Sailor · 2016–2025

Hugh McGugan

kingston yacht club J/80 PHRF handicap

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Events: 7
Win rate: 14%
Podium rate: 43%
Typically beats: 55%
Best class ranking: #160
Longest win streak: 2

Most successful partnership: Rachel Harris
Best trio: Rachel Harris & Melanie Ellison
Biggest lift: Rachel Harris
Longest-running crew: Melanie Ellison
Nemesis: Glenn Darden
Rival: David Doyle
Best day: 22 Sep 2023
Signature result: 1st of 12

Partnerships · 10 sailors

Most successful partnership: Rachel Harris — 1 wins · 1 podiums in 3 events together

Melanie Ellison · Breakaway J · J/80 5events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 20% win rate · 4 of 30 races won Beat 63% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jul 2022 – Sep 2025
Rachel Harris · Breakaway J · J/80 3events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 3 of 22 races won Beat 65% of the fleet together(+2 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2022 – Sep 2023
Dylan Fletcher-scott · Breakaway J · J/80 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 20 races won Beat 62% of the fleet together(−3 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jul 2022 – Oct 2022
Daniel Sheedy · Breakaway J · J/80 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 16 races won Beat 47% of the fleet together · best 13th · Sep 2022 – Oct 2022
Chris Reil · Breakaway J · J/80 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 27% of the fleet together · best 12th · Sep 2025 – Sep 2025
Eric Howarth · Breakaway J · J/80 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 2 of 9 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together · best 4th · Jul 2016 – Jul 2016
Marie Gendron · Breakaway J · J/80 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 2 of 9 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together · best 4th · Jul 2016 – Jul 2016
Tac Boston · Breakaway J · J/80 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 4 races won Beat 93% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2022 – Jul 2022
Steve Black · Breakaway J · J/80 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 2 of 9 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together · best 4th · Jul 2016 – Jul 2016
Mike Hren · Breakaway J · J/80 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 27% of the fleet together · best 12th · Sep 2025 – Sep 2025

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

Rating history

Event history · 7

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
13 Sep 2025	J/80 & J/105 Canadian Championships	Breakaway J	J/80	Skipper	12th / 16
22 Sep 2023	J/Fest	Breakaway J	J/80	Skipper	1st / 12
5 Oct 2022	2022 J80 World Championship	Breakaway J	J/80	Helm	32nd / 48
24 Sep 2022	2022 J80 North American Championship	Breakaway J	J/80	Skipper	13th / 31
23 Jul 2022	2022 ABYC J Fest	Breakaway J	J/80	Other	2nd / 15
2 Aug 2019	2019 LYRA Race Week - Course Racing	Breakaway J	PHRF handicap	Other	3rd / 7
29 Jul 2016	132nd LYRA Annual Regatta - Course Racing	Breakaway J	J/80	Other	4th / 10

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Helm	143 provisional	#26501 band 15343–43102	—
J/80 Helm	113 provisional	#160 band 92–239	+4.1

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	7 events	1 wins	beats 64%
As crew	0 events	0 wins	beats —

How they race

Closer	−5 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−18 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
David Doyle	32	14–18
Janet Geisberger	31	30–1
John Vallee	24	5–19
Aiden Belfrage	23	20–3
Warren Flannery	23	11–12
Darin Sameshima	22	16–6
Martin Rutter	17	6–11
Will Crump	16	1–15
Brian Gibbs	16	6–10
John Maxwell	16	2–14
Ramzi Bannura	16	11–5
Graham Philpot	16	4–12

Most-beaten opponent: Janet Geisberger (30–1).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	1	0	27%
2023	1	1	100%
2022	3	0	62%
2019	1	0	67%
2016	1	0	67%

Boats

Breakaway J · J/80, PHRF handicap · 7 events · 2016–2025

Where they race

Newport, RI, USA · 2 events
Toronto, ON · 2 events
Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 1 events
Oakville, Ontario, Canada · 1 events
Whitby, Ontario, Canada · 1 events

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Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 143, #26,501. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.