Sailor · 2020–2026

Kate Dawson

ayc Harbor 20 PHRF handicap

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Events: 10
Win rate: 10%
Podium rate: 60%
Typically beats: 74%
Best class ranking: #35

Most successful partnership: Garth Hichens
Longest-running crew: Garth Hichens
Nemesis: Ron Steele
Rival: Ed Freitag
Best day: 2 May 2025
Signature result: 1st of 18

Partnerships · 4 sailors

Most successful partnership: Garth Hichens — 1 wins · 6 podiums in 10 events together · 10% win rate

Garth Hichens · Sugar · Harbor 20, PHRF handicap 10events 1 wins together · 6 podiums · 10% win rate · 4 of 34 races won Beat 74% of the fleet together · best 1st · Aug 2020 – May 2026
Susan Hichens · Sugar · Harbor 20 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 88% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Apr 2021 – Apr 2021
Mike Hrubiak · Sugar · Harbor 20 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 4 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Nov 2020 – Nov 2020
Walter Laird · Sugar · Harbor 20 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 8th · May 2021 – May 2021

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

Rating history

Event history · 10

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
6 May 2026	2026 AYC Wednesday Night - Series 1	Sugar	Harbor 20	Pit	3rd / 13
1 May 2026	2026 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series - Annapolis	Sugar	Harbor 20	Pit	9th / 19
3 Aug 2025	2025 AYC Two Bridge Fiasco Race	Sugar	PHRF handicap	Pit	9th / 34
2 May 2025	2025 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series - Annapolis	Sugar	Harbor 20	Pit	1st / 18
9 Sep 2022	2022 Harbor 20 Class Championship	Sugar	Harbor 20	Pit	10th / 24
8 May 2021	2021 AYC Spring Harbor Regatta	Sugar	Harbor 20	Headsail Trimmer	8th / 15
28 Apr 2021	2021 AYC Wednesday Night - Series 1	Sugar	Harbor 20	Other	3rd / 18
8 Nov 2020	2020/2021 AYC Frostbite Series 1	Sugar	Harbor 20	Crew	3rd / 9
4 Oct 2020	2020 AYC Fall Series	Sugar	Harbor 20	Headsail Trimmer	3rd / 16
2 Aug 2020	2020 AYC Two Bridge Fiasco Race	Sugar	Harbor 20	Crew	3rd / 6

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Crew	198 provisional	#15173 band 7644–27901	—
Harbor 20 Crew	159 provisional	#35 band 13–80	−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	0 events	0 wins	beats —
As crew	10 events	1 wins	beats 74%

Positions: Pit (5) · Headsail Trimmer (2)

How they race

Closer	−1 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−2 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	69%	100% = the same result every event

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
John Heintz	26	18–8
Ed Freitag	24	14–10
Bell Carty	23	12–11
Ward Anderson	22	19–3
Jose Fuentes	21	16–5
William Sutton	19	10–9
Brian Wiersema	18	9–9
Ron Steele	17	7–10
Kenneth Appleton	15	9–6
David Andril	14	10–4
Frank Quigley	14	12–2
Timothy Bloomfield	13	9–4

Most-beaten opponent: Ward Anderson (19–3).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	2	0	69%
2025	2	1	88%
2022	1	0	61%
2021	2	0	69%
2020	3	0	74%

Boats

Sugar · Harbor 20, PHRF handicap · 10 events · 2020–2026

Where they race

Annapolis, MD, USA · 9 events
Unknown · 1 events

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Crew rating across all classes: 198, #15,173. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.