Sailor · 2015–2023

Mike McCarthy

scyc PHRF handicap Moore 24 Handicap Some links uncertain

Possibly the same person: Mike McCarthy (2010–2014, 16 events), Michael McCarthy (2024–2025, 3 events), Mike McCarthy (2013, 1 events), Mike McCarthy (2025, 1 events). SailDex keeps these apart until the evidence or a claim says otherwise.

Events: 15
Win rate: 7%
Podium rate: 53%
Typically beats: 36%
Best class ranking: #86
Longest win streak: 2

Nemesis: Philippe Kahn
Best day: 27 Aug 2022
Signature result: 3rd of 9

Partnerships · 10 sailors

Vince Norton · appassionato · PHRF handicap 2events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 2 of 6 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together · best 1st · Aug 2022 – Jun 2023
Jean Joseph · appassionato · PHRF handicap 2events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 2 of 6 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together · best 1st · Aug 2022 – Jun 2023
Brett Boval · x-dimension · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jun 2015 – Jun 2015
Alexander Cole · x-dimension · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jun 2015 – Jun 2015
Matthew Wall · x-dimension · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jun 2015 – Jun 2015
Lisa Sukharev-Chuyan · x-dimension · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jun 2015 – Jun 2015
Adam Traina · x-dimension · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jun 2015 – Jun 2015
Mark English · MAS! · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 8th · May 2016 – May 2016
Madeline Hickman · x-dimension · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jun 2015 – Jun 2015
Violeta Ivanova · x-dimension · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jun 2015 – Jun 2015

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

Rating history

Event history · 15

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
8 Jul 2023	2023 Seal Beach to Dana Point Race	Blue Flash	PHRF handicap	Skipper	15th / 23
3 Jun 2023	2023 South Haven Yacht Club - Invitational Regatta	appassionato	PHRF handicap	Other	3rd / 6
27 Aug 2022	2022 South Haven Yacht Club - Commodore’s Cup	appassionato	PHRF handicap	Other	1st / 3
22 Apr 2022	Newport to Ensenada International Yacht Race	Blue Flash	Handicap	Skipper	4th / 6
8 Aug 2021	2021 Big Brothers Big Sisters Regatta	101	PHRF handicap	Skipper	3rd / 8
7 Aug 2021	2021 Walt Elliott Harbor Challenge	3	Catalina 37	Skipper	3rd / 4
10 Jul 2021	2021 Seal Beach to Dana Point Race	Blue Flash	PHRF handicap	Skipper	3rd / 7
7 May 2021	2021 Moore 24 Nationals	101	Moore 24	Skipper	23rd / 23
13 Mar 2021	2021 Three Buoy Fiasco	101	Moore 24 Double-handed	Skipper	11th / 11
26 Sep 2020	2020 Jack & Jill Regatta	The 101	PHRF handicap	Skipper	3rd / 7
22 Aug 2020	2020 Fall One Design	Damage Control	Moore 24 Triple-handed	Skipper	3rd / 6
17 Aug 2019	2019 Fall One Design	Damage Control	Moore 24	Skipper	4th / 5
4 May 2019	2019 Moore 24 Pacific Coast Championship	Fun Oh One	Moore 24	Skipper	14th / 15
21 May 2016	2016 - OYRA Series	MAS!	Handicap	Skipper	8th / 15
23 Jun 2015	2015 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race Week XXVI	x-dimension	PHRF handicap	Grinder	3rd / 9

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Helm	77 provisional	#36753 band 24285–51913	—
Moore 24 Helm	-188 provisional	#86 band 75–95	—

4 more classes, not yet ranked

All classes · Crew · 5 races, 1 event · rating 17
Catalina 37 · Helm · 3 races, 1 event · rating 0
Moore 24 Triple-handed · Helm · 3 races, 1 event · rating 33
Moore 24 Double-handed · Helm · 1 race, 1 event · rating -42

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	14 events	1 wins	beats 44%
As crew	1 events	0 wins	beats 75%

Positions: Grinder (1)

How they race

Closer	+21 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−10 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	43%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	54%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Sydnie Moore	20	6–14
Philippe Kahn	20	0–20
Scott Nelson	17	2–15
Peter Schoen	13	1–12
Joel Turmel	13	0–13
Michael O'Callaghan	13	0–13
Vaughn Seifers	12	1–11

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2023	2	0	48%
2022	2	1	70%
2021	5	0	34%
2020	2	0	63%
2019	2	0	16%
2016	1	0	50%
2015	1	0	75%

Boats

Blue Flash · PHRF handicap, Handicap · 3 events · 2021–2023
101 · PHRF handicap, Moore 24, Moore 24 Double-handed · 3 events · 2021
appassionato · PHRF handicap · 2 events · 2022–2023
Damage Control · Moore 24 Triple-handed, Moore 24 · 2 events · 2019–2020
3 · Catalina 37 · 1 events · 2021
The 101 · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2020
Fun Oh One · Moore 24 · 1 events · 2019
MAS! · Handicap · 1 events · 2016
x-dimension · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2015

Where they race

Santa Cruz, CA · 7 events
South Haven, MI, USA · 2 events
Block Island, RI, USA · 1 events
Offshore Racing Association · 1 events
Long Beach, CA · 1 events
Dana Point , CA · 1 events

Is this you?

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Helm rating across all classes: 77, #36,753.Crew rating across all classes: 17. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.