Sailor · 2011–2026

Chris Hemans

balboa yacht club PHRF handicap Handicap IRC handicap

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Events: 18
Win rate: 11%
Podium rate: 28%
Typically beats: 62%

Most successful partnership: Brad Wheeler
Best trio: Dan Milefchik & Bobby Fulmer
Biggest lift: Gray Hemans
Longest-running crew: Gray Hemans
Signature result: 1st of 8

Partnerships · 20 sailors

Most successful partnership: Brad Wheeler — 1 wins · 2 podiums in 3 events together

Gray Hemans · Varuna, VARUNA · Handicap, IRC handicap, ORC handicap 5events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 20% win rate · 1 of 5 races won Beat 87% of the fleet together(+37 vs. without) · best 1st · Jul 2017 – Jul 2026
Samantha Hemans · VARUNA · IRC handicap, ORC handicap 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 84% of the fleet together(+30 vs. without) · best 7th · Jul 2025 – Jul 2026
Francesco Izzo · VARUNA · IRC handicap, ORC handicap 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 84% of the fleet together(+30 vs. without) · best 7th · Jul 2025 – Jul 2026
Clement Maestri · VARUNA · IRC handicap, ORC handicap 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 84% of the fleet together(+30 vs. without) · best 7th · Jul 2025 – Jul 2026
Tom O'Keefe · VARUNA · IRC handicap, ORC handicap 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 84% of the fleet together(+30 vs. without) · best 7th · Jul 2025 – Jul 2026
Guglielmo Giordano · VARUNA · IRC handicap, ORC handicap 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 84% of the fleet together(+30 vs. without) · best 7th · Jul 2025 – Jul 2026
Rob Smith · Varuna, VARUNA, Varuna 46 · Handicap, IRC handicap, ORC handicap 4events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 1 of 4 races won Beat 77% of the fleet together(+21 vs. without) · best 1st · Jul 2013 – Jul 2025
Peter Phelan · VARUNA · IRC handicap, ORC handicap 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 84% of the fleet together(+30 vs. without) · best 7th · Jul 2025 – Jul 2026
Brad Wheeler · Varuna, Varuna 46 · Handicap 3events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 3 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together(+8 vs. without) · best 1st · Jul 2013 – Jul 2017
Dan Milefchik · Varuna, Varuna 46 · Handicap 3events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 3 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together(+8 vs. without) · best 1st · Jul 2013 – Jul 2017

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

Rating history

Event history · 18

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
5 Jul 2026	AEGEAN 600 2026	VARUNA	ORC handicap	Skipper	8th / 57
5 Jul 2026	AEGEAN 600 2026	VARUNA	IRC handicap	Skipper	11th / 51
18 Oct 2025	Rolex Middle Sea Race 2025	VARUNA	IRC handicap	Skipper	76th / 100
6 Jul 2025	AEGEAN 600 2025	VARUNA	ORC handicap	Skipper	8th / 44
6 Jul 2025	AEGEAN 600 2025	VARUNA	IRC handicap	Skipper	7th / 36
11 Jul 2017	2017 Transpac Honolulu Race	Varuna	Handicap	Other	1st / 6
4 Feb 2017	2017 Midwinter Around Catalina Island Race	VARUNA	PHRF handicap	Skipper	6th / 17
27 May 2016	2016 Spinnaker Cup	VARUNA	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 8
17 Sep 2015	2015 Rolex Big Boat Series	Varuna	Handicap	Other	6th / 6
13 Jul 2015	2015 Transpac Honolulu Race	Varuna	Handicap	Skipper	3rd / 6
14 Mar 2014	2014 Sperry Top-Sider San Diego NOOD Regatta	Varuna	PHRF handicap	Other	3rd / 5
4 Jan 2014	Berger/Stein race1	VARUNA	PHRF handicap	Skipper	5th / 6
18 Jul 2013	2013 Transpac Honolulu Race	Varuna 46	Handicap	Skipper	4th / 6
6 Apr 2013	The Border Run : 2013 San Diego Course	VARUNA	PHRF handicap	Skipper	2nd / 9
5 Jan 2013	BERGER/STEIN SERIES: Race #1	VARUNA	PHRF handicap	Skipper	4th / 8
10 Mar 2012	The Border Run 2012	Entropy	PHRF handicap	Skipper	5th / 7
8 Sep 2011	2011 Rolex Big Boat Series / Farr 30 World Championship	Entropy	IRC handicap	Other	5th / 9
9 Apr 2011	The Border Run 2011- www.TheBorderRun.org	Entropy	PHRF handicap	Skipper	6th / 13

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Helm	87 provisional	#35869 band 22012–53639	—

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	18 events	2 wins	beats 60%
As crew	0 events	0 wins	beats —

How they race

Closer	+22 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−19 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	44%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	72%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets	54%	of the fleet beaten

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	2	0	84%
2025	3	0	64%
2017	2	1	84%
2016	1	1	100%
2015	2	0	30%
2014	2	0	35%
2013	3	0	62%
2012	1	0	33%
2011	2	0	54%

Boats

VARUNA · ORC handicap, IRC handicap, Handicap, PHRF handicap · 14 events · 2013–2026
Entropy · PHRF handicap, IRC handicap · 3 events · 2011–2012
Varuna 46 · Handicap · 1 events · 2013

Where they race

Unknown · 3 events
Newport Beach, CA, USA · 2 events
San Francisco, CA, USA · 2 events
Huntington Beach, CA · 2 events
MARINA DEL REY, CA · 2 events
XS Racing, South Shore Yacht Club (OA) and Southwestern YC · 1 events

Is this you?

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Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 87, #35,869. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.