Sailor · 2003–2025

Bear Hovey

PHRF handicap IRC handicap Etchells

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Events: 5
Win rate: 40%
Podium rate: 60%
Typically beats: 81%

Best day: 18 Sep 2003
Signature result: 1st of 7

Partnerships · 34 sailors

Ryan Kinner · Eagle, Fireball · PHRF handicap 2events 2 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 2 of 2 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Sep 2011 – Aug 2025
Doug Lynn · Warrior Won · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 78% of the fleet together · best 3rd · May 2015 – May 2015
Hannah James · Eagle · PHRF handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 1 race won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Sep 2011 – Sep 2011
Andres de Lasa · Warrior Won · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 78% of the fleet together · best 3rd · May 2015 – May 2015
Maximilian Hutter · Fireball · PHRF handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 1 race won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Aug 2025 – Aug 2025
Michael Levy · Eagle · PHRF handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 1 race won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Sep 2011 – Sep 2011
Drew Hall · Eagle · PHRF handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 1 race won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Sep 2011 – Sep 2011
Orhan Gazelle · Eagle · PHRF handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 1 race won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Sep 2011 – Sep 2011
Roland Schulz · Warrior Won · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 78% of the fleet together · best 3rd · May 2015 – May 2015
Tavish Mckenzie · Warrior Won · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 78% of the fleet together · best 3rd · May 2015 – May 2015

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

Rating history

Event history · 5

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
29 Aug 2025	2025 Vineyard Race	Fireball	PHRF handicap	Crew	1st / 7
14 Sep 2019	2019 Brent C. Donahue Cross Sound Regatta	Partnership3	PHRF handicap	Other	4th / 17
22 May 2015	2015 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race	Warrior Won	IRC handicap	Other	3rd / 10
2 Sep 2011	2011 Vineyard Race	Eagle	PHRF handicap	Other	1st / 6
18 Sep 2003	2003 Etchells World Championship	USA 1104	Etchells	Skipper	20th / 92

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact

3 more classes, not yet ranked

Full-size sailing · Helm · 8 races, 1 event · rating 17
Etchells · Helm · 8 races, 1 event · rating 17
Full-size sailing · Crew · 4 races, 4 events · rating 95

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 79%
As crew	4 events	2 wins	beats 90%

How they race

Closer	+15 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−35 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Small fleets	93%	of the fleet beaten

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	1	1	100%
2019	1	0	81%
2015	1	0	78%
2011	1	1	100%
2003	1	0	79%

Boats

Fireball · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2025
Partnership3 · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2019
Warrior Won · IRC handicap · 1 events · 2015
Eagle · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2011
USA 1104 · Etchells · 1 events · 2003

Where they race

Stamford, CT, USA · 3 events
Bridgeport, CT, USA · 1 events
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA · 1 events

Is this you?

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Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 17.Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 95. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.