Sailor · 2011–2025

Van Brown

Handicap PHRF handicap

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Events: 18
Win rate: 11%
Podium rate: 61%
Typically beats: 56%
Longest win streak: 7

Nemesis: John Taft
Best day: 18 Jul 2018
Signature result: 1st of 5

Partnerships · 21 sailors

James Thieler · Neith · Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 69% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Sep 2015 – Aug 2017
Carl Fast · Neith · Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 69% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Sep 2015 – Aug 2017
KATHY bradford · Neith · Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 69% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Sep 2015 – Aug 2017
Steve Tavares · Neith · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 57% of the fleet together · best 7th · Sep 2015 – Sep 2015
Corey Fast · Neith · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 57% of the fleet together · best 7th · Sep 2015 – Sep 2015
Wanda Tillman · Neith · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Aug 2017 – Aug 2017
Eben Whitcomb · Neith · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Aug 2017 – Aug 2017
Kathleen Coss · Neith · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 57% of the fleet together · best 7th · Sep 2015 – Sep 2015
Karen Binder · Neith · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Aug 2017 – Aug 2017
Andy Halsey · Neith · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 57% of the fleet together · best 7th · Sep 2015 – Sep 2015

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

Rating history

Event history · 18

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
9 Aug 2025	Corinthian Classic Yacht Regatta	NEITH	Handicap	Skipper	3rd / 3
28 Jun 2025	2025 Robert H. Tiedemann Classics Regatta	NEITH	Handicap	Skipper	4th / 6
10 Aug 2024	Corinthian Classic Yacht Regatta	NEITH	Handicap	Skipper	3rd / 6
26 Jun 2021	2021 Robert H. Tiedemann Classics Regatta	NEITH (NS)	Handicap	Other	3rd / 4
12 Jun 2021	167th NYYC Annual Regatta	NEITH (NS)	Handicap	Other	4th / 6
11 Jun 2021	167th NYYC Annual Regatta - Friday (Around-the-Island Race)	NEITH (NS)	Handicap	Skipper	5th / 7
24 Aug 2018	2018 Panerai Herreshoff Classic Yacht Regatta & Newport-to-Bristol Feeder Race	Neith (NS)	Handicap	Other	1st / 5
18 Jul 2018	NYYC Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex	Neith (NS)	Handicap	Other	1st / 3
16 Jul 2018	NYYC Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex	NEITH (NS)	Handicap	Other	2nd / 4
26 Aug 2017	38th Annual Newport Classic Yacht Regatta	Neith	Handicap	Mast	2nd / 6
9 Jun 2017	163rd NYYC Annual Regatta - Friday (Around-the-Island Race)	Neith (NS)	Handicap	Skipper	2nd / 3
9 Jun 2017	163rd NYYC Annual Regatta presented by Rolex	Neith (NS)	Handicap	Skipper	2nd / 3
9 Jul 2016	NYYC Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex - PART I - Classics & Multihulls	Neith (Class 2)	Handicap	Other	5th / 7
11 Jun 2016	162nd NYYC Annual Regatta presented by Rolex	Neith	Handicap	Skipper	3rd / 6
5 Sep 2015	Museum of Yachting 36th Annual Classic Yacht Regatta	Neith	Handicap	Other	7th / 15
13 Jun 2015	161st NYYC Annual Regatta presented by Rolex	Neith (ORANGE)	Handicap	Skipper	6th / 9
12 Jun 2015	161st NYYC Annual Regatta - Friday (Around-the-Island Race)	Neith	Handicap	Skipper	5th / 9
16 Jul 2011	113th Larchmont Race Week	NEITH	PHRF handicap	Other	3rd / 13

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Helm	148 provisional	#25816 band 17488–36961	—

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	18 events	2 wins	beats 54%
As crew	0 events	0 wins	beats —

Positions: Mast (1)

How they race

Closer	±0 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−13 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	51%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	52%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
John Taft	27	10–17
Ted Boylan	15	10–5

Most-beaten opponent: Ted Boylan (10–5).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	2	0	20%
2024	1	0	60%
2021	3	0	36%
2018	3	2	89%
2017	3	0	60%
2016	2	0	47%
2015	3	0	48%
2011	1	0	83%

Boats

NEITH · Handicap, PHRF handicap · 8 events · 2011–2025
NEITH (NS) · Handicap · 8 events · 2017–2021
Neith (Class 2) · Handicap · 1 events · 2016
Neith (ORANGE) · Handicap · 1 events · 2015

Where they race

Newport, RI, USA · 11 events
Newport, Rhode Island, USA · 2 events
Corinthian Yacht Club - Marblehead · 2 events
Bristol, RI, USA · 1 events
Larchmont, NY, USA · 1 events

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Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 148, #25,816. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.