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Performance Handicap Racing Fleet (PHRF) is a handicapping system used for yacht racing in North America. It allows dissimilar classes of sailboats to be raced against each other.

Show news EYC Round Island Race: Remembering Richard Sides
Sides began sailing in 1954 with the Dublin University Sailing Club.
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With the North Sails advantage
Posted on 23 Mar Angela Margolit on the GSC's St. Patrick's Regatta
A Q&A with Angela Margolit on the Geechee Sailing Club's St. Patrick's Regatta
Posted on 17 Mar Doyle Sails RNI: Bulk of fleet finishes Leg 4
Only six of the original 26 boat fleet are still racing on Leg 4 of the 1210nm race.
Posted on 16 Mar Doyle Sails RNI: Ragnar holds overall Lead - Leg 3
Ragnar has retained the overall lead, albeit with a reduced margin in the Doyle Sails Round NI.
Posted on 11 Mar Doyle Sails RNI: Explore Racing wins Leg 3
Most of the 25 boat fleet have finished Leg 3 of the Doyle Sails Two Handed Round North Island Race
Posted on 10 Mar Doyle Sails RNI: Ragnar holds overall Lead - Leg 2
Ragnar sailed by Brett Elliott and James Glidden have moved into the overall lead after Leg 2.
Posted on 8 Mar Rhody Regatta to benefit Meals on Wheels
Race around Conanicut Island will benefit Meals on Wheels of Newport County
Posted on 7 Mar Doyle Sails RNI: Explore Racing wins Leg 2
Several boats have finished 476nm Leg 2 of the Doyle Sails Two Handed Round North Island Race
Posted on 5 Mar Doyle Sails RNI: Update from Leg 2
The 26 boat fleet are on the tough and longer 476-nautical-mile passage from Mangonui to Waikawa
Posted on 3 Mar Doyle Sails RNI: Explore Racing first to Mangonui
Doyle Sails RNI-2H: Thrilling opening leg from Victoria Wharf Devonport to Mangonui.
Posted on 1 Mar Bayview Yacht Club announces race leadership
For the 102nd Bayview Mackinac Race
Posted on 10 Feb STC & BYC unite the Salty 100 and Tower Race
Exciting new format, designed like a half-marathon/full-marathon pairing
Posted on 10 Feb Ida Lewis Distance Race preview
Newport's ultimate 24-hour offshore test
Posted on 4 Feb 2026 Rolex Big Boat Series Registration Opens
This year's event also serves as the 2026 ORC North American Championship
Posted on 21 Jan Edgartown YC 'Round-the-Island Race shifts to July
The modern 'RTI is a 55-mile circumnavigation of Martha's Vineyard
Posted on 20 Jan Entry open for 79th Block Island Race
A premier ocean racing event on the new England sailing calendar kicks off another huge year
Posted on 14 Jan 2026 Bayview Mackinac Race Notice of Race
Cruising Division Rules, and Safety Equipment Requirements (SER) now available
Posted on 3 Jan San Diego YC Hot Rum Series Day 33 Photo Gallery
The conditions were perfect and Bob Betancourt was out on the water to catch the action!
Posted on 7 Dec 2025 San Diego YC Hot Rum Series Day 2 Photo Gallery
Top yachting photographer Bob Betancourt was again out on the water
Posted on 23 Nov 2025 BOISW - Entries open for the 2026 edition
Bay of Islands Sailing Week is officially open for registrations - enter now!
Posted on 22 Nov 2025 Chris Hancock on the Wild Turkey Classic Plastic
Chris Hancock discusses the 21st Annual Wild Turkey Classic Plastic
Posted on 21 Nov 2025 San Diego YC Hot Rum Series Day 1 Photo Gallery
Top yachting photographer Bob Betancourt was out in the Bay to catch the action!
