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PHRF Meeting Minutes 2009

PHRFGB September Minutes

Call to order by Chairman Tim Broadhead

          Date:            09/10/2009

          Time:           1900

          Place:          LYC

Members Present

Tim Broadhead, Jim Tichenor, Burns Brown, Bill Beatty, Tom Sutton, Rocky Miller and Tom Youens

Members Absent

          Kevin Hayes, Jay Zittrer, Chuck Buckner, and Fred Prelle

Approve Minutes: The Minutes of the previous meeting were approved.

Treasury Report:  The ending balance for August was:  $11,106.62

New Boat Ratings:

Fleet            Type                     Name                    Base     Corr     NSF     Spin    Non-Spin

C       Valiant                             Topaz                             135        3           23        NA       161

C       C&C Landfall                  Gemini                  156        9           22        NA      187

C       Passport 40                     Susanne B             141        3           20        144     164

C       Westsail                          Wind Scooter        204        9           23        NA     236

C       Chris Craft                      Mischief                240       21          19        NA     280

C       Peterson 30 MORC         Soothsayer            138        0           19        138      157

Appeals and Changes:

B       J 40 SD                    Shaken not Stirred         90        3            18        93       111                                                                       

B       Hunter 41 SD                  Solstice                114      15           13        NA      142

B       C&C 110                         Invictus                 87         3           12        90       102

C       Beneteau 40 SD        La Dame Argentee       132       15           17        NA     164

B       Catalina                           Ruthless               102        15          11        117      128  

A       Beneteau 44.7                  Rosalita                  42        0            10         42         52

C       S2 7.9                         Far Fig Newton         168       0            14        168      182

Old Business

The new web site should be finished by the end of October.  This will allow us to enter data directly to the site and we should be able to get the minutes up quicker and post the appeals 14 days before the next meeting, as well as maintain a current data base.  The old data base will also be kept for reference.

New Business

The posting of appeals was discussed.  We will get the appeals posted to the internet as soon as we receive the appeal.  It will be no later than 14 days before the appeals meeting.  Any one that wishes to protest an appeal can schedule a time at the appeals meeting.  Those protesting should bring data to back up their presentation.

Adjournment

Next Meeting

          Date:            10/08/2009

          Time:           1900

          Place:          HYC

Minutes by Tom Youens

Secretary Treasure PHRFGB

PHRFGB August Minutes

Call to Order by Chairman Tim Broadhead

            Date:    08 / 13 / 2009

            Time:    7:00 PM

            Place:   HYC

Members Present:

Tim Broadhead, Chuck Buckner, Jim Tichenor, Rocky Miller, Jay Zittrer, Burns Brown, Fred Prelle, and Tom Youens

.Members Absent:

            Tom Sutton, Kevin Hayes and Bill Beatty

Approve Minutes

            The minutes of the previous meeting were approved

Treasures Report

            July ending bank balance:  11,046.52

Boat Ratings

 Fleet           Type                           Name                                 Base     Corr     Spin    Non-Spin

   B       Beneteau 43 SD              Makani Kai                          108        6         NA         126

   A      C & C 110 SD                Invictus                                  87         3        NA         102

   B       Hunter 49 SD                  Christina-Mae                       105      15        120         131 

              Provisional

   C      Shannon 38 Ketch           Morning Star             198        9        NA         229

   C      Targa 9.6                        Farfromworkin                      174        0        174         201

   B       Viper 640                        Animal                                     96         0          96         102

   B       Macintosh 47                  Sole Mate                               129       9         138        159  

Appeals:

   B       Hunter 41 DS SD            Solstice                                 111        15       NA         139

The proper appeals forms were not filled out and it was not an appeals meeting.  This    will be considered at the September meeting if the proper forms are presented.                                      

Old Business:

            A final decision on the person or group to do the web site update is near.

New Business:

A decision was make at the request of the Chairman to put a liability waiver above the signature line of the rating application. 

