I am not new to sailing but am to racing and have a question regarding a boats rating compared to the crews ability.
I am not a star performer and the boat I sail is not know for its speed, but there are those in the fleet that usually do very well, but against a particular boat all is lost.
If the boats adjusted time were allowing it to win over the fleet I would whole heartedly agree that the crew was the differential allowing for the win, but when the boat unadjusted time is notoriously faster than the entire fleet then the rating would seem to be out of line for the vessel, or am I off base here?
How can a boat beat the entire fleets actual time and still have a rating higher that most in the fleet?
I am not a star performer and the boat I sail is not know for its speed, but there are those in the fleet that usually do very well, but against a particular boat all is lost.
If the boats adjusted time were allowing it to win over the fleet I would whole heartedly agree that the crew was the differential allowing for the win, but when the boat unadjusted time is notoriously faster than the entire fleet then the rating would seem to be out of line for the vessel, or am I off base here?
How can a boat beat the entire fleets actual time and still have a rating higher that most in the fleet?