Stewartby Sailing

Personal Handicaps

2025-07-13

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: 2025-07-13

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
ABH	Andy Bunyan	HARRIER	1043	7
ABSX	Andy Bunyan	SHADOW X	1141	1
AB15	Andy Bunyan	SPRINT 15	1081	15
ABU	Andy Bunyan	UNICORN	1129	2
ABVAB	Andy Bunyan Andy Binstead	RS VISION	1035	1
ABP	A Benseddik	LASER PICO	1500	2
ABR	A Benseddik	LASER RADIAL	1150	3
ABL	A Benseddik	LASER	1428	0
AB4	A Benseddik	LASER 4.7	0	0
AB16	A Benseddik Wiwi	DART 16 SLOOP D/H	0	0
ABP	Alana Bowman	LASER PICO	1500	2
ACP	Arron Cumings	LASER PICO	0	0
ACPP	Adam Crehan-clark	LASER PICO	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	895	4
AFFX	Adam Fox	RS FEVA XL	929	3
AFVRE	Adam Fox Russel Ellson	RS VISION	965	3
AHS	Anthony Harris	SOLO	1030	1
ASS	Alan Southwell	STREAKER	1296	5
AML	Andy Morley	LASER	1031	1
AMR	Andy Morley	LASER RADIAL	1042	4
ARL	Andy Ralphs	LASER	1200	0
ARLR	Andy Ralphs	LASER RADIAL	1129	5
ARL4	Andy Ralphs	LASER 4.7	1082	4
BSS	Bill Strange	STREAKER	1068	4
BS368	Bill Strange	LIGHTNING 368	1024	0
CAM	Charles Adams	MIRROR (S/H)	0	0
CAS	Charles Adams	SOLO	1098	0
CCVSD	Colin Claser Stephen Dunn	RS VISION	1344	1
CCVST	Colin Clasper Simone Tomai	RS VISION	0	0
CHBDL	Charlotte Howard Dan Luckett	BUZZ	1121	0
CHT	Charlotte Howard	TOPPER	985	0
CLTDL	Charlotte Luckett Dan Luckett	TASAR	1130	0
CJR	Chris Janes	LASER RADIAL	1106	0
CMP	Chris Maher	PHANTOM	1042	15
CM15	Chris Maher	SPRINT 15	1115	3
CMV	Chris Maher	RS VISION	1262	1
CMVBM	Chris Maher Ben Maher	RS VISION	1022	3
CMVNB	Chris Maher Nic Baker	RS VISION	1009	3
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	982	48
CODB	Colin Clasper	DEVOTI D-ZB	1025	15
COL	Colin Clasper	LASER	965	0
COR	Colin Clasper	LASER RADIAL	1092	0
CO3	Colin Clasper	RS 300	0	0
CO4	Colin Clasper	LASER 4.7	1174	0
CC200RS	Colin Clasper Rachel Slater	RS 200	1179	1
CWD	Colin Wright	DART 18	1319	0
CWL	Colin Wright	LASER	1025	0
CWR	Colin Wright	LASER RADIAL	1018	18
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	984	0
DGC	Dave Grummitt	CHALLENGER	1150	7
DHL	Dave Harrison	LASER	1012	24
DHR	Dave Harrison	LASER RADIAL	983	9
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	1000	15
EKW	Ed Karklas	WANDERER	1244	0
EKFMK	Ed Karklas Martha Karklas	RS FEVA XL	1094	4
EKVMK	Ed Karklas Martha Karklas	RS VISION	1073	3
EBR	Emily Binstead	LASER RADIAL	1061	2
ESTAS	Emma Southwell Alan Southwell	TASAR	1276	0
ESTO	Emma Southwell	TOPPER	992	0
ESR	Emma Southwell	LASER RADIAL	955	3
ESS	Emma Southwell	STREAKER	980	0
FWR	Finn Wiley	LASER RADIAL	1291	0
GES	Grayson Eacott	SOLO	1019	0
GEIC	Grayson Eacott	CANOE INTERNATIONAL	0	0
GHL	Gerry Howcroft	LIGHTNING 368	1434	0
GWS	Graham Wiley	SOLO	1099	0
GFA	Gareth Farr	A CLASS	1270	1
IOL	Ian Orman	LASER	0	0
IR16	Ian Rhodes-Ellson	HOBIE 16	1380	2
IRFX1	Ian Rhodes-Ellson	HOBIE FX1	1302	2
IHK1	Ian Howard	K1	1059	0
IHP	Ian Howard	PHANTOM	993	0
IHW	Ian Howard	WAYFARER	0	0
IP15	Ian Pasquet	SPRINT 15	1344	0
IPL	Ian Pasquet	LASER	984	3
IP2	Ian Pasquet	LASER II	1136	0
IPR	Ian Pasquet	LASER RADIAL	1129	1
IP8	Ian Pasquet	ROOSTER 8.1	1092	0
IPA	Ian Pasquet Claire	ALBACORE	0	0
IPZ	Ian Pasquet	DEVOTI D-ZERO	1028	0
IP400RH	Ian Pasquet Richard Hargreaves	RS 400	0	0
IPLA	Ian Parish	LASER	972	0
IPG	Ian Parish	GRADUATE	0	0
IPS	Ian Parish	STREAKER	941	17
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	1102	4
JBP	Jodie Bowman	LASER PICO	1451	2
JBL	J Benseddik	LASER	0	0
JBR	J Benseddik	LASER RADIAL	1126	3
JB4	J Benseddik	LASER 4.7	0	0
JBV	J Benseddik	RS VISION	0	0
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	1057	1
JDV	Jess Day	RS VAREO	1173	1
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	0	0
JN18SD	John Neal Steven Dunne	DART 18	1255	6
JN2	John Neale	LASER II	1073	0
JN5SD	John Neal Steven Dunne	505	1143	3
JN2000SD	John Neal Steven Dunne	2000	1130	0
JN15	John Neal	SPRINT 15	1317	0
