LYS
LYS
LYS is an acronym for Leading Yard Stick, formerly Lidingö Yard Stick. LYS is an empirically based handicapping system used in yacht racing in the nordic countries. The handicap system was developed in 1970 by the Swedish yacht designer Lars-Olof Norlin. He based the system on regatta results from the Round Lidingö Race. His own design, Allegro 27, was used as the benchmark and is by definition assigned a LYS value of 1.00.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: LYS (sailing)
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