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Sailor · 2009–2025

Ron Buchanan

uhyc PHRF handicapLightning

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Events
13

29 races · 2 race wins

Win rate
8%

8% win rate · 1 of 13

Podium rate
23%

3 top-three finishes

Typically beats
54%

of boats faced (range 49%–59%, 245 boats)

Best class ranking
#296

Helm in Lightning · rating 50

Nemesis
Jon Guth

3–12 head to head in 15 races

Best day
1 Jan 2020

5-1-1-8-4 · 2020 Lightning Frigid Digit

Signature result
1st of 13

2020 Lightning Frigid Digit · Lightning · 1 Jan 2020

Partnerships · 5 sailors

  • Jeff Ullman · Crescendo · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 38% of the fleet together · best 4th · Sep 2017 – Oct 2019
  • Jeff Ullman Bucky · 14485 · Lightning 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 2 of 10 races won Beat 81% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jan 2020 – Jan 2020
  • Mark Buchanan · Deux Poissons et un Chat · Lightning 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 70% of the fleet together · best 7th · May 2019 – May 2019
  • Bill Buchanan · Crescendo · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 4th · Sep 2017 – Sep 2017
  • Marybeth Buchanan · Crescendo · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 4th · Sep 2017 – Sep 2017

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

Rating history

-4336114201020132016201920222025Helm rating, all classes

Event history · 13

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
4 Oct 20252025 Hospice Turkey Shoot RegattaFortissimoPHRF handicapSkipper5th / 9
5 Oct 20242024 Hospice Turkey Shoot RegattaFortissimoPHRF handicapOther8th / 8
30 Sep 20232023 Hospice Turkey Shoot RegattaCrescendoPHRF handicapOther2nd / 7
7 May 202236th Annual Doc Gilbert Memorial Potomac Cup RegattaDeux Poissons et in ChatLightningSkipper4th / 11
2 Oct 20212021 Hospice Turkey Shoot RegattaCrescendoPHRF handicapOther2nd / 9
3 Oct 20202020 Hospice Turkey Shoot RegattaCrescendoPHRF handicapOther30th / 81
1 Jan 20202020 Lightning Frigid Digit14485LightningSkipper1st / 13
1 Jan 20202020 Lightning Frigid Digit WEATHER MARK CHALLENGE14485LightningSkipper7th / 17
5 Oct 20192019 Hospice Turkey Shoot RegattaCrescendoPHRF handicapOther7th / 9
11 May 201935th Annual Doc Gilbert Memorial Potomac Cup RegattaDeux Poissons et un ChatLightningSkipper7th / 21
29 Sep 20182018 Hospice Turkey Shoot RegattaCrescendoPHRF handicapOther4th / 7
30 Sep 20172017 Hospice Turkey Shoot RegattaCrescendoPHRF handicapOther4th / 7
25 Jul 2009Lightning Atlantic Coast Championship RegattaDeux Poissons et un ChatLightningSkipper45th / 59

Helm rating across all classes: 104, #32,072. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.