Sailor · 2021–2026

Alec Hughes

yacht club ancon Lightning Handicap Snipe

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Events: 8
Win rate: 13%
Podium rate: 13%
Typically beats: 46%
Best class ranking: #260
Longest win streak: 2

Nemesis: Augie Diaz
Best day: 24 Jul 2024
Signature result: 1st of 20

Partnerships · 9 sailors

Jason Bemis · CapeHorn⚡️, FLYING · Lightning 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 12 races won Beat 49% of the fleet together · best 26th · Sep 2025 – Aug 2026
Sofia Ruales · Flying, FLYING · Lightning 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 4 of 17 races won Beat 65% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jul 2024 – Dec 2024
Matias Sanchez · FLYING · Lightning 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 29% of the fleet together · best 13th · Dec 2024 – Dec 2024
Matheo Ruales · CapeHorn⚡️ · Lightning 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 48% of the fleet together · best 30th · Aug 2026 – Aug 2026
Sergio Gutarra · Flying · Lightning 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 4 of 8 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jul 2024 – Jul 2024
Valentina Lyon · Flying · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 69% of the fleet together · best 15th · Jan 2024 – Jan 2024
Valeria Breña · El Nene · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 15% of the fleet together · best 23rd · Sep 2021 – Sep 2021
Joaquín Carneiro · FLYING · Lightning 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 49% of the fleet together · best 26th · Sep 2025 – Sep 2025
Alejandro Hughes · #ELNENE · Snipe 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 28% of the fleet together · best 38th · Jun 2021 – Jun 2021

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Rating history

Event history · 8

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
13 Aug 2026	2026 Lightning North American Championship	CapeHorn⚡️	Lightning	Skipper	30th / 57
23 Sep 2025	Lightning NAs 2025 Carolina Yacht Club Wrightsville Beach NC	FLYING	Lightning	Skipper	26th / 50
12 Dec 2024	2024 Lightning South American Championship	FLYING	Lightning	Other	13th / 18
24 Jul 2024	2024 Lightning Youth World Championship	Flying	Lightning	Skipper	1st / 20
3 Jan 2024	2024 Snipe Junior World Championship	Flying	Handicap	Other	15th / 46
20 Sep 2021	Snipe Western Hemisphere and Orient Championships 2021	El Nene	Handicap	Skipper	23rd / 27
16 Jun 2021	2021 US National Championships (Worlds Qualifier)	#ELNENE	Snipe	Skipper	38th / 52
9 Apr 2021	55th ANNUAL DON Q SNIPE REGATTA	Alec Hughes	Snipe	Skipper	19th / 29

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Helm	108 provisional	#31411 band 17124–51442	—
Lightning Helm	79 provisional	#260 band 135–392	—

1 more class, not yet ranked

Snipe · Helm · 17 races, 2 events · rating -59

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	1 wins	beats 47%
As crew	0 events	0 wins	beats —

How they race

Closer	+5 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	+1 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	49%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	41%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Augie Diaz	29	3–26
Peter Foley	25	5–20
Tanner Probst	21	5–16
Gustavo Tamayo	21	11–10
Hal Gilreath	17	0–17
Cristobal Perez	17	4–13
Evan Hoffmann	17	2–15
Alex Pline	17	3–14
Rafael Jarauta	17	11–6
Carter Cameron	17	1–16
Lee Griffith	17	4–13
Jim Grubbs	17	4–13

Most-beaten opponent: David Chervenic (11–1).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	1	0	48%
2025	1	0	49%
2024	3	1	66%
2021	3	0	26%

Boats

FLYING · Lightning, Handicap · 4 events · 2024–2025
CapeHorn⚡️ · Lightning · 1 events · 2026
El Nene · Handicap · 1 events · 2021
#ELNENE · Snipe · 1 events · 2021
Alec Hughes · Snipe · 1 events · 2021

Where they race

Fleet 532 - Annapolis · 1 events
Sheboygan, WI, United States · 1 events
Wrightsville Beach, NC · 1 events
Algarrobo, VP, Chile · 1 events
Miami, FL, USA · 1 events
Salinas, Ecuador · 1 events

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Helm rating across all classes: 108, #31,411. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.