Kynntana in the Pacific Cup 2022

[BobJ]

For regular PHRF ratings* the Ratfox is correct. See IV - Ratings (assumptions), in particular section 11. d. (the sails) and VII - Adjustments to Base Ratings, in particular section 7. b. ("no credit" items) :

NorCal PHRF Rules and Guidelines

An aside: I don't know why the Freedom 38's base/standard rating is 138 and Kynntana's rating is 141, but the committee has the flexibility to make minor adjustments to determine an individual boat's "As Sailed" rating.

I'll make the observation that the spinnaker in the photos is a small reaching kite. With over half of the Pacific Cup (and SHTP) being DDW in the trades, you may want as large a running spinnaker as the rig dimensions will allow. These dimensions and the maximum area can be computed from the linked rules and guidelines. Then articulate the tack aft using a pole and guys. We will almost certainly do this on Surprise!. Pole on A2

*The Pacific Cup is sailed using Downwind Ratings (for PHRF boats). The boat's DW rating is calculated based on the largest spinnaker used, along with all the other rating factors. As Greg suggests, it could be to Kynntana's advantage to take no spinnaker at all if the DW rating is favorable in that configuration, especially if the only spinnaker aboard is the little sail in the photos and you can't get it out of the wind shadow from the main. When Ragtime! raced in the Pacific Cup, I purchased a rating analysis to determine the optimal spinnaker configuration under DW ratings. This was much less expensive than buying another sail.

Edit: I dug a little deeper in the current PHRF database. Kynntana currently has a Downwind Rating of 634 with no spinnaker. That's about the same DW rating as Rebecca's Express 27 Bombora. Yeah... Bombora probably weighs the same as Kynntana's toilet paper inventory. So you have to get your DW rating checked. The Express 27s, nearly all of which have identical "ODR" (one-design) ratings for regular PHRF, carry downwind ratings of anywhere from 607 for Shenanigans to 635 for Bombora. How can that be?