #218940
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Originally Posted by NCSUtrey
Originally Posted by Jake
I'm there on the A


Bring the N20, pansy.


yeah yeah....I may not make it until Saturday morning and the 20 minute boat setup is much more attractive than is another opportunity to whoop up on you guys at the moment. grin


Jake Kohl
Re: Catfest - LNYC this weekend (Sept. 11-12) [Re: drbinkle] #218941
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I wish I could make it but Joleen signed us up to run the Force 5 Nationals this week(end). Sigh - Catfest is always fun.

Regards,
Eric

Re: Catfest - LNYC this weekend (Sept. 11-12) [Re: mikekrantz] #218942
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Hmmm

ARC 22 ODR spi (SC22) ARC22 57.0 60.4 57.8 56.7 55.3


Marstrom 20 carbon spi M20 58.0 61.0 59.0 57.5 55.0

Nacra F20 NF20 57.9 61.8 58.2 58.0 57.3

I am a bit surprised that the F20 is slower then the ARC 22! Having the rating a microsecond faster then the M20 is just politics. (it's an insignificant difference)

Texel ratings for 20 footers'

Nacra 20... 96
Tornado... 94
Eagle 20.... 89-96 (multiple configs)
Marstrom 20... 85 to 91 (multiple configs)
Nacra F20... 89
Hobie Fox Concept 89

So... on average.. the new carbon boats are 5 to 6 minutes per 100 minutes faster then standard fiberglass cored boats.

The fatal problem for USPN is this... from USSA PN site.
* That each boat placing first in each class was sailed to its true potential by a perfect crew according to flawless strategy;

Translated... this means that when you sail the any boat to its number you win. So... when you are the only boat... you sailed it perfectly...and given the numbers of US boats.
F20 1
M20 2
Arc 22.... 10?

The finish times of the single F20 will represent a perfectly sailed boat against the rest of the fleet.... By definition! pretty soon.... the F20 rating database is simply the owners personal handicap data ...It is not a measure of the boats performance... (unless you think Mike always sails perfect races)

The Portsmouth math simply won't work to generate an accurate rating for the F20 with so few boats out there racing in the US.

We should just use Texel or SCHRS measurement handicaps and stop pretending that PN will work for these new designs in the current environment.

Alternatively... just bracket the boats that use a guesstimate of the USPN rating (based on Texel or SCHRS) and freeze the USPN rating until a fleet materializes and the statistics have some meaning. I would say that a class needs a One design schedule and sufficient multiple boat data points in PN races before it's rating can be unfrozen and the bracket removed.

The world is unkind to boats that don't sail to their measurement rating... (especially if they don't get enough support to form a One Design class)


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Re: Catfest - LNYC this weekend (Sept. 11-12) [Re: Mark Schneider] #218943
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Mark,

The provisional rating was derived by looking at the SCHRS ratings and associated boats. It wasn't just a wild butt guess on the portsmouth committee's part. Whether or not it accurately reflects our performance remains to be seen. Until we hit the water, it's all speculation...

-Mike

Re: Catfest - LNYC this weekend (Sept. 11-12) [Re: mikekrantz] #218945
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Have you been on the water enough to get a feel for the boat?


Pete Pollard
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Re: Catfest - LNYC this weekend (Sept. 11-12) [Re: pgp] #218947
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still in the assembly stage. Friday should be the first splash

Re: Catfest - LNYC this weekend (Sept. 11-12) [Re: mikekrantz] #218948
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Mike

I am sure the USPN guestimated interpolated, calculated... what ever ... the rating from SCHRS or Texel.... but that's not the point. The accuracy of the rating is not the issue.

After 5 races... the provisional status changes... after 15 races ... *not regattas just races) the brackets are removed.... The USPN committee can run the numbers and adjust the F20 DPN rating...

If they do this... the rating will simply reflect your performance. The PN system is just not designed to work well this way...

My solution is just to leave the brackets on the F20 rating until a US Fleet develops and generates enough data from enough different helms for the portsmouth math to work.... Likewise for the M20's and other one of a kind boats.. (CFR 20).

Remember... it was a political decision that brackets around a rating prevented an owner from racing it in the Area Championships. That is the only practical importance of brackets around a rating.

Just let the bracketed ratings represent classes that are not yet statistically averaged (but the PN committee is collecting wind speed data)




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Re: Catfest - LNYC this weekend (Sept. 11-12) [Re: Mark Schneider] #218954
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But what if he wants to race it in an area championship?

You buyin' one Mark? I didn't think so. MYOFB, bud.
That'd be A cat, in case ya forgot.


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Re: Catfest - LNYC this weekend (Sept. 11-12) [Re: Team_Cat_Fever] #218957
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Todd

Fair ratings are every one's business... The F16 FUBAR is proof that the issue should be dealt with at the very beginning....

Racing the F20 in an area championship is only a problem if the process that generates the rating is unfair or formed in a smoke filled room someplace. Remember, It was an area championship that precipitated the F16 FUBAR in the first place. It was an area championship that caused the bracket rule to be enforced in the qualifiers.

If you are using a PN measurement rating that is derived from a SCHRS or Texel measurement rating and interpolated for USPN... so long as the boat in question measures in... aka is a stock boat in the case of the OD F20... What is the problem?

The M20's and CFR 20's can get measured under SCHRS or Texel... get a firm measurement cert and rating ... and translate it to portsmouth and race a qualifier if they want... My proposal is to keep the rating anchored (put brackets around the ratings) until fleets materialize with data.

The rating will be fair to all of the competitors at a qualifier... It will be fair to the F20 owner. The USPN system won't be corrupted anymore then it already is. The process is strait forward and clear. It eliminates much of the politics and BS around ratings (See past history of F16 and to a lesser extent the F18HT, F18, N20 ratings development).

However, you only get the benefit when you publicly announce the policy and put it in writing.


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Re: Catfest - LNYC this weekend (Sept. 11-12) [Re: Jake] #218959
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Originally Posted by Jake
Originally Posted by NCSUtrey
Originally Posted by Jake
I'm there on the A


Bring the N20, pansy.


yeah yeah....I may not make it until Saturday morning and the 20 minute boat setup is much more attractive than is another opportunity to whoop up on you guys at the moment. grin


Sh*t's weak, old man.


Trey
Re: Catfest - LNYC this weekend (Sept. 11-12) [Re: NCSUtrey] #218974
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Originally Posted by NCSUtrey
Originally Posted by Jake
Originally Posted by NCSUtrey
Originally Posted by Jake
I'm there on the A


Bring the N20, pansy.


yeah yeah....I may not make it until Saturday morning and the 20 minute boat setup is much more attractive than is another opportunity to whoop up on you guys at the moment. grin


Sh*t's weak, old man.


hah....soon. The General needs to stretch his legs soon though.




Jake Kohl
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