I need a solution to a discussion we have here in Mexico. There will be a Fathers Race on June 22. Everybody is invited, in Veracruz, 18 kms. Basis allow for all boats to compete under equal circumstances but there are some SOTs in plastic very wide and slow and some long narrow boats. The rule and tradition calls for Tour boats. No K1 or race boats or surfskis are allowed. But among those there are some less than 15 and some above 19 . I was going to try to use the hull speed as criteria, but since it only takes the length and not the width (at waterline level), a wide long boat will be slower than a narrow rounded bottom boat. Is there some rule of thumb to take length and width and try a simple equation that will give some kind of handicap? I don`t think there would be time to make hull measurements before the race to run the drag programs. Last year Jon Brindle suggested me to separate the categories according to HYPERLINK "http://www.soundrowers.org/yakclass.htm"http://www.soundrowers.org/yakclass .htm and I am submitting this possibility, but that would spread to categories by age and by boat, and that means few competitors in each and many medals. I was thinking something like that but penalizing with something like 5% of time for longer boats (9.25 to 10.99 l/w ratio) and another 5% for extra fast boats (above 10.99). Runners can work their numbers and decide which boat to use if the 5% is too little or too much. Any help will be appreciated here. Best Regards, Rafael. Mexico www.mayanseas.com No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.21/1456 - Release Date: 20/05/2008 6:45 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue May 20 2008 - 21:25:38 PDT
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