Sailor · 2016–2026

John Payne

oyc PHRF handicap Handicap Formula 18

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Events: 4
Win rate: 0
Podium rate: 1
Typically beats: 52%

Signature result: 3rd of 11

Partnerships · 5 sailors

Michael Berndt · Flying Fish, FLYING FISH · Handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Mar 2026 – Jul 2026
Dennis McGuire · Flying Fish · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 40% of the fleet together · best 4th · Jul 2026 – Jul 2026
Apryl Berndt · Flying Fish · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 40% of the fleet together · best 4th · Jul 2026 – Jul 2026
Maggie MacCarthy · Flying Fish · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 40% of the fleet together · best 4th · Jul 2026 – Jul 2026
Josh Hunt · John PAYNE · Formula 18 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 10 races won Beat 58% of the fleet together · best 41st · Jul 2025 – Jul 2025

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

Rating history

Event history · 4

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
26 Jul 2026	EYC IYC OYC Estuary Extravaganza	Flying Fish	PHRF handicap	Crew	4th / 6
28 Mar 2026	2026 - Round the Rocks	FLYING FISH	Handicap	Skipper	3rd / 11
8 Jul 2025	2025 Formula 18 World Championship	John PAYNE	Formula 18	Skipper	41st / 96
6 Feb 2016	2016 SCYRA Optimist Midwinter Regatta for the Steven M. Pitts Memorial Trophy	Red Shark	Optimist	Skipper	24th / 33

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Helm	-48 provisional	#62696 band 39318–78252	—

2 more classes, not yet ranked

Formula 18 · Helm · 10 races, 1 event · rating 0
Optimist · Helm · 8 races, 1 event · rating -72

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	3 events	0 wins	beats 55%
As crew	1 events	0 wins	beats 40%

How they race

Closer	−7 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−9 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2026	2	60%
2025	1	58%
2016	1	28%

Boats

Flying Fish · PHRF handicap, Handicap · 2 events · 2026
John PAYNE · Formula 18 · 1 events · 2025
Red Shark · Optimist · 1 events · 2016

Where they race

Encinal Yacht Club · 1 events
Unknown · 1 events
MARINA DEL REY, CA · 1 events
Singlehanded Sailing Society · 1 events

Is this you?

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

Helm rating across all classes: -48, #62,696. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.