Handicap racing may not be as pure as one-design racing. But, to mangle Sir Winston Churchill’s observation about democracy, perhaps handicap racing is the least worst form of competition available to us.
At first glance, the huge choice of different sailing dinghies in the UK seems like some kind of utopia - until you see how diluted each of those fleets has become. Organising decent fleets of one-design competition is achievable for probably only the top 10 most popular dinghy classes. The remainder are struggling for scraps Typically we see more than 80 different classes competing in the
