Sailor · 2002–2025

John Flannery

cyca IRC handicap Farr 40 PHRF handicap

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Events: 18
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 11%
Typically beats: 57%
Best class ranking: #135

Biggest lift: Tom Addis
Longest-running crew: Bruce Clark
Nemesis: Alberto Rossi
Rival: Kevin McNeil
Best day: 16 Oct 2014
Signature result: 2nd of 71

Partnerships · 60+ sailors

Bruce Clark · Black Jack, Kokomo · Farr 40, IRC handicap 9events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 3 of 47 races won Beat 72% of the fleet together(+27 vs. without) · best 4th · Sep 2012 – Dec 2022
Richard Allanson · Kokomo · Farr 40 5events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 3 of 43 races won Beat 65% of the fleet together(+10 vs. without) · best 4th · Sep 2012 – Feb 2016
Anthony Nossiter · Black Jack, URM Group · IRC handicap 5events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 5 races won Beat 69% of the fleet together(+15 vs. without) · best 8th · Dec 2017 – Dec 2025
Peter Salt · Kokomo · Farr 40 5events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 3 of 43 races won Beat 65% of the fleet together(+10 vs. without) · best 4th · Sep 2012 – Feb 2016
Peter Harburg · Black Jack · IRC handicap 5events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 5 races won Beat 79% of the fleet together(+30 vs. without) · best 8th · Dec 2017 – Dec 2022
Liam Woulfe · Black Jack · IRC handicap 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together(+28 vs. without) · best 8th · Dec 2017 – Dec 2022
Mark Bradford · Black Jack · IRC handicap 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together(+28 vs. without) · best 8th · Dec 2017 – Dec 2022
Alex Nolan · Black Jack · IRC handicap 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together(+28 vs. without) · best 8th · Dec 2017 – Dec 2022
Tom Addis · Black Jack, Perpetual LOYAL · IRC handicap 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 84% of the fleet together(+33 vs. without) · best 2nd · Dec 2016 – Dec 2019
Dean Phipps · Black Jack · IRC handicap 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together(+28 vs. without) · best 8th · Dec 2017 – Dec 2022

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

Rating history

Event history · 18

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
26 Dec 2025	Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2025	URM Group	IRC handicap	Crew	77th / 103
26 Jul 2025	Rolex Fastnet Race	WHISPER	IRC handicap	Crew	240th / 380
26 Dec 2022	Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2022	Black Jack	IRC handicap	Crew	17th / 91
26 Dec 2019	Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2019	Black Jack	IRC handicap	Crew	28th / 120
26 Dec 2018	Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2018	Black Jack	IRC handicap	Crew	8th / 72
1 Mar 2018	2018 San Diego to Vallarta International Yacht Race	Cabernet Sky	Handicap	Watch Captain	3rd / 3
26 Dec 2017	Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2017	Black Jack	IRC handicap	Crew	26th / 81
26 Dec 2016	Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2016	Perpetual LOYAL	IRC handicap	Crew	2nd / 71
16 Feb 2016	2016 Rolex Farr 40 World Championship	Kokomo	Farr 40	Bow	5th / 12
6 Feb 2015	2015 Etchells NSW State Championship	WOBBEGONG	Etchells	Crew	26th / 38
15 Oct 2014	2014 Rolex Farr 40 World Championship	Kokomo	Farr 40	Other	6th / 19
16 Jul 2014	Farr 40 West Coast Championships	Kokomo	Farr 40	Bow	4th / 15
18 Sep 2012	2012 Rolex Farr 40 World Championship	Kokomo	Farr 40	Other	9th / 20
14 Sep 2012	2012 Rolex Farr 40 Pre-Worlds - USA Circuit Event 5	Kokomo	Farr 40	Other	10th / 20
28 Jul 2012	2012 Round-the-Island Race	SAPPHIRE	PHRF handicap	Skipper	10th / 11
27 Jul 2012	2012 EYC BIG BOAT EVENT	SAPPHIRE	PHRF handicap	Skipper	5th / 10
26 Dec 2003	Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2003	Ichi Ban	IRC handicap	Crew	16th / 39
26 Dec 2002	Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2002	Ichi Ban	IRC handicap	Crew	9th / 38

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	199 provisional	#15286 band 7901–27665	—
Farr 40 Crew	212 provisional	#135 band 72–217	+1.1

2 more classes, not yet ranked

Etchells · Crew · 8 races, 1 event · rating -16
Full-size sailing · Helm · 3 races, 2 events · rating -43

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 33%
As crew	16 events	0 wins	beats 61%

Positions: Bow (2) · Watch Captain (1)

How they race

Closer	−1 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−5 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	47%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	65%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets	22%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Kevin McNeil	32	16–16
Alex Roepers	32	13–19
Alberto Rossi	32	8–24
Guido Belgiorno-Nettis	32	12–20
John Demourkas	31	16–15
Wolfgang Schaefer	31	9–22
Martin Hill	30	13–17
Helmut Jahn	25	5–20
Hasip Gencer	21	13–8
Alek Krstajic	21	15–6
Bernardo Minkow	18	11–7
Dirk Freeland	18	18–0

Most-beaten opponent: Dirk Freeland (18–0).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2025	2	31%
2022	1	82%
2019	1	77%
2018	2	45%
2017	1	69%
2016	2	81%
2015	1	32%
2014	2	75%
2012	4	44%
2003	1	61%
2002	1	78%

Boats

Kokomo · Farr 40 · 5 events · 2012–2016
Black Jack · IRC handicap · 4 events · 2017–2022
SAPPHIRE · PHRF handicap · 2 events · 2012
Ichi Ban · IRC handicap · 2 events · 2002–2003
URM Group · IRC handicap · 1 events · 2025
WHISPER · IRC handicap · 1 events · 2025
Cabernet Sky · Handicap · 1 events · 2018
Perpetual LOYAL · IRC handicap · 1 events · 2016
WOBBEGONG · Etchells · 1 events · 2015

Where they race

Sydney to Hobart, Australia · 8 events
Edgartown, MA · 2 events
Chicago, IL, USA · 2 events
Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron · 1 events
Santa Barbara, CA, USA · 1 events
Unknown · 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, Full-size sailing: 199, #15,286.Helm rating, Full-size sailing: -43. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.