Lancing Sailing Club - Lancing Correction Factor

Lancing Correction Factor

(update)

Those with an eye for detail (and an unhealthy interest in boat handicaps) will have spotted that the PY numbers in the above table for the RS700, Contender and Buzz are incorrect for 2007, as they have all got ‘faster’ by 1 over the winter (since I did all the original work on LCF and wrote the Anchorline article). Also I forgot to put in values for the Spice and RSVareo…

Accordingly, the correct LCF values for 2008 are as follows:

Boat	PY	LCF Adjusted
RS700	856	856
Laser 4000	908	908
29er	924	925
ISO	926	927
RS400	952	954
Contender	993	998
Buzz	1005	1011
Laser3000	1032	1041
Laser>>	1035	1045
Rooster 8.1	1051	1064
RS200	1059	1073
Laser Vago	1060	1074
Laser	1078	1097
Laser Radial	1101	1126
Lightning	1150	1192
Streaker	1162	1210
Comet	1173	tba
Laser 4.7	1175	1229
Miracle	1178	1233
Topper	1290	1424

If your boat is not in the list, don't panic! It's easy to work out what it should be using my spreadsheet - and I do the results.

Modified LCF is based on LCF, but includes some further adjustment of the correction factor based on the historical relative performance of different classes at Lancing (hopefully with the crew's skill factor taken out of the equation). I have done this calculation for the last 5+ years (for the annual yardstick return to the RYA), so have a reasonable idea of what's going on However, as this may be a bit controversial for some, modified LCF will only be used for Pursuit Races this year - it has been used once in the past - bet no one noticed!

In all cases, the usual elapsed time correction method of calculating finishing times will be retained.

Mike Croker