Tanzer 16 Racing -- Handicap Chart in the Boat

Tanzer 16 Racing -- Handicap Chart in the Boat  -- July 26, 2014  We keep several sheets of paper in the boat, Tanzer 1306 (no name as yet).  Of course they are laminated.  We keep them handy, attached to a clip board.  They include the race course chart and a nautical chart (yesterday) The starting sequence, a shortened copy of the rules (only a few rules), and today we added this.

It's an abbreviated chart of the handicaps relative to our races.  It shows the time owed by us or owed to us for the boats we see all the time. We used 15 minute increments for the calculations.  It can be  helpful to know that the boat you seem to be beating is really 15 seconds ahead of you, or that the boat that is kicking your butt is really behind you and doesn't need covering as you approach the finish line.  Not a big deal but improving is about taking care of all the little stumbles on your way up the escalator. (metaphor from the other day)

Today's cliche:  I remembered and forgot, or I forgot to remember, or I never tried to remember;  I can’t remember which.