PHRF-NB
Minutes October

October 2024

Date:        Tuesday, Oct 29, 2024
Time:         1800
Location:   In person, Newport, RI

1. Call to Order: 6:45 pm
2. Roll Call: Don Kern, Commodore;  Roy Guay, Treasurer; Bob Horton, Secretary; Will Museler, Rating Chairman Ken Madeiro, Committee Member; Moose McClintock, Committee Member; Randy Shore, Committee Member, Todd Johnston, Committee member; EC Helm, Committee Member;: Kathy Rotsky, PHRF-NB Administrator not present Vin McAteer, Committee Member; Matt Smith, Committee Member;
3. Approval Meeting Minutes : Minutes of the September 2024
4. Appeals: None
5. New Base Ratings Needed: None
6. Annual Ratings Review:
   The following boats will have an additional review during the off season to valid the 2024 rating that was assigned.
   1. Certificate 1743 – C&C 110, Makai
   2. Certificate 17905 – Hinckley Owens 41 CUT, Brigadoon
   3. Certificate 17930 – Alerion Express 38-2 SLP, Osprey
   4. Certificate 18060 – Alerion Express 38-2 YWL, Hope
   5. Certificate 11913 – Tartan 34C, Iris
   6. Certificate 15146 – Farr 395, Next Wave
7. Old Business:
   1. Ratings Chairman Will Museler spoke with YRALIS Chairman, Alistair Duke, concerning a gathering of the regional PHRF groups to discuss regional common issues that could be shared and eventually presented to US SAILING Will and Alistair agreed to identify the 3 top concerns of both groups and then go to the other NE Regions for their top 3 concerns. Commodore Kern suggested that NEPHRF be brought into the discussion sooner rather than later. The top 3 issues for PHRF-NB were discussed by the members present and agreement on our 3 were: Access to USSailing performance data which has not been updated since 2016 and is critical to local PHRF committees.  Access to new design certificates.                                                                                                   Creation of a multi-rating system that would be fair and consistent for different courses.
   2. Status of updates to web page. Roy Guay is working with the website developer to add pervious boat name/ homeport to the applicant certificates.
8. New Business:
   1. Potential Rule adjustments: Will Museler provided an update along with new charts showing the effect and the adjustment table.
      1. The use of Performance Factor to create a new adjustment Table for Non-Spin adjustments. Using Jim Teeters’ GPH algorithm had some glitches but extended the adjustment range from a Max of 24 to 35.
   2. Annual meeting will be at Newport YC on January 15, 2025
   3. Meeting: Nov 25, Zoom
9. Adjournment: members present voted to adjourn at 8:07pm