Sailor · 2008–2026

Gary Brown

rcyc PHRF handicap Merit 25 FT 7.5

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Events: 9
Win rate: 22%
Podium rate: 56%
Typically beats: 48%
Longest win streak: 2

Nemesis: Tim Kupczyk
Best day: 14 Feb 2020
Signature result: 1st of 7

Partnerships · 9 sailors

Kenneth Vannorsdall · Windsong · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 14% of the fleet together · best 7th · Jun 2008 – Jun 2008
Travis Johnson · Gold Rush · Merit 25 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 33% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jun 2023 – Jun 2023
Sean McElderry · Gold Rush · Merit 25 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 33% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jun 2023 – Jun 2023
Adam Strack · Zero Altitude · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 14 races won Beat 63% of the fleet together · best 4th · May 2024 – May 2024
Alan Clark · Windsong · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 14% of the fleet together · best 7th · Jun 2008 – Jun 2008
Donald Hibbard · Windsong · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 14% of the fleet together · best 7th · Jun 2008 – Jun 2008
Sue Strack · Zero Altitude · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 14 races won Beat 63% of the fleet together · best 4th · May 2024 – May 2024
Lisa Brown · Zero Altitude · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 14 races won Beat 63% of the fleet together · best 4th · May 2024 – May 2024
Jackie LeFevre · Zero Altitude · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 14 races won Beat 63% of the fleet together · best 4th · May 2024 – May 2024

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Rating history

Event history · 9

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
14 Mar 2026	RCYC Frostbite Regatta	Get Set Go	PHRF handicap	Skipper	4th / 6
15 Jun 2024	RCYC Medium Distance Race	Get Set Go	PHRF handicap	Skipper	1st / 3
23 May 2024	2024 Anchorage Yacht Club Thursday Summer Racing Series	Zero Altitude	PHRF handicap	Skipper	4th / 9
17 Jun 2023	RCYC Medium Distance Race	Get Set Go	PHRF handicap	Skipper	2nd / 6
17 Jun 2023	RCYC Medium Distance Race	Gold Rush	Merit 25	Skipper	3rd / 4
12 May 2022	CYC Pacific NW Offshore International Yacht Race 2022	Get Set Go	PHRF handicap	Skipper	14th / 17
20 Jun 2020	RCYC Medium Distance Race	Get Set Go	PHRF handicap	Skipper	3rd / 6
14 Feb 2020	2020 Helly Hansen NOOD Regatta St. Petersburg	Stripes	FT 7.5	Other	1st / 7
6 Jun 2008	2008 Invitational Mills Trophy Race	Windsong	PHRF handicap	Headsail Trimmer	7th / 8

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Helm	-52 provisional	#63319 band 46774–75217	—

3 more classes, not yet ranked

FT 7.5 · Helm · 7 races, 1 event · rating 81
Merit 25 · Helm · 1 race, 1 event · rating 6
Full-size sailing · Crew · 1 race, 1 event · rating -27

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	8 events	2 wins	beats 62%
As crew	1 events	0 wins	beats 14%

Positions: Headsail Trimmer (1)

How they race

Closer	−3 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−7 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	39%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	61%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Tim Kupczyk	13	0–13
John Simons	12	0–12

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	1	0	40%
2024	2	1	81%
2023	2	0	57%
2022	1	0	19%
2020	2	1	80%
2008	1	0	14%

Boats

Get Set Go · PHRF handicap · 5 events · 2020–2026
Zero Altitude · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2024
Gold Rush · Merit 25 · 1 events · 2023
Stripes · FT 7.5 · 1 events · 2020
Windsong · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2008

Where they race

Portland, OR · 4 events
Waukegan, Illinois, USA · 1 events
Ilwaco , WA · 1 events
St. Petersburg, FL, USA · 1 events
Toledo, OH, USA · 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, Full-size sailing: -52, #63,319.Crew rating, Full-size sailing: -27. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.