The Winter Series commences on Sunday 31st October. This series is unique for Cookham Reach Sailing Club, not only because only two races are sailed each Sunday due to the shortening daylight hours, but because its scored using two methods. The first method uses the normal PY Handicap system based on the CRSC published Portsmouth Yardstick (PY) for each dinghy class, as per normal handicap racing. Merlins are included under PY=1020, and Lightnings under PY=1170. The points scoring system is described in the Cookbook and on the website.

The second method re-scores the results from the first method after applying a “personal handicap” (PH) for each helm and you can read all about it in our scoring page.

Our scoring expert, Nigel Webb has now compiled the starting values for each sailor as follows –

David Phillips 100
Pat Blake 100

Clive Evison 105
Gary Adshead 105
Gareth Jones 105
Martin Evans 105
Alastair McMichael 105

Kevin Singleton 110

Duncan Watts 115
Mary Webb 115
Andrew Boxer 115
Jerome Dreux 115
James Long 115
Maddie Harris 115

Marcus Robb 120
Tricia Evison 120
Nigel Webb 120
Nick Reuter 120

Christine Roy 130
New CRSC helms 130

We will publish race reports and results in our new posts each week which will include points scores for the Series and Personal Handicap.