Sailor · 2010–2026

Matt Brink

bsyc IRC handicap ORC handicap Sunfish

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Events: 14
Win rate: 21%
Podium rate: 79%
Typically beats: 70%
Longest win streak: 3

Most successful partnership: Jason McShane
Best trio: Jason McShane & Ben Bardwell
Biggest lift: Jason McShane
Longest-running crew: Mark Wheeler
Nemesis: Jim Swartz
Best day: 25 Jun 2021
Signature result: 1st of 6

Partnerships · 60+ sailors

Most successful partnership: Jason McShane — 3 wins · 6 podiums in 6 events together · 50% win rate

Mark Wheeler · Vela Veloce · IRC handicap 9events 3 wins together · 8 podiums · 33% win rate · 9 of 41 races won Beat 78% of the fleet together(+12 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2010 – Jun 2011
Jeff Brock · Vela Veloce · IRC handicap 9events 3 wins together · 8 podiums · 33% win rate · 9 of 41 races won Beat 78% of the fleet together(+12 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2010 – Jun 2011
Richard Oland · Vela Veloce · IRC handicap 9events 3 wins together · 8 podiums · 33% win rate · 9 of 41 races won Beat 78% of the fleet together(+12 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2010 – Jun 2011
David Flynn · Vela Veloce · IRC handicap 8events 3 wins together · 7 podiums · 38% win rate · 9 of 36 races won Beat 79% of the fleet together(+12 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2010 – Jun 2011
Ben Bardwell · Vela Veloce · IRC handicap 8events 3 wins together · 7 podiums · 38% win rate · 8 of 36 races won Beat 79% of the fleet together(+12 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2010 – Jun 2011
Alan McGlashan · Vela Veloce · IRC handicap 7events 2 wins together · 6 podiums · 29% win rate · 7 of 35 races won Beat 76% of the fleet together(+4 vs. without) · best 1st · Oct 2010 – Jun 2011
Geoff Ewenson · Vela Veloce · IRC handicap 7events 3 wins together · 6 podiums · 43% win rate · 7 of 29 races won Beat 78% of the fleet together(+7 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2010 – Jun 2011
Jason McShane · Vela Veloce · IRC handicap 6events 3 wins together · 6 podiums · 50% win rate · 9 of 24 races won Beat 89% of the fleet together(+27 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2010 – Feb 2011
Jason Currie · Vela Veloce · IRC handicap 6events 2 wins together · 6 podiums · 33% win rate · 6 of 28 races won Beat 84% of the fleet together(+18 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2010 – Jun 2011
Richard Clarke · Vela Veloce · IRC handicap 6events 2 wins together · 5 podiums · 33% win rate · 4 of 21 races won Beat 77% of the fleet together(+5 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2010 – Jun 2011

Lift shows how much better this sailor finishes with that partner aboard.

Rating history

Event history · 14

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
22 Jul 2026	Westin Trophy	Matthew Brink	Sunfish	Skipper	11th / 21
25 Sep 2021	2021 American Yacht Club Fall Regatta	Cool Breeze	ORC handicap	Navigator	2nd / 9
16 Jul 2021	2021 ORC East Coast Championship	Cool Breeze	ORC handicap	Navigator	3rd / 8
24 Jun 2021	2021 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race Week presented by Margaritaville	Cool Breeze	ORC handicap	Navigator	3rd / 13
31 Aug 2012	2012 Vineyard Race	Wizard	IRC handicap	Other	4th / 6
20 Jun 2011	2011 Block Island Race Week XXIV	Vela Veloce	IRC handicap	Other	6th / 7
11 Jun 2011	157th NYYC Annual Regatta presented by Rolex	Vela Veloce	IRC handicap	Other	3rd / 8
25 Mar 2011	2011 International Rolex Regatta	Vela Veloce	IRC handicap	Other	2nd / 6
5 Feb 2011	2011 Pineapple Cup - Montego Bay Race	Vela Veloce	IRC handicap	Other	1st / 5
17 Jan 2011	2011 Key West Race Week	Vela Veloce	IRC handicap	Other	1st / 5
12 Jan 2011	2011 Lauderdale to Key West Race	Vela Veloce	IRC handicap	Other	2nd / 7
29 Oct 2010	2010 Storm Trysail Club - IRC East Coast Championship	Vela Veloce	IRC handicap	Other	2nd / 6
18 Sep 2010	2010 US-IRC Championship of Long Island Sound and PHRF Fall Classic	Vela Veloce	IRC handicap	Other	3rd / 8
4 Sep 2010	2010 Vineyard Race	Vela Veloce	IRC handicap	Other	1st / 6

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Crew	339 provisional	#5903 band 3440–9910	—

2 more classes, not yet ranked

All classes · Helm · 6 races, 1 event · rating -40
Sunfish · Helm · 6 races, 1 event · rating -33

Rank among sailors with a substantial record, all time. In brackets, the ranks this rating cannot be told apart from. Impact is the points of fleet beaten that this sailor adds.

Helm and crew

As helm	1 events	0 wins	beats 50%
As crew	13 events	3 wins	beats 76%

Positions: Navigator (3)

How they race

Closer	−4 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−9 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	54%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	75%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Austin Fragomen	23	13–10
David Fass	23	10–13
Ennio Staffini	22	13–9
James Coffman	16	9–7
Jim Swartz	15	2–13
Manouch Moshayedi	15	13–2
Paul Jeka	15	10–5
Todd LaBaugh	14	14–0
Paul Zabetakis	14	4–10
Patricia Young	14	7–7
John Brim	12	11–1
Ron O'Hanley	12	12–0

Most-beaten opponent: Todd LaBaugh (14–0).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	1	0	50%
2021	3	0	81%
2012	1	0	40%
2011	6	2	75%
2010	3	1	84%

Boats

Vela Veloce · IRC handicap · 9 events · 2010–2011
Cool Breeze · ORC handicap · 3 events · 2021
Matthew Brink · Sunfish · 1 events · 2026
Wizard · IRC handicap · 1 events · 2012

Where they race

Block Island, RI, USA · 2 events
Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA · 2 events
Newport, RI, USA · 2 events
Stamford, CT, USA · 2 events
Annapolis, MD, USA · 1 events
Bay Shore, NY · 1 events

Is this you?

Claim it to merge duplicates and remove results that aren’t yours. Changes apply at the nightly rebuild.

Crew rating across all classes: 339, #5,903.Helm rating across all classes: -40. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.