Stewartby Sailing

Personal Handicaps

2025-09-03

How personal handicaps are calculated:

For each race in a rolling years worth of races (including Wednesday evenings but not short course) all the Portsmouth Yardstick corrected times are averaged and multiplied by 1.05 to give a cut off time any times greater than this value are discarded, because they are most likely the result of someone having a really bad race so is not representative and will unduly influence the handicaps.

Sample race:

Competitor	Corrected Time (s)
Ade	3000
Bob	3100
Carl	3200
Drew	3300
Earl	4000

For out sample race:

Cut off = (3000+3100+3200+3300+4000)*1.05/5 = 3320
Average of all results bellow the cut off is = (3000+3100+3200+3300)/4 = 3150
Audit = (competiors corrected time / Race Average) * 1000 rounded to the nearest whole number

Competitor	Audit
Ade	3000/3150*1000 = 952
Bob	3100/3150*1000 = 984
Carl	3200/3150*1000 = 1016
Drew	3300/3150*1000 = 1048
Earl	4000/3150*1000 = 1269

For each competitor the average of all there Audits is taken to determine their personal number, any audits greater than 1500 are not included in the average, to discard particularly bad races where a competitor has lost a lap due to being OCS or capsized a lot!

To use the personal handicap the formular is:

Personal correct time = PY corrected time / Personal handicap * 1000

Current personal handcap list as of: 2025-09-03

note a personal number of 0 doesn't mean your infinately fast (it just means we don't have enough data yet)

