Letters
Volume XXVV, Number 11, June 2009
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Michael Collins & Richard Hazelton
Sailing in the N.O.O.D.
Managing Editor
A glimpse into a perfect world. Richard Hazelton
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Associate Editor/Race/Current Events:
Karen Higginson
Nothing beats level racing. You cross the finish line, the boats email: karen@48north.com
in front of you beat you, you beat the boats behind you. Simple.
That’s not to say that PHRF isn’t a good thing. In fact it’s
Advertising Director
a great thing, getting more boats out sailing and racing than
Michael Collins
email: michael@48north.com
anything else. Back East, whole fleets of one-design boats seem to
crop up all at once. Out here in the Northwest, we’re an eclectic Classifieds/Display Advertising
bunch with many different tastes in boats, and it takes a while
Cai Weir
for a one-design fleet to catch on. So, if it wasn’t for PHRF, all
email: cai@48north.com
these different boats would be at the dock on weeknights and
Bookkeeper/Display Advertising
weekends, instead of out racing.
Nathan Rouse
Of course, someone is going to immediately go, “But PHRF email: nathan@48north.com
is not fair!” Of course it isn’t. When you’re racing apples and
oranges, there’s no way you’re ever going to have a perfect rating
system that fits all boats and weather conditions. As Walt Little, a
Contributing Editors
Culinary Cruiser: Amanda Swan Neal
founding father of PHRF in the Northwest, told me 20 years ago,
“It’s an arbitrary system.” That pretty much stops the argument
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right there. It’s not perfect, but again, it’s what has gotten more
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people and boats on the water sailing together than anything else.
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Back to level racing. It was spectacular to see 219 boats in
nominal reimbursement fee.
28 classes racing off Shilshole in the Sperry Top-Sider N.O.O.D.
48° North encourages letters, photographs,
Regatta. It is interesting to note that, with all the new whiz-bang
manuscripts, burgees and bribes. Manuscripts
developments in dinghies and sport boats, the largest classes
should be related to boating issues, instruction,
were still some of the oldest. The venerable Lasers, Thistles, San
or experiences. Materials should be typed,
Juan 21s, J-24s, Etchells and Thunderbirds were all represented
double spaced and marked with name, address
and phone number, or all the above on a CD or
with strong fleets. These tried and true old warriors still provide
email. Photos may be hardcopies or electronic,
exciting racing and prove that, if all boats are equal, it really
color or black & white. We are not responsible for
doesn’t matter what you’re sailing. It’s you against the other guy,
unsolicited materials. Articles express the authors
head to head – first to the finish wins.
thoughts and may not reflect the opinions of the
Thanks to Sperry Top-Sider and Sailing World for bringing the
magazine. Allow eight to ten weeks for response.
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