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Sailor · 2016–2025

George ODowd

royal irish yacht club J/109PHRF handicapBig Boat (BB)

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Events
11

57 races · 7 race wins

Win rate
18%

18% win rate · 2 of 11

Podium rate
18%

2 top-three finishes

Typically beats
40%

of boats faced (range 32%–48%, 106 boats)

Best class ranking
#355

Crew in J/109 · rating -11

Longest win streak
4

race wins in a row

Most successful partnership
John Thomas

1 wins · 1 podiums in 4 events together

Best trio
John Thomas & Alexander Tong

1 wins · 1 podiums in 3 events, all three aboard

Biggest lift
Thomas Woodford Hittle

+14 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
Thomas Woodford Hittle

Sep 2016 – Oct 2022 · 5 events

Nemesis
David Rosow

3–31 head to head in 34 races

Rival
Carl Olsson

13–18 in 31 races

Best day
20 Oct 2019

4-1-5 · 2019 J 109 Fleet 10 Fall Classic

Signature result
1st of 7

REGATES ROYALES 2025 · Big Boat (BB) · 23 Sep 2025

Partnerships · 52 sailors

Most successful partnership: John Thomas — 1 wins · 1 podiums in 4 events together
  • Julia ODowd · TBD · J/109, PHRF handicap 6events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 2 of 40 races won Beat 38% of the fleet together(−17 vs. without) · best 4th · Sep 2016 – Oct 2019
  • Alexander Tong · TBD · J/109, PHRF handicap 6events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 17% win rate · 1 of 42 races won Beat 38% of the fleet together(−18 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2018 – Oct 2022
  • Tom Ahern · TBD · J/109, PHRF handicap 5events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 31 races won Beat 38% of the fleet together(−14 vs. without) · best 5th · Sep 2016 – Jul 2022
  • Thomas Woodford Hittle · TBD · J/109, PHRF handicap 5events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 20% win rate · 1 of 35 races won Beat 53% of the fleet together(+14 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2016 – Oct 2022
  • John Thomas · TBD · J/109, PHRF handicap 4events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 3 of 17 races won Beat 47% of the fleet together(+2 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2018 – Aug 2021
  • Julia O-Dowd · TBD · J/109, PHRF handicap 4events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 1 of 13 races won Beat 44% of the fleet together(−3 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2021 – Oct 2022
  • Paul vanDyke · TBD · J/109 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 2 of 30 races won Beat 34% of the fleet together(−19 vs. without) · best 4th · Oct 2018 – Oct 2022
  • Bennett Records · TBD · J/109, PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 40% of the fleet together · best 5th · Sep 2016 – Sep 2018
  • John Veale · Hallowe'en · Big Boat (BB) 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 4 of 4 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Sep 2025 – Sep 2025
  • Chris Huson · TBD · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 38% of the fleet together · best 6th · Jul 2022 – Jul 2022

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

Rating history

-53117520172019202120232025Crew rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 11

Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 52, #35,493. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.