Sailor · 2014–2026

Ross Findlater

bqyc Soling Shark Handicap

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Events: 10
Win rate: 10%
Podium rate: 50%
Typically beats: 74%
Best class ranking: #15
Longest win streak: 2

Most successful partnership: Gord Devries
Longest-running crew: Gord Devries
Nemesis: Peter Van Rossem
Rival: Graeme Young
Best day: 1 Jan 2025
Signature result: 1st of 17

Partnerships · 10 sailors

Most successful partnership: Gord Devries — 1 wins · 5 podiums in 8 events together · 13% win rate

Gord Devries · Can 230, Hans, Spinner, Tiger Niles · Shark, Soling 8events 1 wins together · 5 podiums · 13% win rate · 7 of 56 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together · best 1st · Aug 2014 – Jan 2026
Jim McGuinness · Spinner · Shark 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 18 races won Beat 65% of the fleet together · best 8th · Jul 2017 – Aug 2023
John McNeil Neil · Can 230, Hans · Soling 2events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 4 of 14 races won Beat 94% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jan 2025 – Jan 2026
Ross Finlater · Spinner · Shark 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 10 races won Beat 59% of the fleet together · best 20th · Aug 2014 – Aug 2014
Jim McGuiness · Can 230 · Soling 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 5 races won Beat 88% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jan 2024 – Jan 2024
Peter Aker · Tiger Niles · Shark 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 73% of the fleet together · best 4th · Jul 2021 – Jul 2021
Andrew Monteiro · Spinner · Shark 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 10 races won Beat 59% of the fleet together · best 20th · Aug 2014 – Aug 2014
Gordon deVries · Spinner · Shark 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 46% of the fleet together · best 26th · Jul 2017 – Jul 2017
John Finch · Hans · Soling 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jun 2023 – Jun 2023
Thomas Fogh · Hans · Soling 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 4 races won Beat 94% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Aug 2015 – Aug 2015

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

Rating history

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

Event history · 10

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
1 Jan 2026	2026 Soling North American Championship	Can 230	Soling	Skipper	3rd / 17
1 Jan 2025	2025 US Soling National Championship	Hans	Soling	Skipper	1st / 17
1 Jan 2024	2024 Soling North American Championship	Can 230	Soling	Skipper	3rd / 18
20 Aug 2023	2023 Shark World Championship Regatta	Spinner	Shark	Other	8th / 48
20 Aug 2023	2023 Shark World Championship Regatta	Spinner	Handicap	Skipper	10th / 48
7 Jun 2023	Solings North Americans	Hans	Soling	Crew	3rd / 5
24 Jul 2021	2021 Shark Gold Cup Regatta	Tiger Niles	Shark	Switch Flipper	4th / 12
16 Jul 2017	52nd Shark World Championship	Spinner	Shark	Skipper	26th / 47
27 Aug 2015	2015 Soling North American Championship	Hans	Soling	Other	2nd / 18
25 Aug 2014	2014 Shark World Championship	Spinner	Shark	Other	20th / 47

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Helm	408 provisional	#4742 band 2041–10254	—
Shark Helm	109 provisional	#41 band 19–68	—
Soling Helm	306 provisional	#15 band 6–38	+9.7
All classes Crew	81 provisional	#30632 band 17235–46900	—

2 more classes, not yet ranked

Soling · Crew · 10 races, 2 events · rating 20
Shark · Crew · 7 races, 1 event · rating 96

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	7 events	1 wins	beats 78%
As crew	3 events	0 wins	beats 72%

Positions: Switch Flipper (1)

How they race

Closer	+2 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−4 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	64%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	68%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Ernst Felsecker	31	23–8
Paul Laderoute	31	10–21
John Brunt	31	10–21
Greg Cockburn	31	10–21
Josh Wiwcharyk	31	8–23
Graeme Young	31	15–16
Robert Burns	31	22–9
Peter Van Rossem	31	2–29
Jeremy Crowder	29	14–15
Peter Hall	25	9–16
Jinnie Gordon	23	19–4
James Gardner	23	12–11

Most-beaten opponent: David Foscarini (21–0).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	1	0	88%
2025	1	1	100%
2024	1	0	88%
2023	3	0	72%
2021	1	0	73%
2017	1	0	46%
2015	1	0	94%
2014	1	0	59%

Boats

Spinner · Shark, Handicap · 4 events · 2014–2023
Hans · Soling · 3 events · 2015–2025
Can 230 · Soling · 2 events · 2024–2026
Tiger Niles · Shark · 1 events · 2021

Where they race

Severn Sailing Association · 3 events
Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 2 events
Hamilton, ON · 1 events
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada · 1 events
Whitby, Ontario, Canada · 1 events
Wilmette, IL, USA · 1 events

Is this you?

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Helm rating across all classes: 408, #4,742.Crew rating across all classes: 81, #30,632. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.