Sailor · 2011–2026

Brian Richards

sss Handicap PHRF handicap ORC handicap

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Events: 27
Win rate: 7%
Podium rate: 26%
Typically beats: 45%

Most successful partnership: Ernie Baton
Biggest lift: Bob Braid
Longest-running crew: Bob Braid
Best day: 22 Jul 2017
Signature result: 1st of 11

Partnerships · 12 sailors

Most successful partnership: Ernie Baton — 1 wins · 1 podiums in 3 events together

Bob Braid · LA VIAJERA, WILLOW · Handicap, Monohull 10events 0 wins together · 4 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 10 races won Beat 56% of the fleet together(+9 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jan 2012 – Jan 2025
Ernie Baton · LA VIAJERA · Handicap 3events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 3 races won Beat 54% of the fleet together(+5 vs. without) · best 1st · Feb 2021 – Nov 2025
John Wimer · La Viajera · Handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 10% of the fleet together · best 9th · Oct 2017 – Oct 2017
Jon Blome · LA VIAJERA · Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 20% of the fleet together · best 23rd · Jan 2017 – Jan 2019
Robert Quade · Diva · ORC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 57% of the fleet together · best 16th · Apr 2025 – Apr 2025
Morgan Sadler · Diva · ORC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 57% of the fleet together · best 16th · Apr 2025 – Apr 2025
Hannah Ker · Diva · ORC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 57% of the fleet together · best 16th · Apr 2025 – Apr 2025
Jim Prentice · Diva · ORC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 57% of the fleet together · best 16th · Apr 2025 – Apr 2025
David Christopher · Diva · ORC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 57% of the fleet together · best 16th · Apr 2025 – Apr 2025
Jonathan Delrue · Diva · ORC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 57% of the fleet together · best 16th · Apr 2025 – Apr 2025

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

Rating history

Event history · 27

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
31 Jan 2026	2026 - Three Bridge Fiasco	LA VIAJERA	Handicap	Skipper	5th / 7
16 Nov 2025	2026 - YRA Doublehanded Midwinters	LA VIAJERA	Handicap	Skipper	4th / 4
18 Apr 2025	Southern Straits 2025	Diva	ORC handicap	Skipper	16th / 36
25 Jan 2025	2025 - Three Bridge Fiasco	LA VIAJERA	Handicap	Skipper	3rd / 7
24 Feb 2024	2024 - Corinthian	WILLOW	Handicap	Skipper	9th / 12
15 Apr 2023	2023 - Double Handed Lightship Race	WILLOW	Handicap	Skipper	3rd / 7
20 Nov 2022	2022 - 2023 YRA Doublehanded Midwinters	LA VIAJERA	Handicap	Skipper	4th / 11
5 Nov 2022	2022 - The Manuel Fagundes Seaweed Soup Regatta	LA VIAJERA	PHRF handicap	Skipper	8th / 12
29 Jan 2022	2022 - Three Bridge Fiasco	WILLOW	Handicap	Skipper	11th / 30
21 Nov 2021	2021 - 2022 YRA Shorthanded Sunday Midwinter Series	LA VIAJERA	Handicap	Skipper	13th / 16
28 Aug 2021	2021 - IYC Silver Eagle Long Distance Bay Race	LA VIAJERA	Monohull	Skipper	2nd / 4
24 Apr 2021	2021 - Singlehanded No Trophy North Bay Race	LA VIAJERA	Handicap	Skipper	5th / 9
13 Mar 2021	2021 - Rites of Spring	LA VIAJERA	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 6
27 Feb 2021	2021 - Corinthian	LA VIAJERA	Handicap	Skipper	4th / 9
10 Oct 2020	2020 - The YRA Doublehanded Encinal Regatta	LA VIAJERA	Handicap	Skipper	3rd / 7
6 Apr 2019	2019 - Doublehanded Lightship Race	WILLOW	Handicap	Skipper	6th / 7
26 Jan 2019	2019 - Three Bridge Fiasco	LA VIAJERA	Handicap	Skipper	30th / 33
28 Oct 2017	Great Pumpkin 2017	La Viajera	PHRF handicap	Skipper	9th / 11
28 Oct 2017	Great Pumpkin 2017	La Viajera	Handicap	Skipper	124th / 124
20 May 2017	2017 - YRA Series	LA VIAJERA	PHRF handicap	Skipper	3rd / 10
11 Mar 2017	2017 Big Daddy	La Viajera	PHRF handicap	Skipper	1st / 11
11 Mar 2017	2017 Big Daddy	La Viajera	Handicap	Skipper	18th / 67
28 Jan 2017	2017 - Three Bridge Fiasco	LA VIAJERA	Handicap	Skipper	23rd / 33
28 Mar 2015	2015 - Doublehanded Farallones Race	WILLOW	Handicap	Skipper	4th / 10
26 Jan 2013	2013 - Three Bridge Fiasco	WILLOW	Handicap	Skipper	67th / 99

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Helm	-7 provisional	#52990 band 36775–67183	—

1 more class, not yet ranked

Monohull · Helm · 1 race, 1 event · rating -4

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	27 events	2 wins	beats 50%
As crew	0 events	0 wins	beats —

How they race

Closer	−4 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−10 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	45%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	45%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets	58%	of the fleet beaten

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	1	0	33%
2025	3	0	41%
2024	1	0	27%
2023	1	0	67%
2022	3	0	57%
2021	5	1	60%
2020	1	0	67%
2019	2	0	13%
2017	6	1	51%
2015	1	0	67%
2013	1	0	33%
2012	1	0	82%
2011	1	0	53%

Boats

LA VIAJERA · Handicap, PHRF handicap, Monohull · 18 events · 2017–2026
WILLOW · Handicap · 7 events · 2012–2024
Diva · ORC handicap · 1 events · 2025
Desdemona · Handicap · 1 events · 2011

Where they race

Singlehanded Sailing Society · 8 events
Yacht Racing Association of San Francisco Bay · 5 events
Island Yacht Club · 3 events
JACKY · 3 events
Point Richmond, CA · 2 events
West Vancouver Yacht Club · 1 events

Is this you?

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Helm rating across all classes: -7, #52,990. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.