Sailor · 2007–2026

Ian Savage

chicago yacht club ORC handicap PHRF handicap Farr 40

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Events: 17
Win rate: 24%
Podium rate: 82%
Typically beats: 73%
Longest win streak: 7

Most successful partnership: Yuri Goltsev
Best trio: Yuri Goltsev & Jeffrey Shuert
Biggest lift: Yuri Goltsev
Longest-running crew: Philip Dowd
Nemesis: Jerry O'Neill
Best day: 12 Jun 2015
Signature result: 1st of 6

Partnerships · 41 sailors

Most successful partnership: Yuri Goltsev — 3 wins · 3 podiums in 3 events together

Aaron Housten · Inferno, Team Inferna · Farr 40, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 14events 4 wins together · 12 podiums · 29% win rate · 35 of 83 races won Beat 70% of the fleet together(+14 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2015 – Aug 2026
Philip Dowd · Inferno, Taipan/Inferno · Farr 40, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 13events 3 wins together · 12 podiums · 23% win rate · 29 of 80 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together(±0 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2013 – Aug 2025
Jeffrey Shuert · Inferno, Taipan/Inferno · Farr 40, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 11events 3 wins together · 10 podiums · 27% win rate · 25 of 66 races won Beat 69% of the fleet together(+5 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2019 – Aug 2026
James Myatt · Inferno, Taipan/Inferno, Team Inferna · Farr 40, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 11events 3 wins together · 10 podiums · 27% win rate · 27 of 66 races won Beat 77% of the fleet together(+28 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2019 – Aug 2026
Haley Carter · Inferno, Taipan/Inferno, Team Inferna · Farr 40, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 10events 3 wins together · 8 podiums · 30% win rate · 25 of 56 races won Beat 69% of the fleet together(+3 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2019 – Aug 2026
John Mollicone · Inferno, Taipan/Inferno · Farr 40, ORC handicap 10events 3 wins together · 9 podiums · 30% win rate · 25 of 62 races won Beat 70% of the fleet together(+6 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2015 – Aug 2026
Melissa Schastok · Inferno, Taipan/Inferno · Farr 40, ORC handicap 7events 3 wins together · 7 podiums · 43% win rate · 22 of 46 races won Beat 82% of the fleet together(+26 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2015 – Aug 2026
Doug Baker · Inferno, Taipan/Inferno · ORC handicap 5events 0 wins together · 4 podiums · 0% win rate · 7 of 29 races won Beat 52% of the fleet together(−22 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jun 2021 – Aug 2024
Iurii Goltcev · Inferno · ORC handicap 5events 0 wins together · 4 podiums · 0% win rate · 7 of 33 races won Beat 49% of the fleet together(−26 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jun 2021 – Jun 2026
Geoff Murray · Inferno · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 5events 1 wins together · 4 podiums · 20% win rate · 11 of 29 races won Beat 57% of the fleet together(−15 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2022 – Aug 2025

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

Rating history

Event history · 17

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
29 Aug 2026	2026 CYC Women's Offshore Challenge	Team Inferna	PHRF handicap	Crew	6th / 33
7 Aug 2026	2026 CYC Verve Cup Offshore	Inferno	ORC handicap	Crew	1st / 5
5 Jun 2026	2026 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series - Chicago	Inferno	ORC handicap	Bow	2nd / 8
8 Aug 2025	2025 CYC Verve Cup Offshore	Inferno	ORC handicap	Crew	1st / 4
2 Aug 2025	Columbia Cup 2025	Inferno	PHRF handicap	Crew	1st / 3
6 Jun 2025	2025 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series - Chicago	Inferno	ORC handicap	Bow	3rd / 5
9 Aug 2024	2024 Verve Cup Offshore Regatta	Taipan/Inferno	ORC handicap	Bow	2nd / 7
7 Jun 2024	2024 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series - Chicago	Inferno	ORC handicap	Bow	6th / 6
11 Aug 2023	2023 Verve Cup Offshore Regatta	Inferno	ORC handicap	Bow	3rd / 5
9 Jun 2023	2023 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series - Chicago	Inferno	ORC handicap	Bow	2nd / 6
19 Aug 2022	2022 Verve Cup Offshore Regatta	Inferno	ORC handicap	Bow	2nd / 4
10 Jun 2022	2022 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series - Chicago	Inferno	ORC handicap	Bow	2nd / 4
11 Jun 2021	2021 Helly Hansen NOOD Regatta Chicago	Inferno	ORC handicap	Bow	3rd / 6
8 Jun 2019	2019 Helly Hansen NOOD Regatta Chicago	Inferno	Farr 40	Bow	3rd / 4
12 Jun 2015	Helly Hansen Chicago NOOD Regatta 2015	Inferno	Farr 40	Bow	1st / 6
7 Jun 2013	2013 Sperry Top-Sider Chicago NOOD Regatta	Inferno	ORC handicap	Bow	2nd / 7
20 Apr 2007	2007 Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta	Annagine	Sloop	Skipper	4th / 4

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Crew	288 provisional	#8348 band 5467–12391	—

3 more classes, not yet ranked

Farr 40 · Crew · 11 races, 2 events · rating 104
All classes · Helm · 3 races, 1 event · rating -34
Sloop · Helm · 3 races, 1 event · rating -34

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	1 events	0 wins	beats 0%
As crew	16 events	4 wins	beats 72%

Positions: Bow (12)

How they race

Closer	+3 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−9 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	38%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	66%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
John Gottwald	78	48–30
Jerry O'Neill	50	18–32
David Ward	37	35–2
Shawn O'Neill	17	6–11
Eric Oesterle	15	15–0

Most-beaten opponent: David Ward (35–2).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	3	1	90%
2025	3	2	83%
2024	2	0	42%
2023	2	0	65%
2022	2	0	67%
2021	1	0	60%
2019	1	0	33%
2015	1	1	100%
2013	1	0	83%
2007	1	0	0%

Boats

Inferno · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap, Farr 40 · 14 events · 2013–2026
Team Inferna · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2026
Taipan/Inferno · ORC handicap · 1 events · 2024
Annagine · Sloop · 1 events · 2007

Where they race

Chicago, IL, USA · 11 events
Chicago, IL · 3 events
Chicago Yacht Club · 1 events
Falmouth Harbour, Antigua, West Indies · 1 events
Unknown · 1 events

Is this you?

Claim it to merge duplicates and remove results that aren’t yours. Changes apply at the nightly rebuild.

Crew rating across all classes: 288, #8,348.Helm rating across all classes: -34. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.