Sailor · 2024–2026

Matt Lees

wvyc Melges 24 Handicap

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Events: 8
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 38%
Typically beats: 53%
Best class ranking: #139
Longest win streak: 3

Nemesis: Philip Harland
Best day: 21 Jun 2025
Signature result: 2nd of 8

Partnerships · 4 sailors

Charles Harland · PCH · Melges 24 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 37% of the fleet together · best 13th · Jul 2024 – Jul 2024
Will Morris · PCH · Melges 24 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 37% of the fleet together · best 13th · Jul 2024 – Jul 2024
Philip Harland · PCH · Melges 24 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 37% of the fleet together · best 13th · Jul 2024 – Jul 2024
Alexander Levkovskiy · PCH · Melges 24 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 37% of the fleet together · best 13th · Jul 2024 – Jul 2024

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

Rating history

Event history · 8

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
29 Apr 2026	2026 WES	RAVEN RACING	Melges 24	Skipper	4th / 6
11 Apr 2026	2026 One Design Series	Raven Racing	Melges 24	Skipper	2nd / 5
30 Apr 2025	2025 WES	Raven Racing	Handicap	Skipper	2nd / 8
12 Apr 2025	2025 One Design Series	Raven Racing	Melges 24	Skipper	2nd / 5
13 Sep 2024	2024 Howe Sound One Design Regatta	Raven Racing	Melges 24	Skipper	5th / 7
12 Jul 2024	2024 Melges 24 US National Championship	PCH	Melges 24	Other	13th / 20
1 May 2024	2024 WES	RAVEN RACING	Handicap	Skipper	4th / 10
12 Apr 2024	2024 One Design Series	Raven Racing	Melges 24	Skipper	4th / 6

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Melges 24 Helm	192	#139 band 100–176	—
All classes Helm	265	#12534 band 8867–17251	—

2 more classes, not yet ranked

Melges 24 · Crew · 9 races, 1 event · rating -15
All classes · Crew · 9 races, 1 event · rating -25

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	0 wins	beats 59%
As crew	1 events	0 wins	beats 37%

How they race

Closer	−14 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−2 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	61%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	59%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Philip Harland	66	24–42
Rob Mulder	39	12–27
Harry Coleman	35	28–7
Kathy Parslow	33	29–4
Steve Fleckenstein	25	7–18
Andre Deseau	24	9–15
WVYC Intermediates	15	11–4
Paul Wolstenholme	14	13–1
Emilia Armitage	12	9–3

Most-beaten opponent: Kathy Parslow (29–4).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2026	2	58%
2025	2	80%
2024	4	44%

Boats

RAVEN RACING · Melges 24, Handicap · 7 events · 2024–2026
PCH · Melges 24 · 1 events · 2024

Where they race

West Vancouver Yacht Club · 7 events
Santa Barbara, CA, USA · 1 events

Is this you?

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

Helm rating across all classes: 265, #12,534.Crew rating across all classes: -25. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.