GULF YACHTING ASSOCIATION, INC. ORGANIZED 1901 REORGANIZED 1920 PHRF ALAN McMILLAN, (PYC) CHAIRMAN THOMAS D. BEERY, JR. (SRYC) CHAIRMAN OFFSHORE COUNCIL PHRF RATING COMMITTEE 54 STAR LAKE DR. GYA-PHRF.COM 1001 SEA COVE PENSACOLA, FL 32507 PASCAGOULA, MS 39581 (850)-449-3101 (CELL) beerytom@yahoo.com (228) 769-6718 (HOME) BOARD OF HANDICAPPERS. Alan McMillan (PYC) Wes Stanley (BYC) Karl Boehm (TYC) Jim Green (MYC) Merlin Wilson (SYC) January 16, 2013 MINUTES FOR ANNUAL REVIEW, JANUARY 16, 2013 The Annual review was held Wednesday, January. 16 at Singing River Yacht Club. All Area Handicappers were present. (NOTE: The Annual Review of all yachts was cut short due to the lateness of the hour and will be continued at the next scheduled meeting February 27, 2013) Appointment of Merlin Wilson as Area Handicapper for the South Shore of Lake Pontchartrain: Tim Molony, the GYA PHRF Area Handicapper for the South Shore of Lake Pontchartrain, is retiring from the GYA PHRF Rating Committee 01/16/2013 in accordance with the tenure provisions of the GYA PHRF By-laws. Tim has been on the committee for the past five years and has made major contributions to the overall success of the PHRF rating System in the GYA. Offshore sailors from Louisiana, as well as the entire GYA, have been well represented by Tim. Based on the recommendation received from Julian Richards, the Commodore of Southern Yacht Club, and other sailors in the local area, I have selected Merlin Wilson, currently the Assistant Handicapper to Tim, as Tim s replacement. Merlin has represented Tim at the PHRF board meetings when Tim was not able to attend. Merlin has also represented the South Shore of Lake Pontchartrain as the Area Handicapper from 1998 thru 2001. Merlin is an experienced handicapper and competitive sailor, having raced his Irwin 31 Tenacite for many years on Lake Pontchartrain and throughout the Gulf. Tom Batty, GYA Offshore Chairman, made the appointment. 1
DISCUSSION ITEMS: A. Alan McMillan gave the following presentation: 1) Up-date of the results of the Newport to Ensenada and Farrilons disaster panel reviews by USSA. 2) Up-date on the 2013 USSA Offshore Challenge Regatta in Navy 44 s at the USNA in Sept/Oct of 2013. (Alan has been requested to help get a GYA team to compete) 3) Reviewed a draft Model Incident Response Plan to be submitted to the US Sailing Safety At Sea Committee. Alan will keep the PHRF committee up to date on these issues and encourages everyone to visit the US Sailing web site for official notifications. B. Refer to ATTACHMENT 2 for a copy of marked up by-laws for specific recommend by-law changes: (NOTES 1-6 below refer to paragraphs on the attachment 2 marked up by-laws) 1) Administrative changes made for correction and/or clarification. DECISION: This change was approved by a unanimous vote of the board. A bylaws change will be voted on at the February 27, 2013 scheduled board meeting. 2) It is difficult if not impossible to police one design boats to their strict class rules, as class rules differ for different classes, and are updated by class associations to some extent. The committee has decided to develop standards for boats currently classified as ODR (one design rule), similar to the standards for PHRF boats, thereby removing the ODR classification and the strict adherence to Class Rules except in those areas of hull and hull appendages, rig and sail dimensions, pulpits and/or lifelines, and hiking devises incorporated in the base rating. It is proposed in these items that boats now be rated as 1) Production boats without Class Rules, 2) Production Boats with Class Rules, 3) Non- Productions boats which will have a NP after their class. All production boats will state their class but not have ODR referenced. Significant differences to prior ODR strict adherence to class rules are: a) Sail cloth material will be at owner s option. b) Roller furling system may be replaced with slotted headstay or hanked on jibs. 2
c) All issues other than those areas of hull and hull appendages, rig and sail dimensions, pulpits and/or lifelines and hiking devises, (which are incorporated in the base rating) will be to the same standards as we have always applied to standard PHRF boats. Significant differences to prior non-odr boats: a) Boats that have class rules, such as J-30, Pearson Flyer, Tripp 26, Left Coast Dart 25, etc, will now have their basic sail dimensions, Spinnaker pole lengths, hull and hull appendages, spars, standing rigging all included in the base rating. This may cause some problems with boats like the J-30 and Pearson Flyer where the SPL is over J, and the standard genoa is >155% of J, but we can deal with these differences and keep the NET rating the same. DECISION: This change was approved by a unanimous vote of the board. A bylaws change will be voted on at the February 27, 2013 scheduled board meeting. (NOTE: This change is to simplify the application and rating process necessary to obtain a PHRF certificate.) 3) Crew limits (weight and number) are currently carried on the PHRF certificate as recommended. This recommendation is at the request of the GYA Offshore Council and is not part of our PHRF by-laws. Many years ago the recommended Crew Limits were based on the PHRF of Lake Michigan formula, plus 1. That formula, +1, was introduced prior to the sprit boat/sport boat era, is weighted by LWL, SA/DSPL, and Rating, with the most emphasis on the Rating. Therefore, the fastest rated boats have the most crew allowed. As an example, a Melges 24 (rating 93) has a crew limit of 8, and a Wavelength 24 (rating 165) has a crew limit of 6. A proposed change based on Length Over All (LOA) would give each boat a crew limit of 5. DECISION: Continuing discussions on this subject will be included on upcoming meeting agendas. 