Sailor · 2015–2026

Hank Messick

disc Handicap PHRF handicap

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Events: 12
Win rate: 8%
Podium rate: 75%
Typically beats: 43%
Longest win streak: 2

Best day: 10 Sep 2016
Signature result: 3rd of 8

Partnerships · 4 sailors

Bill Hallam · Rampage · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 3 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Sep 2016 – Sep 2016
Stephen Clement · LARK · PHRF handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 2 of 2 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Apr 2022 – Apr 2022
William Baer · LARK · PHRF handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 2 of 2 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Apr 2022 – Apr 2022
Sara Shpargel · Rampage · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 3 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Sep 2016 – Sep 2016

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

Rating history

Event history · 12

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
26 Sep 2026	DISC 2026 Fall High Point Series	Arcas	Handicap	Skipper	2nd / 4
1 Aug 2025	2025 St. Mary's Governor’s Cup	Arcas	Handicap	Skipper	3rd / 8
1 Jan 2024	DISC 2024 Hangover Regatta	Arcas	Handicap	Skipper	3rd / 5
19 Aug 2023	Mount Vernon Chase	Arcas	Handicap	Skipper	3rd / 3
15 Jul 2023	DISC THREE BRIDGES FIASCO	Arcas	Handicap	Skipper	6th / 6
1 Jan 2023	2023 DISC Hangover Regatta	Arcas	Handicap	Skipper	3rd / 5
21 May 2022	Mount Vernon Boomerang	Arcas	Handicap	Skipper	3rd / 4
12 Apr 2022	DISC KISS Spring Series	LARK	PHRF handicap	Skipper	1st / 4
8 Sep 2018	2018 Washington Sailing Marina Leukemia Cup Regatta	Rampage	PHRF handicap	Other	5th / 5
9 Sep 2017	2017 NCA Leukemia Cup Regatta	Rampage	PHRF handicap	Other	2nd / 4
10 Sep 2016	2016 Alexandria Leukemia Cup Regatta	Rampage	PHRF handicap	Skipper	2nd / 5
12 Sep 2015	Alexandria Leukemia Cup Regatta	Rampage	PHRF handicap	Skipper	6th / 6

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Helm	58 provisional	#41243 band 25917–59379	—

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	12 events	1 wins	beats 43%
As crew	0 events	0 wins	beats —

How they race

Closer	+10 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−27 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	32%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	43%	of the fleet beaten

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	1	0	67%
2025	1	0	71%
2024	1	0	50%
2023	3	0	17%
2022	2	1	67%
2018	1	0	0%
2017	1	0	67%
2016	1	0	75%
2015	1	0	0%

Boats

Arcas · Handicap · 7 events · 2022–2026
Rampage · PHRF handicap · 4 events · 2015–2018
LARK · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2022

Where they race

Alexandria · 5 events
Alexandria, VA, USA · 3 events
Alexandria , VA · 2 events
St. Mary's College Sailing Association · 1 events
Alexandria, VA · 1 events

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Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 58, #41,243. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.