PY numbers

[SteveGorst]

I've had the results of my weekend race and the times are corrected by a factor called a PY number. For the life of me I can't see how the corrected time is related to my time and the PY number in any way. I have tried dividing the time by it multiplying the time by it etc.

Help!!

Steve



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[sailorman]

Portsmouth Yardstick administered by the RYA

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[jamesjermain]

It is a bit complicated though as a handicapping system it has a lot of advantages - not the least of which is that it evolves as information about a class or individual boat emerges - it can even rate the performance of a boat/helm combination.

The PY scheme is run by the RYA and more details, including how it is applied, can be found here:

<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.rya.org.uk/Technical/yardstick/>http://www.rya.org.uk/Technical/yardstick/</A>

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[Cantata]

Elapsed time divided by PY, then times 1000, = corrected time.

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