Handicap and Rating Rules all attempt to level different boat sizes, shapes, weights, and speeds. When wind direction, wind speed and wave heights are thrown into this complex mathematical computations, we learn that different designs simply perform differently in different conditions. Just remember, the keyword is "attempt!"
Features: easy, quick to get handicap, requires some measurement, easy to understand, handicap determined by a Committee based on performance of the boat and its sisterships; cheap, started in late 1940’s.
Features: sophisticated, requires some or all measurement, quick to get rating if sistership on file, if no sistership on file it requires full measurement in and out of the water, takes some reading to understand, computer 3D modeling based Velocity Prediction Program determines boat’s rating, moderate to expensive, evolved from the “Measurement Handicap System” which began in 1976.
Features: ORR-ez is a hybrid Velocity Prediction Program (VPP), with both scientific and observed factors used to create handicap ratings.
Features: Easy, PHRF-based, Quick to Get Handicap, Easy to Understand, Cheap.
Features: Easy, Designed for Cruising Boats Up To 24’ In Length, Cheap, Founded in 1954.
Features: Easy, Requires Moderate Measurement, While Measurement Data is Public - a Secret Committee Makes Adjustments to Boats Handicap, Takes Some Reading Yet Easy to Apply, Moderate Cost, Founded Early 2000’s.
Features: Easy, Quick to Get Handicap, Fleets Nationwide Turn In Race Results Annually That Recalculates the One-Design Handicap Number, Intended for Small One-Design Classes, Inexpensive, Introduced in the 1950’s.
See "Contact Us" above for the listing of the current members of the LMSRF Measurement Rules Committee. You may contact them with questions or for guidance.