Adjournment:

Next Meeting:  Appeals meeting and Harvest Moon Special

            Date:    09/10/2009

            Time:    7:00 PM

            Place:   LYC

PHRFGB July Minutes

Call to Order by Chairman Tim Broadhead

            Date:    07 / 09 / 2009

            Time:    7:00 PM

            Place:   LYC

Members Present:

Tim Broadhead, Chuck Buckner, Jay Zittrer, Burns Brown, Tom Sutton, Bill Beatty, Kevin Hayes, Rocky Miller

Members Absent:

            Jim Tichenor, Fred Prelle

Treasury Report:

            June ending bank balance:  10,690.00

Boat Ratings

Fleet       Type                          Name                           Base        Corr      Spin        Non-Spin 

  C       Ericson 32-3                Lil Bit of Sol                 162            3          NA            187

  B        Beneteau 390               Wanderlust                   129            6          135            149

  A       Centurion 42                Chiron                            75            0           75               99

  C       Catalina 350                 Carpe Diem                  147           21         NA            188

  C       Alberg 37                Harmonious Rapport         168             9         177            198

  A       One Design 35             Revolution                      33             0           33              42

Appeals:

  B        Hunter 376 SD             Loopy                          129            3           NA           148

  B        Beneteau 40 SD           La Dame Argentee       132           21          NA           170

Old Business

Website Status:  The previous person working on our website resigned and discussions are underway with a new group to upgrade our website.  The committee decided to get a second bid before making a final decision.  It is the desire of the committee to get a first class website that will be easy to keep current and also user friendly.

Vertical Battens:  The vertical batten correction for roller furling main sails was reviewed and left unchanged, however the committee decided that the rule should not be enforced for previous races this year, because many boat owners were not aware of it and had not reported it. 

New Business:

Vertical Battens:  The PHRF Certificate Application Form now has a check box for vertical batten main sails.  The vertical batten roller furling main sail will carry a six second correction, while the standard furling main is a twelve second correction.  In other words, the roller furling main is a 12 second higher PHRF rating than the traditional main and the vertical batten main is 6 seconds higher than the traditional main.

Owners of boats with vertical batten roller furling main sails should report this to PHRFGB.  Competitors in future races may protest vertical batten main sails in other boats.

Officer Ballot:  The officer ballot was discussed and those that have been recommended are being added to the ballot. 

Adjournment:

            Next Meeting:

               Date:   08 / 13 / 2009

               Time:  7:00 PM

               Place:  HYC

Tom Youens

Secretary / Treasure

PHRFGB

PHRFGB  EXECUTIME  COMMITTEE  MEETING

Call to Order by Chairman Tim Broadhead:

            Date:    05/14 /2009

            Time:    7:00 PM

            Place:   LYC

Members Present: Tim Broadhead, Chuck Buckner, Bill Beatty, Jim Tichenor, Fred Prelle, Burns Brown, Tom Youens and Jay Zittrer.

Members Absent: Tom Sutton, Rocky Miller and Kevin Hayes.

Treasury Report:  April ending bank balance:  10,317.12

Boat Ratings:

Fleet    Type                               Name                           Base   Corr   Spin    Non Spin

Island Packet 380                        Alter Ego                        180      15       NA       217

Morgan  Nelson - Merek 366      Curmudgeon II               120       6        NA       147

Catalina 387                                Grand Cru                      135       9        NA       164

Viper 640 Modified                     American Beauty              99       3        NA       102

Beneteau 46                                Sea-quell                          84     12        NA       108

Hunter 30                                    Sea Gal                          186       6        NA       214

Morgan 32-123                           Sea-Esta                        180       6        NA       208 

Appeals or Changed Ratings

Cal 33-2                      Bad Girl                           

Base changed from 132 to 138

C&C 12                       Parrot Tales                                                

Base changed from 78 to 81

Beneteau First 44.7      Rosalita                             

Change tabled until final decision is made on the Sprit Pole.  The correction would be -6 sec.

J 122 vs King 40

Change tabled until more data is available.  We will revisit this at the fleet review in December.

Old Business:

Web Site:  The person working on our site has change jobs and no longer has time to work on our site.  A search has started for a new web site developer.

New Business

Jim Tichenor discussed the National PHRF Meeting.

