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From: gc@bnl.UUCP (Graham Campbell)
Newsgroups: net.rec.boat
Subject: Handicaps
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Date: Thu, 3-Nov-83 17:56:36 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov  3 17:56:36 1983
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	I have recently gotten involved in evaluating and computing
handicaps for my Yacht club.  In thinking about this I have started to
wonder why handicaps are based on an additive (negative) factor rather
than a multiplicative factor.  Does anyone have any ideas about that?

Graham Campbell (gc@BNL : Arpanet 
                 ...!cmcl2!bnl!gc : uucp)