4) For Standard PHRF boats, currently the I and ISP are the same. Boats that come from the factory where the ISP is different than the I are given a rating adjustment, just as are boats that make a modification to increase the ISP over the I. This creates a needless confusion and is proposed with this by-laws change to have this paragraph apply to modifications to the standard boat as it comes from the factory. Note that the Base rating will be increased and the modification adjustment removed so the net rating remains the same. DECISION: This change was approved by a unanimous vote of the board. A bylaws change will be voted on at the February 27, 2013 scheduled board meeting. 3
5) Currently, our by-laws allow a non-sprit production boat to add a pole sprit for -3 seconds for each 2.5 of extended pole and includes a larger asymmetrical spinnaker that cannot exceed 123% of a standard symmetrical spinnaker sq ft. This proposed change limits the -3 second modification to the first 2.5 of added pole sprit. Anything greater than 2.5 foot would be reviewed by the board on a case by case basis. DECISION: This change was approved by a unanimous vote of the board. A bylaws change will be voted on at the February 27, 2013 scheduled board meeting. 6) Valid PHRF Certificate: This change clarifies that each boat can only have one certificate, and owners are discouraged from changing/modifying their boat to suit race conditions. DECISION: This change was approved by a unanimous vote of the board. A bylaws change will be voted on at the February 27, 2013 scheduled board meeting. C. US PHRF REGIONAL RATINGS: A comparison of all GYA rated boats to the US PHRF 2012 handbook for selected regional rating areas was presented. The average of the selected areas (without the GYA) are compared to the GYA base rating and the +or- variance given. The sort is in Base rating/yacht class sequence so comparisons can be readily made over different rating ranges. This attachment is for information only and should be used to highlight areas of significant differences. Note that only the GYA ratings have been updated as of this meeting. DECISION: The board voted unanimously to post this document on our web site GYA-PHRF.com (this document is now available on our web site) PROPOSED BY-LAWS CHANGE TO BE VOTED ON AT THE ANNUAL REVIEW: By-laws Article V. PHRF RATING CERTIFICATE, paragraph A.: To obtain a PHRF certificate a boat must be a mono-hull with a self-bailing cockpit and must be self-righting with fixed righting ballast for the duration of the race. Selfrighting boats with movable weighted keels, swing keels, dagger boards, or keel/centerboards, where the weight is required to make the boat self-righting, shall not raise the righting ballast at anytime during the race. Further, any boat that uses water as ballast must be fully water ballasted while racing and may not shift ballast from one side to the other while racing. To add clarification and significance to the owner s responsibility, the following By-laws change was proposed and accepted at the September 12, 2012 board 4
meeting, and is to be voted in at this Annual Review: Article V. paragraph A. after while racing. Add: Owners must state on their application for a PHRF rating, or a renewal notice, whether or not the vessel meets these requirements by stating yes or no in the appropriate boxes. The owners signature on the issued certificate (certificate is not valid without owners signature) confirms his understanding that his boat meets all requirements necessary to obtain a PHRF certificate and that if ever requested by the PHRF committee and/or a protest committee, the owner must provide supporting data, such as a statement from the manufacturer and /or designer to support the data on his certificate as validated by his/her signature. DECISION: This By-laws change was approved by a unanimous vote of the board. PROVISIONAL RATINGS GIVEN SINCE LAST ANNUAL REVIEW BASE BENETEAU OCEANIS 45 SD 120 135 BENETEAU OCEANIS 45 SD MOD 120 126 BRISTOL 27 IB SM 252 264 CARKEEK 40 GP ODR -42-42 HARBOR 25 ODR 177 177 HINCKLEY 43 108 114 HUNTER 340 SD AS RFA 150 165 J-111 ODR 39 39 J-70 ODR 120 120 J-92 S ODR MOD 102 99 J-95 ODR 108 108 JEANNEAU 42 SUN OD DS SD 99 120 LEFT COAST DART 25-1 114 111 OYSTER 53 CUT TM DK 84 87 PETERSON/WIGGERS 37 93 93 S-2 6.7 MOD 210 201 SABRE 42 CB 102 108 SANTANA 23 MOD 171 171 TARTAN 3500 WK 120 120 TARTAN 4400 96 105 VX ONE ODR 102 102 NET DECISION: The board voted unanimously to affirm the provisional ratings given above. 5
NEW BOATS TO RATE: No new boats to rate! APPEALS: BASE NET REQUEST B-32 DEFIANCE (RECEIVED LATE) 72 66 +6 DECISION: The board voted unanimously to not change the rating at this time. ANNUAL REVIEW: All yacht classes are reviewed in accordance with the GYA PHRF Bylaws. Classes with current Race Results entered into the PHRF Race Results Program are given preference over those classes that no current race results have been received by the PHRF Committee. The following changes were made and will go into effect February 15, 2013: NEW NEW BASE NET CHANGE X 372 SD TM 108 105 +3 HUNTER 36 MOD RIG 162 177 +6 The annual review will be continued at the February 27, 2013 scheduled meeting. (this meeting was adjourned due to the lateness of the hour). THE NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE BOARD IS FEBRUARY 27, 2013. ALL APPEALS AND/OR AGENDA ITEMS MUST BE RECEIVED BY FEBRUARY 18, 2013 TO BE INCLUDED ON THE AGENDA. 6