Sailor · 2022–2025

Melanie Ellison

kingston yacht club J/80

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Events: 5
Win rate: 20%
Podium rate: 40%
Typically beats: 53%
Best class ranking: #134
Longest win streak: 2

Most successful partnership: Rachel Harris
Best trio: Rachel Harris & Hugh McGugan
Longest-running crew: Hugh McGugan
Nemesis: Glenn Darden
Best day: 22 Sep 2023
Signature result: 1st of 12

Partnerships · 7 sailors

Most successful partnership: Rachel Harris — 1 wins · 1 podiums in 3 events together

Hugh McGugan · Breakaway J · J/80 5events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 20% win rate · 4 of 30 races won Beat 63% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jul 2022 – Sep 2025
Dylan Fletcher-scott · Breakaway J · J/80 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 20 races won Beat 62% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2022 – Oct 2022
Rachel Harris · Breakaway J · J/80 3events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 3 of 22 races won Beat 65% of the fleet together · best 1st · Sep 2022 – Sep 2023
Daniel Sheedy · Breakaway J · J/80 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 16 races won Beat 47% of the fleet together · best 13th · Sep 2022 – Oct 2022
Mike Hren · Breakaway J · J/80 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 27% of the fleet together · best 12th · Sep 2025 – Sep 2025
Chris Reil · Breakaway J · J/80 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 27% of the fleet together · best 12th · Sep 2025 – Sep 2025
Tac Boston · Breakaway J · J/80 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 4 races won Beat 93% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2022 – Jul 2022

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

Rating history

Event history · 5

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
13 Sep 2025	J/80 & J/105 Canadian Championships	Breakaway J	J/80	Crew	12th / 16
22 Sep 2023	J/Fest	Breakaway J	J/80	Crew	1st / 12
5 Oct 2022	2022 J80 World Championship	Breakaway J	J/80	Pit	32nd / 48
24 Sep 2022	2022 J80 North American Championship	Breakaway J	J/80	Pit	13th / 31
23 Jul 2022	2022 ABYC J Fest	Breakaway J	J/80	Pit	2nd / 15

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	148 provisional	#21844 band 11174–38335	—
J/80 Crew	164 provisional	#134 band 56–219	+3.4

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	0 events	0 wins	beats —
As crew	5 events	1 wins	beats 63%

Positions: Pit (3)

How they race

Closer	−15 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−22 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Janet Geisberger	25	25–0
John Vallee	24	5–19
Aiden Belfrage	23	20–3
Warren Flannery	23	11–12
David Doyle	23	12–11
Darin Sameshima	22	16–6
Martin Rutter	17	6–11
Glenn Darden	16	0–16
Ryan Walsh	16	2–14
John Maxwell	16	2–14
Chip Baker	16	9–7
Winnie Berteloot	16	1–15

Most-beaten opponent: Janet Geisberger (25–0).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	1	0	27%
2023	1	1	100%
2022	3	0	62%

Boats

Breakaway J · J/80 · 5 events · 2022–2025

Where they race

Newport, RI, USA · 2 events
Toronto, ON · 2 events
Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 1 events

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Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 148, #21,844. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.