Sailor · 2002–2025

Maurice O'Connell

cyca IRC handicap Melges 24 Handicap

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Events: 12
Win rate: 17%
Podium rate: 42%
Typically beats: 42%
Best class ranking: #49
Longest win streak: 3

Most successful partnership: Aoife English
Best trio: Stuart McNay & Aoife English
Biggest lift: David Hughes
Longest-running crew: David Hughes
Best day: 29 Nov 2016
Signature result: 1st of 74

Partnerships · 41 sailors

Most successful partnership: Aoife English — 2 wins · 4 podiums in 4 events together

David Hughes · Embarr · Melges 24 5events 2 wins together · 5 podiums · 40% win rate · 12 of 42 races won Beat 97% of the fleet together(+67 vs. without) · best 1st · Mar 2012 – Nov 2016
Conor Clarke · Embarr · Melges 24 5events 2 wins together · 5 podiums · 40% win rate · 12 of 42 races won Beat 97% of the fleet together(+67 vs. without) · best 1st · Mar 2012 – Nov 2016
Aoife English · Embarr · Melges 24 4events 2 wins together · 4 podiums · 4 events · 11 of 34 races won Beat 98% of the fleet together(+61 vs. without) · best 1st · Nov 2015 – Nov 2016
Stuart McNay · Embarr · Melges 24 4events 2 wins together · 4 podiums · 4 events · 11 of 34 races won Beat 98% of the fleet together(+61 vs. without) · best 1st · Nov 2015 – Nov 2016
Kevin Johnson · SEARCHER, Tschüss · IRC handicap, ORC handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 11 races won Beat 34% of the fleet together(−31 vs. without) · best 4th · Jan 2016 – Jul 2025
Pete Smyth · SEARCHER · IRC handicap, ORC handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 26% of the fleet together(−41 vs. without) · best 16th · Jun 2024 – Jul 2025
Nick Smyth · SEARCHER · IRC handicap, ORC handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 26% of the fleet together(−41 vs. without) · best 16th · Jun 2024 – Jul 2025
Tim Greenwood · SEARCHER · IRC handicap, ORC handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 26% of the fleet together(−41 vs. without) · best 16th · Jun 2024 – Jul 2025
Dave Cotter · SEARCHER · IRC handicap, ORC handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 26% of the fleet together(−41 vs. without) · best 16th · Jun 2024 – Jul 2025
Thomas Kneen · SUNRISE · Handicap, IRC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 25% of the fleet together · best 33rd · Jul 2025 – Jul 2025

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

Rating history

Event history · 12

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
19 Jul 2025	Admiral's Cup 25	SUNRISE	Handicap	Crew	223rd / 240
19 Jul 2025	Channel Race (R6 Cowes Offshore Racing Series)	SUNRISE	IRC handicap	Crew	33rd / 57
6 Jul 2025	AEGEAN 600 2025	SEARCHER	ORC handicap	Crew	16th / 44
6 Jul 2025	AEGEAN 600 2025	SEARCHER	IRC handicap	Crew	32nd / 36
22 Jun 2024	SSE Renewables Round Ireland Race	SEARCHER	IRC handicap	Crew	47th / 48
29 Nov 2016	2016 Melges 24 World Championship	Embarr	Melges 24	Spinnaker trimmer	1st / 74
6 Oct 2016	2016 Melges 24 US National Championship presented by Line Honors	Embarr	Melges 24	Offside trimmer	2nd / 47
18 Mar 2016	2016 Melges 24 Madness Regatta	Embarr	Melges 24	Floater	1st / 15
18 Jan 2016	Quantum Key West Race Week 2016	Tschüss	IRC handicap	Main Trimmer	4th / 5
20 Nov 2015	2015 Miami Yacht Club Melges 24 Invitational	Embarr	Melges 24	Medic/Doctor	2nd / 21
5 Mar 2012	2012 Bacardi Miami Sailing Week	Embarr	Melges 24	Crew	3rd / 21
26 Dec 2002	Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2002	Nips N Tux	IRC handicap	Crew	19th / 38

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	365 provisional	#4900 band 2290–9780	—
Melges 24 Crew	501 provisional	#49 band 29–91	+7

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	0 events	0 wins	beats —
As crew	12 events	2 wins	beats 57%

Positions: Spinnaker trimmer (1) · Offside trimmer (1) · Floater (1) · Main Trimmer (1) · Medic/Doctor (1)

How they race

Closer	−16 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−48 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	25%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	47%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Richard Reid	40	37–3
Steven Boho	38	38–0
Travis Weisleder	34	26–8
Richard Thompson	32	30–2
Kent Picknell	29	29–0
John Brown	28	24–4
Bruce Ayres	24	17–7
Christoph Kalinski	24	24–0
Megan Ratliff	24	22–2
Gary Schwarting	22	22–0
Peter Hansen	20	20–0
Wes Whitmyer Jr	20	18–2

Most-beaten opponent: Steven Boho (38–0).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	4	0	32%
2024	1	0	2%
2016	4	2	81%
2015	1	0	95%
2012	1	0	90%
2002	1	0	51%

Boats

Embarr · Melges 24 · 5 events · 2012–2016
SEARCHER · ORC handicap, IRC handicap · 3 events · 2024–2025
SUNRISE · Handicap, IRC handicap · 2 events · 2025
Tschüss · IRC handicap · 1 events · 2016
Nips N Tux · IRC handicap · 1 events · 2002

Where they race

Miami, FL, USA · 4 events
Unknown · 4 events
Key West, FL, USA · 1 events
Sydney to Hobart, Australia · 1 events
Fontana-On-Geneva Lake, WI, USA · 1 events

Is this you?

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Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 365, #4,900. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.