by admin » Wed Feb 25, 2009 9:23 pm
Base rating PHRF New England is 39. OK, so they nick you 6 for the keel mod, that's 33. I've forgotten the other mods, but whatever, back around 6, 7 years ago PHRF of the 'Peake awarded older boats 6 seconds in order to "keep older designs competitive." Not sure if early 80's qualifies as an "older boat" but whomever decided 27 was an OK rating for a 42 on the Chesapeake is clearly on acid.
(I think they do a lot of acid at PHRF of the 'Peake)
I got a ride on a J-122 this past season. Optimized for IRC, but the PHRF number is 30. I think it's a pretty fast boat, faster than a 42. A 42 is going to have a bitch of a time racing PHRF against a J122. Farr 395 is rated 27. A 395 is going to eat a 42's lunch DW in anything over 15, and it aint like the 42 is going to be able to waterline the 395 uphill.
PHRF of the Ches....OK it's volunteers and all that, yada yada, but I think they have a very very hard time thinking creatively down there. I think their approach is very formulaic and if they use VPP's, they are based on some completely separate reality.
--Your insolent, irreverent admin who clearly has an axe to grind with PHRF Ches.