Portsmouth Yardstick - Handicaps
The Portsmouth Yardstick System is administered by the Royal Yachting Association aims to handicap boats based on their relative performance against the other boats they race with. This means races should come down to who sails best - not who has the fastest and most expensive boat. Handicaps are allocated and administered by clubs to suit their local factors such as boat type, wind trends and water type. Below are the handicaps used at Teesdale SWC:
| Teesdale SWC Portsmouth Yardstick List (2024) | |
| Class | Portsmouth Yardstick Number |
| Optimist | 1628 (-7) |
| RS Tera Sport | 1445 (0) |
| Topper 4.2 | 1425 (+5) |
| Mirror D/H | 1380 (-7) |
| Mirror S/H | 1370 (-7) |
| Topper 5.3 | 1369 (0) |
| RS Tera Pro | 1346 (0) |
| Laser Pico (Standard S/H) | 1330 (0) |
| Laser Pico (Standard D/H) | 1320 (0) |
| Laser Pico (Race S/H) | 1300 (0) |
| Laser Pico (Race D/H) | 1290(0) |
| RS Feva S | 1280 (0) |
| Topaz Uno | 1251 (0) |
| RS Feva XL | 1244 (-4) |
| ILCA 4 / Laser 4.7 | 1213 (+4) |
| Miracle | 1200 (+6) |
| Wanderer | 1188 (-5) |
| ILCA 6 / Laser Radial | 1154 (+4) |
| Solo | 1142 (0) |
| GP14 | 1138 (+5) |
| Streaker | 1124 (-4) |
| Enterprise | 1133 (+7) |
| ILCA 7 / Laser Standard | 1102 (+1) |
| 420 | 1100 (0) |
| Laser Bahia | 1095 (0) |
| Laser 3000 | 1085 (0) |
| Supernova | 1075 (-2) |
| Laser Vago XD | 1071 (0) |
| Laser EPS | 1033 (0) |
| Buzz | 1006 (-14) |
| Phantom | 1008 (-2) |
