Sailor · 2018–2025

Matt Donald

cyca IRC handicap Handicap

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Events: 6
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 50%
Typically beats: 90%

Biggest lift: Wade Morgan
Longest-running crew: Chris Townsend
Best day: 26 Dec 2019
Signature result: 2nd of 120

Partnerships · 33 sailors

Chris Townsend · Gweilo, WHISPER · Handicap, IRC handicap 8events 0 wins together · 5 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 8 races won Beat 88% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Dec 2018 – Oct 2025
Andrew Cribb · Gweilo · Handicap, IRC handicap 5events 0 wins together · 3 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 5 races won Beat 82% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Dec 2018 – Dec 2022
Andrea Green · Gweilo · Handicap, IRC handicap 5events 0 wins together · 3 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 5 races won Beat 82% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Dec 2018 – Dec 2022
Nicolas Partridge · Gweilo · Handicap, IRC handicap 4events 0 wins together · 3 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 85% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Dec 2019 – Dec 2022
Adam Brown · Gweilo · Handicap, IRC handicap 4events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 78% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Dec 2018 – Dec 2021
Justin Mulkearns · Gweilo · Handicap, IRC handicap 3events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together(−8 vs. without) · best 2nd · Dec 2019 – Dec 2021
Kyle Dodds · Gweilo · Handicap, IRC handicap 3events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together(−8 vs. without) · best 2nd · Dec 2019 – Dec 2021
Ben Psaltis · Gweilo · Handicap, IRC handicap 3events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together(−8 vs. without) · best 2nd · Dec 2019 – Dec 2021
Wade Morgan · Gweilo · IRC handicap 3events 0 wins together · 3 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 99% of the fleet together(+29 vs. without) · best 2nd · Dec 2019 – Dec 2022
J Freeman · Gweilo · IRC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 99% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Dec 2019 – Dec 2019

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

Rating history

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

Event history · 6

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
18 Oct 2025	Rolex Middle Sea Race 2025	WHISPER	IRC handicap	Skipper	4th / 99
26 Dec 2022	Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2022	Gweilo	IRC handicap	Owner	2nd / 91
26 Dec 2021	Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2021	Gweilo	Handicap	Owner	29th / 50
26 Dec 2019	Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2019	Gweilo	IRC handicap	Crew	2nd / 120
26 Dec 2019	Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2019	Gweilo	IRC handicap	Owner	2nd / 120
26 Dec 2018	Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2018	Gweilo	IRC handicap	Owner	22nd / 72

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact

2 more classes, not yet ranked

All classes · Crew · 3 races, 3 events · rating 19
All classes · Helm · 2 races, 2 events · rating 15

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	3 events	0 wins	beats 80%
As crew	3 events	0 wins	beats 90%

Positions: Owner (4)

How they race

Closer	−26 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Big fleets	85%	of the fleet beaten

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2025	1	97%
2022	1	99%
2021	1	43%
2019	2	99%
2018	1	70%

Boats

Gweilo · IRC handicap, Handicap · 5 events · 2018–2022
WHISPER · IRC handicap · 1 events · 2025

Where they race

Sydney to Hobart, Australia · 4 events
Unknown · 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: 19.Helm rating across all classes: 15. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.