Sailor · 2013–2025

Robert Vaughan

balboa yacht club PHRF handicap IRC handicap ORC handicap

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Events: 5
Win rate: 20%
Podium rate: 20%
Typically beats: 37%

Signature result: 1st of 5

Partnerships · 17 sailors

Phillip Holroyd Smith · Cilista · ORC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 5th · Jul 2019 – Jul 2019
P Goss · Van Diemen III · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 36% of the fleet together · best 77th · Dec 2019 – Dec 2019
Leif Fixen · Cilista · ORC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 5th · Jul 2019 – Jul 2019
O Bell · Van Diemen III · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 36% of the fleet together · best 77th · Dec 2019 – Dec 2019
Adam Allaway · Van Diemen III · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 36% of the fleet together · best 77th · Dec 2019 – Dec 2019
Gavin Herbert · Madness · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 17% of the fleet together · best 6th · May 2017 – May 2017
Jeff Eberle · Cilista · ORC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 5th · Jul 2019 – Jul 2019
J Farquharson · Van Diemen III · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 36% of the fleet together · best 77th · Dec 2019 – Dec 2019
R Nichols · Van Diemen III · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 36% of the fleet together · best 77th · Dec 2019 – Dec 2019
Joseph Kelly · Cilista · ORC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 5th · Jul 2019 – Jul 2019

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

Rating history

Event history · 5

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
12 Jul 2025	2025 Seal Beach to Dana Point Race	Baraka	PHRF handicap	Skipper	14th / 18
26 Dec 2019	Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2019	Van Diemen III	IRC handicap	Skipper	77th / 120
7 Jul 2019	2019 Marblehead-to-Halifax Ocean Race	Cilista	ORC handicap	Helm	5th / 9
8 May 2017	2017 Sundowner Series Monday Nights	Madness	PHRF handicap	Skipper	6th / 7
20 Jul 2013	Crew of 2 Around Catalina	Van Diemen	PHRF handicap	Skipper	1st / 5

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact

2 more classes, not yet ranked

Full-size sailing · Helm · 2 races, 3 events · rating -58
Full-size sailing · Crew · 1 race, 1 event · rating 10

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	4 events	1 wins	beats 44%
As crew	1 events	0 wins	beats 50%

How they race

Closer	−22 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−7 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Small fleets	56%	of the fleet beaten

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	1	0	24%
2019	2	0	43%
2017	1	0	17%
2013	1	1	100%

Boats

Baraka · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2025
Van Diemen III · IRC handicap · 1 events · 2019
Cilista · ORC handicap · 1 events · 2019
Madness · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2017
Van Diemen · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2013

Where they race

Newport Beach, CA · 2 events
Sydney to Hobart, Australia · 1 events
Dana Point, CA · 1 events
Marblehead, MA, USA · 1 events

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Helm rating, Full-size sailing: -58.Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 10. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.