QE	Sailor	Class	Personal Handicap	No Races
RH400SB	Richard Hargreaves Sarah Binstead	RS 400	957	5
ABH	Andy Bunyan	HARRIER	1043	7
ABSX	Andy Bunyan	SHADOW X	1141	1
AB15	Andy Bunyan	SPRINT 15	1073	20
ABU	Andy Bunyan	UNICORN	1129	2
AB200RF	Andy Bunyan Roger Fowler	RS 200	No Data 0	0
ABVAB	Andy Bunyan Andy Binstead	RS VISION	1035	1
ABPHANTOM	Andy Bunyan	PHANTOM	1059	4
ABPICO	A Benseddik	LASER PICO	1500	0
ABR	A Benseddik	LASER RADIAL	1124	4
ABL	A Benseddik	LASER	1428	0
AB4	A Benseddik	LASER 4.7	No Data 0	0
AB16	A Benseddik Wiwi	DART 16 SLOOP D/H	No Data 0	0
ABPICO	Alana Bowman	LASER PICO	1500	0
ACFJ	Aaron Caves Jackson	RS FEVA	1107	1
ACP	Arron Cumings	LASER PICO	No Data 0	0
ACPP	Adam Crehan-clark	LASER PICO	No Data 0	0
AFL	Adam Fox	LASER	939	5
AFF	Adam Fox Isla Fox	RS FEVA	1007	0
AFFXIF	Adam Fox Isla Fox	RS FEVA XL	902	5
AFFX	Adam Fox	RS FEVA XL	911	4
AFVRE	Adam Fox Russel Ellson	RS VISION	965	3
AHS	Anthony Harris	SOLO	1030	1
ASS	Alan Southwell	STREAKER	1251	7
AML	Andy Morley	LASER	1068	4
AMR	Andy Morley	LASER RADIAL	1051	8
ARL	Andy Ralphs	LASER	1051	2
ARLR	Andy Ralphs	LASER RADIAL	1137	7
ARL4	Andy Ralphs	LASER 4.7	1088	7
BJF	Brian Jones	RS FEVA	1500	2
BFMJF	Barry Funnell Julia Funnell	MIRROR (D/H)	1137	1
BJVTC	Brian Jones Tim Chick	RS VISION	1500	1
BSS	Bill Strange	STREAKER	1040	7
BS368	Bill Strange	LIGHTNING 368	1024	0
CAM	Charles Adams	MIRROR (S/H)	No Data 0	0
CAS	Charles Adams	SOLO	1098	0
CCVSD	Colin Claser Stephen Dunn	RS VISION	1344	1
CCVST	Colin Clasper Simone Tomai	RS VISION	No Data 0	0
CC200SA	Colin Clasper Susan Attwood	RS 200	1029	1
CHBDL	Charlotte Howard Dan Luckett	BUZZ	1121	0
CHT	Charlotte Howard	TOPPER	985	0
CLTDL	Charlotte Luckett Dan Luckett	TASAR	1130	0
CMP	Chris Maher	PHANTOM	1023	20
CM15	Chris Maher	SPRINT 15	1104	4
CMV	Chris Maher	RS VISION	1262	1
CMVBM	Chris Maher Ben Maher	RS VISION	1022	3
CMVNB	Chris Maher Nic Baker	RS VISION	997	5
CPL16MP	Charlie Palmer Mark Patten	LASER 16	1042	1
CPL	Courtney Perry	LASER	1198	0
CO2	Colin Clasper Rachel Slater	2000	1209	0
COD	Colin Clasper	DEVOTI D-ZERO	986	57
CODB	Colin Clasper	DEVOTI D-ZB	1011	19
COL	Colin Clasper	LASER	965	0
COR	Colin Clasper	LASER RADIAL	1092	0
CO3	Colin Clasper	RS 300	No Data 0	0
CO4	Colin Clasper	LASER 4.7	1174	0
CC200RS	Colin Clasper Rachel Slater	RS 200	1058	4
CC400RE	Colin Clasper Russell Elson	RS 400	1008	1
CWD	Colin Wright	DART 18	1319	0
CWL	Colin Wright	LASER	1025	0
CWR	Colin Wright	LASER RADIAL	1028	21
CW2	Colin Wright	LASER II	1150	0
CW14	Colin Wright Mark Patten	B14	1496	0
CW15	Colin Wright	SPRINT 15	1368	3
DBS	David Barr	SOLO	995	8
