Sailor · 2017–2026

John Cavanagh

barrington PHRF handicap J/30

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Events: 11
Win rate: 9%
Podium rate: 18%
Typically beats: 41%

Most successful partnership: Steven Clemens
Best trio: Ian Millspaugh & Richard Jaffe
Biggest lift: Steven Clemens
Signature result: 1st of 8

Partnerships · 24 sailors

Most successful partnership: Steven Clemens — 1 wins · 2 podiums in 3 events together

Ian Millspaugh · Good news, Good News · PHRF handicap 4events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 1 of 4 races won Beat 65% of the fleet together(+37 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2022 – Sep 2026
Mike Carr · Good news, Good News · PHRF handicap 4events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 1 of 4 races won Beat 68% of the fleet together(+41 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
Steven Clemens · Good news, Good News · PHRF handicap 3events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 3 races won Beat 82% of the fleet together(+56 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
Richard Jaffe · Good news · PHRF handicap 3events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 3 races won Beat 58% of the fleet together(+23 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2022 – Sep 2024
Chet Williams · Good news, Good News · PHRF handicap 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 57% of the fleet together(+21 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jun 2018 – Sep 2026
Paul Stoff · Good News · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 73% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Aug 2025 – Sep 2026
Charles Stoddard · Falcon · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 11% of the fleet together · best 9th · Jun 2024 – Jun 2024
Skip Neville · Falcon · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 11% of the fleet together · best 9th · Jun 2024 – Jun 2024
Matt Cohn · Falcon · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 11% of the fleet together · best 9th · Jun 2024 – Jun 2024
mark Rodsky · Falcon · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 11% of the fleet together · best 9th · Jun 2024 – Jun 2024

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

Rating history

Event history · 11

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
6 Sep 2026	2026 99th CYC Around the Island Race	Good News	PHRF handicap	Boat Captain	2nd / 8
31 Aug 2025	2025 98th CYC Around the Island Race	Good News	PHRF handicap	Skipper	5th / 11
1 Sep 2024	2024 97th CYC Around the Island Race	Good news	PHRF handicap	Other	7th / 9
15 Jun 2024	170th NYYC Annual Regatta	Falcon	PHRF handicap	Grinder	9th / 10
30 Sep 2023	2023 Sail for Hope Fundraiser Regatta	Good news	PHRF handicap	Other	1st / 8
26 Aug 2023	J/30 North American Championship	Good news	J/30	Other	8th / 9
11 Sep 2022	2022 Sail for Hope Fundraiser Regatta	Good news	PHRF handicap	Other	6th / 11
5 Jun 2021	2021 NYYC Leukemia Cup Regatta	Good news	PHRF handicap	Other	5th / 7
8 Jun 2019	2019 NYYC Leukemia Cup Regatta	Good news	PHRF handicap	Other	5th / 8
2 Jun 2018	2018 NYYC Leukemia Cup Regatta	Good news	PHRF handicap	Other	7th / 9
4 Jun 2017	2017 NYYC Leukemia Cup Regatta	Good news	PHRF handicap	Other	9th / 10

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Helm	67 provisional	#39582 band 22952–60120	—

2 more classes, not yet ranked

J/30 · Helm · 3 races, 1 event · rating -10
Full-size sailing · Crew · 3 races, 1 event · rating -73

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	10 events	1 wins	beats 45%
As crew	1 events	0 wins	beats 11%

Positions: Boat Captain (1) · Grinder (1)

How they race

Closer	+32 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−22 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	43%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	42%	of the fleet beaten

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	1	0	86%
2025	1	0	60%
2024	2	0	18%
2023	2	1	56%
2022	1	0	50%
2021	1	0	33%
2019	1	0	43%
2018	1	0	25%
2017	1	0	11%

Boats

Good News · PHRF handicap, J/30 · 10 events · 2017–2026
Falcon · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2024

Where they race

Newport, RI, USA · 7 events
Jamestown, RI, USA · 3 events
Bristol, RI, USA · 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: 67, #39,582.Crew rating, Full-size sailing: -73. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.