Sailor · 2011–2025

Michael McDonald

lake macquarie yacht club IRC handicap

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Events: 3
Win rate: 0
Podium rate: 0
Typically beats: 29%

Signature result: 7th of 13

Partnerships · 22 sailors

Michael Graham · Santana · IRC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 28% of the fleet together · best 71st · Dec 2019 – Dec 2025
Chris Scanlon · Santana · IRC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 28% of the fleet together · best 71st · Dec 2019 – Dec 2025
Dave Hill · Santana · IRC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 28% of the fleet together · best 71st · Dec 2019 – Dec 2025
Pete Watkins · Santana · IRC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 28% of the fleet together · best 71st · Dec 2019 – Dec 2025
Jesse Morrow · Santana · IRC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 28% of the fleet together · best 71st · Dec 2019 – Dec 2025
T Purkiss · Santana · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 24% of the fleet together · best 91st · Dec 2019 – Dec 2019
Kathryn Johnson · Santana · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 31% of the fleet together · best 71st · Dec 2025 – Dec 2025
Ian Goldby · Sona · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 7th · Aug 2011 – Aug 2011
Scott Ferguson · Santana · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 31% of the fleet together · best 71st · Dec 2025 – Dec 2025
Dwayne Minch · Santana · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 31% of the fleet together · best 71st · Dec 2025 – Dec 2025

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

Rating history

Event history · 3

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
26 Dec 2025	Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2025	Santana	IRC handicap	Navigator	71st / 103
26 Dec 2019	Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2019	Santana	IRC handicap	Crew	91st / 120
12 Aug 2011	2011 IRC North American Championship Regatta	Sona	IRC handicap	Other	7th / 13

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact

1 more class, not yet ranked

All classes · Crew · 9 races, 3 events · rating 12

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	3 events	0 wins	beats 35%

Positions: Navigator (1)

How they race

Closer	−23 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	+11 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2025	1	31%
2019	1	24%
2011	1	50%

Boats

Santana · IRC handicap · 2 events · 2019–2025
Sona · IRC handicap · 1 events · 2011

Where they race

Sydney to Hobart, Australia · 2 events
Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 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: 12. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.