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Sailor · 2011–2025

Joan Hurban

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Events
52

243 races · 24 race wins

Win rate
10%

10% win rate · 5 of 52

Podium rate
27%

14 top-three finishes

Typically beats
35%

of boats faced (range 33%–37%, 1,053 boats)

Best class ranking
#283

Crew in Lightning · rating 92

Longest win streak
2

race wins in a row

Most successful partnership
Laura Kelm

3 wins · 5 podiums in 11 events together · 27% win rate

Best trio
Laura Kelm & Gary Hurban

3 wins · 5 podiums in 11 events, all three aboard

Biggest lift
Rachael Blake

+23 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
Gary Hurban

Aug 2015 – May 2025 · 34 events

Nemesis
Ched Proctor

3–88 head to head in 91 races

Rival
William Cabrall

57–79 in 141 races

Best day
1 Jan 2023

2-1-1-1-2 · 2023 Lightning Summer Series

Signature result
1st of 8

2019 Lightning Summer Series · Lightning · 1 Jan 2019

Partnerships · 13 sailors

Most successful partnership: Laura Kelm — 3 wins · 5 podiums in 11 events together · 27% win rate
  • Gary Hurban · 14900, Gary Hurban, Hers, HERS · Lightning 34events 4 wins together · 11 podiums · 12% win rate · 18 of 158 races won Beat 48% of the fleet together(+3 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2015 – May 2025
  • Laura Kelm · Gary Hurban, His · Lightning 11events 3 wins together · 5 podiums · 27% win rate · 11 of 44 races won Beat 55% of the fleet together(+10 vs. without) · best 1st · Jan 2021 – May 2025
  • Rachael Blake · His · Lightning 7events 1 wins together · 6 podiums · 14% win rate · 7 of 30 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together(+23 vs. without) · best 1st · Jan 2021 – Jan 2024
  • Peter Jadrosich · HERS, His, HIS · Lightning 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 17 races won Beat 17% of the fleet together(−32 vs. without) · best 26th · Mar 2017 – Mar 2024
  • Pauli Kaiser · 14900, HERS, His · Lightning 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 21 races won Beat 44% of the fleet together(−4 vs. without) · best 10th · Nov 2017 – Jan 2019
  • Peter Jadosich · His · Lightning 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 37th · Mar 2022 – Mar 2022
  • Ed Lane · His · Lightning 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 17% of the fleet together · best 35th · May 2022 – May 2022
  • Josie Forbes · His · Lightning 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 7% of the fleet together · best 15th · May 2025 – May 2025
  • Michael Constants · His · Lightning 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 54% of the fleet together · best 12th · Aug 2015 – Aug 2015
  • Peter Jadrowich · His · Lightning 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 30% of the fleet together · best 17th · Aug 2022 – Aug 2022

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

Rating history

-101502002012201420162018202020222024Helm rating, full-size sailingCrew rating, full-size sailing

— Helm rating, full-size sailing · - - Crew rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 52

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
3 May 20252025 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series - AnnapolisHisLightningCrew15th / 16
4 Aug 20242024 Lightning WJM (Women's/Junior's/Master's) North American ChampionshipHisLightningBow35th / 35
16 Mar 20242024 Winter Lightning ChampionshipHISLightningOther34th / 44
1 Jan 20242024 Li Fall seriesHisLightningCrew1st / 6
1 Jan 20242024 Lighning Summer SeriesHisLightningCrew1st / 7
1 Jan 20242024 Lightning Frigid DigitHisLightningCrew7th / 18
1 Jan 20242024 Lightning No GasHisLightningCrew2nd / 15
1 Jan 20232023 Lightning Fall SeriesHisLightningCrew1st / 3
1 Jan 20232023 Lightning Frigid DigitHisLightningCrew8th / 17
1 Jan 20232023 Lightning No GasHisLightningCrew10th / 11
1 Jan 20232023 Lightning Summer SeriesHisLightningCrew1st / 6
1 Jan 2023Lightning Spring SeriesHisLightningCrew2nd / 5
20 Aug 20222022 Duck Challenge RegattaHisLightningSkipper15th / 15
4 Aug 20222022 Lightning WJM’s - North American ChampionshipHisLightningOther17th / 24
15 May 20222022 Lightning Masters World ChampionshipsHisLightningOther35th / 42
20 Mar 20222022 Winter Lightning ChampionshipHisLightningOther37th / 37
1 Jan 20222022 Lightning Dixie DistrictsHisLightningCrew5th / 16
1 Jan 20222022 Lightning Fall SeriesHisLightningCrew2nd / 4
1 Jan 20222022 Lightning Frigid DigitGary HurbanLightningCrew11th / 17
1 Jan 20222022 Lightning Summer SeriesHisLightningCrew2nd / 4
6 Aug 20212021 WJM Lightning North American ChampionshipHisLightningOther32nd / 32
1 Jan 2021Lighning Fall SeriesHisLightningCrew2nd / 5
1 Jan 2021Lightning Summer SeriesHisLightningCrew3rd / 6
1 Jan 20202020 Lightning Fall Series14900LightningCrew4th / 9
1 Jan 20202020 Lightning Frigid Digit14900LightningCrew9th / 13

Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 183, #16,951.Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 60, #40,931. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.