rating rule Archives

Rating rules agree on sail measurement

June 13th, 2025

With several rating rules to handicap boats, and each with their own measurement protocols, it was a costly hassle for

June 6th, 2025

by David Salter, SWS If there’s one thing we all know for absolute sure and certain about handicaps in yacht

January 30th, 2025

The Classic Yacht Owners Association developed the CRF (Classic Rating Formula) as a measurement rating system to serve their racing

January 17th, 2025

London, UK (January 17, 2025) – After a year of input and development to the class rules and the Velocity

December 2nd, 2024

Regardless of handicap rating system, they tend to work best when dissimilar boats race in fleets with similar design-types. However,

November 6th, 2024

Following ratification at the IRC International Congress, the IRC Rating Technical Committee has published the IRC 2025 Rule which takes

November 5th, 2024

Singapore (November 5, 2024) – Representatives of boat owners and sailors from the 41 nations around the world that use

August 1st, 2024

Jim Teeters, Head of the Offshore Ratings Office at US Sailing, and Alan Gilbert, former Chief Engineer, and Executive Vice

July 29th, 2024

Rating rule administers recognize there is a difference in drag for fixed, feathering, or folding propeller blades, but will this

May 15th, 2024

Yacht designer and past Seahorse magazine editor Julian Everitt shares a complex topic in this Facebook post about rating rules