Yacht Time Correction YTC rule

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Indeed, we did a regatta using Byron (which became YTC).

Byron didn’t become YTC. YTC was created at Mylor Yacht Club as an alternative to Byron from some rather complex maths from a club in Chichester I think that sought to reverse engineer a formula from PY numbers that were already in existence. The idea was to come up with a simpler and more accessible way of rating boats that had no PY but that wasn’t based on race to race performance like NHC or at up front cost like IRC.

It’s rather grown since then!

 

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Our Byron rating and our YTC rating are the same, and requested the same information.

 

[weaver_fish]

Our Byron rating and our YTC rating are the same, and requested the same information.

Good! Byron was a really useful resource in an area that the RYA had neglected but the problem was it relied on one person and donations to expedite

Which wasn’t great for people entering regattas. Also over time, different clubs’ PY numbers had diverged

If you google SWYTC you can see how it all came about… and spread beyond Falmouth

The chap who led on it did an amazing job to encourage casual racers back into the fold