Sailor · 2012–2015

John Upton

rush creek yacht club Snipe Farr 40

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Events: 4
Win rate: 0
Podium rate: 0
Typically beats: 26%

Nemesis: Ian Brown
Best day: 15 Sep 2012
Signature result: 8th of 20

Partnerships · 11 sailors

Ted Hackney · Heartbreaker · Farr 40 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 14 races won Beat 55% of the fleet together · best 8th · Sep 2012 – Sep 2012
Tom Parry · Heartbreaker · Farr 40 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 14 races won Beat 55% of the fleet together · best 8th · Sep 2012 – Sep 2012
Doug Nickel · Heartbreaker · Farr 40 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 14 races won Beat 55% of the fleet together · best 8th · Sep 2012 – Sep 2012
Robert Hughes · Heartbreaker · Farr 40 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 14 races won Beat 55% of the fleet together · best 8th · Sep 2012 – Sep 2012
Nick Thompson · Heartbreaker · Farr 40 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 14 races won Beat 55% of the fleet together · best 8th · Sep 2012 – Sep 2012
Willem Van Waay · Heartbreaker · Farr 40 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 14 races won Beat 55% of the fleet together · best 8th · Sep 2012 – Sep 2012
Christine Pai · Heartbreaker · Farr 40 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 14 races won Beat 55% of the fleet together · best 8th · Sep 2012 – Sep 2012
Wally Cross · Heartbreaker · Farr 40 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 63% of the fleet together · best 8th · Sep 2012 – Sep 2012
Wally Crossman · Heartbreaker · Farr 40 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 5 races won Beat 47% of the fleet together · best 11th · Sep 2012 – Sep 2012
Sean Couvreu · Heartbreaker · Farr 40 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 63% of the fleet together · best 8th · Sep 2012 – Sep 2012

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

Event history · 4

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
20 Mar 2015	2015 Don Q Snipe Regatta	John Upton	Snipe	Skipper	35th / 38
15 Mar 2015	2015 Snipe Mid Winters Regatta, a SCIRA event	29908	Snipe	Skipper	22nd / 22
18 Sep 2012	2012 Rolex Farr 40 World Championship	Heartbreaker	Farr 40	Headsail Trimmer	8th / 20
14 Sep 2012	2012 Rolex Farr 40 Pre-Worlds - USA Circuit Event 5	Heartbreaker	Farr 40	Headsail Trimmer	11th / 20

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact

4 more classes, not yet ranked

Farr 40 · Crew · 14 races, 2 events · rating 35
Full-size sailing · Helm · 14 races, 2 events · rating -272
Snipe · Helm · 14 races, 2 events · rating -287
Full-size sailing · Crew · 14 races, 2 events · rating 27

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	2 events	0 wins	beats 4%
As crew	2 events	0 wins	beats 55%

Positions: Headsail Trimmer (2)

How they race

Closer	+20 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−5 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Eric Mergenthaler	14	9–5
Ian Brown	14	0–14
Lang Walker	14	9–5
Martin Bebb	14	2–12
James Richardson	14	5–9
Wolfgang Schaefer	14	5–9
Peter Commette	14	0–14
Stephan Irgens	14	1–13
John Demourkas	14	5–9
Philip Dowd	14	9–5
Luis Soubie	14	0–14
Helmut Jahn	14	5–9

Most-beaten opponent: Leif Sigmond (12–2).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2015	2	0	4%
2012	2	0	55%

Boats

Heartbreaker · Farr 40 · 2 events · 2012
John Upton · Snipe · 1 events · 2015
29908 · Snipe · 1 events · 2015

Where they race

Chicago, IL, USA · 2 events
Clearwater, FL · 1 events
Miami, FL · 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, Full-size sailing: -272.Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 27. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.