Sailor · 2011–2025

Jonathan Howland

ipyc IRC handicap Shields ORC handicap

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Events: 14
Win rate: 21%
Podium rate: 50%
Typically beats: 58%
Best class ranking: #11
Longest win streak: 3

Most successful partnership: Kyle Fast
Biggest lift: Kyle Fast
Longest-running crew: Kyle Fast
Nemesis: Andrew Weiss
Rival: Lincoln Mossop
Best day: 8 Sep 2022
Signature result: 1st of 34

Partnerships · 60+ sailors

Most successful partnership: Kyle Fast — 1 wins · 3 podiums in 5 events together · 20% win rate

Kyle Fast · Apparition, Cool Breeze · IRC handicap, ORC handicap 5events 1 wins together · 3 podiums · 20% win rate · 8 of 45 races won Beat 68% of the fleet together(+15 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2015 – Jul 2019
Billy Liberty · Cool Breeze · IRC handicap 4events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 3 of 33 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together(+2 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jun 2015 – Oct 2015
John Cooper · Cool Breeze · IRC handicap 4events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 3 of 33 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together(+2 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jun 2015 – Oct 2015
Ed Liberty · Cool Breeze · IRC handicap 4events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 3 of 33 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together(+2 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jun 2015 – Oct 2015
Alex Whipple · Cool Breeze · IRC handicap 3events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 2 of 22 races won Beat 61% of the fleet together(+3 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jul 2015 – Oct 2015
Andrew Waine · Cool Breeze · IRC handicap 3events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 2 of 22 races won Beat 61% of the fleet together(+3 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jul 2015 – Oct 2015
Linda Weiss · Christopher Dragon, Christopher Dragon XI · IRC handicap, ORC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 40% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2015 – Aug 2021
Larry Fox · Christopher Dragon, Christopher Dragon XI · IRC handicap, ORC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 40% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2015 – Aug 2021
Alexis Michas · Zetiana · Melges 32 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 17 races won Beat 2% of the fleet together · best 11th · Jun 2011 – Sep 2012
Paul van Dyke · Zetiana · Melges 32 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 17 races won Beat 2% of the fleet together · best 11th · Jun 2011 – Sep 2012

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

Rating history

Event history · 14

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
4 Sep 2025	Edgartown Yacht Club 2025 Shields Class National Championship Regatta.	Apollo 11	Shields	Main Trimmer	2nd / 24
8 Sep 2022	2022 Shields Nationals - Newport, RI	Apollo	Shields	Main Trimmer	1st / 34
13 Aug 2021	2021 Safe Harbor Race Weekend	Christopher Dragon XI	ORC handicap	Chef	8th / 8
21 Sep 2019	2019 VX One North American Championship	Doobieous Decisions	VX One	Other	26th / 36
15 Jul 2019	175th NYYC Anniversary Regatta	Apparition	ORC handicap	Mast	1st / 7
23 Oct 2015	2015 STC Annapolis Fall Regatta	Cool Breeze	IRC handicap	Mid Bow	5th / 7
19 Sep 2015	2015 Long Island Sound Championship	Cool Breeze	IRC handicap	Bow	3rd / 6
10 Sep 2015	2015 Shields Nationals	Maverick	Shields	Chef	1st / 24
16 Jul 2015	2015 IRC East Coast Championship / Swan 42 Nationals	Cool Breeze	IRC handicap	Bow	2nd / 10
5 Jul 2015	2015 Marblehead-to-Halifax Ocean Race	Christopher Dragon	IRC handicap	Chef	2nd / 6
23 Jun 2015	2015 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race Week XXVI	Cool Breeze	IRC handicap	Bow	4th / 8
27 Sep 2012	2012 Melges 32 World Championship	Zetiana	Melges 32	Other	32nd / 33
20 Jun 2011	2011 Block Island Race Week XXIV	Talisman	IRC handicap	Mast	5th / 13
10 Jun 2011	2011 Melges 32 U.S. National Championship	Zetiana	Melges 32	Other	11th / 11

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Crew	243 provisional	#11326 band 6912–17851	—
Shields Crew	246 provisional	#11 band 5–28	—

2 more classes, not yet ranked

Melges 32 · Crew · 17 races, 2 events · rating -148
VX One · Crew · 6 races, 1 event · rating 14

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	0 events	0 wins	beats —
As crew	14 events	3 wins	beats 58%

Positions: Chef (3) · Bow (3) · Main Trimmer (2) · Mast (2) · Mid Bow (1)

How they race

Closer	+8 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−21 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	26%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	44%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets	52%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Lincoln Mossop	26	14–12
Andrew Weiss	24	5–19
Patricia Young	21	15–6
Thomas Rich	20	17–3
John Burnham	19	13–6
Richard Robbins	19	19–0
Steve Rhyne	17	4–13
John Taylor	17	10–7
Mark Plaxton	17	3–14
Michael Dominguez	17	4–13
Benjamin Schwartz	17	2–15
Takashi Okura	16	5–11

Most-beaten opponent: Richard Robbins (19–0).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	1	0	96%
2022	1	1	100%
2021	1	0	0%
2019	2	1	64%
2015	6	1	70%
2012	1	0	3%
2011	2	0	33%

Boats

Cool Breeze · IRC handicap · 4 events · 2015
Zetiana · Melges 32 · 2 events · 2011–2012
Apollo 11 · Shields · 1 events · 2025
Apollo · Shields · 1 events · 2022
Christopher Dragon XI · ORC handicap · 1 events · 2021
Doobieous Decisions · VX One · 1 events · 2019
Apparition · ORC handicap · 1 events · 2019
Maverick · Shields · 1 events · 2015
Christopher Dragon · IRC handicap · 1 events · 2015
Talisman · IRC handicap · 1 events · 2011

Where they race

Newport, RI, USA · 7 events
Block Island, RI, USA · 2 events
Rye, NY, USA · 1 events
Edgartown, MA, USA · 1 events
Riverside, CT, USA · 1 events
Marblehead, MA, USA · 1 events

Is this you?

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Crew rating across all classes: 243, #11,326. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.