DBSO	David Barr	SOLUTION	1025	3
DGC	Dave Grummitt	CHALLENGER	1146	9
DHL	Dave Harrison	LASER	998	35
DHR	Dave Harrison	LASER RADIAL	969	11
DHS	Dave Harrison	SOLO	1009	0
DH8	Dave Harrison	ROOSTER 8.1	1002	0
DLL	Dan Luckett	LASER	1285	0
DLR	Dan Luckett	LASER RADIAL	1413	0
DTV	Dan Treloar Toby	RS VISION	1129	0
DT3	Dan Treloar	RS 300	1014	0
EKLR	Ed Karklas	LASER RADIAL	998	16
EKW	Ed Karklas	WANDERER	1244	0
EKVAC	Ed Karklas Alana Caves	RS FEVA	984	1
EKSTANDARDFEVAMK	Ed Karklas Martha Karklas	RS FEVA	969	2
EKFMK	Ed Karklas Martha Karklas	RS FEVA XL	1074	6
EKVMK	Ed Karklas Martha Karklas	RS VISION	1073	3
EBR	Emily Binstead	LASER RADIAL	1061	2
EBT	Emily Binstead	TOPPER	1235	4
ESTAS	Emma Southwell Alan Southwell	TASAR	1276	0
ESTO	Emma Southwell	TOPPER	992	0
ESR	Emma Southwell	LASER RADIAL	938	7
ESS	Emma Southwell	STREAKER	980	0
ESLP	Eti Salpeter	LASER PICO	1271	3
EWSP	Eddie Wagstaff-Smith	LASER PICO	No Data 0	0
EWSR	Eddie Wagstaff-Smith	LASER RADIAL	1500	1
FWR	Finn Wiley	LASER RADIAL	1291	0
GES	Grayson Eacott	SOLO	1019	0
GEIC	Grayson Eacott	CANOE INTERNATIONAL	No Data 0	0
GHL	Gerry Howcroft	LIGHTNING 368	1434	0
GWS	Graham Wiley	SOLO	1099	0
GWSVEWS	George Wagstaff-Smith Eddie Wagstaff-Smith	RS VISION	No Data 0	0
GWSLR	George Wagstaff-Smith	LASER RADIAL	1500	1
GFA	Gareth Farr	A CLASS	1270	1
HC4	Hayden Clark	LASER 4.7	No Data 0	0
HCR	Hayden Clark	LASER RADIAL	No Data 0	0
HCH13JR	Hayden Clark Jamie Ratcliffe	HOBIE 13	1156	3
IOL	Ian Orman	LASER	No Data 0	0
IR16	Ian Rhodes-Ellson	HOBIE 16	1380	2
IRFX1	Ian Rhodes-Ellson	HOBIE FX1	1302	2
IRT	Ian Rhodes-Ellson	TONIC	No Data 0	0
IHK1	Ian Howard	K1	995	1
IHP	Ian Howard	PHANTOM	993	0
IHW	Ian Howard	WAYFARER	No Data 0	0
IP15	Ian Pasquet	SPRINT 15	1344	0
IPL	Ian Pasquet	LASER	975	5
IP2	Ian Pasquet	LASER II	1136	0
IPR	Ian Pasquet	LASER RADIAL	1068	2
IP8	Ian Pasquet	ROOSTER 8.1	1092	0
IPA	Ian Pasquet Claire	ALBACORE	No Data 0	0
IPZ	Ian Pasquet	DEVOTI D-ZERO	1028	0
IP400RH	Ian Pasquet Richard Hargreaves	RS 400	No Data 0	0
IPLA	Ian Parish	LASER	972	0
IPG	Ian Parish	GRADUATE	No Data 0	0
IPS	Ian Parish	STREAKER	946	22
IP3	Ian Parish	LIGHTNING 368	919	0
IPA2	Ian Parish	LASER II FUN	1028	0
ISL	Ian Squire	LASER	980	0
ISR	Ian Squire	LASER RADIAL	970	0
JD18	James Davey	DART 18	1174	1
JASH	Jack Stockford	HERON	1099	7
JBP	Jodie Bowman	LASER PICO	1451	2
JBLR	Jay Ben	LASER RADIAL	993	1
JBL	J Benseddik	LASER	No Data 0	0
JBR	J Benseddik	LASER RADIAL	1100	4
JB4	J Benseddik	LASER 4.7	No Data 0	0
JBV	J Benseddik	RS VISION	No Data 0	0
JCVBC	Joe Creswick Ben Creswick	RS VISION	1317	1
