has the Scamp been assigned a Portsmouth handicap rating?

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lhav
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has the Scamp been assigned a Portsmouth handicap rating?

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I have a chance to race my newly completed Scamp #560 in a mixed club regatta soon. The event is run on Portsmouth handicap. Any idea how the Scamp should be rated?
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Re: has the Scamp been assigned a Portsmouth handicap rating?

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Although SCAMP is an official U.S. Sailing Class, I'm not aware of SCAMP having an assigned handicap number.

In some previous race events I know organizers have worked with waterline length/ Sail area/Displ or used numbers from other popular small cruisers like West Wight Potters. SCAMP is tricky since it has a short waterline length but, especially in light air, it will sail circles around a lot of heavier trailersailers.
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Re: has the Scamp been assigned a Portsmouth handicap rating?

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I recommend asking the rating question on the active SCAMP Facebook group page -

https://www.facebook.com/groups/scampers/
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