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Sailor · 2011–2025

Brendan Murphy

chatham yacht club OptimistFevaPHRF handicap

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Events
27

109 races · 5 race wins

Win rate
4%

4% win rate · 1 of 27

Podium rate
15%

4 top-three finishes

Typically beats
62%

of boats faced (range 60%–65%, 1,136 boats)

Best class ranking
#5167

Helm in Optimist · rating 73

Longest win streak
3

race wins in a row

Longest-running crew
Mac Swearingen

Jul 2022 – Jul 2025 · 6 events

Nemesis
Alex Gonzalez

9–39 head to head in 49 races

Rival
Abigail Lenox

11–16 in 27 races

Best day
11 Aug 2011

2-3-4-17-3-1 · Youth Invitational

Signature result
2nd of 63

2015 Youth Invitational · Optimist · 13 Aug 2015

Partnerships · 17 sailors

  • Mac Swearingen · Brendan Murphy, Mac Swearingen · Feva 6events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 29 races won Beat 47% of the fleet together(−14 vs. without) · best 3rd · Jul 2022 – Jul 2025
  • Robert DeCoste · North Star · PHRF handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 43% of the fleet together(−16 vs. without) · best 6th · May 2019 – May 2025
  • Tad Beagley · North Star · PHRF handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 43% of the fleet together(−16 vs. without) · best 6th · May 2019 – May 2025
  • Joseph Ardagna · North Star · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 43% of the fleet together · best 6th · May 2019 – May 2024
  • Steve Shea · North Star · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 51% of the fleet together · best 6th · May 2019 – May 2025
  • Michael Bencsik · Midnight Rambler · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 71% of the fleet together · best 27th · Dec 2022 – Dec 2022
  • Ed Psaltis · Midnight Rambler · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 71% of the fleet together · best 27th · Dec 2022 – Dec 2022
  • Zachary Johnson · Midnight Rambler · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 71% of the fleet together · best 27th · Dec 2022 – Dec 2022
  • Tim Hampton · Midnight Rambler · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 71% of the fleet together · best 27th · Dec 2022 – Dec 2022
  • Kevin McDevitt · North Star · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 58% of the fleet together · best 6th · May 2019 – May 2019

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

Rating history

-381072512012201420162018202020222024Helm rating, all classesCrew rating, all classes

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

Event history · 27

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
30 Jul 20252025 JSA Feva Championships & RS Feva North AmericansBrendan MurphyFevaSkipper25th / 41
24 Jul 20252025 Cedar Point Yacht Club Jr. Race WeekMac SwearingenFevaCrew9th / 24
14 Jul 20252025 Larchmont Junior Race WeekMac SwearingenFevaCrew30th / 62
24 May 20252025 Figawi Race WeekendNorth StarPHRF handicapHeadsail Trimmer6th / 10
28 Jul 20242024 JSA Race Week at Cedar PointMac SwearingenFevaCrew10th / 23
18 Jul 20242024 Madison Beach Club Junior RegattaBrendan MurphyFevaSkipper3rd / 5
25 May 20242024 Figawi Race WeekendNorth StarPHRF handicapHeadsail Trimmer9th / 12
20 Jul 20232023 Madison Beach Club Junior RegattaBrendan MurphyFevaSkipper3rd / 4
12 Jul 20232023 Larry White RegattaBlue MagicOptimistOther27th / 44
6 Jul 2023Sachem's Head Junior Regatta, 2023Brendan MurphyOptimistSkipper21st / 24
26 Dec 2022Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2022Midnight RamblerIRC handicapCrew27th / 91
7 Jul 2022Sachem's Head Junior Regatta 2022Mac SwearingenFevaCrew5th / 6
25 May 20192019 Figawi Race WeekendNorth StarPHRF handicapHeadsail Trimmer6th / 13
9 Aug 20162016 Youth Invitational7689420Skipper12th / 58
6 Aug 2016Chatham Yacht Club 2016 Regatta7846420sSkipper15th / 41
11 Jul 2016West Dennis Yacht Club Invitational7150420Skipper11th / 54
13 Aug 20152015 Youth Invitational13554OptimistSkipper2nd / 63
29 Jul 2015Wianno Yacht Club Optimist Regatta 201513554OptimistSkipper24th / 106
18 Jul 201419th Annual Stone Horse Yacht Club Opti x-treme Regatta13554OptimistSkipper15th / 88
12 Jul 2014New Bedford Junior RegattaC1Laser 4.7Skipper1st / 5
5 Jul 201319th Annual Opti Regatta13554OptimistSkipper12th / 55
9 Aug 2012Youth Invitational1562OptimistSkipper12th / 50
16 Jul 201217th Annual Stone Horse Yacht Club Opti x-treme Regatta1562OptimistSkipper92nd / 95
9 Jul 2012West Dennis Yacht Club Invitational1562OptimistSkipper25th / 57
6 Jul 201218th Annual Opti Regatta1562OptimistSkipper21st / 63

Helm rating across all classes: 64, #39,049.Crew rating across all classes: 69, #32,147. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.