Sailor · 2017–2026

Phil Smyth

sachems head yacht club PHRF handicap Sonar

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Events: 10
Win rate: 10%
Podium rate: 30%
Typically beats: 53%
Longest win streak: 2

Most successful partnership: William Gunther
Best trio: William Gunther & Briggs Tobin
Biggest lift: William Gunther
Longest-running crew: Austin Smyth
Best day: 25 Jun 2021
Signature result: 2nd of 9

Partnerships · 20 sailors

Most successful partnership: William Gunther — 1 wins · 1 podiums in 3 events together

Austin Smyth · Mistral, Tynaje · PHRF handicap 6events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 17% win rate · 2 of 14 races won Beat 47% of the fleet together(−10 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2019 – Aug 2025
Daniel Fisher · Tynaje · PHRF handicap 5events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 20% win rate · 2 of 11 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together(−1 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2021 – Jun 2026
David Whitney · Tynaje · PHRF handicap 4events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 2 of 10 races won Beat 54% of the fleet together(+6 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2021 – Jun 2026
William Gunther · Tynaje · PHRF handicap 3events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 2 of 10 races won Beat 84% of the fleet together(+48 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2019 – Jun 2021
Briggs Tobin · Tynaje · PHRF handicap 3events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 2 of 10 races won Beat 84% of the fleet together(+48 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2019 – Jun 2021
William Whitney · Tynaje · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 20% of the fleet together · best 4th · Sep 2021 – Jun 2026
Brendan Califiore · Tynaje · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 17% of the fleet together · best 4th · Sep 2021 – Aug 2023
Robert Connell · Tynaje · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together · best 4th · Jun 2019 – Jun 2019
Samuel Smit · Tynaje · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together · best 4th · Jun 2019 – Jun 2019
Joe Tomas · Tynaje · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 40% of the fleet together · best 4th · Jun 2026 – Jun 2026

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

Rating history

Event history · 10

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
5 Jun 2026	2026 Off Soundings Club Spring Series	Tynaje	PHRF handicap	Spinnaker trimmer	4th / 6
9 Aug 2025	2025 Coastal Classic	Mistral	PHRF handicap	Tactician	9th / 12
10 Aug 2024	2024 Coastal Classic	Mistral	PHRF handicap	Tactician	9th / 9
11 Aug 2023	2023 Coastal Classic	Tynaje	PHRF handicap	Spinnaker trimmer	5th / 7
17 Sep 2021	2021 Off Soundings Fall Series	Tynaje	PHRF handicap	Spinnaker trimmer	4th / 4
14 Aug 2021	2021 Coastal Classic	Ngare Seru	Sonar	Skipper	2nd / 9
25 Jun 2021	2021 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race Week presented by Margaritaville	Tynaje	PHRF handicap	Headsail Trimmer	4th / 14
11 Jun 2021	2021 Off Soundings Spring Series	Tynaje	PHRF handicap	Other	1st / 4
24 Jun 2019	2019 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race Week	Tynaje	PHRF handicap	Spinnaker trimmer	4th / 13
19 Aug 2017	2017 Coastal Classic	Ngare Seru	PHRF handicap	Skipper	3rd / 7

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Crew	48 provisional	#35528 band 21506–50128	—

2 more classes, not yet ranked

All classes · Helm · 1 race, 1 event · rating 21
Sonar · Helm · 1 race, 1 event · rating 20

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 77%
As crew	8 events	1 wins	beats 44%

Positions: Spinnaker trimmer (4) · Tactician (2) · Headsail Trimmer (1)

How they race

Closer	−3 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	+7 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	32%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	47%	of the fleet beaten

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	1	0	40%
2025	1	0	27%
2024	1	0	0%
2023	1	0	33%
2021	4	1	66%
2019	1	0	75%
2017	1	0	67%

Boats

Tynaje · PHRF handicap · 6 events · 2019–2026
Mistral · PHRF handicap · 2 events · 2024–2025
Ngare Seru · Sonar, PHRF handicap · 2 events · 2017–2021

Where they race

Guilford, CT, USA · 5 events
Block Island, RI, USA · 2 events
Noank, CT, USA · 2 events
Unknown · 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: 48, #35,528.Helm rating across all classes: 21. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.