Sailor · 2018–2026

Colin O'Neill

frenchman s bay yacht club PHRF handicap Melges 24 J/80

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Events: 9
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 11%
Typically beats: 25%

Nemesis: Cameron Smith
Best day: 14 Sep 2023
Signature result: 2nd of 7

Partnerships · 35 sailors

Graeme Lawson · Red Leaf · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2018 – Jul 2019
Madalin Emerson · Red Leaf · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2018 – Jul 2019
Bruce St Hilaire · Red Leaf · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2018 – Jul 2019
Jessie Bennett · Bella J, Gossamer · Melges 24, PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 14 races won Beat 19% of the fleet together · best 6th · Aug 2022 – Aug 2026
Matt Emerson · Red Leaf · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2018 – Jul 2019
Elizabeth Brown · Red Leaf · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2018 – Jul 2019
Margo Coughin · Bella J · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 38% of the fleet together · best 6th · Aug 2022 – Aug 2022
Sarah Nicholson · Bella J · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 38% of the fleet together · best 6th · Aug 2022 – Aug 2022
Owen Schneider · Red Leaf · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 83% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2018 – Jul 2018
Jeremy Melanson · Free Radical · J/80 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 20% of the fleet together · best 17th · May 2025 – May 2025

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

Rating history

Event history · 9

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
12 Aug 2026	Atlantic Yacht Sales Chester Race Week 2026	Gossamer	Melges 24	Crew	6th / 6
2 May 2025	2025 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series - Annapolis	Free Radical	J/80	Grinder	17th / 21
14 Sep 2023	2023 Rolex Big Boat Series	Alchemy	J/105	Bow	10th / 31
21 Aug 2023	2023 Shark World Championship Regatta	Roll Again	Shark	Helm	45th / 48
20 Aug 2023	2023 Shark World Championship Regatta	Roll Again	Shark 24	Skipper	46th / 48
10 Aug 2022	2022 Helly Hansen Chester Race Week	Bella J	PHRF handicap	Foil Trimmer	6th / 9
3 Jun 2022	2022 Susan Hood Trophy Race Presented by driveHG	Prosperity	PHRF handicap	Watch Captain	6th / 8
13 Jul 2019	2019 Lake Ontario 300 Challenge	Red Leaf	PHRF handicap	Headsail Trimmer	5th / 9
14 Jul 2018	2018 Lake Ontario 300/600 Challenge	Red Leaf	PHRF handicap	Headsail Trimmer	2nd / 7

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	-145 provisional	#60599 band 52148–64431	—

6 more classes, not yet ranked

Full-size sailing · Helm · 12 races, 2 events · rating -148
Melges 24 · Crew · 10 races, 1 event · rating -175
Shark · Helm · 9 races, 1 event · rating -113
J/80 · Crew · 8 races, 1 event · rating -61
J/105 · Crew · 7 races, 1 event · rating 56
Shark 24 · Helm · 3 races, 1 event · rating -34

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 5%
As crew	7 events	0 wins	beats 41%

Positions: Headsail Trimmer (2) · Grinder (1) · Bow (1) · Foil Trimmer (1) · Watch Captain (1)

How they race

Closer	+6 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−11 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	44%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	27%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets	40%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Andy Berti	12	1–11
Cameron Smith	12	0–12
Nicolas Greenland	12	0–10
Peter Van Rossem	12	2–10
Rod Gardner	12	0–12
Jamie Guggisberg	12	0–12
John Adams	12	1–11
Jeff Mitchell	12	2–10
James Gardner	12	0–12
Peter Krejci	12	0–12
Ryan Stowe	12	2–10
Owen Bradford-Andrew	12	2–8

Most-beaten opponent: Brian Tink (9–1).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2026	1	0%
2025	1	20%
2023	3	27%
2022	2	33%
2019	1	50%
2018	1	83%

Boats

Roll Again · Shark, Shark 24 · 2 events · 2023
Red Leaf · PHRF handicap · 2 events · 2018–2019
Gossamer · Melges 24 · 1 events · 2026
Free Radical · J/80 · 1 events · 2025
Alchemy · J/105 · 1 events · 2023
Bella J · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2022
Prosperity · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2022

Where they race

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada · 3 events
Chester, Nova Scotia, Canada · 2 events
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada · 1 events
San Francisco, CA, USA · 1 events
Unknown · 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, Full-size sailing: -145, #60,599.Helm rating, Full-size sailing: -148. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.