Adjournment

            Next Meeting:

            Date:    06/11/ 2009

            Time:    7:00 PM

            Place:  HYC

Minutes by Tom Youens, Secretary/Treasure PHRFGB

PHRF-GB EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MINUTES

Call to Order by Chairman Tim Broadhead:

            Date:    03/12/2009

            Time:    7:00 PM

            Place:   LYC

Members Present:  Tim Broadhead, Chuck Buckner, Rocky Miller, Bill Beatty, Burns Brown, Fred Prelle, Tom Youens

Members Absent:  Jay Zittrer, Tom Sutton, Kevin Hayes. Jim Tichenor

Treasury Report:  February ending balance:  $12,358.66

Minutes of the Previous Meeting:  Discussed and approved

Boat Ratings:  There were no new rating changes

Appeals:  None – The next appeals meeting is May 14, 2009

Old Business:  None

New Business: None

Adjournment by Chairman Tim Broadhead

Next Meeting:

            Date:    04/09/2009

            Time:    7:00 PM

            Place:   HYC   

PHRF-GB February Executive Committee Meeting

February 12, 2009

Call to Order by Chairman Tim Broadhead:

Date:   02/12/2009

Time:  7:00 PM

Place:  HYC

Members present: Tim Broadhead, Chuck Buckner, Jim Tichenor, Kevin Hayes, Rocky           Miller, Bill Beatty, Burns Brown and Tom Youens

Members absent:  Jay Zittrer, Fred Prelle, and Tom Sutton

Treasures Report:  January ending bank balance:  $11,501.47

Boat Ratings

Fleet    Type                                        Name                          Base      Corr     Spin      Non-Spin      

   B       Tayana  52                               Cayuse                         81         15        96          118

   C      Pearson 365 Ketch                   Moonlight Mile          201          6        NA         230

   C      S2 7.9 OB                               Far Fig Newton           168          0       168          190

                        Question on 140 genoa 

   B       Beneteau 400 Oceanis``           Other Woman             117        21        NA         149     

   A      C&C 115                                 Gold Rush         66          0          66           83 

                        Provisional – will review performance data         

   A      Melges 20                                Mojo                            114          0        114          

                        Provisional – will review performance data

   A      J105                                         Radiance                      81           6           87           96

   B       Beneteau 33.7                          Further                         123          0         123        140

   B       OOD-34                                  Figaro                         132          0         132        153

Appeals or Administrative Change  

Fleet    Type                                        Name                          Base     Corr     Spin     Non-Spin                 

  B        Hunter Passage 420 SD            Indulgence                    108        21        129        138

  A       King 40                                    Hot Ticket                      24          3         27          45           

  C       Passport 40                              Pangloss                       141          6         147       168

  B        Hunter 34                                 Katana                         147          6         153       175

Old Business

            New web status:  Nearing completion

            Annual meeting:  Speakers, topics and refreshments were discussed

New Business

Annual audit:  Tom Youens reported that of the 2008 bank statements were reviewed and found to be in order.  Auditors were Chuck Buckner, Larry Blankenhagen and Tom Youens.

Fleet ratings were discussed.  Fleets are based on in-the-water (base plus correction) PHRF ratings.

            Fleet  A     0 – 90

            Fleet  B    91 – 150

            Fleet  C   151 and higher

A motion was made, seconded and passed to reimburse Jim Tichenor for travel to the Denver PHRF meeting.

Adjournment

            The meeting was adjourned by the Chairman, Tim Broadhead.

The next meeting is:

               Date:   03/12/2009

               Time:  7:00 PM

               Place:  LYC

Minutes by Tom Youens

Secretary Treasure PHRFGB

PHRF-GB Executive Committee Minutes - LYC

January 8, 2009

Members present:     Bill Beatty, Tim Broadhead, Burns Brown, Chuck Buckner, Kevin    Hayes, Rocky Miller, Fred Prelle, Tom Youens, and Jay Zittrer.

