My buddy is racing at the club without a PHRF certificate, how can he have a rating?
Most clubs require valid PHRF certificates for club racing. It is up to discretion of your club to make sure those racing have valid certificates. If the race is an invitational race, then all boats must have a valid certificate or they are subject to a 10sec/mi unmeasured penalty upon protest. Hey, I was in a race with Jam boats and Multihulls, do the corrected times correspond. JAM ratings are different than PHRF ratings and reflect the downwind efficiencies of various rig types. JAM ratings do not correlate to PHRF ratings for overall results. Multihull ratings are derived from a different base boat than monohull ratings and in no way correlate to PHRF-LE ratings. PHRF-LE Multihull is a separate organization and has no affiliation with PHRF-LE.
