Sailor · 2014–2025

Darren McLaughlin

IRC handicap Handicap

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Events: 6
Win rate: 17%
Podium rate: 67%
Typically beats: 91%

Most successful partnership: Peter Hopps
Signature result: 2nd of 162

Partnerships · 16 sailors

Most successful partnership: Peter Hopps — 1 wins · 2 podiums in 4 events together

Peter Hopps · Saga · IRC handicap 4events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 1 of 4 races won Beat 29% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jun 2014 – Aug 2014
Robert Jones · Amandla Kulu, AMANDLA KULU · Handicap, IRC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 66% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jan 2023 – Jul 2025
Rob Earing · AMANDLA KULU · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 99% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2025 – Jul 2025
Aoife Luscombe · AMANDLA KULU · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 99% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2025 – Jul 2025
Trevor Ingle · AMANDLA KULU · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 99% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2025 – Jul 2025
Greg Ballinger · Amandla Kulu · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 33% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jan 2023 – Jan 2023
Steven Davis · Amandla Kulu · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 33% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jan 2023 – Jan 2023
Klara Cencova · Amandla Kulu · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 33% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jan 2023 – Jan 2023
Charlotte Bestwick · Amandla Kulu · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 33% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jan 2023 – Jan 2023
Ian Jack · AMANDLA KULU · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 99% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2025 – Jul 2025

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

Rating history

— Helm rating, full-size sailing · - - Crew rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 6

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
11 Jul 2025	Cowes Dinard St Malo Race (R5 Cowes Offshore Racing Series)	AMANDLA KULU	IRC handicap	Skipper	2nd / 162
30 Jan 2023	2023 Grenada Sailing Week	Amandla Kulu	Handicap	Other	3rd / 4
11 Aug 2014	Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race 2014	Saga	IRC handicap	Owner	1st / 4
26 Jul 2014	Channel Race 2014	Saga	IRC handicap	Owner	6th / 6
11 Jul 2014	Cowes - Dinard - St Malo Race 2014	Saga	IRC handicap	Owner	7th / 8
27 Jun 2014	Morgan Cup Race 2014	Saga	IRC handicap	Owner	3rd / 3

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact

2 more classes, not yet ranked

Full-size sailing · Helm · 6 races, 2 events · rating -22
Full-size sailing · Crew · 4 races, 4 events · rating -24

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	2 events	0 wins	beats 66%
As crew	4 events	1 wins	beats 29%

Positions: Owner (4)

How they race

Closer	−2 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−3 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Small fleets	30%	of the fleet beaten

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	1	0	99%
2023	1	0	33%
2014	4	1	29%

Boats

Saga · IRC handicap · 4 events · 2014
AMANDLA KULU · IRC handicap, Handicap · 2 events · 2023–2025

Where they race

Unknown · 5 events
St. Georges, Grenada, West Indies · 1 events

Is this you?

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

Helm rating, Full-size sailing: -22.Crew rating, Full-size sailing: -24. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.