Members absent:       Tom Sutton and Jim Tichenor

Others attending:       Bob Wright (Web Site)

Treasures Report:     Bank statement for Dec:  $10,736.08

Fleet    Boats Rated               Boat Name     Base    Corr    Spin     Non-Spin

B          Sabre 362                    Gizmos             114      -3         111      130

B          Ericson 38 SD              Shalawag        126        9          135      157

Annual Fleet Review:

            King 40:           Base revised from 30 to 27

            J 122:               Base revised from 30 to 33

            Triple Play:       Rating reviewed and kept the same

Web Site:  Implementation of the new software was delayed until further study.           

                  Tim Broadhead and Bill Beatty will work on getting the data base updated.

Election results:

            Chairman                                                          Tim Broadhead

            Vise Chairman                                      Kevin Hayes

            Past Chairman                                                  Chuck Buckner

            Secretary Treasure                                           Tom Youens

            Chief Handicapper                                            Jim Tichenor                       

            Division A Handicapper                                    Fred Prelle                                                        

            Division B Handicapper                                    Tom Sutton                             

            Division C Handicapper                                    Rocky Miller               

            Division Non-Spin Handicapper                        Bill Beatty

            Member at large                                               Jay Zittrer

            Member at large                                               Burns Brown   

A motion was made, seconded and passed to accept the tabulated votes and destroy the ballots.                                                                                  

An annual bonus of $600.00 for Julie Dunlap was approved.  Julie works for HYC and receives no regular pay from PHRF-GB for all of the work she does for us.  It has been traditional to give her a yearly bonus which she certainly deserves.

The next meeting will be an appeals meeting on Feb 12^th.

Minutes by PHRF Secretary / Treasure, Tom Youens

PHRF Meeting Minutes 2008

PHRF – Galveston Bay Meeting - HYC

Thursday November 13, 2008

* Provisional Rating Need more information

Chuck had Dwayne Lowry give us a presentation on making and administrating the new web site.  Jim Tichenor is going to be the point man on the remake.  Suggestions for the new web site should be emailed to him.  It sounds like it will be very user friendly, we hope.  You should be able to apply and renew certificates on the website. 

A motion was made and past to adjust the ratings for vertical batten in mast roller furler main sails.  We now give a +12 second credit for an in mast roller furler main sails with no battens and we still will do that.  If you have a vertical batten in mast roller furler main sail we will now give a +6 second credit.  The board thought the extra sail area that could be added and the ability to shape the sail better would make a difference in the boats performance.  In addition other PHRF committees are adjusting ratings for these types of sails. 

There was some discussion about changing the by-laws to reflect the way things might be done and organized.  It was pointed out that it’s hard to do as we never have an annual meeting with over 50% of the membership present.  We are checking to see if there is another way to amend the by-laws. 

   Minutes by PHRF-GB Secretary, Larry Blankenhagen  

PHRF – Galveston Bay Meeting - LYC

Thursday October 9, 2008

Three appeals were heard:

 Material Girl a Beneteau 47.3, the base was adjusted +6.  Other B47.3 were also adjusted.

 Loopy a Hunter 37.7, the base was adjusted +3

 SUN-BB a Ericson 35.3, the base was adjusted +6.  We had rated this boat with the wrong keel.

* Provisional Rating Need more information

We continue to talk about Vertical Battens in roller furling main sails.  It is unclear as to how much additional roach or additional sail area is actually added.  That seems to be the most important factor.   No agreement on how we should assess a penalty.  PHRF national is talking about vertical battens this month at their meeting.  Maybe some guidance will come from that meeting.  Some Other PHRF groups do assess a penalty. 

Chuck is moving forward with finding someone to update and take care of the web site.

   Minutes by PHRF-GB Secretary, Larry Blankenhagen  

PHRF – Galveston Bay Meeting - HYC

Thursday August 14, 2008

* Provisional Rating Need more information

It was voted to do away with the S/D penalty for A kites and spinnaker boats. The penalties affect only several boats in our fleet. This was done in order to be more standard with most of the PHRF groups around the country.

 The committee was asked to look at the ratings of two boats to see if the ratings seem correct.  A Hunter Passage 420 rated at 109 and a Hunter Passage 450 rated at 111.  The committee decided that the ratings looked good.  We think we looked at the correct type of boats.  There is a chance we did not have the correct boats.