JNW	John Neal Sid	WAYFARER	1137	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
JSZ	Jim Strother	DEVOTI D-ZERO	998	27
JWLA	Joel Walker	LASER	952	9
JWR	John Wright	LASER RADIAL	994	10
JWA	John Williamson	ALBACORE	1123	0
JWS	John Williamson	SOLO	1008	12
JWL	John Williamson	LIGHTNING 368	1300	0
JWVDS	Joel Walker Dan Smithbury	RS VISION	851	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	1003	0
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	1068	18
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
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	1197	14
MP18JD	Mark Patten Jess Day	DART 18	1033	3
MP18JB	Mark Patten Jodie Bowman	DART 18	1063	2
MP3	Matt Pedlow	RS 300	972	0
MTL	Martin Thomas	LIGHTNING 368	1082	0
NJS	Nick Jones	SOLO	965	1
NNC	Nick Neale	COMET	0	0
NRD	Neal Rushden	DART 18	1181	0
NRS	Neal Rushden	STEALTH	1268	0
NSA	Neville Soderberg	ALBACORE	1141	0
PBL	Paul Bacon	LASER	1329	0
PB3	Paul Bacon	RS 300	1084	5
PB400SB	Paul Bacon Simon Burbridge	RS 400	1138	2
PCR	Paul Cooper	LASER RADIAL	1421	4
PE3	Pete Ellis	RS 300	953	0
PTL	Pete Taylor	LASER	1329	0
PKO	Philip Kent	TOPAZ OMEGA	0	0
RDL	Rob Doolan	LASER	1119	21
RDR	Rob Doolan	LASER RADIAL	1199	4
RCL	Ron Clark	LASER	967	0
RCR	Ron Clark	LASER RADIAL	965	2
RCC	Ron Clark	CHALLENGER	988	6
REP	Russel Ellson	PHANTOM	1087	15
REVIR	R Ellson Ian Rhodes-Ellson	LASER VAGO XD	1246	0
REVAF	Russel 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	940	22
RH2JH	Richard Hargreaves James Hargreaves	RS 200	940	3
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
RH3	Richard Hargreaves	RS 300	951	26
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	0	0
RHV	Richard Hargreaves James	RS VISION	984	2
RHD	Robin Hall S/H or Crew	DART 18	1134	0
RHK1	Robin Hall	K1	1010	1
RM4	Rhys Mason	LASER 4.7	1284	1
RMVSM	Russel Macinionn Shane Macinionn	RS VISION	1364	1
RUMR	Russel Macinionn	LASER RADIAL	1258	3
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	1095	21
RF6	Roger Fowler	RS AERO 6	1034	13
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	982	5
SB2	Sarah Binstead	RS 200	1252	2
SB2RF	Sarah Binstead Roger Fowler	RS 200	1275	1
SBL	Sarah Binstead	LASER	1094	4
SB4	Sarah Binstead	LASER 4.7	1191	6
SBLR	Sarah Binstead	LASER RADIAL	1043	11
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	966	1
SHK2GHS	Sue Howcroft Gerry Howcroft	K2 SPIN	0	0
SHL	Sue Howcroft	LIGHTNING 368	973	6
SHLS	Sue Howcroft	LIGHTNING SR	1042	0
SM4	Shane Macinionn	LASER 4.7	1086	1
SMR	Shane Macinionn	LASER RADIAL	1103	6
SML	Shane Macinionn	LASER	1193	1
SNS	Scott Neale	SOLO	1097	3
SNMJS	Scott Neale Jack Stockford	MIRACLE	1143	2
STP	Simone Tomai	LASER PICO	1419	1
SWD	Scott Wilcox	DART 18	1074	0
SWL	Scott Wilcox	LASER	1013	0
SWR	Sarah Walker	LASER RADIAL	969	3
SWLR	Scott Wilcox	LASER RADIAL	1025	0
SWS	Scott Wilcox	SOLO	1050	0
SWSS15	Scott Wilcox	SPRINT 15 SPORT	1011	0
SW15	Scott Wilcox	SPRINT 15	1077	2
SRO	Simon Raglione	OSPREY	1257	5
SKLR	Steve Kirby	LASER RADIAL	1046	0
SKL	Steve Kirby	LIGHTNING 368	1066	0
SKST	Steve Kirby	STREAKER	1126	30
SKM	Steve Kirby	MIRROR (S/H)	1223	0
SYS	Stuart Yates	SOLO	1300	0
SY15	Stuart Yates	SPRINT 15	1273	8
SYPV	Stuart Yates	PHANTOM VETERAN	1243	11
TB15	Tim Browning	SPRINT 15	1111	11
TBS	Tim Browning	STREAKER	1001	47
TCWDH	Tim Chick Dave Harrison	WANDERER	1145	1
TML	Tim Mason	LASER	1139	3
TMVRM	Tim Mason Rhys Mason	RS VISION	1432	1
TC4	Tim Chick	LASER 4.7	1500	1
TCL	Tim Chick	LASER	1379	5
TSV	Trevor Sharp	RS VISION	1397	2
TSVRM	Trevor Sharp Russel Makinion	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	997	13
WBP	W Benseddik	LASER PICO	1500	0
WBL	W Benseddik	LASER	1500	0
WBR	W Benseddik	LASER RADIAL	1127	3
WGT	William Gemmel	TOPPER	1211	4
WB4	W Benseddik	LASER 4.7	1186	0
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	997	50
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	1152	3