Performance Handicap Racing Fleet (PHRF) is a handicapping system used in yacht racing. By assigning each boat a handicap, or PHRF rating, based on its expected speed, this system enables different types of sailboats to compete against each other fairly. What it boils down to is that you need a PHRF rating to race against boats that aren’t exactly like yours.
NC PHRF is the organization that assigns PHRF ratings in North Carolina. As their site explains, your PHRF rating is a "time on distance" allowance. The difference between two ratings is the number of seconds owed for each mile of the course. Lower PHRF scores equate to faster boats. For example, if a faster boat with a PHRF rating of 150 sails against a slower boat with a PHRF rating of 182, then the faster boat "owes" the slower boat 32 seconds for each nautical mile of the course. For a 4 mile course, the 150 rated boat must finish ahead by at least 128 seconds in order to be the winner.
Here’s how to get a PHRF rating
Henry will do whatever it is he does and notify you of your rating. Once NCPHRF has processed your form, you will get a PHRF certificate in the mail and your boat will show up on the NC Rated Yachts page of www.ncphrf.com
ORIENTAL DINGHY CLUB. COME SAIL WITH US! | |
Contact our Commodore, Bob Slook, by email or call (732) 740-5591 PO Box 981, Oriental, NC 28571 |
![]() |