 We continue to review options for a better web site.  It was agreed that this is an important project and we should go forward.  Chuck in gathering even more information on the options.  So far no totally acceptable option has surfaced.

   Minutes by PHRF-GB Secretary, Larry Blankenhagen  

PHRF – Galveston Bay Meeting - HYC

Wednesday July 12, 2008

* Provisional Rating Need more information

No other business was discussed due to limited attendance.

   Minutes by PHRF-GB Secretary, Larry Blankenhagen  

PHRF – Galveston Bay Meeting - LYC

Wednesday June 18, 2008

* Provisional Rating Need more information

Appeals:    Danelaw: Base to remain at 111

                Loopy: Tabled until next meeting so the supplied data can be distributed to the PHRF members and the owner can be notified to attend the meeting if desired.

                Material Girl: Tabled until next meeting when the owner is back from Veracruz and can represent himself at the meeting if desired. 

Minutes by PHRF-GB Secretary, Larry Blankenhagen  

PHRF – Galveston Bay Meeting - LYC

Thursday May 8, 2008

* Provisional Rating Need more information

Two appeals were reviewed.  Kokomo a Crealock 44, the base rating was changed to 138.  Figaro a ODD34SM was previously rated incorrectly it had been rated as a Contessa 35.  The committee rated it as a ODD34SM with a base rating of 132.  

It was agreed to postpone two appeals until the next meeting.  Loopy a Hunter 37.6 and Material Girl a Ben 473 will have their appeals heard at the June meeting.  

The owner of a King 40 asked for a ruling on his electric back stay.  The electric back stay is built in that way at the factory and is standard on these boats.  PHRFGB voted to allow this as long as it is not controlled automatically by something like a computer, that is to say manually operated. 

There was more discussion on getting a guest speaker to come to Houston .  There are two people that could come to town and discuss the rating systems, PHRF, IRC, IMS, IOR, OOR, Americap, ORC Club, in great detail.  In addition they will be able to talk about point to point ratings.  If this is what we are going to do we need to pick a date and arrange for someone to come down.  To be continued at the next meeting.  

 Minutes by PHRF-GB Secretary, Larry Blankenhagen  

PHRF – Galveston Bay Meeting - HYC

Thursday April 10, 2008

* Provisional Rating Need more information

Numbers on the B-50 application did not make sense.  Several phone calls to the owner failed to make the numbers clear.

 The committee decided to adjust the ratings on Mainbrace and Loopy, Hunter 37.6s.  This was done to bring them more in line with other similar boats.  Loopy is appealing his rating. 

A request to look at the B 473 ratings was made by an owner.  The PHRF Com did look at the B 473 ratings.  We saw some slower ratings in Chesapeake area.  Most felt the boats sailed to their ratings in this area but will look at additionally data.   We agreed our chief handicapper will talk with the Chesapeake people and we'll look at ratings again next mouth. 

 Minutes by PHRF-GB Secretary, Larry Blankenhagen

PHRF – Galveston Bay Meeting - LYC

Thursday March 14, 2008

* Provisional Rating Need more information

About 80 percent of all applications for a PHRF certificate are incomplete or incorrect.  The board is doing the best it can with incomplete data.  If the board can not verify data that does not seem correct on the application the owner supplied data will be use.  It should be noted that the owner is responsible for supplying accurate data.  

The Loopy/ Mainbrace/ Hunter 376SD/ Hunter 376DK / Other: This subject continues to be perplexing to the board.  Discussions and homework continue on why these boats and others are so outside of what seems normal.  To be continued at the next meeting. Ratings will stay as they are for now.  All Hunter 376 boats and like boats will be reviewed at fleet review or sooner.  A lowering of the base rating is expected on some boats.  

The board still does not have an email address for Tom Sutton that works.  Tom’s email is wtsutton@pacadvisory.com   Tom is working to fix it.

 Minutes by PHRF-GB Secretary, Larry Blankenhagen

PHRF – Galveston Bay Meeting - HYC

Wednesday February 13, 2008

When rating the Hunter 37.6 Main Brace a difference in ratings was noted on the same type yachts.  It was decided that other ratings are incorrect.  Bill Beatty will notify the yachts how’s rating may change. 