JDS	James Davey	SUPERNOVA	1016	2
JDL	James Davey	LASER	1037	0
JD2	James Davey Jess Davey	2000	1134	0
JD2000RC	Jess Day Rich Cook	2000	1159	4
JDV	Jess Day	RS VAREO	1116	2
JEL	Joe Eldred	LASER	1148	0
JFS	Jon Finch	SPRINT 15	1013	0
JF2TV	Jenny Fuller Terry Van Rijn	LASER II	1097	0
JF4	Jenny Fuller	LASER 4.7	1168	0
JFL	Jenny Fuller	LASER	1291	0
JHT	James Hargreaves	TOPPER	No Data 0	0
JN18SD	John Neal Steven Dunne	DART 18	1255	6
JMP	James McHattie	LASER PICO	1461	1
JN2	John Neale	LASER II	994	1
JN2SD	John Neal Steven Dunne	LASER II	1056	2
JN5SD	John Neal Steven Dunne	505	1145	8
JN2000SD	John Neal Steven Dunne	2000	1130	0
JN15	John Neal	SPRINT 15	1317	0
JNW	John Neal Sid	WAYFARER	1140	7
JNASD	John Neal Steven Dunne	ALBACORE	1403	0
JP3	Jack Pasquet	RS 300	1500	0
JPL	Jack Pasquet	LASER	1134	0
JPR	Jack Pasquet	LASER RADIAL	1124	0
JP8	Jack Pasquet	ROOSTER 8.1	1132	0
JP4	Jack Pasquet	LASER 4.7	1137	0
JP18CW	Jack Pasquet Colin Wright	DART 18	1331	0
JSF	Jack Stockford	FIREFLY	1016	0
JR3	Jamie Ratcliffe	LIGHTNING 368	1195	1
JRV	Jamie Ratcliffe NH	RS VISION	1294	1
JRL	Jamie Ratcliffe	LASER	1436	1
JSS	John Simm	STREAKER	1022	0
JSVKP	Jim Strother Karol Podsiedlak	RS VISION	1067	1
JSZ	Jim Strother	DEVOTI D-ZERO	998	27
JWLA	Joel Walker	LASER	952	9
JWR	John Wright	LASER RADIAL	995	16
JWA	John Williamson	ALBACORE	1123	0
JWS	John Williamson	SOLO	1010	19
JWL	John Williamson	LIGHTNING 368	1300	0
JWVDS	Joel Walker Dan Smithbury	RS VISION	851	1
JW400RH	Joel Walker Richard Hargreaves	RS 400	822	1
KBL	KBenseddik	LASER	1189	2
KBWIB	Ken Brickelbank Ian	WAYFARER	1009	0
KBWYG	Ken Brickelbank Yossi Galiko	WAYFARER	962	1
LWD	Luke Wilcox	DART 18	1155	0
MBBJE	Matt Butler Joe Eldred	BUZZ	968	0
MBB	Matt Butler	BUZZ	953	2
MBE	Mike Blyth	ENTERPRISE	1167	0
MB3	Matt Butler	RS 300	1039	0
MB6	Matt Butler	RS 600	1040	0
MBL	Mike Blyth	LASER	1070	0
MHR	Mark Hejl	LASER RADIAL	993	24
MH100	Mark Hejl	RS 100 8.4	1065	27
MH4	Mark Hejl	LASER 4.7	939	3
MHL	Mark Hejl	LASER	988	12
MH400	Mark Hejl	RS 400	1043	2
MH400AB	Mark Hejl Andy Bunyan	RS 400	1117	3
MH400RD	Mark Hejl Rob Doolan	RS 400	1050	4
MH400GH	Mark Heijl Gerry Howcroft	RS 400	988	1
MH8	Mark Hejl	ROOSTER 8.1	1008	0
MPL	Mark Patten	LASER	1494	1
MPR	Mark Patten	LASER RADIAL	1016	0
MPD	Mark Patten	DART 18	1128	0
MP4	Mark Patten	RS 400	1220	2
MP8	Mark Patten	ROOSTER 8.1	1070	0
MP15	Mark Patten	SPRINT 15	1207	4
MPSS15	Mark Patten	SPRINT 15 SPORT	1130	0
MPVTH	Mark Pattern Thomas Harris	RS VISION	1128	1
MP18	Mark Patten Colin Wright	DART 18	1185	15
MP18JD	Mark Patten Jess Day	DART 18	1033	3
MP18JB	Mark Patten Jodie Bowman	DART 18	1146	4
