Sailor · 2024–2026

Whit Cowan

bucks harbor yc Optimist 420 Handicap

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Events: 6
Win rate: 17%
Podium rate: 17%
Typically beats: 53%
Best class ranking: #6824

Nemesis: Oscar Hartnett
Signature result: 1st of 11

Partnerships · 2 sailors

Declan Walsh · 1909 · 420 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 12 races won Beat 45% of the fleet together · best 16th · Jul 2025 – Jul 2026
Anders Bartsch · Whit Cowan · Handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 3 of 6 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jul 2026 – Jul 2026

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

Rating history

Event history · 6

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
24 Jul 2026	2026 Camden Classics Cup Youth Regatta	Whit Cowan	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 11
15 Jul 2026	HYC Youth Regatta	1909	420	Skipper	22nd / 35
16 Jul 2025	HYC Youth Regatta	1909	420	Skipper	16th / 32
31 Jul 2024	Maine State Optimist Championship	182	Optimist	Skipper	18th / 35
25 Jul 2024	2024 Camden Classics Cup Youth Regatta	Whit Cowan	Optimist	Skipper	5th / 12
16 Jul 2024	HYC Youth Regatta	182	Optimist	Skipper	13th / 27

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Helm	63 provisional	#39303 band 22237–60121	—
Optimist Helm	62 provisional	#6824 band 3442–11965	—

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	6 events	1 wins	beats 60%
As crew	0 events	0 wins	beats —

How they race

Closer	−9 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−5 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Big fleets	48%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Hugo Garcia de Reynal	32	11–21
Maxwell Pulitzer	27	5–22
Eleanor Heersink	27	9–18
Henry Hutchinson	27	7–20
Oscar Hartnett	26	4–22
Anders Bartsch	25	19–6
Levi Hutchinson	23	16–6
Celia Lee	20	12–8
Mabel Kaler	20	4–16
Alexander Harvey	19	10–9
Hadden Brinegar	19	1–18
Anna Kennedy	19	2–17

Most-beaten opponent: Isla Shepard (18–1).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	2	1	69%
2025	1	0	52%
2024	3	0	56%

Boats

Whit Cowan · Handicap, Optimist · 2 events · 2024–2026
1909 · 420 · 2 events · 2025–2026
182 · Optimist · 2 events · 2024

Where they race

Harraseeket Yacht Club · 3 events
Camden, ME · 2 events
Southport Junior Yacht Club Sailing Foundation · 1 events

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Helm rating across all classes: 63, #39,303. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.