USPHRF Committee Spring Meeting March 17 2006
Members Present:
Bruce Bingman, PHRF Chesapeake; James Walsh, PHRF Mid-Atlantic, Bill Kellner, PHRF LE;
Paul Ansfield, PHRF-LM; Jim Tichenor,PHRF-GB; Alan McMillan,PHRF-LM;
Bill Baxter, PHRF-WLIS;David Ross;Robert Warnecke LM-PHRF;Trey Ritter,LMPHRF
Guests:
Randy Pugh, Dick Hampikian, John Seigel, Peter Reichelsdorper, Lloyd Kaegen,Bob Porter,
Bobbi Campbell, Geoff Smith, Jim Teeters, Jerry Montgomery, Bruce Campbell, Maura Power
Call to Order: 11:45AM
Secretary Report:
Submission of last meeting minutes. Motion to accept, second: unanimously approved
Announcements from the Chairperson
1) The USPHRF actions need to be reported thru the correct channels, this will be
defined with the new structure of US SAILING, We will update our procedure as
the new structure of US SAILING proceeds
2) We need to update all committee member data.
USPHRF information on the web
1) Handicap Book
There is an intention to get the PHRF Red book on the web. As the fleet information
is updated we will also be working on uploading the data to the web site so that sailors
and PHRF’s will be able to search the USPHRF fleet data. We are also working on getting
the rig database available to USSAILING members and are working on issues associated with this.
Question?
What items should we add to the rig database?
LOA, spin & LP
Discussion:
We need to work on helping sailors understand PHRF and how we can help area fleets.
If we publish the red book ratings on the web we need a disclaimer about how
the ratings posted are a guide.
We need more coordination between US and Canadian sailors who are using
the USPHRF system.
Should there be PHRF endorsed certificates? It is up to the owner to supply the
correct measurements. Perhaps as a second level of certification.
What do we do with fleets that abuse the PHRF process?
The rig database weights are not accurate
How to raise membership in US SAILING
Crew memberships
Universal memberships
There is a need to develop a USPHRF member email list
Is there a need for Point to point ratings
New boat and Handicap Change Reports
1) We need to start having electronic interim minutes
USPHRF Appeal Committee: (Ansfield)
One appeal from the west coast was heard since the previous meeting.
We have one open appeal from Lake Michigan to be heard ASAP
KWRW & AMRW Handicap Consortia (Bingman & Collins)
ISAF activities
The Norwegian constituent’s requests that were discussed in past meeting are still on
the table with ISAF and are still an issue.
Fleets size:
We now have about 52 plus fleets in the US. This is not to suggest that fleets have closed
down, many small fleets have combined. There are between 18 – 22k boats using
PHRF as its rating system.
Trial Handicaps (Bingman)
USPHRF can offer to local fleet’s guidance of boats by giving trial handicap ranges.
This is very helpful with new High performance boats and also many new cruiser racers.
USPHRF can supply these numbers while still giving the local PHRF’s the ability to
still manage the numbers at a local level.
Handicapping Canting Keels and Moveable Ballast
This has not been a problem for USPHRF but may be a problem for RM groups similar to
when sprit boats first came on the racecourse
USPHRF Documents
All committee members need to review the present documents available on the
web site and email in suggested changes.
Technical Presentations
Graphic Views of Race Analysis (Ansfield)
Imputed handicaps (Bingman)
Ballpark predictions of performance handicaps (Warnecke)
Meeting concluded
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James M. Walsh
USPHRF Secretary