Sailor · 1988–2020

Phil Gow

lunenburg yc Etchells Sonar Viper 640

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Events: 6
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 0%
Typically beats: 69%
Best class ranking: #824

Biggest lift: Stuart Hebb
Nemesis: David Curtis
Best day: 18 Sep 2003
Signature result: 17th of 92

Partnerships · 8 sailors

Stuart Hebb · Scamp, Thin Ice, USA 1166 · Etchells, Sonar, Viper 640 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 23 races won Beat 77% of the fleet together(+16 vs. without) · best 7th · Sep 2003 – Sep 2017
Larry Lemieux · CAN 75 · Etchells 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 51% of the fleet together · best 50th · Sep 1998 – Sep 1998
Rod Wilmer · CAN 75 · Etchells 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 51% of the fleet together · best 50th · Sep 1998 – Sep 1998
Cece Imbrie · Thin Ice · Viper 640 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 83% of the fleet together · best 7th · Sep 2009 – Sep 2009
Scott Mason · US 640 · Etchells 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 72% of the fleet together · best 17th · Jan 1988 – Jan 1988
Glen Malcom · USA 1166 · Etchells 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 82% of the fleet together · best 17th · Sep 2003 – Sep 2003
Gavin Flinn · Scamp · Sonar 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together · best 9th · Sep 2017 – Sep 2017
Charles Buckingham · US 640 · Etchells 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 72% of the fleet together · best 17th · Jan 1988 – Jan 1988

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

Rating history

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

Event history · 6

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
21 Aug 2020	Lunenburg Yacht Club Welcome Back Regatta 2020	Scamp	Sonar	Skipper	5th / 11
8 Sep 2017	2017 Sonar World Championship Regatta	Scamp	Sonar	Other	9th / 25
18 Sep 2009	2009 Viper 640 North American Championships	Thin Ice	Viper 640	Other	7th / 36
18 Sep 2003	2003 Etchells World Championship	USA 1166	Etchells	Crew	17th / 92
10 Sep 1998	1998 Etchells World Championship	CAN 75	Etchells	Crew	50th / 100
11 Jan 1988	1988 Etchells World Championship	US 640	Etchells	Crew	17th / 59

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Crew	86 provisional	#29434 band 14687–48237	—
Etchells Crew	25 provisional	#824 band 420–1172	—

3 more classes, not yet ranked

All classes · Helm · 15 races, 2 events · rating 106
Sonar · Helm · 15 races, 2 events · rating 92
Viper 640 · Crew · 7 races, 1 event · rating 61

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	2 events	0 wins	beats 63%
As crew	4 events	0 wins	beats 72%

How they race

Closer	+11 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−6 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Big fleets	71%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Paul Rafuse	23	16–7
Jonathan Nye	21	13–8
Tim Patton	19	11–8
Bill Steele	19	14–4
David Curtis	19	5–14
Rob Barbara	15	7–8
Andreas Josenhans	15	5–10
Bruce Burton	14	9–4
Rick Kaiser	14	9–5
Allan Gray	14	11–3
Henry Spingler	14	5–8
Tom Boyle	14	8–6

Most-beaten opponent: Bill Steele (14–4).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2020	1	60%
2017	1	67%
2009	1	83%
2003	1	82%
1998	1	51%
1988	1	72%

Boats

Scamp · Sonar · 2 events · 2017–2020
Thin Ice · Viper 640 · 1 events · 2009
USA 1166 · Etchells · 1 events · 2003
CAN 75 · Etchells · 1 events · 1998
US 640 · Etchells · 1 events · 1988

Where they race

Stamford, CT, USA · 1 events
Hermans Island, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada · 1 events
Newport, New South Wales, Australia · 1 events
Herman’s Island, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada · 1 events
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA · 1 events
Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA · 1 events

Is this you?

Claim it to merge duplicates and remove results that aren’t yours. Changes apply at the nightly rebuild.

Crew rating across all classes: 86, #29,434.Helm rating across all classes: 106. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.