MP18BJ	Mark Patten Brian Jones	DART 18	1211	1
MP18DL	Mark Patten Dan Luckett	DART 18	1141	1
MSP	Mike Smith	LASER PICO	1413	1
MP3	Matt Pedlow	RS 300	972	0
MTL	Martin Thomas	LIGHTNING 368	1082	0
MWR	Mark Warren	LASER RADIAL	925	2
MWL	Mark Warren	LASER	994	3
NJS	Nick Jones	SOLO	965	1
NNC	Nick Neale	COMET	No Data 0	0
NRD	Neal Rushden	DART 18	1181	0
NRS	Neal Rushden	STEALTH	1305	1
NSA	Neville Soderberg	ALBACORE	1141	0
PBL	Paul Bacon	LASER	1329	0
PB3	Paul Bacon	RS 300	1089	5
PB400SB	Paul Bacon Simon Burbridge	RS 400	1129	6
PCR	Paul Cooper	LASER RADIAL	1379	5
PE3	Pete Ellis	RS 300	953	0
PTL	Pete Taylor	LASER	1329	0
PKO	Philip Kent	TOPAZ OMEGA	No Data 0	0
RBLP	Ruth Burgess	LASER PICO	1500	1
RDL	Rob Doolan	LASER	1107	24
RDR	Rob Doolan	LASER RADIAL	1199	4
RCL	Ron Clark	LASER	967	0
RCR	Ron Clark	LASER RADIAL	998	3
RCC	Ron Clark	CHALLENGER	988	6
RCV	Rich Cook	RS VAREO	1127	1
REP	Russell Ellson	PHANTOM	1087	15
REVIR	Russell Ellson Ian Rhodes-Ellson	LASER VAGO XD	1246	0
REVAF	Russell Ellson Adam Fox	RS VISION	1086	1
RFS	Robert Finch	SPRINT 15	959	13
RFD	Robert Finch	DART 18	1074	5
RH2	Richard Hargreaves	RS 200	941	25
RH2JH	Richard Hargreaves James Hargreaves	RS 200	927	4
RH2CB	Richard Hargreaves Connie Binstead	RS 200	868	5
RH2EB	Richard Hargreaves Emily Binstead	RS 200	1094	2
RH2RF	Richard Hargreaves Roger Folwer	RS 200	988	3
RH400ES	Richard Hargreaves Emma Southwell	RS 400	1026	1
RH3	Richard Hargreaves	RS 300	952	32
RH400CC	Richard Hargreaves Colin Clasper	RS 400	986	1
RH400JB	Richard Hargreaves Jodie Bowman	RS 400	868	1
RH400JH	Richard Hargreaves James Hargreaves	RS 400	902	1
RH400HC	Richard Hargreaves Hayden Clark	RS 400	964	2
RHV	Richard Hargreaves James	RS VISION	984	2
RHD	Robin Hall S/H or Crew	DART 18	1134	0
RHK1	Robin Hall	K1	1017	2
RM4	Rhys Mason	LASER 4.7	1178	3
RMVSM	Russell Mackinnon Shane Mackinnon	RS VISION	1364	1
RUMR	Russell Mackinnon	LASER RADIAL	1218	4
RUM4	Russell Mackinnon	LASER 4.7	1136	1
RP15S	Richard Page	SPRINT 15 SPORT	1077	0
RP15	Richard Page	SPRINT 15	1203	0
RPS	Richard Page	SUPERNOVA	1149	0
RTR	Richard Thompson	LASER RADIAL	1029	0
RTS	Richard Thompson	SOLO	1012	0
RF7	Roger Fowler	RS AERO 7	1078	26
RF6	Roger Fowler	RS AERO 6	1046	16
RF5	Roger Fowler	RS AERO 5	1090	6
RF2	Roger Fowler	RS 200	1159	2
RF2ST	Roger Fowler Simone Tomai	RS 200	1125	1
RF2EK	Roger Fowler Ed Karklas	RS 200	1143	1
RF2SB	Roger Fowler Sarah Binstead	RS 200	1155	3
SRD	Simon Raglione	DEVOTI D-ZERO	970	10
SAR	Susan Attwood	LASER RADIAL	1164	2
SAL	Susan Attwood	LASER	1083	1
SB2	Sarah Binstead	RS 200	1252	2
