FWIW West Florida PHRF uses a 26 sec non-spin offset (in our light air downwind work can be sloooow for a non-spinn boat). Though the classes rarely race against each other and the only impact tends to be in small races or some regattas looking to score some sort of overall. Since this is a distance race, the committee and the competitors will have to deal with the weather hand that is dealt. I'd either use whatever your local PHRF uses- not because it'll be right on a distance race but it'll give you cover. Or I'd look at the conditions on this race over the last couple years and dial in a number based on that history (without over analyzing). If it is traditionally a light downwind race the offset gets bigger, a heavier beat gets smaller. Sounds like the Spinn boats did just fine last year so I guess I'd dial the correction up a bit to make it tougher. Whatever you pick some will whine- it is in their nature and they like to do it.
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