Sailor · 2010–2025

Chris Bulger

jamestown boat yard J/80 PHRF handicap ORC handicap

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Events: 18
Win rate: 22%
Podium rate: 28%
Typically beats: 64%
Best class ranking: #179
Longest win streak: 2

Most successful partnership: Chrissy Coyle
Best trio: Chrissy Coyle & Emmet Smith
Biggest lift: Chrissy Coyle
Longest-running crew: Max Bulger
Nemesis: Brian Keane
Rival: Mike Sudofsky
Best day: 21 Apr 2012
Signature result: 1st of 11

Partnerships · 29 sailors

Most successful partnership: Chrissy Coyle — 2 wins · 2 podiums in 3 events together

Max Bulger · 1864, Goose · Formula 18, J/80 5events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 20% win rate · 1 of 30 races won Beat 70% of the fleet together(+15 vs. without) · best 1st · Oct 2010 – Jul 2018
Edgar Smith · Goose, Pachyderm · J/80, PHRF handicap 4events 2 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 3 of 11 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together(+10 vs. without) · best 1st · Apr 2011 – Jun 2025
Emmet Smith · Goose, Pachyderm · J/80, PHRF handicap 4events 2 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 3 of 17 races won Beat 68% of the fleet together(+12 vs. without) · best 1st · Oct 2010 – Jun 2025
Sylvia Maxfield · Pachyderm, Starlight · PHRF handicap 4events 2 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 3 of 7 races won Beat 64% of the fleet together(+6 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2016 – Jun 2025
Chrissy Coyle · Pachyderm · PHRF handicap 3events 2 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 3 of 6 races won Beat 73% of the fleet together(+17 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2016 – Jun 2025
Betsy McMahon · Pachyderm · PHRF handicap 3events 2 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 3 of 6 races won Beat 73% of the fleet together(+17 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2016 – Jun 2025
Willem Sandberg · Goose · J/80 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 13 races won Beat 73% of the fleet together · best 4th · Jan 2011 – Jul 2011
John Marshall · Starlight · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 33% of the fleet together · best 6th · Sep 2024 – Jun 2025
Missy Hudspeth · Goose · J/80 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 20 races won Beat 68% of the fleet together · best 4th · Oct 2010 – Jan 2011
Jamie Perkins · Pachyderm · PHRF handicap 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 2 of 4 races won Beat 59% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jun 2016 – Jun 2017

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

Rating history

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

Event history · 18

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
13 Jun 2025	2025 Off Soundings Spring Series	Pachyderm	PHRF handicap	Floater	1st / 11
6 Jun 2025	2025 Annapolis - Newport Race	Starlight	ORC handicap	Navigator	6th / 8
28 Sep 2024	2024 Sail for Hope Fundraiser Regatta	Starlight	PHRF handicap	Other	6th / 9
20 Jul 2018	2018 New England 100	1864	Formula 18	Skipper	1st / 7
7 Jul 2018	2018 Newport Regatta	Whale Rock Racing	Handicap	Other	4th / 7
7 Jul 2017	2017 Newport Regatta	Whale Rock Racing	F18	Other	7th / 7
9 Jun 2017	2017 Off Soundings Spring Series	Pachyderm	PHRF handicap	Floater	10th / 12
10 Jun 2016	2016 Off Soundings Spring Series	Pachyderm	PHRF handicap	Floater	1st / 11
2 Sep 2012	2012 Around the Island Race	Goose	PHRF handicap	Skipper	12th / 91
20 Apr 2012	2012 Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week	Whale Rock Racing	J/80	Other	6th / 16
30 Sep 2011	2011 J/80 North American Championship	Goose	J/80	Other	17th / 25
24 Sep 2011	2011 American Yacht Club Fall Regatta	Goose	J/80	Other	1st / 11
5 Aug 2011	2011 Buzzards Bay Regatta	1172	J/80	Skipper	11th / 14
9 Jul 2011	2011 The Newport Regatta®	Goose	J/80	Other	4th / 10
24 Jun 2011	2011 Bacardi Newport Sailing Week	Goose	J/80	Other	2nd / 4
15 Apr 2011	2011 Charleston Race Week	Goose	J/80	Skipper	12th / 22
17 Jan 2011	2011 Key West Race Week	Goose	J/80	Skipper	4th / 16
5 Oct 2010	2010 J 80 World Championship	Goose	J/80	Skipper	28th / 61

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Helm	136 provisional	#27001 band 17177–40309	—
J/80 Helm	87 provisional	#179 band 117–247	+5.9

3 more classes, not yet ranked

All classes · Crew · 8 races, 5 events · rating 74
F18 · Helm · 6 races, 1 event · rating 18
Formula 18 · Helm · 1 race, 1 event · rating 1

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	13 events	2 wins	beats 60%
As crew	5 events	2 wins	beats 57%

Positions: Floater (3) · Navigator (1)

How they race

Closer	+2 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−2 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	39%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	59%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets	65%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Bruno Pasquinelli	57	17–39
Chris Chadwick	49	12–36
Mike Sudofsky	42	17–24
Brian Keane	39	5–34
Gary Kamins	35	9–26
Ken Mangano	35	26–8
Al Minella	33	17–15
Glenn Darden	31	2–29
Andrew Burton	30	13–17
Michael Zupon	30	24–6
Kerry Klingler	28	3–25
Peter McCarthy	28	16–11

Most-beaten opponent: Gary Panariello (23–1).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	2	1	64%
2024	1	0	38%
2018	2	1	75%
2017	2	0	9%
2016	1	1	100%
2012	2	0	77%
2011	7	1	60%
2010	1	0	55%

Boats

Goose · PHRF handicap, J/80 · 8 events · 2010–2012
Pachyderm · PHRF handicap · 3 events · 2016–2025
Whale Rock Racing · Handicap, F18, J/80 · 3 events · 2012–2018
Starlight · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap · 2 events · 2024–2025
1864 · Formula 18 · 1 events · 2018
1172 · J/80 · 1 events · 2011

Where they race

Newport, RI, USA · 6 events
Noank, CT, USA · 2 events
Newport, RI · 1 events
Stonington, CT, USA · 1 events
North Charleston, SC, USA · 1 events
New Bedford Yacht Club · 1 events

Is this you?

Claim it to merge duplicates and remove results that aren’t yours. Changes apply at the nightly rebuild.

Helm rating across all classes: 136, #27,001.Crew rating across all classes: 74. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.