Stus-List sleeper factor

[Jean-Francois J Rivard via CnC-List]

The sleeper factor is with the cruisers / casual sailors who judge the 
book by its cover which is most folks on the lake.. 

No Worries, as far as my racing competition and the PHRF committee is 
concerned, they can lookup a boat quicker you can say phrf..  They know 
what my boat is capable of and we're rated accordingly.
Actually, the phrf committee came to my dock after one of the 1st races we 
ran to measure the boat and make sure I was not underrated.. 

Have fun racing. 

-Francois Rivard
1990 34+ "Take Five" 
Lake Lanier, GA 


?sleeper factor? is an interesting comment and touches a nerve with me. 
The comment we get mostly is we have a ?gift rating?.  Seems when we do 
well in races our rating is a gift.  However if we do poorly, we didn?t 
sail well.Whatever.   I?m tired of other boats being sailed poorly and 
using gift rating as an excuse.  The never ending problems with PHRF, I 
guess.

 

Sorry for the rant.  Long week. 

 

-  Pete and his screaming, PHRF busting, 1984 straight up 37 


Same story with the 34+

..The "Sleeper" factor far outweighs the snob appeal of a bigger 
number on the badge any day in my book. 

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Stus-List sleeper factor

[Pete Shelquist via CnC-List]

“sleeper factor” is an interesting comment and touches a nerve with me.   The 
comment we get mostly is we have a “gift rating”.  Seems when we do well in 
races our rating is a gift.  However if we do poorly, we didn’t sail well.
Whatever.   I’m tired of other boats being sailed poorly and using gift rating 
as an excuse.  The never ending problems with PHRF, I guess.

 

Sorry for the rant.  Long week. 

 

-  Pete and his screaming, PHRF busting, 1984 straight up 37 

 

 

 

 

On 18 March 2016 at 10:15, Jean-Francois J Rivard via CnC-List 
 wrote:

Same story with the 34+

..The "Sleeper" factor far outweighs the snob appeal of a bigger number on 
the badge any day in my book. 




 

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