Summer PHRF racing is about to start. New boats come out. To score the races quickly I need up to date registration information, before the race.
Make sure you have paid your SSSS race fee and, unless racing D Class, your PHRF dues. If you have raced this boat with us before and nothing has changed you need do no more.
Should you be paying at the last minute, if your check may not be in Annie’s hand a day or two before the race, call or e-mail me. I will trust you and will get the results out without waiting. Or you can pay on line. PayPal updates us close to real time.
Registering before you race makes my my job, scoring the race, easier. It also makes it quicker. I can usually get scores posted by the next morning, if everyone is registered. By if I have to contact the handicapper before I can score a boat, or wait till Annie tells me they have paid race fees, it can take a lot longer. Days. So please help me, and get your score faster: register before you race.
If you want to change classes, moving into or out of D Class, you need to get a new handicap and then tell me what it is. If you forgot which class you last raced in, the computer will remember. Tell me which class you want to race in before the race.
The RC boat does not make class changes.
If you have not raced your boat with us before, or you got a new boat, you need to do three things:
1. Get a handicap: from Rafe Beswick if racing PHRF, or from Kelly Coon if you are racing D Class.
2. Then you need to communicate to me: the handicap, your name, boat’s name, sail number, and if you are racing D Class or PHRF.
3. Pay your race fees
Actually, if you have paid dues, you get one buoy race free, a chance to try racing. I would encourage you to try racing if you are at all inclined. Racing is fun. If you decide to keep racing, you then need to pay your race fee.
However, if you know you are going to race the series, pay your race fee with your dues and make it easier for everyone.
That is what I need you to do to be able to score you. Please get it over before racing and I will have results sooner.
Steve Worcester
I want to thank the fleet for getting their PHRF dues in by the deadline. I am sure our Toliva scorer, Susan McRae, thanks you too. It makes scoring easier.
Thinking of starting to race this season? If you have been racing with us, be sure to pay your PHRF dues, if racing PHRF, and your race fee before racing. If you are new to our program, be sure to get handicapped. Contact Rafe Beswick for the PHRF classes or Kelly Coon for D Class.
Our registration process is pretty simple and basic. There is however a certain amount of information I need to score you in a race. Please make sure you are registered before racing.
Steve Worcester
Running a race can be a challenge, as you will discover when it is your turn to run one. It is not just starting the race that can be trying. Finishing is another opportunity to get things wrong. It is not always easy to identify boats you may never have seen before.
The racers, you, can help. First fly your class flag: a pennant of the color assigned to your class. It will give the RC some idea of who a mystery boat might be. That, and finishing first in class, might even get you a gun rather than a honk.
Then, rather than rounding the pin end and heading for home, go by the RC boat so that they can get a good look at you. If they are not busy, you might even talk to them. You do need to be sure to stay out of the way of boats that are finishing and not to distract the RC as they take finishers.
Lastly, note who finishes around you, particularly who finishes directly in front and directly after you. If we end up with an unidentified finish time, or there is a question about the results, we can usually resolve it fairly easily, as long as the skippers can tell me who finished around them.
Steve Worcester