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BARRIER POSITION PENALTIES

Lots has been written about barrier positions and their influence on different methodolgies. This table (applied generally and not specifically) is about as good as I have come across for making allowances for whatever system you are using

BARRIER	WEIGHT (kgs)	LENGTHS
1	0	0
2	.1	.07
3	.21	.14
4	.32	.21
5	.43	.28
6	.53	.35
7	.64	.42
8	.75	.5
9	.85	.57
10	.96	.64
11	1.07	.71
12	1.17	.78
13	1.28	.85
14	1.39	.92
15	1.49	1.00
16	1.6	1.07
17	1.71	1.14
18	1.82	1.21
19	1.92	1.25
20	2.03	1.35