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1.
Why AMERICAP
II™?
2. Who Administers AMERICAP
II™?
3. Where do I get an AMERICAP
II™ certificate?
4. Where do I find an AMERICAP
II™ application form?
5. Anything special for One Design boats?
6. Do I need to be measured?
7. What about Flotation Measurement?
8. Who are Flotation Measurers?
9. Who are Full Measurers?
10. If I cannot get an AMERICAP
II™ Certificate can I get a refund of my Mac
entry fee?
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1.
Why AMERICAP
II™? There have been slow Macs, fast Macs
and not-so-slow -or-fast Macs. Americap has a time-on-time
factor in the scoring calculation providing adjustment
for slow or fast races. The single number of PHRF does
not have a time-on-time adjustment. In addition, unlike
PHRF Americap adjusts ratings based upon wind speed and
mix permitting the fleet to be handicapped to conditions
historically experienced in the Mac. When portions of
the fleet were scored on a test basis in 2002 and 2001,
years with rather extreme conditions, the racing under
Americap was tighter - more boats were "still in
the race" than under PHRF scoring.
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2.
Who Administers AMERICAP
II™? US SAILING administers this national
handicapping rule.
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3.
Where do I get an AMERICAP
II™ certificate?
US
SAILING
15 Maritime Drive
Portsmouth, RI 02871-0907
401-683-0800
email: DanielDeWindt@USSailing.org
website: USSailing.org
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4.
Where do I find an AMERICAP
II™ application form? We have one
available on the Mackinac Race page of the Chicago Yacht
Club website.
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5.
Anything special for One Design boats? A shortcut
is available to Tartan Ten, J/105 and Farr 40 one designs.
Fill out the basic owner information on the application
and attach a copy of last year’s PHRF certificate
showing the “ODR” rating and skip all the requested
dimensions.
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6.
Do I need to be measured? Probably not. Over 90%
of last year's fleet is already in the US SAILING database.
Check with Daniel DeWindt at US SAILING.
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7.
What about Flotation Measurement? Not required
for a certificate this year and the AMERICAP
II™ application available on the Chicago
Yacht Club website reflects this. Recognizing that this
is the first year for AMERICAP
II™ in the Mac, US SAILING is waiving the
requirement for flotation measurement. Flotation measurement
may be to your advantage so you may wish to consider having
it done and having your certificate rerun.
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8.
Who are Flotation Measurers? Dan DeWindt will provide
you with a list of 24 US SAILING Flotation measurers located
around Lake Michigan. They are volunteers from several
clubs that were trained last fall.
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9.
Who are Full Measurers? For those who need full
measurement, six persons are being trained and will be
ready to start on May 3. Five are located in the Chicago
area and one is in Michigan, a larger number of measurers
than any other area in the U.S. Assuming they complete
the training program they are:
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10.
If I cannot get an AMERICAP
II™ Certificate can I get a refund of my Mac
entry fee? Yes.
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