Sailor · 2014–2025

James Rafuse

PHRF handicap IRC handicap

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Events: 5
Win rate: 20%
Podium rate: 40%
Typically beats: 53%

Signature result: 2nd of 11

Partnerships · 23 sailors

Warren Brodie · Illicit · IRC handicap, PHRF handicap 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 49% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2014 – Jul 2017
James Luther · Illicit · IRC handicap, PHRF handicap 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 49% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2014 – Jul 2017
Ed Steeves · Illicit · IRC handicap, PHRF handicap 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 49% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2014 – Jul 2017
Richard Rafuse · Illicit · IRC handicap, PHRF handicap 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 49% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2014 – Jul 2017
Andrew Luke Chaulk · Illicit · IRC handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 29% of the fleet together · best 4th · Jul 2014 – Jul 2015
Michael Simms · Illicit · IRC handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 45% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2015 – Jul 2017
William Greenwood III · Airborne IV · PHRF handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 1 race won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jul 2025 – Jul 2025
Steve De Belie · Illicit · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 9th · Jul 2015 – Jul 2015
Alex MacAdam · Illicit · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 90% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2017 – Jul 2017
Hugh Goodday · Illicit · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 90% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2017 – Jul 2017

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

Rating history

Event history · 5

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
6 Jul 2025	2025 Marblehead-to-Halifax Ocean Race	Airborne IV	PHRF handicap	In the way	1st / 4
9 Jul 2017	2017 Marblehead-to-Halifax Ocean Race	Illicit	PHRF handicap	Co-Skipper	2nd / 11
10 Aug 2016	2016 Chester Race Week	ripple	PHRF handicap	Other	5th / 7
5 Jul 2015	2015 Marblehead-to-Halifax Ocean Race	Illicit	IRC handicap	Co-Skipper	9th / 9
8 Jul 2014	2014 Route Halifax Saint-Pierre	Illicit	PHRF handicap	Co-Skipper	4th / 8

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact

2 more classes, not yet ranked

All classes · Crew · 4 races, 4 events · rating 10
All classes · Helm · 2 races, 1 event · rating 6

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	1 events	0 wins	beats 33%
As crew	4 events	1 wins	beats 62%

Positions: Co-Skipper (3) · In the way (1)

How they race

Closer	+5 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Small fleets	56%	of the fleet beaten

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	1	1	100%
2017	1	0	90%
2016	1	0	33%
2015	1	0	0%
2014	1	0	57%

Boats

Illicit · PHRF handicap, IRC handicap · 3 events · 2014–2017
Airborne IV · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2025
ripple · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2016

Where they race

Marblehead, MA, USA · 3 events
Chester, Nova Scotia, Canada · 1 events
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada · 1 events

Is this you?

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

Crew rating across all classes: 10.Helm rating across all classes: 6. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.