A Register of Handicap Numbers

The LinStat models developed to date for Portsmouth Number equivalents and corresponding time correction factors have proved to work well. I am conscious though that many involved, willingly or unwillingly, in setting handicap numbers would still appreciate some sort of list to refer to. Gaps or uncertainty in user supplied boat data is often an issue. So, a project is underway to produce a database of sailing cruisers, identified by a range of key data, along with predicted PNs from a number of equally well performing LinStat models. The list will be confined to single keel boats initially and the aim is to have a first edition published on this website in time for the (hoped-for) 2021 sailing season. It has to be remembered, though, that no such list will ever contain every possible boat, which is one of the reasons for all the work in producing straightforward statistical formulae for handicap numbers.