Dinghy Handicap Update

I just found out that the RYA issued an update to their Portsmouth handicaps this spring based on race results in the UK. We rely on the RYA handicaps for scoring dinghy races.

These make a very slight difference to several boats in our fleet:

		Old	New 	Diff
Laser 1104 1103 0.1%
Laser Radial 1154 1156 -0.2%
Laser 4.7 1216 1218 -0.2%
Musto Skiff 834 830 0.5%
RS Vision 1145 1150 -0.4%
Tasar 1019 1022 -0.3%
Wayfarer 1109 1107 0.2%

A positive difference means skippers in that boat have to sail faster.

After consultation with appropriate members in the club, I will be implementing these new handicaps for races as of September 5th.

2026 Commodore’s Cup

Beautiful day and excellent turn out for Commodore’s Cup. 15 boats racing. The wind was light from the south. The weather held out for a delightful BBQ on the upper deck.

All Club Lasers and 420s were in use in a fleet that included a Tasar, a scow, ten Lasers and three 420’s. The race committe –, Commodore Jan, David and Judie — did an excellent job running five races. Scoring was based on the best four results for each skipper.

Overall results top 10:

                      POINTS

1 st     Craig                                5

2nd    Sharlene                          8   

3rd     Charles + Maureen.     14

4th     Penny                              16

5th     Wendy                            18

6th (Tie) Jean                            23
          Anna + Sara.                    23

7th    Patti                                 25

8th    Phil                                   32

9th     Cole + Bennett               34

10th   Lisa                                  37

Race by Race:

RACE 1	
Craig B 1
Sharlene 2
Patti 3
Feavers 4
Phil 5
Wendy 6
Jean 7
Cole Baker 8
Amanda 9
Sarah 10
Penny 11
Shelley 12
Lisa 13
Rosemary 15

RACE 2
Sharlene 1
Craig B 2
Penny 3
Patti 4
Feavers 6
Sarah 7
Amanda 8
Jean 9
Lisa 10
Cole Baker 11
Phil 12
Shelley 13
Ian 14
Rosemary 15

RACE 3
Craig B 1
Penny 2
Jean 3
Wendy 4
Sharlene 5
Feavers 6
Cole Baker 7
Sarah 8
Phil 9
Lisa 10
Amanda 11
Patti 12
Rosemary 13
Shelley 15

RACE 4
Sharlene 1
Feavers 2
Sarah 3
Jean 4
Penny 5
Patti 6
Craig B 7
Wendy 8
Phil 9
Lisa 10
Amanda 11
Rosemary 12
Shelley 13
Cole Baker 14

Race 5
Craig B 1
Feavers 2
Wendy 3
Sharlene 4
Sarah 5
Penny 6
Lisa 7
Cole Baker 8
Phil 9
Jean 10
Patti 11
Amanda 12
Shelley 13
Ian 14
Rosemary 15