New PY Numbers

The RYA issued the 2026 Portsmouth Yardstick handicap numbers over the weekend and my colleague, Phil Ashworth, lost no time putting them into HalSail.

You can see how your PY racing classes are affected by logging in and going to the Crosstab page under the Boats menu. Not all the numbers have changed, so some boats will probably have green backgrounds, meaning their handicap agrees with the latest value. But most will have red backgrounds, indicating that their handicap is different from the latest value.

There are two methods of updating the handicaps. You can either stay on the crosstab page and update each boat individually, or you can go to Boats > Tools > Standard handicaps and click on your PY classes. This will show all the boats that need updating, which you can do with one click per raging class. HalSail will enter a new handicap for each boat in each racing class valid from the date of issue of the 2026 PY numbers.

I always think that the announcement of the new PY numbers is a happy occasion meaning that the new sailing season is just around the corner, so Happy Sailing