The Twenty Hundred Club administers “Podium Penalties” for the top finishers in each class for each race, in the form of an adjustment to their PHRF rating for a future running of that race. These penalties are specific to the future running of races in which they were assigned.
The Podium Penalty process is administered as follows:
- Podium Penalties are aligned with a boat/owner pair (hereafter referred to as a “competitor”). If an owner changes boats, or a boat changes owners, then the competitor no longer exists and neither the boat or owner is subject to a past assigned penalty. If an owner owns multiple boats, only the competing boat and her owner is considered a competitor for that race and for any Podium Penalty assigned.
- A competitor finishing in 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place in a specific race will have a Podium Penalty assigned to it for a future running of that race.
- The Podium Penalty subtracts from the competitor’s PHRF rating 15 sec/mile, 10 sec/mile, or 5 sec/mile for first, second, or third, respectively.
- The penalty remains attached to a competitor regardless of what class they compete in (e.g. changing from spinnaker to non-spinnaker does not clear a Podium Penalty)
- A Podium Penalty is removed once a competitor races in the subsequent running of the race.
- A Podium Penalty is also automatically removed once the race has been run in two subsequent years, regardless of whether the competitor competes in either year. Conversely, if a race is cancelled, all Podium Penalties assigned for that race remain for the following year.
- A return to the podium during a race being sailed with a Podium Penalty will result in a new Podium Penalty being assigned per the finishing position of that year. Thus, a new Podium Penalty being assigned replaces any current Podium Penalty.
- Penalties for the Block Island race are discrete for the race out and the race back. The overall finish is calculated using the individual races with their respective penalties.
Actual assigned penalties will be posted on the Twenty Hundred Club website Penalties page. Racers are encouraged to check their penalties before each race to ensure accuracy.
