US SAILING

Portsmouth Yardstick Centerboards



2006 TABLE OF NORTH AMERICAN PORTSMOUTH NUMBERS
AND WIND DEPENDENT HANDICAPS


CENTERBOARD
CLASSES
March 2006


Copyright © 2006 by N. E. Richards and J. F. Spinnler
Reprint permission by authors is required  for material in the Portsmouth Yardstick
Please contact hobockd@aol.com for permission
 

Centerboards  •  Centerboards-Inactive  •  Multihulls  •  Multihulls-Inactive  •  MH Modification Factors 
 
MH Wts  •  Keelboats  •  Offshore A-E  •  Offshore F-O  •  Offshore P-Z

2006 Change: BYTE2
2008 Changes: AM-18   VAG17/HLR17

CENTERBOARD CLASSES USSA DPN WIND HC FOR BEAUFORT RANGE
********************************* CODE BN 0-1 BN 2-3 BN 4 BN 5-9
14    (Int.) 14 85.4 86.9 85.6 84.2 84.1
29er 29 85.1 [86.0] 85.5 (84.0)  
405   (Int.) 405 89.9   (89.2)    
420   (Int. or Club) 420 97.7 103.2 100.0 94.9 90.8
470   (Int.) 470 86.3 91.4 88.4 85.0 82.1
49er  (Int.) 49 68.8   69.8    
505   (Int.) 505 79.9 82.3 80.9 79.7 78.0
A Scow A-SC 61.3 [63.2] 62.0 [56.0]  
Akroyd AKR 99.3 (97.7) 99.4 [102.8]  
Albacore (15') ALBA 90.4 94.4 92.6 88.7 85.8
Alpha ALPH 110.4 (105.5) 110.3 110.3  
Alpha One ALPHO 89.5 90.3 90.0 [90.5]  
Alpha Pro ALPRO (97.3)   (98.3)    
American 14.6 AM-146 96.1   96.5    
American 16 AM-16 104.4 (110.2) 105.2    
American 18 AM-18 [102.0]        
Apollo C/B (15'9") APOL 92.4 96.6 94.4 (90.0) (89.1)
Aqua Finn AQFN 106.3   106.4    
Arrow 15 ARO15 (96.7)   (96.4)    
B14 B14 (81.0)   (83.9)    
Bandit (Canadian) BNDT 98.2   (100.2)    
Bandit 15 BND15 97.9 100.7 98.8 96.7 [96.7]
Bandit 17 BND17 (97.0) [101.6] (99.5)    
Banshee BNSH 93.5 96.1 94.5 92.5 [90.6]
Barnegat 17 BG-17 100.3   100.9    
Barnegat Bay Sneakbox B16F 110.6   110.5 [107.4]  
Barracuda BAR (102.0)   (100.0)    
Beetle Cat (12'4",C.Rig) BEE-C 120.6 (121.7) 119.5 118.8  
Blue Jay BJ 108.6 110.1 109.5 107.2 (106.7)
Bombardier 4.8 BOM4.8 94.9 [97.1] 96.1    
Bonito BNTO 122.3 (128.5) (122.5)    
Boss w/spi BOS 74.5   75.1    
Buccaneer 18' spi (SWN18) BCN 87.0 89.3 87.0 86.3 85.8
Butterfly BUT 108.4 110.1 109.4 106.9 106.7
Buzz BUZ 80.5   81.4    
Byte BYTE 97.4 97.6 97.4 96.2 [95.3]
Byte CII BYTE2 [91.6] [91.7] [91.6 [90.4] [89.6]
C Scow C-SC 79.1 81.4 80.1 78.1 77.6
Canoe (Int.) I-CAN 79.1 [81.6] 79.4 (79.0)  
Canoe 4 Mtr 4-CAN 121.0   121.6    
Canoe 4 Mtr (ACA Class) 4-CAN2 (118.4)   (120.2)    
Canoe 5 Mtr 5-CAN 110.6 (109.0) 111.9    
Capri (see Catalina)            
Caprice CPR 102.3 [103.1] 103.7    
Catalina 13 (Capri) CAT13 92.1 94.0 92.5 (90.4)  
Catalina 14.2 (Capri) CAT142 99.4 100.1 99.7 99.2  
Catalina 14.2 Keel (Capri) CAT142K (100.4)        
Catalina 16.5 (Capri) no spi CAT165 96.6 96.5 95.6 94.9  
Catalina Expo 12.5 CAT125 (102.0)   (101.0)    
Celebrity w/Genoa CEL 90.2 93.8 90.4 89.0 [87.6]
Challenger 15 CHL15 91.7   93.6    
CL 14 CL14