2. Agenda Cruiser Rallies. The National Handicap For Cruisers (NHC). How we will implement the NHC at PSC. Kemp Sails Evening Series. Race Management.

3. Cruiser Rallies Thank you!!!! to Tony Rice and Steve Alexander

4. Packed Rally Program A program of 13 Rallies planned for the season Some new venues A Children’s Rally to Gunwharf 21 st July Southsea Marina Rally and Treasure Hunt 26 th May Long Distance Rally 2 nd -5 th August Cowes Rally 7 th September Bembridge Rally (Shepherds Wharf) 26 th /27 th /28 th July The Old favourites, Folly, Yarmouth, Lymington & Hamble & Fishborne.

5. Cruiser Rallies All Rally booking will be online via www.portchestersc.org www.portchestersc.org Rallies will promoted via Face Book, Google Groups and Club Notice Boards.

7. The National Handicap for Cruisers NHC replaces PY for Cruisers. Recognises that no 2 cruisers are the same. Different sail plan Different props Different Weights Different crew abilities Different number of bunks Air Conditioning etc etc NHC is a performance based handicap system.

8. The National Handicap for Cruisers Each boat will have a Time Correction Factor (.TCC).TCC is applied to a boats elapsed time to calculate their corrected time. Corrected times are then arranged in order with the shortest first to indicate race positions. E.g Elapsed time of 1 hr = 3600 seconds.TCC of 0.849 Corrected time = 3600 X 0.849 = 3056

9. The National Handicap for Cruisers The RYA have published a base list of.TCC’s using a simple measurement formula. Full list of base.TCC’s for the NHC can be found at http://www.rya.org.uk/racing/Pages/NHC.aspx Examples: Bolero 0.849 Twister 0.807 Soling 0.858 Nic 32 0.858

10. The National Handicap for Cruisers All boats will start a series on their base.TCC called their Base No. Base No. will be adjusted after each race. Each boat starts the next series with their adjusted.TCC from the previous series http://www.rya.org.uk/racing/Pages/NHC.aspx

12. Implementing NHC at PSC PSC will “NOT” be adopting the RYA published base numbers. PSC Base No.s based on 2012 PY Numbers. E.G Base Number for Merlin will be: 1000/2012 PY = Base number. 1000/1003 = 0.997

13. Implementing NHC at PSC We will run 3 series for the purpose of Base Number adjustment. 1. All races excluding evening series 1&2 and Interclub. 2. Interclub Series : Yarmouth, Nab Tower, Beaulieu, Cowes & Combined Harbour Regatta. 3. Kemp Sails Evening Series 1 & 2.

14. Implementing NHC at PSC 1 Spinnaker Declaration per series. (Evening Series 1 & 2 = 1 series)

15. Implementing NHC at PSC Each of the 3 series will be dual scored with RYA NHC Base Numbers & PY based Base Numbers. Boats will start the first race they enter in each series on their Base No. Trophies will be presented based on results from PY based Base Numbers. Interclub Series will be Dual scored using PY Numbers & NHC base numbers.

16. Kemp Sails Evening Series There will be a fast and slow handicap fleet for 2013. Both fleets will start together on the same line at the same time. Fast Handicap =.TCC of 0.827. and Higher. Slow Handicap =.TCC of 0.826 and Lower. Each course will have a Fast & Slow Variation.

18. The Cruiser Fleet Needs You!!!!!!

19. Race Management All OOD duties have been allocated to members of the fleet. Your duty is your responsibility. No Show = DSQ List of Duties can be found on the Cruiser noticeboard & at www.portchestersc.org under downloads.www.portchestersc.org

20. Race Management First Duties Evening Series 1 Race 1: Merlin Kemp Sails Open, 27 th April: Milou II