yes there we're quite a few tweaks done to better reflect what a sports boat is. Light displacement where the crew weight can be 100 percent of displacement so overhangs were irrelevant, even on a T boat which as soon as you put 5-6 on all but disappeared. Believe it or not there was a lot of...
The changes in 2009 were just a rebasing of the numbers IIRC to get them further away from AMS. There may have been a minor tweak to reduce the penalty for things like squarehead main’s etc but was mainly just a rebase from memory.
As mentioned above.. someone just needs to put a motion forward to change the constitution and change the adopted handicapping system if faith is lost on SMS. That how associations work. The members get to shape the future and drive change. Band together, come up with the desired path and make...
I don't have a dog in this fight, nor a rooster, but I'm happy to give some background to the origins of ASBA as I was one of the founding committee. Ironically JulianB is closer to the formation of ASBA than he may realise. The idea of ASBA was hatched in the car park of a Port Lincoln trailer...