Cruiser handicap-ratings...loads of 'em...

[Greenheart]

I found this very long list quite interesting, from my armchair...

http://www.byronsoftware.org.uk/bycn/byhandicap.htm

Not sure how accurately representative the figures in red would be regarded as, by these yachts' owners. I was surprised...the Fisher 25 rates as fast as the Swift 18? But I suppose it's like comparing a motorhome with a Vespa.

 

[Mistroma]

I found this very long list quite interesting, from my armchair...

http://www.byronsoftware.org.uk/bycn/byhandicap.htm

Not sure how accurately representative the figures in red would be regarded as, by these yachts' owners. I was surprised...the Fisher 25 rates as fast as the Swift 18? But I suppose it's like comparing a motorhome with a Vespa.

Nice to see that he still updates the list. That's where we got our first handicap estimate for our Southerly 95 way back (prob. 1990s). We started on his figure of 1090 (still shown) and had it regularly increased until it levelled out at 1110 or thereabouts. So not a too bad as a first guess at the handicap.

It was a good source for odd "racing" boats even then.

 

[Otter]

We've slipped, used to be 1050, now 1051. Some poor results round the Solent cans no doubt

 

[Marakei]

I'm delighted to notice the Buckler Ketch listed as 'Buckler 23' with a rating of 1101.

 

[Javelin]

Want a giggle?
Macgregor 26 - 980
(Must be racing with their 60hp engine on)

 

[Greenheart]

Want a giggle?
Macgregor 26 - 980
(Must be racing with their 60hp engine on)

That does sound improbably swift for the MacGregor. About the same as the Olympic 470.

I'd be interested to hear from cruisers who are cheered or dismayed by their boat's rating on this list.

 

[TSB240]

Want a giggle?
Macgregor 26 - 980
(Must be racing with their 60hp engine on)

Bigger Giggle in the 22 Foot Range

PY
First 210 1001
First 211 1022
Hunter Liberty 1029
Puppeteer 1032
Kestrel 1037
Intro 1039
Audacity 1042
Seal 22 1056
Foxterrier 1058
Extrovert 1059
Caravella 1061



A22 Rocket Ship 1063

 

[Bosun Higgs]

I found this very long list quite interesting, from my armchair...

http://www.byronsoftware.org.uk/bycn/byhandicap.htm

Not sure how accurately representative the figures in red would be regarded as, by these yachts' owners. I was surprised...the Fisher 25 rates as fast as the Swift 18? But I suppose it's like comparing a motorhome with a Vespa.

Wouldnt bother with Byron now the RYA has issued their new handicap system. Easy to convert their numbers back into PY format if you want and there are loads of them.

 

[Greenheart]

Bigger Giggle in the 22 Foot Range

I'm not sure if I'd have expected wildly different ratings for those boats...aren't the little Beneteaus quite perky performers? 1001 is around the same mark as a Contender dinghy isn't it? And the Hunter Liberty here rates about the same as a Laser 2...

...are you thinking these ratings are too generous, or not enough?

 

[Rossynant]

I found this very long list quite interesting, from my armchair...
I was surprised...the Fisher 25 rates as fast as the Swift 18? But I suppose it's like comparing a motorhome with a Vespa.

Why a surprise? Two-ton car is couple times faster than Vespa and much better to get around tight corners too.
Well, having a 'motor-sailer' with sail parameters higher than racers of her time, especially SA/D, and I though her undercanvassed, silly me
But sadly she is not included.