Ratings and an appeal took up most of the meeting. 

Bill Beatty was tasked with reviewing the non-spinnaker factor.  He presented the results of that review with the following recommendation:

·        Continue to use present process and formulas.

·        Verify accuracy of the formulas in data base.

·        Develop a NSF page with processes and formulas, similar to present PHRF-GB rating    process page.

·        Communicate to members the use of our NSF.

·        Monitor other PHRF organization’s use of NSF

Bill’s full review is in printed form and included in a hard copy of the minutes.  

 Minutes by PHRF-GB Secretary, Larry Blankenhagen

PHRF – Galveston Bay Meeting - LYC

Thursday January 10, 2008

Web site upgrades were discussed.  Bob Wright is acting as the web site administrator and informed the board about what is possible.  Bob also asked for input about what we would like.   Further discussions on the web site will occur at the next meeting.  The web site will be a work in progress.

It was agreed that PHRF-GB will collect race results for all windward leeward races in Galveston Bay this year.  It is hoped that LYC, HYC and GBCA will mail there results to PHRF-GB after each regatta.  This would help us greatly when discussing appeals. 

We postponed discussing A-kite penalties until Jim Tichenor is in attendance.  Jim has been doing research on the subject and he will have more info for the board at the next meeting.

Bob Wright presented an overview of how the non-spinnaker penalty was created.  No glaring problems were noted, but fine tuning may be needed.  Discussions will be continued at the next meeting.

Next meeting changed to Wednesday, February 13.  Below are the rest of the 2008 meeting dates:

Feb 13     HYC                Appeal Mtg

Mar 13     LYC

Apr 10      HYC

May 8      LYC 

June 12    HYC

July    10  LYC

Aug 14     HYC

Sept 11    LYC

Oct 9       HYC

Nov 13     LYC

Dec 11      HYC    Fleet Review  

PHRF Meeting Minutes 2007

PHRF – Galveston Bay Meeting - HYC

Thursday December 14, 2007

Harris Knecht presented an appeal seeking to remove the penalty for boats that have a high SA/D ratio and which carry a symmetrical and assymmetrical spinnakers. The Committee deferred a decision pending Jim Tichenor checking with other PHRF areas having the same penalty. Those areas particularly are Long Island Sound, Lake Erie and Lake Michigan.

The following new base rating was assigned: Westerly Corsair 36 The Mons 141

The owner of Beneteau 323 Aqua Knot II notified the Committee that he wished to change his rating to spinnaker. This change will not affect the base rating.

The Committee went through a fleet review and decided to lower the rating of Triple Play, a Grand Soleil 39 from 108 to 102.

The Committee discussed the program that applies the non spinnaker factors to the base ratings. There is some concern that it may be inaccurate in certain areas. The program was written by Bob Wright, and Jim Tichenor will ask Bob to make a report at the next meeting.

Jack Yoes and Tim Broadhead of the Committee tallied the ballots. The following will be on the Committee for 2008: Chairman - Chuck Buckner; Vice Chairman - Kevin Hayes; Secretary/Treasure- Larry Blakenhagen; Chief Handicapper - Jim Tichenor; Div. A Handicapper - Fred Prell; Div B. Handicapper - Tom Sutton; Div. C Handicapper - Rocky Miller; Div. Non-Spin Handicapper - Bill Beatty; Members at Large Jay Zitterer and Tim Broadhead.

PHRF – Galveston Bay Meeting - HYC

Thursday October 10, 2007

Andrea Todaro was also present on behalf of the Harvest Moon Committee.

The Committee discussed the base correction box in the certificate and decided that it was confusing and should be removed because it duplicates the calculated correction box.

The Committee considered whether the Pacific Seacraft 34 Stardust was properly rated and decided it needed more measurement data.

The Committee discussed getting a printer and printing the certificates at the meeting to avoid mistakes in communication between the Committee and Julie, who types the certificates. The Division Handicappers would be able to sign off on ratings within their divisions.

