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The home page of the U.S. national committee for Performance Handicap Racing Fleet (PHRF) ratings. Here′s the place to start to understand local fleet racing. Includes links to local fleets and discussions of Time On Time scoring and Golf Handicaps.
[US Sailing, Portsmouth, RI, USA]
Here is one definition of a performance cruiser, together with the answers to questions you may have about speed, motion, and shorthanding in these designs. The author helps you think about whether a performance cruiser is right for you.
[J/Boats Inc., Newport, RI, USA]
An explanation of the PHRF handicapping system used by cruising boats that want to race. The Handicappers Manual gives a more detailed look at the processing of assigning a PHRF rating.
[PHRF Lake Ontario, USA]
Yet another handicapping system used to rate widely different boats for racing on the same course.
[US Sailing, Portsmouth, RI, USA]
Racing your cruising boat requires a completely different mindset, according to the author, and it can trash the interior of your floating home very quickly.
[Fantasia 35 Owners, USA]
Forum for racers of all types, not just racer/cruisers. But there are good postings about races and rallies that attract cruising boats, as well as about specific boats. Question and answers format. No search facility.
[Sailing World, Palm Coast, FL, USA]
A history of sailboat handicapping systems and description of the organizations sponsoring rules today - more political than technical.
[Sailtexas.com, 30 January 2005]
Here are typical steps you need to take before you can join a local PHRF racing fleet. Each PHRF district has similar procedures.
[San Diego Performance Handicap Racing Fleet, Sna Diego, CA, USA]
If you are thinking of racing your boat, you will be lot more popular if you know the rules. Here they are in .pdf form.
[International Sailing Federation, Southampton, Hampshire, UK]
Another popular handicapping system used to rate widely different boats for racing on the same course.
[US Sailing, Portsmouth, RI, USA]If a man must be possessed by something, I suppose a boat is as good as anything, perhaps a bit better than most.
E. B. White
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