Sailor · 2009–2026

Francis Shiman-Hackett

constit yc Handicap PHRF handicap All Class

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Events: 117
Win rate: 32%
Podium rate: 70%
Typically beats: 74%
Best class ranking: #8
Longest win streak: 5

Most successful partnership: Bill Finn
Biggest lift: Bill Finn
Longest-running crew: Bill Finn
Nemesis: Steve Scharf
Best day: 7 Jun 2014
Signature result: 1st of 25

Partnerships · 30 sailors

Most successful partnership: Bill Finn — 34 wins · 66 podiums in 81 events together · 42% win rate

Bill Finn · BLUENOSE, CouCou, InvictusPony, Morning Glory · All Class, B, C, Handicap 81events 34 wins together · 66 podiums · 42% win rate · 72 of 167 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together(+21 vs. without) · best 1st · Oct 2009 – Jun 2024
TJ Kowalczyk · BLUENOSE, Pinchy · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 46% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jun 2019 – May 2025
Laura Fawcett · BLUENOSE, Pinchy · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 46% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jun 2019 – May 2025
Ariel Babcock · Cuttlebus, Pinchy · PHRF handicap, Thunderbird 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 13 races won Beat 66% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Aug 2019 – May 2025
Josh Reisberg · Morning Glory · J/105 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 11 races won Beat 18% of the fleet together · best 24th · Oct 2009 – Oct 2009
Carl Olsson · Morning Glory · J/105 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 11 races won Beat 18% of the fleet together · best 24th · Oct 2009 – Oct 2009
Morgan Barrieau · BLUENOSE · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 12th · Jun 2019 – Jun 2019
Marcelo Pereira · BLUENOSE · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 12th · Jun 2019 – Jun 2019
Catilyn Ridgely · BLUENOSE · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 12th · Jun 2019 – Jun 2019
Jonathan Zaskorski · CouCou · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 19% of the fleet together · best 14th · Jun 2024 – Jun 2024

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

Rating history

— Helm rating, all classes · - - Crew rating, all classes

Event history · 117

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
8 Aug 2026	Flip Flop Regatta	Dervish	Handicap	Skipper	7th / 8
12 Jul 2026	Boston Harbor Ladies Challenge	Pinchy	Handicap	Skipper	6th / 14
26 Jun 2026	Savin Hill Friday Handicap Twilight Series Div. 1	Pinchy	Handicap	Skipper	5th / 9
9 Aug 2025	Flip Flop Regatta	Pinchy	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 17
6 Jun 2025	Savin Hill Handicap Twilight Series	Pinchy	All Class	Skipper	2nd / 6
24 May 2025	2025 Figawi Race Weekend	Pinchy	PHRF handicap	Skipper	2nd / 13
10 Aug 2024	Flip Flop Regatta	Pinchy	Handicap	Skipper	2nd / 14
28 Jun 2024	Savin Hill Handicap Twilight Series	Pinchy	All Class	Skipper	9th / 11
15 Jun 2024	170th NYYC Annual Regatta	CouCou	PHRF handicap	Headsail Trimmer	14th / 17
23 Sep 2023	Boston Light Race	Pinchy	Handicap	Skipper	2nd / 14
28 Jul 2023	Savin Hill Handicap Twilight Series	Pinchy	Handicap	Skipper	7th / 8
27 May 2023	2023 Figawi Race Weekend	Pinchy	PHRF handicap	Other	2nd / 11
26 May 2023	2023 Falmouth Yacht Club Race to Hyannis	Pinchy	PHRF handicap	Other	9th / 9
16 Jul 2021	Beringer Bowl	Pinchy	Handicap	Skipper	4th / 9
26 Sep 2020	Boston Light Race	Pinchy	Handicap	Skipper	10th / 18
8 Aug 2020	2020 Flip Flop Regatta	Pinchy	Handicap	Skipper	3rd / 6
12 Jul 2020	2020 Hosea White Race	Pinchy	All Class	Skipper	2nd / 9
10 Jul 2020	2020 Savin Hill Handicap Twilight Series	Pinchy	All Class	Skipper	4th / 16
21 Sep 2019	2019 HYC Great Chase Race	Danger Pony	Handicap	Skipper	18th / 23
10 Aug 2019	2019 Flip Flop Regatta	Pinchy	Handicap	Skipper	3rd / 7
1 Aug 2019	2019 International Thunderbird Class Assoc. Championship	Cuttlebus	Thunderbird	Skipper	7th / 11
15 Jun 2019	165th NYYC Annual Regatta	BLUENOSE	PHRF handicap	Skipper	12th / 12
30 Sep 2018	2018 Marblehead Chowder Cup	Sparkle Pony	Handicap	Skipper	2nd / 3
22 Sep 2018	2018 Chowder Cup - Hingham Bay - ORRez Regatta	Sparkle Pony	Handicap	Skipper	3rd / 6
15 Sep 2018	HYC Great Chase Race	Sparkle Pony	Handicap	Skipper	3rd / 23

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Adj. ±
All classes Helm	371	#6036 band 3957–8976	—
All classes Crew	-181 provisional	#61603 band 53451–64261	—
All Class Helm	158 provisional	#8 band 3–22	—

4 more classes, not yet ranked

J/105 · Crew · 11 races, 1 event · rating -75
C · Helm · 1 race, 1 event · rating 20
Thunderbird · Helm · 1 race, 1 event · rating 27
B · Helm · 1 race, 1 event · rating 26

Rank among sailors with ten or more rated races over three or more events, all time. In brackets, the ranks this rating cannot be told apart from. Adj. ± is the adjusted plus-minus in points of fleet beaten.

Helm and crew

As helm	113 events	36 wins	beats 74%
As crew	4 events	1 wins	beats 34%

Positions: Headsail Trimmer (1) · Main Trimmer (1)

How they race

Closer	+6 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−34 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	42%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets (<12)	72%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Mark Fitzgerald	89	72–16
Philip Haydon	56	55–1
Richard Tubman	33	30–3
Rich Peirce	26	21–5
Pat Cerundolo	26	20–6
Thomas May	24	15–9
Bill Finn	23	7–15
Douglas Ryan	22	19–3
Tomas Bergstrand	22	9–13
Marc Bucklen	21	16–5
Greg Graham	21	17–4
Steve Kavanagh	18	11–7

Most-beaten opponent: Mark Fitzgerald (72–16).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	3	0	42%
2025	3	1	91%
2024	3	0	44%
2023	4	0	49%
2021	1	0	63%
2020	4	0	69%
2019	4	0	32%
2018	22	9	78%
2017	11	5	81%
2016	16	6	79%
2015	21	9	83%
2014	12	6	85%
2013	9	1	60%
2012	3	0	52%
2009	1	0	18%

Boats

Sparkle Pony · Handicap, All Class, PHRF handicap, B, C · 90 events · 2012–2018
Pinchy · Handicap, All Class, PHRF handicap · 17 events · 2019–2026
Cuttlebus · Thunderbird · 2 events · 2018–2019
SPARKLEPONY · PHRF handicap, Handicap · 2 events · 2018
Dervish · Handicap · 1 events · 2026
CouCou · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2024
Danger Pony · Handicap · 1 events · 2019
BLUENOSE · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2019
InvictusPony · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2016
Morning Glory · J/105 · 1 events · 2009

Where they race

Final Results · 22 events
Preliminary Results · 21 events
Savin Hill YC · 8 events
Savin Hill Yacht Club · 7 events
Constitution YC · 7 events
Boston Harbor Handicap Racing · 6 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: 371 (±118), #6,036.Crew rating across all classes: -181 (±228), #61,603. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.