ORR-EZ UPDATE Every year, the ORA technical committee reviews the available data from the previous years to determine what changes need to be made to the VPP. For 2020, the changes are relatively modest: • If you have an outboard, the application asks for its weight. • The application asks you to estimate the weight of your anchor and ground tackle. • There has been an adjustment to the algorithms that calculate the Displacement Empty. This is due to the fact that most “brochure weights” are not accurate and most boat owners have not had their boats weighed. Weights are determined using the following hierarchy: o In the case of boats with fully measured IRC/ORC/ORR certificates, the measured weight is used. o IRC weights are adjusted to ORR-ez weights by formula because the equipment required to be on board during weighing differs between the two systems. o -or- If available for other vessels, a weighted average of sister ships with fully measured certificates is used. o -or- an educated guess based on the owner’s declaration, partially measured certificates, and the Rater’s professional experience is used. The result is that most boats are seeing ratings that are between 1 and 1.5 seconds faster than in 2019; however, that increase is across the board.
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