Sailor · 2008–2025

Ryan Houston

rhkyc IRC handicap Handicap ORC handicap

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Events: 14
Win rate: 36%
Podium rate: 57%
Typically beats: 89%
Longest win streak: 16

Most successful partnership: Matthew Humphries
Best trio: David Brooke & Matthew Humphries
Biggest lift: Chris Cowan
Longest-running crew: Karl Kwok
Best day: 9 Aug 2023
Signature result: 5th of 161

Partnerships · 60+ sailors

Most successful partnership: Matthew Humphries — 5 wins · 5 podiums in 6 events together · 83% win rate

Karl Kwok · Beau Geste, BEAU GESTE, BEAU IDEAL · Handicap, IRC handicap 12events 5 wins together · 7 podiums · 42% win rate · 30 of 41 races won Beat 89% of the fleet together · best 1st · Feb 2011 – Jul 2025
Chris Cowan · Beau Geste, BEAU GESTE, BEAU IDEAL · Handicap, IRC handicap 8events 4 wins together · 5 podiums · 50% win rate · 21 of 28 races won Beat 97% of the fleet together(+22 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2019 – Jul 2025
Gavin Brady · Beau Geste, BEAU GESTE · Handicap, IRC handicap 7events 4 wins together · 5 podiums · 57% win rate · 21 of 27 races won Beat 85% of the fleet together(−5 vs. without) · best 1st · Feb 2011 – Aug 2023
David Swete · Beau Geste, BEAU GESTE, BEAU IDEAL · Handicap, IRC handicap 7events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 14% win rate · 8 of 15 races won Beat 87% of the fleet together(−2 vs. without) · best 1st · Dec 2013 – Jul 2025
Margaret Chan · Beau Geste · IRC handicap 7events 4 wins together · 5 podiums · 57% win rate · 22 of 28 races won Beat 85% of the fleet together(−5 vs. without) · best 1st · Feb 2011 – Jul 2019
Matthew Humphries · Beau Geste, BEAU GESTE · Handicap, IRC handicap 6events 5 wins together · 5 podiums · 83% win rate · 30 of 35 races won Beat 98% of the fleet together(+18 vs. without) · best 1st · Dec 2017 – Aug 2023
David Brooke · Beau Geste, BEAU GESTE · Handicap, IRC handicap 6events 5 wins together · 5 podiums · 83% win rate · 30 of 35 races won Beat 98% of the fleet together(+18 vs. without) · best 1st · Dec 2017 – Aug 2023
Spencer Loxton · Beau Geste · IRC handicap 5events 4 wins together · 4 podiums · 80% win rate · 22 of 26 races won Beat 98% of the fleet together(+16 vs. without) · best 1st · Dec 2017 – Jul 2019
Nick Egnot-Johnson · BEAU IDEAL · Handicap, IRC handicap 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 94% of the fleet together(+9 vs. without) · best 3rd · Jul 2025 – Jul 2025
Matt Kelway · Beau Geste · IRC handicap 4events 3 wins together · 3 podiums · 4 events · 15 of 17 races won Beat 97% of the fleet together(+13 vs. without) · best 1st · Dec 2017 – Jul 2019

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

Rating history

Event history · 14

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
26 Jul 2025	Rolex Fastnet Race	BEAU IDEAL	IRC handicap	Crew	12th / 379
19 Jul 2025	Admiral's Cup 25	BEAU IDEAL	Handicap	Crew	33rd / 233
19 Jul 2025	Channel Race (R6 Cowes Offshore Racing Series)	BEAU IDEAL	IRC handicap	Crew	3rd / 57
11 Jul 2025	Cowes Dinard St Malo Race (R5 Cowes Offshore Racing Series)	BEAU IDEAL	IRC handicap	Crew	5th / 161
20 Mar 2025	GL 52 Pensacola Cup	Wizard	ORC handicap	Offside trimmer	2nd / 5
7 Aug 2023	ORC World Championship 2023	BEAU GESTE	Handicap	Crew	1st / 15
21 Jul 2019	2019 NYYC Queen's Cup	Beau Geste	IRC handicap	Spinnaker trimmer	1st / 27
15 Jul 2019	175th NYYC Anniversary Regatta	Beau Geste	IRC handicap	Spinnaker trimmer	1st / 4
24 Jun 2019	2019 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race Week	Beau Geste	IRC handicap	Spinnaker trimmer	1st / 3
15 Jun 2019	165th NYYC Annual Regatta	Beau Geste	IRC handicap	Spinnaker trimmer	1st / 4
26 Dec 2017	Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2017	Beau Geste	IRC handicap	Crew	10th / 81
26 Dec 2013	Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2013	Beau Geste	IRC handicap	Crew	46th / 76
5 Feb 2011	2011 Pineapple Cup - Montego Bay Race	Beau Geste	IRC handicap	Headsail Trimmer	2nd / 4
23 Jun 2008	2008 Etchells World Championship	NZL716	Etchells	Crew	17th / 83

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Adj. ±
All classes Crew	528 provisional	#1249 band 673–2251	—

1 more class, not yet ranked

Etchells · Crew · 6 races, 1 event · rating 29

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	0 events	0 wins	beats —
As crew	14 events	5 wins	beats 88%

Positions: Spinnaker trimmer (4) · Offside trimmer (1) · Headsail Trimmer (1)

How they race

Closer	+7 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−6 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	66%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets (25+)	86%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets (<12)	88%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Victor Wild	36	26–10
Tony Langley	25	23–2

Most-beaten opponent: Tony Langley (23–2).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	5	0	90%
2023	1	1	100%
2019	4	4	100%
2017	1	0	89%
2013	1	0	40%
2011	1	0	67%
2008	1	0	81%

Boats

BEAU GESTE · Handicap, IRC handicap · 8 events · 2011–2023
BEAU IDEAL · IRC handicap, Handicap · 4 events · 2025
Wizard · ORC handicap · 1 events · 2025
NZL716 · Etchells · 1 events · 2008

Where they race

Unknown · 6 events
Newport, RI, USA · 3 events
Sydney to Hobart, Australia · 2 events
Block Island, RI, USA · 1 events
Chicago, Illinois, USA · 1 events
Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA · 1 events

Is this you?

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Crew rating across all classes: 528 (±145), #1,249. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.