SB2RF	Sarah Binstead Roger Fowler	RS 200	1275	1
SBL	Sarah Binstead	LASER	1080	6
SB4	Sarah Binstead	LASER 4.7	1191	6
SBLR	Sarah Binstead	LASER RADIAL	1055	12
SBVEB	Sarah Binstead Emily Binstead	RS VISION	1026	1
SB3	Simon Burbridge	RS 300	1068	1
SHTGH	Sue Howcroft Gerry Howcroft	TASAR	1178	3
SHK2GH	Sue Howcroft Gerry Howcroft	K2	972	4
SHK2GHS	Sue Howcroft Gerry Howcroft	K2 SPIN	No Data 0	0
SHL	Sue Howcroft	LIGHTNING 368	973	6
SHLS	Sue Howcroft	LIGHTNING SR	1042	0
SM4	Shane Mackinnon	LASER 4.7	1086	1
SMR	Shane Mackinnon	LASER RADIAL	1098	7
SML	Shane Mackinnon	LASER	1193	1
SNS	Scott Neale	SOLO	1109	4
SNMJS	Scott Neale Jack Stockford	MIRACLE	1098	4
STP	Simone Tomai	LASER PICO	1419	1
SWD	Scott Wilcox	DART 18	1074	0
SWL	Scott Wilcox	LASER	1013	0
SWVMS	Scott Wilcox Mike Smith	RS VISION	958	1
SWR	Sarah Walker	LASER RADIAL	969	3
SWLR	Scott Wilcox	LASER RADIAL	1025	0
SWS	Scott Wilcox	SOLO	1050	0
SWVRB	Scott Wilcox Ruth Burgess	RS VISION	1126	1
SWSS15	Scott Wilcox	SPRINT 15 SPORT	1011	0
SW15	Scott Wilcox	SPRINT 15	1077	2
SRO	Simon Raglione	OSPREY	1216	6
SKLR	Steve Kirby	LASER RADIAL	1046	0
SKL	Steve Kirby	LIGHTNING 368	1114	1
SKST	Steve Kirby	STREAKER	1118	35
SKM	Steve Kirby	MIRROR (S/H)	1223	0
SYS	Stuart Yates	SOLO	1300	0
SY15	Stuart Yates	SPRINT 15	1310	10
SYPV	Stuart Yates	PHANTOM VETERAN	1218	14
TB15	Tim Browning	SPRINT 15	1102	14
TBS	Tim Browning	STREAKER	1002	56
TCWBJ	Brian Jones Tim Chick	WANDERER	1500	1
TCWSN	Tim Chick Scott Neale	WANDERER	1229	1
TCWDH	Tim Chick Dave Harrison	WANDERER	1145	1
TML	Tim Mason	LASER	1147	3
TMVRM	Tim Mason Rhys Mason	RS VISION	1432	1
TC4	Tim Chick	LASER 4.7	1500	1
TCL	Tim Chick	LASER	1287	8
TSV	Trevor Sharp	RS VISION	1397	2
TSVRM	Trevor Sharp Russel Mackinnion	RS VISION	1256	1
TV4	Terry Van Rijn	LASER 4.7	982	0
TVL	Terry Van Rijn	LASER	974	2
TVR	Terry Van Rijn	ROOSTER 8.1	972	0
UKL	Ugur Kuscan	LASER	1350	0
UKLR	Ugur Kuscan	LASER RADIAL	1450	0
WBACC	Warwick Bennet Claire Cosenza	ALBACORE	1010	16
WBP	W Benseddik	LASER PICO	1500	0
WBL	W Benseddik	LASER	1500	0
WBR	W Benseddik	LASER RADIAL	1127	3
WGT	William Gemmell	TOPPER	1211	4
WG4	William Gemmell	LASER 4.7	No Data 0	0
WGR	William Gemmell	LASER RADIAL	No Data 0	0
WB4	W Benseddik	LASER 4.7	1186	0
YGVSP	Yossi Galliko Susanna Palmer	RS VISION	1049	1
YGS	Yossi Galiko	SOLO	1173	0
YGSC	Yossi Galiko	SCORPION	1269	0
YGN	Yossi Galiko	SUPERNOVA	1062	0
YG15	Yossi Galiko	SPRINT 15	1010	0
YGP	Yossi Galiko	PHANTOM	992	65
YGPEG	Yossi Galiko	PEGASUS	1139	0
YGVIP	Yossi Galiko Ian Pasquet	RS VISION	1055	1
YGL	Yossi Galiko	LASER	1206	0
YG2E	Yossi Galiko Eti	LASER II	1137	5