Sailing Notre Dame Bay

Performance Handicap Racing Fleet (PHRF) is a handicapping system used in yacht racing. It allows dissimilar classes of sailboats to be raced against each other. The aim is to cancel out the inherent advantages and disadvantages of each class of boats, so that results reflect crew skill rather than equipment superiority.

The NSYA is the provincial sport governing body for the sport of sailing in Nova Scotia.

In December 1979, 12 yacht clubs along the south shore of Lake Ontario gathered to discuss area wide PHRF ratings to facilitate their inter-club racing. Thus laying the foundations of PHRF Lake Ontario. Since that time, PHRF-LO has grown to include over 60 yacht clubs, 100 Club Handicappers and over 1500 active certificate holders.