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Topic: Handicaps |
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crazy sailor |
Posted: 14-Jun-05 17:05 |
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Can someone help me, i have just started racing my buzz but i dont understand the handicap rule.
If the PY number of a boat is lower than the buzz, does the buzz have a lower or a higher handicap on it?
I dont know if this makes sense to anyone
Dan
Buzz 414 |
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Roger |
Posted: 14-Jun-05 17:28 |
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Hi - basically the lower the number the faster the boat - so if you're racing against other classes and they have numbers below your Buzz at 1005 they give you time - conversely if they have higher numbers you give them time.
If you need to know how much time this is how you do it
Corrected time = (time elapsed in secondsx1000)/PY No.
Worked example for elapsed time of 1 hour;
Corrected time = [(60mins x 60x1000)/1005]in seconds = 59 mins 42 secs
For a laser Radial (PY circ 1134??)
Corrected time would be 52 mins 55 secs - so the Buzz would have to be 7 mins ahead to win if the race was about an hour...this is simplified because everybody finishes at different times..
I'll look forward to everybody else telling me I'm wrong!! |
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paolomoncia |
Posted: 15-Jun-05 07:36 |
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You are right, Roger! That's how PY works. |
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Pete Lindley |
Posted: 15-Jun-05 20:42 |
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So that's how it is supposed to work!!!
Finally after all these years I see how it is calculated......!!! |
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crazy sailor |
Posted: 17-Jun-05 21:20 |
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Thanks everyone now i understand who i have to beat and by how much.
Dan
Buzz 414 |
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