The PCYC technical committee will make the final determination whether a yacht’s PCR will be based on MPHRF, PHRF, or ORR.
Attention is called to deadlines in Paragraph 13 , and penalties in paragraph 6.
An ORR certificate will be required of monohulls fitting any of the following categories:
· Any yacht with a PHRF rating less than 40
· Any yacht sailing with moveable ballast
· Any yacht flagged by either the Northern California PHRF committee or the Pacific Cup Technical committee as having an unreliable PHRF rating. This may include yachts having a short PHRF rating history with Northern California PHRF, or other unusual or extreme designs. “Short rating history” includes yachts with recent spinnaker area changes of greater than 10%.
Yachts not fitting these categories may submit an ORR certificate and request that their PCR be based on ORR.
All yachts holding both ORR and PHRF certificates are requested to submit both. This is to facilitate improved ratings for future races.
Requirements for PHRF certificates:
· Any application for a new PHRF certificate must be filed with the Northern California PHRF committee no later than Feb 1, 2008.
· Note that if this yacht type has not been rated before 2008 by Northern California PHRF, then “short rating history” will probably apply.
· Requests for a rating application form should be sent directly to: YRA, Quarters 35 S, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA 94123. Information is available on the web at: http://www.yra.org.