Sailor · 2011–2026

Jonathan Johnston

pequot yc PHRF handicap ORC handicap Ideal 18

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Events: 22
Win rate: 9%
Podium rate: 23%
Typically beats: 47%

Most successful partnership: Ken ODonnell
Best trio: Ken ODonnell & Bryce May
Biggest lift: Nathan Buchok
Longest-running crew: John Kimberly
Nemesis: Sedgwick Ward
Signature result: 1st of 10

Partnerships · 46 sailors

Most successful partnership: Ken ODonnell — 2 wins · 3 podiums in 11 events together · 18% win rate

John Kimberly · Flyer, Kalypso, Lite-N-Up, Madison · IRC handicap, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 19events 2 wins together · 4 podiums · 11% win rate · 2 of 48 races won Beat 45% of the fleet together(−17 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2011 – Sep 2026
Brian Spears · Madison, Wired · IRC handicap, PHRF handicap 16events 2 wins together · 5 podiums · 13% win rate · 2 of 22 races won Beat 57% of the fleet together(+36 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2011 – Sep 2026
Phil Gavey · Flyer, Lite-N-Up, Madison · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 15events 1 wins together · 3 podiums · 7% win rate · 1 of 37 races won Beat 47% of the fleet together(±0 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2013 – Sep 2026
Bryce May · Lite-N-Up, Madison, Wired · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 14events 2 wins together · 5 podiums · 14% win rate · 2 of 28 races won Beat 59% of the fleet together(+33 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2013 – Sep 2026
Ken ODonnell · Flyer, Lite-N-Up, Madison · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 11events 2 wins together · 3 podiums · 18% win rate · 2 of 33 races won Beat 43% of the fleet together(−7 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2013 – May 2025
Jeff Morrison · Flyer, Lite-N-Up, Madison · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 9events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 11% win rate · 1 of 31 races won Beat 43% of the fleet together(−8 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2013 – Sep 2026
John Donovan · Madison · PHRF handicap 5events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 4 races won Beat 44% of the fleet together(−3 vs. without) · best 2nd · May 2024 – Sep 2026
Chris Anto · Madison · PHRF handicap 4events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together(+34 vs. without) · best 2nd · Aug 2013 – Aug 2025
Rick Smola · Flyer, Lite-N-Up, Madison · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 27 races won Beat 24% of the fleet together(−28 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jun 2013 – Jan 2016
Mark McGowan · Kalypso, Lite-N-Up, Madison · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 3events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 11 races won Beat 38% of the fleet together(−11 vs. without) · best 1st · Jan 2016 – Sep 2022

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

Rating history

Event history · 22

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
4 Sep 2026	2026 Vineyard Race	Madison	PHRF handicap	Bow	4th / 10
22 May 2026	2026 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race	Madison	PHRF handicap	Bow	4th / 6
29 Aug 2025	2025 Vineyard Race	Madison	PHRF handicap	Bow	2nd / 8
23 May 2025	2025 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race	Madison	PHRF handicap	Bow	7th / 8
30 Aug 2024	2024 Vineyard Race	Madison	PHRF handicap	Bow	5th / 10
17 May 2024	2024 Sam Wetherill Trophy Race	Madison	PHRF handicap	Other	6th / 6
7 Oct 2023	68th Annual Indian Harbor Stratford Shoal Race - the Gearbuster	Tacktile	PHRF handicap	Bow	4th / 6
1 Sep 2023	2023 Vineyard Race	Madison	PHRF handicap	Bow	4th / 11
2 Sep 2022	2022 Vineyard Race	Kalypso	PHRF handicap	Bow	8th / 9
27 May 2022	2022 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race	Madison	PHRF handicap	Bow	1st / 6
3 Sep 2021	2021 Vineyard Race	Madison	PHRF handicap	Bow	7th / 15
4 Sep 2020	2020 Vineyard Race	Madison	PHRF handicap	Bow	4th / 12
30 Aug 2019	2019 Vineyard Race	Madison	PHRF handicap	Bow	1st / 10
25 May 2018	2018 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race	Madison	PHRF handicap	Other	3rd / 7
1 Sep 2017	2017 Vineyard Race	Madison	PHRF handicap	Bow	4th / 10
20 Jun 2017	2017 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race Week	Wired	PHRF handicap	Bow	13th / 13
18 Jan 2016	Quantum Key West Race Week 2016	Lite-N-Up	ORC handicap	Bow	7th / 7
23 Jun 2015	2015 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race Week XXVI	Lite-N-Up	PHRF handicap	Bow	17th / 17
30 Aug 2013	2013 Vineyard Race	Madison	PHRF handicap	Bow	2nd / 9
24 Jun 2013	2013 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race Week XXV	Flyer	PHRF handicap	Bow	10th / 11
16 Oct 2011	2011 Ideal 18 Club Championships	Stephens	Ideal 18	Other	12th / 29
2 Sep 2011	2011 Vineyard Race	Madison	IRC handicap	Other	6th / 8

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	-265 provisional	#65013 band 62391–65753	—

2 more classes, not yet ranked

Full-size sailing · Helm · 5 races, 1 event · rating 13
Ideal 18 · Helm · 5 races, 1 event · rating 10

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	1 events	0 wins	beats 61%
As crew	21 events	2 wins	beats 46%

Positions: Bow (18)

How they race

Closer	+37 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−17 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	33%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	50%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Kevin McNeil	19	1–18
Brian Prinz	19	6–13
Douglas Curtiss	19	1–18
Sedgwick Ward	19	0–19
Michael Cashel	18	1–17
Bill Baxter	13	1–12
Mark McGowan	12	5–7

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	2	0	53%
2025	2	0	50%
2024	2	0	28%
2023	2	0	55%
2022	2	1	56%
2021	1	0	57%
2020	1	0	73%
2019	1	1	100%
2018	1	0	67%
2017	2	0	33%
2016	1	0	0%
2015	1	0	0%
2013	2	0	49%
2011	2	0	45%

Boats

Madison · PHRF handicap, IRC handicap · 15 events · 2011–2026
Lite-N-Up · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap · 2 events · 2015–2016
Tacktile · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2023
Kalypso · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2022
Wired · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2017
Flyer · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2013
Stephens · Ideal 18 · 1 events · 2011

Where they race

Stamford, CT, USA · 15 events
Block Island, RI, USA · 3 events
Greenwich, CT, USA · 2 events
Key West, FL, USA · 1 events
Essex, CT, USA · 1 events

Is this you?

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Crew rating, Full-size sailing: -265, #65,013.Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 13. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.