Sailor · 2023–2026

Ronan O Briain

ffc Flying Fifteen FlyingFifteen Fleet Flying 15

Search sailors · About these ratings

Events: 7
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 43%
Typically beats: 88%
Best class ranking: #20

Longest-running crew: Niall O Brien
Nemesis: Shane MacCarthy
Rival: Peter Kennedy
Best day: 1 Jan 2024
Signature result: 3rd of 41

Partnerships · 3 sailors

Niall O Brien · Checkmate · Flying 15, Flying Fifteen 5events 0 wins together · 3 podiums · 0% win rate · 1 of 26 races won Beat 92% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jan 2023 – Jan 2024
Niall O'Brien · Checkmate · Flying Fifteen 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together · best 7th · Jan 2025 – Jan 2025
Martin Hehir · Friday Feeling · FlyingFifteen Fleet 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 40% of the fleet together · best 4th · Jan 2026 – Jan 2026

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

Rating history

Event history · 7

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
1 Jan 2026	FreshWater KeelBoat Regatta	Friday Feeling	FlyingFifteen Fleet	Skipper	4th / 6
1 Jan 2025	Flying Fifteen Northern Championship 2025	Checkmate	Flying Fifteen	Crew	7th / 19
1 Jan 2024	Flying Fifteen East Coast Championships 2024	Checkmate	Flying Fifteen	Crew	5th / 29
1 Jan 2024	Flying Fifteen Irish Nationals 2024	Checkmate	Flying Fifteen	Crew	2nd / 19
1 Jan 2024	Willowbrook Organic Island Farm Flying Fifteen British Isles Championships 2024	Checkmate	Flying Fifteen	Crew	3rd / 41
1 Jan 2024	Willowbrook Organic Island Farm Flying Fifteen British Isles Championships 2024	Checkmate	Flying Fifteen	Crew	4th / 41
1 Jan 2023	Flying 15 East Coast Championships 2023	Checkmate	Flying 15	Crew	3rd / 26

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	277 provisional	#9872 band 4345–20639	—
Flying Fifteen Crew	221 provisional	#20 band 6–55	+8.4

3 more classes, not yet ranked

Full-size sailing · Helm · 6 races, 1 event · rating -23
FlyingFifteen Fleet · Helm · 6 races, 1 event · rating -65
Flying 15 · Crew · 5 races, 1 event · rating 62

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	1 events	0 wins	beats 40%
As crew	6 events	0 wins	beats 88%

How they race

Closer	−2 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−26 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Big fleets	91%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Neil Colin	31	25–6
Alastair Court	30	27–3
Peter Kennedy	30	15–15
Lee Statham	29	18–11
Shane MacCarthy	26	9–17
Peter Lawson	25	21–4
Trevor D'Arcy	25	18–7
Andrew McCleery	25	18–7
Philip Lawton	25	18–7
Dermot Flaherty	23	18–5
Emma Pierce	21	17–4
Ian Mathews	20	14–6

Most-beaten opponent: Alastair Court (27–3).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2026	1	40%
2025	1	67%
2024	4	92%
2023	1	92%

Boats

Checkmate · Flying Fifteen, Flying 15 · 6 events · 2023–2025
Friday Feeling · FlyingFifteen Fleet · 1 events · 2026

Where they race

National Yacht Club · 2 events
Strangford Lough Yacht Club · 2 events
Waterford Harbour Sailing Club · 1 events
LDYC · 1 events
County Antrim Yacht Club · 1 events

Is this you?

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

Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 277, #9,872.Helm rating, Full-size sailing: -23. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.