25 March 2024, PHRF-NB Meeting Minutes

Posted on May 9, 2024 - Meeting Minutes

PHRF-NB
Minutes
March 2024

Date:          Monday, March 25, 2024
Time:         1830
Location:   Zoom

  1. Call to Order: 6:33pm
  2. Roll Call: Don Kern, Commodore; Will Museler, Rating Chairman; Roy Guay, Treasurer;  Bob Horton, Secretary; Ken Madeiro, Committee Member; Ec Helme, Committee Member; Todd Johnston, Committee Member; Vin McAteer, Committee Member; Moose McClintock, Committee Member; Mark Nannini, Committee Member; Randy Shore, Committee Member; Kathy Rotsky, PHRF-NB Administrator
  3. Approval February 2024 Meeting Minutes: The members present approved the minutes as submitted.
  4. Appeal: 2023: Certificate 17443 – C&C 110, Makai, Alex Hood owner. Alex and Ted Hood appeared to speak regarding their appeal of the existing base rating of 78 for their boat. They presented 2023 race results and their perspective of how the boat was sailed and their performance in relation to other competitors. They were thanked for their participation and informed that they would be notified of the action of the committee regarding this rating.
    The members present discussed the performance of the boat and the experience of members racing against Makai along with the documentation presented by the Hood’s. The consensus was that the boat is sailed well but lacks sail area to compete in the fleets they are assigned to with the current rating in part due to the 98% all-purpose jib that the boat is rating with. The members presented voted to assign a 2024 base of 84 and apply all adjustments as appropriate. The Hood’s will be informed of the change.
  5. Notice of Rating Review: 2023 Certificate 16630 -INTERN’L STAR, Presto, Dwight Escalera owner. Mr. Escalera was invited to the meeting to discuss the manner in which PHRF-NB establishes the rating for his One Design Star sailboat. Mr. Escalera described how they trailer the boat during the summer to various Star Regatta’s and how racing weekly on Narragansett Bay under PHRF keeps them sharp and lets them fine tune their skills. He provided insight comparing his performance to the competition in his fleet. Will Museler explained that PHRF-NB has difficulty in assigning a spinnaker rating to a boat without a spinnaker and the option that a Star would have in asking an organizing authority to place the Star in a spinnaker fleet. Mr Escalera was thanked for his participation and informed that he would be notified of the action of the committee regarding his rating. The committee reviewed the information that was gathered and the ratings from other areas and how the One Design Star was designated either with a spinnaker rating or not. Will had submitted information to the group from NORCAL PHRF in regards to Star ratings. It was agreed and voted on by the members present to take no action on the rating for the Star and to leave the 2023 rating as is for 2024. Mr Escalera will be notified of this decision.
  6. New Base Ratings Needed
    1. 2024 Certificate 17905  – Hinckley Owens 41 Cutter, Brigadoon, Owner Robert Morton. There are 3 models of this boat a sloop, cutter and yawl. This boat was compared to a Rhodes Reliant rating 159, a Rhodes 41 rating 170, a Hinckley pilot rating 171. After a thorough discussion it was agreed by the members present to assign a provisional 2024 rating of 171.
    2. 2024 Certificate, 17930 Alerion Express 38 Sloop, Osprey, Peter Rugg owner. The members question whether this is a dash2 model or a shoal draft model. The Administrator will confirm the information needed. NE has the dash2 rated at 111 and the shoal draft at 117. After a thorough discussion it was agreed by the members present to assign a provisional base 2024 rating of 111 and allow any adjustments to be applied once the model is verified.
    3. 2024 Certificate 17942  – Catalina Capri 22, Delta Flyer, Wayne Morris owner. No action was required as a base of 204 is already in the system under the model Capri 22 Catalina.
  7. Ratings Review: 2023 Certificates to be Reviewed
    1. 2023 Certificate 17804 REICHEL PUGH MARTEN 49 CTM, Pugilist, Dudley Johnson owner, Darris Witham representing this boat requested a review of the 2023 rating prior to submitting a 2024 certificate filing. No additional information from 2023 was submitted that would precipitate a change to the base rating. It was noted by a board member that work may have been performed on the rudder. This will be confirmed by Kathy Rotsky. It was agreed and voted on by the members present to take no action on the rating for Pugilist and to leave the 2023 rating as is for 2024 at -42.
    2. 2023 Certificate 17278 – FREEDOM 30 SD, The 2023 base rating change will be the 2024 base agreed by the members present.
    3. 2023 Certificate 17320 – DUFOUR 45e, Lark. The 2023 base rating change will be the 2024 base agreed by the members present.
    4. 2023 Certificate 17418 – STELLAR 53, Dovetail. The 2023 base rating change will be the 2024 base agreed by the members present.
    5. 2023 Certificate 17513 – DEHLER 42 TM, Ohana. The 2023 base rating change will be the 2024 base agreed by the members present.
    6. 2023 Certificate 17728P – MOODY 41DS, Overcommitted. Agreed by the members present that the 2023 provisional designation be removed for 2024.
    7. 2023 Certificate 17820P – BENETEAU OCEANIS 51.1, Hot Pocket. Agreed by the members present that the 2023 provisional designation be removed for 2024.
    8. 2023 Certificate 17826P – ISLAND PACKET 439, Ripple. Agreed by the members present that the 2023 provisional designation be removed for 2024.
    9. 2023 Certificate 17851P -LEGENDARY HERRESCHOFF BOUNTY, Arrluuk. Agreed by the members present that the 2023 provisional designation be removed for 2024.
    10. 2023 Certificate 17862P -OYSTER 46 Humphrey design, Benediction. Agreed by the members present that the 2023 provisional designation be removed for 2024.
    11. 2023 Certificate 17876P – BROOKLIN BOTIN 43 CTM, Jax. Agreed by the members present that the 2023 provisional designation be removed for 2024.
    12. 2023 Certificate 17877P – S&S 68 YWL CTM, Black Watch. Agreed by the members present that the 2023 provisional designation be removed for 2024.
    13. 2024 Certificate 17915, – J24, Barfly, Rob Lambert owner. It was determined that changes in the size of the sails carried by this boat compared to the standard J24 base rating of 174 would result in standard adjustments of +9 for the reduced jib and -1 for the mainsail area. The members present agreed on these standard adjustments.
  8. Old Business:
    1. Latest status on discussions with US Sailing. No update provided.
    2. Posting of PHRF-NB withholding dues to US Sailing on Website
    3. Status of updates to web page. Roy Guay stated that the request to convert metric to standard and standard to metric were now in place. There is no conversion to square meters only square feet.
  9. New Business:
    1. Review of “Rating Procedures of Narragansett Bay PHRF”. Commodore Kern indicated that he had updated the Rating Procedures with the replacement of the 3 second change notification to certificate holders to now be 6 seconds before notification prior to the change being applied. He asked that the Procedures be review by the board members for any other changes or clarification needed.
    2. Meeting April 29th, 6:30pm – Zoom
  10. Adjournment: Adjourned at 8:10pm