Sailor · 2012–2024

Don French

lsyc PHRF handicap Beneteau First 36.7 Handicap

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Events: 22
Win rate: 5%
Podium rate: 36%
Typically beats: 51%

Most successful partnership: Anita Leung
Biggest lift: Brain Townsend
Longest-running crew: Maria French
Nemesis: Joe Doris
Signature result: 2nd of 11

Partnerships · 23 sailors

Most successful partnership: Anita Leung — 1 wins · 1 podiums in 3 events together

Maria French · Arriba, Arriba (36.7) · Beneteau First 36.7, Handicap, PHRF handicap 13events 1 wins together · 5 podiums · 8% win rate · 3 of 37 races won Beat 48% of the fleet together(−8 vs. without) · best 1st · Jul 2012 – Jun 2024
Brain Townsend · Arriba · PHRF handicap 7events 0 wins together · 4 podiums · 0% win rate · 1 of 17 races won Beat 63% of the fleet together(+17 vs. without) · best 2nd · May 2014 – May 2019
Shirley Cheung · Arriba · PHRF handicap 4events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 49% of the fleet together(−3 vs. without) · best 3rd · Jul 2014 – Jul 2019
Rob Jakubek · Arriba · PHRF handicap 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 39% of the fleet together(−15 vs. without) · best 3rd · Jun 2016 – Jul 2019
Will French · Arriba · Beneteau First 36.7, PHRF handicap 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 13 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together(−2 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jul 2012 – Jun 2023
Anita Leung · Arriba · Handicap, PHRF handicap 3events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 2 of 9 races won Beat 51% of the fleet together(±0 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2017 – Jul 2021
Joe Leung · Arriba · PHRF handicap 3events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 2 of 9 races won Beat 56% of the fleet together(+6 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2019 – Jul 2021
Brian Townsend · Arriba · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 45% of the fleet together · best 6th · May 2015 – Jul 2019
Sandra Kennedy · Arriba · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 78% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jul 2014 – Jun 2016
Monica Doedens · Arriba · Handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 13% of the fleet together · best 7th · Jun 2017 – Jun 2018

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

Rating history

Event history · 22

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
2 Jun 2024	2024 Lake Ontario Short-Handed Racing Series	Arriba	PHRF handicap	Co-Skipper	3rd / 7
4 Jun 2023	2023 Lake Ontario Short-Handed Racing Series Presented by driveHG	Arriba	PHRF handicap	Other	5th / 11
17 Sep 2022	2022 Lake Ontario Short-Handed Racing Series Presented by driveHG	Arriba	PHRF handicap	Skipper	7th / 7
14 Aug 2021	2021 Lake Ontario Short-Handed Racing Series	Arriba (36.7)	PHRF handicap	Co-Skipper	3rd / 8
3 Jul 2021	2021 LORC PCYC Open	Arriba	PHRF handicap	Other	1st / 4
19 Sep 2020	2020 Lake Ontario Short-Handed Racing Series Races 5 & 6	Arriba	PHRF handicap	Other	2nd / 10
13 Jul 2019	2019 Lake Ontario 300 Challenge	Arriba	PHRF handicap	Skipper	6th / 8
29 Jun 2019	2019 Raft Party Race	Arriba	PHRF handicap	Skipper	8th / 9
16 Jun 2019	2019 Lake Ontario Short-Handed Racing Series	Arriba	PHRF handicap	Other	5th / 9
31 May 2019	2019 Susan Hood Trophy Race	Arriba	PHRF handicap	Other	7th / 11
3 Jun 2018	2018 Lake Ontario Short-Handed Racing Series	Arriba	PHRF handicap	Co-Skipper	2nd / 11
1 Jun 2018	2018 Susan Hood Trophy Race	Arriba	PHRF handicap	Co-Skipper	9th / 10
24 Jun 2017	2017 Toronto Area Hospice Regatta (TAHR)	Arriba	Handicap	Other	7th / 8
4 Jun 2017	2017 Lake Ontario Short-Handed Racing Series	Arriba	PHRF handicap	Co-Skipper	3rd / 11
3 Jun 2016	2016 Susan Hood Trophy Race	Arriba	PHRF handicap	Other	3rd / 10
31 May 2015	2015 Lake Ontario Short-Handed Racing Series	Arriba	PHRF handicap	Skipper	8th / 19
12 Jul 2014	2014 Lake Ontario 300 Challenge	Arriba	PHRF handicap	Skipper	3rd / 10
1 Jun 2014	2014 Lake Ontario Short-Handed Racing Series	Arriba	PHRF handicap	Skipper	4th / 10
30 May 2014	2014 Susan Hood Trophy Race	Arriba	PHRF handicap	Skipper	6th / 14
27 Jul 2013	2013 Youngstown Level Regatta	Arriba	Beneteau First 36.7	Skipper	13th / 13
2 Jun 2013	2013 Lake Ontario Short-Handed Racing Series	Arriba	PHRF handicap	Skipper	4th / 11
28 Jul 2012	2012 Youngstown Level Regatta	Arriba	Beneteau First 36.7	Other	13th / 13

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Helm	103 provisional	#32330 band 22258–44584	—

1 more class, not yet ranked

Beneteau First 36.7 · Helm · 12 races, 2 events · rating -186

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	22 events	1 wins	beats 51%
As crew	0 events	0 wins	beats —

Positions: Co-Skipper (5)

How they race

Closer	+4 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−7 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	37%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	56%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Joe Doris	33	8–24
Bert Barrett	21	8–13
Richard Reid	14	2–12
Brian Rutter	13	1–12
Sean Marshall	12	2–10
Richard Lohr	12	0–12
Norm Stessing	12	0–12
Peter Lund	12	1–11
Gary Tisdale	12	0–12
Alec Melnikov	12	5–7
Rob Bartholomew	12	9–2

Most-beaten opponent: Rob Bartholomew (9–2).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2024	1	0	67%
2023	1	0	60%
2022	1	0	0%
2021	2	1	86%
2020	1	0	89%
2019	4	0	33%
2018	2	0	51%
2017	2	0	47%
2016	1	0	78%
2015	1	0	61%
2014	3	0	69%
2013	2	0	35%
2012	1	0	0%

Boats

Arriba · PHRF handicap, Handicap, Beneteau First 36.7 · 21 events · 2012–2024
Arriba (36.7) · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2021

Where they race

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada · 19 events
Youngstown, NY, USA · 2 events
Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada · 1 events

Is this you?

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Helm rating across all classes: 103, #32,330. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.