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Sailor · 2015–2025

Barry Larson

psa Handicap

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Events
25

111 races · 47 race wins

Win rate
52%

52% win rate · 13 of 25

Podium rate
72%

18 top-three finishes

Typically beats
82%

of boats faced (range 78%–86%, 227 boats)

Longest win streak
6

race wins in a row

Most successful partnership
Sean McKenna

11 wins · 13 podiums in 16 events together · 69% win rate

Best trio
McKenna Larson & Sean Larson

3 wins · 6 podiums in 9 events, all three aboard

Biggest lift
Sean McKenna

+18 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
Sean Larson

Sep 2017 – Aug 2025 · 9 events

Nemesis
Chris Lund

22–38 head to head in 60 races

Best day
31 May 2022

1-2-1-3-2-1-1-1-6-2-1-2-2-1-1 · 2022 PHRF Tuesday Night Series

Signature result
1st of 16

Commodore's Cup Summer Series 2020 · Handicap · 12 Sep 2020

Partnerships · 4 sailors

Most successful partnership: Sean McKenna — 11 wins · 13 podiums in 16 events together · 69% win rate
  • Sean McKenna · Defiant, Gremlin · Handicap 16events 11 wins together · 13 podiums · 69% win rate · 45 of 87 races won Beat 89% of the fleet together(+18 vs. without) · best 1st · Jul 2016 – May 2023
  • Sean Larson · Defiant, Gremlin · Handicap 9events 3 wins together · 6 podiums · 33% win rate · 3 of 24 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together(−3 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2017 – Aug 2025
  • McKenna Larson · Defiant, Gremlin · Handicap 9events 3 wins together · 6 podiums · 33% win rate · 3 of 24 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together(−3 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2017 – Aug 2025
  • Sean McKenna Scott Kirby · Defiant · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 13% of the fleet together · best 14th · Jul 2015 – Jul 2015

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

Rating history

024348620162018202020222024Helm rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 25

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
1 Aug 2025Monhegan Island Race & Seguin SprintGremlinHandicapSkipper2nd / 6
2 Aug 2024Monhegan Island Race & Seguin SprintGremlinHandicapSkipper1st / 6
28 May 20242024 PHRF Tuesday Night SeriesGremlinHandicapSkipper4th / 9
30 May 20232023 PHRF Tuesday Night SeriesGremlinHandicapSkipper1st / 8
18 Sep 20222022 Gosport RegattaGremlinHandicapSkipper4th / 11
22 Jul 20222022 Beringer Bowl Overnight Ocean RaceGremlinHandicapCo-Skipper1st / 7
31 May 20222022 PHRF Tuesday Night SeriesGremlinHandicapSkipper1st / 11
19 Sep 20212021 Gosport RegattaGremlinHandicapSkipper4th / 8
27 Jul 20212021 PHRF Tuesday Night 2nd Half Summer SeriesGremlinHandicapSkipper2nd / 9
16 Jul 2021Beringer BowlGremlinHandicapSkipper3rd / 8
10 Jul 2021Commodore's Cup Summer Series 2021GremlinHandicapSkipper1st / 12
25 May 20212021 PHRF Tuesday Night 1st Half Summer SeriesGremlinHandicapSkipper2nd / 9
26 Sep 2020Chumly's Last CallGremlinHandicapSkipper1st / 7
20 Sep 20202020 Gosport RegattaGremlinHandicapSkipper7th / 8
12 Sep 2020Commodore's Cup Summer Series 2020GremlinHandicapSkipper1st / 16
7 Aug 20202020 PYC Monhegan Island Race & Seguin Island SprintGremlinHandicapSkipper5th / 10
16 Jun 20202020 PHRF Tuesday Night SeriesGremlinHandicapSkipper1st / 10
15 Sep 20192019 Gosport RegattaDefiantHandicapSkipper4th / 10
6 Jul 2019Commodore's Cup Summer Series 2019DefiantHandicapSkipper1st / 14
16 Sep 20182018 Gosport RegattaDefiantHandicapSkipper1st / 8
7 Jul 2018Commodore's Cup Summer Series 2018DefiantHandicapSkipper1st / 15
17 Sep 20172017 Gosport RegattaDefiantHandicapSkipper2nd / 7
8 Jul 2017Commodore's Cup Summer Series 2017DefiantHandicapSkipper1st / 13
9 Jul 2016Commodore's Cup Summer Series 2016DefiantHandicapSkipper1st / 14
11 Jul 2015Commodore's Cup Summer Series 2015DefiantHandicapSkipper14th / 16

Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 374, #6,115. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.