Sailor · 2016–2026

Donald McIlraith

richmond yacht club Melges 24 PHRF handicap Handicap

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Events: 11
Win rate: 9%
Podium rate: 46%
Typically beats: 37%
Best class ranking: #331
Longest win streak: 2

Longest-running crew: Sallie Lang
Nemesis: Andrew Picel
Best day: 15 Apr 2023
Signature result: 1st of 6

Partnerships · 11 sailors

Sallie Lang · Committed, Posse, POSSE · Handicap, Melges 24 9events 0 wins together · 3 podiums · 0% win rate · 1 of 54 races won Beat 48% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Nov 2016 – Jul 2026
Rajat Dutta · Committed, Posse · Melges 24 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 26 races won Beat 48% of the fleet together(−8 vs. without) · best 2nd · Nov 2016 – Aug 2025
Ana Sofia Rufino Ferreira · Committed, Posse · Melges 24 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 19 races won Beat 30% of the fleet together · best 10th · Nov 2016 – Aug 2025
Maggie Royal · Committed · Melges 24 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 20th · Jul 2024 – Jul 2024
Katayun Kamdin · Committed · Melges 24 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 20th · Jul 2024 – Jul 2024
Cooper Hershfield-Cohen · Committed · Melges 24 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 20th · Jul 2024 – Jul 2024
Ana Ferriera · Committed · Melges 24 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 7 races won Beat 83% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Sep 2023 – Sep 2023
Charley Robray · Committed · Melges 24 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 7 races won Beat 83% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Sep 2023 – Sep 2023
Andrew Bray · Committed · Melges 24 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 31% of the fleet together · best 10th · Aug 2025 – Aug 2025
Ana Frreira · Committed · Melges 24 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 20th · Jul 2024 – Jul 2024

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

Rating history

— Helm rating, all classes · - - Crew rating, all classes

Event history · 11

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
18 Jul 2026	2026 Fiesta Cup	Committed	Melges 24	Skipper	5th / 8
7 Mar 2026	BIG DADDY 2026 FLEET RACING- SATURDAY	Committed	Melges 24	Skipper	2nd / 5
22 Aug 2025	Melges 24 Tahoe Championship	Committed	Melges 24	Crew	10th / 14
12 Jul 2024	2024 Melges 24 US National Championship	Committed	Melges 24	Owner	20th / 20
28 Oct 2023	GREAT PUMPKIN 2023 FLEET RACING ON SATURDAY	Committed	Melges 24	Skipper	2nd / 5
8 Sep 2023	2023 Melges 24 California Cup /PCC's	Committed	Melges 24	Crew	2nd / 7
15 Apr 2023	2023 - The Wheeler Regatta	COMMITTED	PHRF handicap	Skipper	1st / 6
15 Apr 2023	2023 - YRA In The Bay Series	COMMITTED	PHRF handicap	Skipper	3rd / 6
22 Jul 2022	2022 Fiesta Cup	Posse	Melges 24	Skipper	5th / 7
10 Oct 2020	2020 - The YRA Doublehanded Encinal Regatta	POSSE	Handicap	Skipper	4th / 9
29 Nov 2016	2016 Melges 24 World Championship	Posse	Melges 24	Spinnaker trimmer	51st / 72

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Adj. ±
Melges 24 Crew	-145 provisional	#700 band 597–753	—
All classes Crew	-71 provisional	#53253 band 40139–60738	—
All classes Helm	123 provisional	#28953 band 18817–42240	—
Melges 24 Helm	-40 provisional	#331 band 264–394	—

Rank among sailors with ten or more rated races over three or more events, all time. In brackets, the ranks this rating cannot be told apart from. Adj. ± is the adjusted plus-minus in points of fleet beaten.

Helm and crew

As helm	7 events	1 wins	beats 64%
As crew	4 events	0 wins	beats 36%

Positions: Owner (1) · Spinnaker trimmer (1)

How they race

Closer	−3 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−13 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	44%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets (<12)	67%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Kathrin Wagner	35	11–24
Robert Harf	27	18–9
Sebastien Laleau	19	5–14
Duane Yoslov	19	5–14
Dan Berezin	19	6–13
Matt Hamilton	17	3–14
Nick Pullen	15	8–7
Gus Duncan	14	2–12
Vernon Vincent	14	11–3
Andrew Picel	14	0–14
Chay McIntosh	14	2–12
Eric Stokke	14	1–13

Most-beaten opponent: Christoph Kalinski (12–0).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	2	0	59%
2025	1	0	31%
2024	1	0	0%
2023	4	1	80%
2022	1	0	33%
2020	1	0	63%
2016	1	0	30%

Boats

Committed · Melges 24, PHRF handicap · 8 events · 2023–2026
Posse · Melges 24, Handicap · 3 events · 2016–2022

Where they race

Yacht Racing Association of San Francisco Bay · 2 events
Santa Barbara, CA · 2 events
Santa Cruz, CA · 1 events
South Lake Tahoe, CA · 1 events
Point Richmond , CA · 1 events
Santa Barbara, CA, USA · 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 across all classes: -71 (±194), #53,253.Helm rating across all classes: 123 (±160), #28,953. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.