On a recent meeting of some fellow land sailors the conversation subject came up of Handicapping of yachts, I've been involved in water sailing for many years where handicapping is routinely used successfully between yachts and even different classes of sailing as a single fleet.

Could it be used for land sailing????

What are the advantages, well the handicap system favors improving sailors rather than just the front runners, so a beginner could actually win races within a week or so because they would be learning at a faster rate than someone thats been in the sport for many years.
It would also level out any differences between a sleek top of the range yacht and an old style tube design.