PHRF-LO Spring Training Workshop

Mar 13, 2025

The annual PHRF-LO Spring Training Workshop has been set up for March 22 at the Cobourg Yacht Club. This workshop is open to all Handicappers, Certificate holders and Commodore of Sailing and will cover all the basics you need to better understand your handicap.

The Workshop will run from 10:00 am until 2:30 pm (with a break at 12:30 pm). This years seminar will be focused on the Novice Handicapper, Race Organizer, Scorer and Certificate Holders.

If you would like to attend, please register on-line;

  – In Person attendee

 – Zoom attendee

Tentative schedule:

10:00 am – Introduction to PHRF & PHRF-LO (15 min)

  • PHRF and US Sailing
  • The PHRF-LO Organization
  • Executive (6)
  • Central Council (8)
  • Districts (5)
  • Members (clubs)
  • Handicappers
  • Certificate Holders

10:15 am – Members Invoice Explained (5 min)

10:20 am – Certificates (OLC) (15 min)  

  • Renewing a certificate
  • Changing a certificate
  • Certificate Worksheet

10:35 am – Q&A (10 min)

10:45 am – The Boat Class (15 min)  

  • The Standard “Class” boat – what is a “class”?
  • Setting new Handicaps – the process

11:00 am – Race Management (40 min)  

  • PHRF as a class
  • Requirements of PHRF-LO under class rules
  • The Handicapper
  • Enforcement of PHRF-LO Class rules
  • Technical committee
  • Protests
  • TOT, TOD, P2P, PURSUIT
  • NOR and SIs

11:40 am – Q&A (10 min)

11:50 am – Race Analysis submission (15 min)

  • Type of course, wind, distance, quality of results
  • Divisions splits
  • One design in the analysis
  • Record keeping and removing races
  • Sending in for analysis 

12:05 pm – Q&A (10 min)

12:15 pm – lunch (30 min) – provided free of charge by PHRF-LO

12:45 pm – Understanding the Analysis (15 min)  

  • The Club Fleet Analysis 
  • Who gets this and what do we do with it?
  • The Class Summary report 
  • What is excluded
  • What do those numbers mean?
  • The Detail report 
  • What do those numbers mean?
  • The Lake & Fleet Reports

1:00 pm – Handicap reviews (15 min)

  • Race analysis
  • Race Analysis Alerts
  • Observed performance
  • Appeals
  • Requests from Districts

1:15 pm – Q&A (10 min)

1:25 pm – Projects (30 min) 

  • Proposed Supplemental Certificates
  • Free Flying Headsails
  • Upwind/Downwind Sail Area Study

1:55 pm – Chapman New Racer & Season Championship (10 min)

2:05 pm – Final words and feedback (10 min)  

2:15 pm – Breakout Sessions – Choose between:

Session A – Sail Measurement
              or
Session B – Using the Handicapper’s Workbook

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