Please submit your results as soon as possible.
No analysis for 2020, but race credit will be applied.
Pandemic racing: Fiasco on the Rocks - three start points and live streaming.
Another article issued by the RYA on sailing & racing with participants from different households during COVID-19 in England.
US Sailing is holding a Webinar with a Race Management Panel to discuss:
Important Considerations for Return to Racing on May 28th at 2:00 pm EDT / 11 am PDT
The RYA has published an article that may be useful for our Members, Handicappers and owners while considering options for racing on Lake Ontario.
Ontario Sailing has taken the lead on getting more details about Premier Ford's May 14th Announcement.
Please submit your results as soon as possible.
No analysis for 2020, but race credit will be applied.
The Executive and Central Council will be holding Zoom meetings next month.
You can take a peak into what will be discussed via our Meeting agendas.
November 12th - Executive Meeting Agenda
November 21st - Central Council Agenda
Meeting minutes will be posted once they are approved.
The Toronto Boat Show has been cancelled!
With the cancellation of the Toronto Boat Show for Jan 2021, it is official that we will not be holding an in-person General Meeting.
There is discussion that we will attempt to hold a Webinar for both the AGM & the Spring Training Workshop.
The scheduled date for the AGM was Jan 16, 2021 and it is anticipated that this will be the scheduled date.
Your Executive and Central Council both held Zoom meetings this past month.
There were many items discussed that may impact you or your Certificate Holders.
Racing 2020 may seem like an impossible dream, but many of our Members are finding creative ways to get their passions going.
Pursuit racing has been raised many times and with that, there are references & tools that we are collecting for you to consider.
A few changes have been made to the Handicappers Manual (s)
- All Parts have been updated to a PDF with "clickable" table of contents. This will also allow for a cleaner downloaded copy.
The IC37 has arrived on Lake Ontario.
A Mark Mills design, built by Westerley Marine and FIBRE Mechanics, led by Melges Perfomance Sailboat.
During a review by Central Council of the status of the Sonar Class Association and a lack of current Certificate holders, it was decided to review all our listed One Design Classes (as per the Handicappers Manual Appendage)
The much anticipated, Point to Point handicap offset, has been calculated and preliminary numbers generated.
For 2020, your Central Council are releasing preliminary numbers for race organizers to use.
Your Central Council of Handicappers reviewed the NFS-Delta changes for 2020.
Most classes will see a change to the NFS handicap, but on average, everyone in your fleet will have similar changes.
All Mainsail must be measured or be subject to a 3 sec/nm penalty.
Including missing Main Girth Top.
At the winter Central Council meeting, it was confirmed that we will now be implementing the penalty for "Unmeasured Mainsails" on certificates that are missing ANY mainsail measurements.
In 2018 Central Council implemented the penalty for Unmeasured Mainsails.
Handicappers can now request that a "Class" be added to the Alert Review done by Central Council at their February meeting.
Fellow Certificate Holders,
It is great to see so many clubs getting a start on the racing season of 2020, albeit with reduced numbers.
Congratulations to all the winners of the 2nd PHRF-LO Chapman Season Championship & New Racer Awards!
View our Winners here!
Yes, the results are all in and competitors have been contacted to attend the Annual General Meeting on Saturday, January 18th at 10:00 am.
As approved at the 2019 Annual General Meeting. The Fee for a certificate will be increased to $40.40 (+ HST if applicable)
Congratulations to all the winners of the 1st PHRF-LO Chapman Season Championship & New Racer Awards!
A collection of pdf copies of the PHRF-LO Newsletter from 2003 to present.