Lake Michigan PHRF Certification

Entry # 19

I received official notification of Never Too Lates’ PHRF certification last night. A summary of handicap ratings include:

HCP: 306 ____ NSHCP: 321 ____ DHCP: 303

As explained in an earlier entry, a PHRF (Performance Handicap Racing Fleet) is the handicapping system used for yacht racing when there are different sailboats competing. Not unlike handicapping a Corvette against an F-150. In this case, Never Too Late would be considered a pick-up truck. The particular PHRF ratings I am most interested in are DHCP and NSHCP. The former rating is assigned for ‘distance’ racing and the latter is assigned to you when not using a spinnaker sail. It will be interesting which rating is assigned to Never Too Late for the Trans-Superior.

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