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    • NOTICE TO COMPETITORS
    • KB |RESULTS /ENTRY /START
    • PROTEST | REDRESS
    • KEELBOAT RACE DOCUMENTS
    • DINGHY RACE DOC'S/RESULTS
    • HANDICAPPING
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    • NON-MEMBER SAIL PASS
    • CREW WANTED
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    • START BOAT ROSTER
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HANDICAPPING IN YACHT RACING

  Handicapping, in particular performance handicapping, must seem mysterious and at times, unfair. 


Please see below an explanation, in simple terms, of how this 'black art' is calculated.

Race Handicapping Explained (pdf)Download

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