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Sailor · 2003–2025

Michael Heenan

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Events
15

15 races · 1 race win

Win rate
7%

7% win rate · 1 of 15

Podium rate
20%

3 top-three finishes

Typically beats
71%

of boats faced (range 69%–73%, 1,128 boats)

Most successful partnership
Lindsay May

1 wins · 1 podiums in 5 events together · 20% win rate

Best trio
Simon Kurts & Lindsay May

1 wins · 1 podiums in 5 events, all three aboard

Biggest lift
Matt Tomaszewski

+16 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
Simon Kurts

Dec 2003 – Dec 2025 · 9 events

Nemesis
Bruce Taylor

6–8 head to head in 14 races

Signature result
3rd of 103

Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2025 · IRC handicap · 26 Dec 2025

Partnerships · 60+ sailors

Most successful partnership: Lindsay May — 1 wins · 1 podiums in 5 events together · 20% win rate
  • Simon Kurts · Love & War · Handicap, IRC handicap 9events 1 wins together · 3 podiums · 11% win rate · 1 of 9 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together(+13 vs. without) · best 1st · Dec 2003 – Dec 2025
  • Phil Kurts · Love & War · Handicap, IRC handicap 7events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 7 races won Beat 74% of the fleet together(±0 vs. without) · best 2nd · Dec 2009 – Dec 2024
  • Campbell Thornton · Antipodes, Love & War, Merlin · IRC handicap 6events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 6 races won Beat 64% of the fleet together(−17 vs. without) · best 16th · Dec 2004 – Dec 2023
  • Stephen McCullum · Love & War · Handicap, IRC handicap 6events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 6 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together(+10 vs. without) · best 2nd · Dec 2012 – Dec 2025
  • Peter Sheldrick · Love & War · Handicap, IRC handicap 6events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 6 races won Beat 78% of the fleet together(+7 vs. without) · best 2nd · Dec 2016 – Dec 2025
  • Joseph Earl · Love & War, Merlin · Handicap, IRC handicap 5events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 5 races won Beat 72% of the fleet together(−3 vs. without) · best 2nd · Dec 2014 – Dec 2023
  • Lindsay May · Love & War · Handicap, IRC handicap 5events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 20% win rate · 1 of 5 races won Beat 74% of the fleet together(±0 vs. without) · best 1st · Dec 2003 – Dec 2019
  • Richard Brooks · Merlin · IRC handicap 5events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 5 races won Beat 64% of the fleet together(−15 vs. without) · best 14th · Dec 2004 – Dec 2017
  • David Forbes · Merlin · IRC handicap 5events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 5 races won Beat 64% of the fleet together(−15 vs. without) · best 14th · Dec 2004 – Dec 2017
  • Erik Adriaanse · Love & War · Handicap, IRC handicap 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together(+1 vs. without) · best 2nd · Dec 2012 – Dec 2021

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

Rating history

0479320042007201020132016201920222025Crew rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 15

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
26 Dec 2025Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2025Love & WarIRC handicapCrew3rd / 103
26 Dec 2024Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2024Love & WarIRC handicapCrew14th / 78
26 Dec 2023Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2023Love & WarIRC handicapCrew30th / 83
26 Dec 2022Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2022AntipodesIRC handicapCrew23rd / 91
26 Dec 2021Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2021Love & WarHandicapCrew2nd / 50
26 Dec 2019Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2019Love & WarIRC handicapCrew65th / 120
26 Dec 2017Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2017MerlinIRC handicapCrew46th / 81
26 Dec 2016Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2016Love & WarIRC handicapCrew15th / 71
26 Dec 2015Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2015MerlinIRC handicapCrew25th / 84
26 Dec 2014Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2014MerlinIRC handicapCrew16th / 91
26 Dec 2012Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2012Love & WarIRC handicapCrew15th / 59
26 Dec 2009Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2009Love & WarIRC handicapCrew24th / 77
26 Dec 2006Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2006MerlinIRC handicapCrew14th / 59
26 Dec 2004Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2004MerlinIRC handicapCrew49th / 89
26 Dec 2003Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2003Love & WarHandicapCrew1st / 7

Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 93, #28,667. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.