The Committee discussed the ballot and decided before sending the ballot to the members, to confer with Past Chairman Jim Tichenor, who is tentatively nominated to run as Chief Handicapper. If elected Chief Handicapper, that would result in one less Board Member because the immediate Past Chairman is a member of the Board.

Jim Bradley

PHRF – Galveston Bay Meeting - LYC

Thursday September 15, 2007

PHRF – Galveston Bay Meeting - HYC

Thursday August 9, 2007

The Committee discussed an inquiry received from the owner of the C&C 36 Selah about the rating assigned. Tim Broadhead will look into the rating because there are a number of different models of a C&C 36 and get back with the Committee.

The owner of the Tripp 36 Predator reported that he had replaced the mast with a different but heavier mast and polycarbonate rigging. The Committee thought no rating change should be made.

The Committee discussed its procedures for giving provisional ratings, often just before a regatta. The Committee thought written policies should be made concerning provisional ratings and plan to discuss those policies at the September meeting.

The Committee will do a fleet review before Harvest Moon, preferably at the September meeting.

Jim Bradley

PHRF – Galveston Bay Meeting - LYC

Thursday July 12, 2007

The Committee discussed the upcoming election, the duties of the various Board members, and the candidates being presented.

Jim Bradley

PHRF – Galveston Bay Meeting - HYC

Thursday June 14, 2007

The rating given the Catalina "Lost Texan" was provisional pending receipt of more information.

The committee discussed a letter from the owner of Catalina 470 "Lady", which was issued a certificate in April with a base rating of 102. The owner pointed out that an identical boat, "Ruthless", was rated at 123. The April minutes listed 123, not 102 as stated on the certificate. The committee decided to issue a corrected certificate at 123.

The consensus of the committee was to hold a fleet review before the Harvest Moon.

Jim Bradley

PHRF – Galveston Bay Meeting - HYC

Thursday May 10, 2007

The appeal of the Formosa 46 C'est la Vie by Thomas Sims was heard. The Committee determined that there is a discrepancy in the rig dimensions on the rating certificate that may indicate the boat is actually a Formosa 45. This will be handled administratively when it is determined what the model designation and rig dimensions of the boat should be.

The Committee noted that the trial certificate for the DuFour 35 noted an offset for a fixed two-blade propeller, though the "folding prop" box was checked on the application. This is to be corrected. The Beneteau 411 should be rated without an offset for a roller furling mainsail.
The Committee voted that a correctly measured Formosa 46 would be given a PHRFGB base rating of 129.
Gregory Way

PHRF – Galveston Bay Meeting - LYC

Thursday April 12, 2007

The Board agreed to pay ½ of Jim Tichenor's trip expenses to the USSA meeting, as it has done in the past.

A rating was requested by a Freedom 36 "Lady Blue", but the measurements did not match the Rig Book, so the Committee postponed assigning a rating until the differences could be reconciled.

The Committee discussed the rating assigned to the Beneteau 10R and decided to leave it at 78.

An informal request was made by Xavier as to whether it would be permissible under PHRF rules for a J-109 to use a whisker pole to pole out a jib while sailing in wind too high for a spinnaker. No decision was made.
Jim Bradley

PHRF – Galveston Bay Meeting - HYC

Thursday March 8, 2007

Mark Holdaway came to the meeting to inquire what rating would be assigned to his J-24 if he used an asymmetrical spinnaker. The committee informed him that there would be no penalty because a J-24 did not meet the PHRF GB definition of a sport boat. The base rating would be the normal rating of 171.

The Committee received an appeal to lower the rating based on the wrong water length measurement. The appeal was from the owners of the Formosa 46 C'est La Vie, and the Committee will consider the request at the regular May appeals meeting.

Bill Beatty notified the Committee of an error in the draft measurement of his Passport 40. The draft is actually 6 inches deeper, and the base rating should be 141.

The Committee has been approached by some J-105 owners who wish to have two certificates, one for a class configuration and another for PHRF. The Committee will look into the request.

The Annual Meeting for PHRF will be Friday, March 30 at HYC at 8:00 P.M. after the skippers' meeting for the Elissa Regatta.

The Committee decided to postpone until Fall bringing in an out-of-town speaker on handicaps.
Jim Bradley

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