RE: PHRF Rating for a P19 = 303

Eric Johnson (ej@tx3.com)
Mon, 1 Feb 1999 13:48:42 -0800


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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> I recently looking into racing the P-19 on SF Bay this summer and
> received an
> invitation to join the Berkeley Yacht Club's Friday night "Chowder Races".
>
> In order to race, you have to have a PHRF rating. Since the P19
> is under the
> 20 foot PHRF requirement, there is no official rating, but the
> Chowder Races
> are informal, so you can submit an application to BYC and get an
> unofficial
> rating.
>
> I posted an inquiry on the 'net to find out if anybody knew what
> the rating is
> for a P19 and here's what came back in the rec.boats.racing newsgroup.

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Good luck at the races! I started racing what I suspect is the seattle
equivalent, the "duck dodge" races on tuesday nights. These are
unhandicapped, except you got "fast, half-fast, slow, and dinghy" classes. I
race "slow" class.

I'd love to see more potterers racing so we can hopefully compare notes. Of
course, summer racing in seattle is usually light air, so our notes may not
compare well. For light air, LOTS OF SAIL, and low weight (and as much of
that low weight as possible FORWARD) seem to be the rule of thumb. The other
thing that helped a lot is learning to play chicken with boats that have 10
times your displacement.

FWIW Potters tend to bounce off larger boats...

I've got a diary of my first few races and all my mistakes up at
http://www.tx3.com/~ej/nwp.html