Posted on 9 Nov 2025 LGT Wealth Management Australia Cup overall
Picket fence for Blackmore's Hooligan & Little Nico and Botany Access top Super 40's
Posted on 27 Oct 2025 LGT Wealth Management Australia Cup Weekend 1
Marcus Blackmore's Hooligan had a cleansweep of the TP52 results
Posted on 15 Oct 2025 Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta at Larchmond
49 teams, 384 sailors, 120 volunteers, 1 Nor'easter, and 300k on Instagram
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Posted on 10 Oct 2025 2025 Philadelphia Cup Regatta
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Posted on 29 Sep 2025 The Philadelphia Cup Regatta preview
There's still time to register
Posted on 23 Sep 2025 98th Conanicut Island Around the Island Race
Labor Day tradition brings 86 boats for a full lap of Jamestown
Posted on 1 Sep 2025
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The late Richard Sides sailed 13 ‘RTIs, many with his son, in Doublehanded class aboard Atalanta
© Barby MacGowan He sailed 13 ‘RTIs, many with his son
© Barby MacGowan PIC Harbour Classic, Waitemata Harbour, March 21, 2026
© Marcus Brummel / Live Sail Die PIC Harbour Classic, Waitemata Harbour, March 21, 2026
© Marcus Brummel / Live Sail Die PIC Harbour Classic, Waitemata Harbour, March 21, 2026
© Marcus Brummel / Live Sail Die PIC Harbour Classic, Waitemata Harbour, March 21, 2026
© Marcus Brummel / Live Sail Die PIC Harbour Classic, Waitemata Harbour, March 21, 2026
© Marcus Brummel / Live Sail Die PIC Harbour Classic, Waitemata Harbour, March 21, 2026
© Marcus Brummel / Live Sail Die PIC Harbour Classic, Waitemata Harbour, March 21, 2026
© Marcus Brummel / Live Sail Die PIC Harbour Classic, Waitemata Harbour, March 21, 2026
© Marcus Brummel / Live Sail Die PIC Harbour Classic, Waitemata Harbour, March 21, 2026
© Marcus Brummel / Live Sail Die PIC Harbour Classic, Waitemata Harbour, March 21, 2026
© Marcus Brummel / Live Sail Die PIC Harbour Classic, Waitemata Harbour, March 21, 2026
© Marcus Brummel / Live Sail Die PIC Harbour Classic, Waitemata Harbour, March 21, 2026
© Marcus Brummel / Live Sail Die PIC Harbour Classic, Waitemata Harbour, March 21, 2026
© Marcus Brummel / Live Sail Die Chain Reaction competing in the 2025 PIC Harbour Classic - Credit: LiveSailDie (PICHC25-racing-LSD-MB-43) –
© LiveSailDie Fleet at the start of the 2025 PIC Harbour Classic, Waitemata Harbour
© LiveSailDie Motorboat III - 2026 Doyle Sails Round North Island Two Handed Yacht Race - March 15, 2026
© SSANZ Explore Racing - 2026 Doyle Sails Round North Island Two Handed Yacht Race - March 15, 2026
© SSANZ Racecourse action at the Geechee Sailing Club's annual St. Patrick's Regatta
© Carl Ericsson Racecourse action at the Geechee Sailing Club's annual St. Patrick's Regatta
© Carl Ericsson Racecourse action at the Geechee Sailing Club's annual St. Patrick's Regatta
© Carl Ericsson Racecourse action at the Geechee Sailing Club's annual St. Patrick's Regatta
© Carl Ericsson Racecourse action at the Geechee Sailing Club's annual St. Patrick's Regatta
© Carl Ericsson Explore Racing - 2026 Doyle Sails Round North Island Two Handed Yacht Race - March 11, 2026
© SSANZ General Lee - 2026 Doyle Sails Round North Island Two Handed Yacht Race - March 11, 2026
© SSANZ Vixen Racing - 2026 Doyle Sails Round North Island Two Handed Yacht Race - March 11, 2026
© SSANZ Motorboat III - 2026 Doyle Sails Round North Island Two Handed Yacht Race - March 11, 2026
© SSANZ Most of the fleet in Napier - 2026 Doyle Sails Round North Island Two Handed Yacht Race - March 11, 2026
© SSANZ Kick - 2026 Doyle Sails Round North Island Two Handed Yacht Race - March 2, 2026
© SSANZ
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