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Sailor · 2016–2026

Alan Donnelly

gbsc HandicapTopaz

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Events
51

299 races · 51 race wins

Win rate
28%

28% win rate · 14 of 51

Podium rate
73%

37 top-three finishes

Typically beats
81%

of boats faced (range 78%–83%, 609 boats)

Longest win streak
2

race wins in a row

Most successful partnership
Pat Irwin

14 wins · 36 podiums in 44 events together · 32% win rate

Biggest lift
Pat Irwin

+27 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
Pat Irwin

Jan 2016 – Jan 2023 · 44 events

Nemesis
Gerry Drudy

24–97 head to head in 122 races

Rival
Marcel Cure

37–30 in 74 races

Best day
1 Jan 2019

2-1-2-1-3-3-3-3 · Not Quite Summer Series 2019

Signature result
1st of 16

Midsummer · Handicap · 1 Jan 2021

Partnerships · 6 sailors

Most successful partnership: Pat Irwin — 14 wins · 36 podiums in 44 events together · 32% win rate
  • Pat Irwin · 2919, 349, 492 · Handicap 44events 14 wins together · 36 podiums · 32% win rate · 50 of 280 races won Beat 84% of the fleet together(+27 vs. without) · best 1st · Jan 2016 – Jan 2023
  • Glenn Nolan · 349 · Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 64% of the fleet together · best 10th · Jan 2023 – Jan 2023
  • Trish McManus · 349 · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 60% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jan 2018 – Jan 2018
  • Robert Donnelly · 044 · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 27% of the fleet together · best 9th · Jan 2025 – Jan 2025
  • Tricia Hughes · 349 · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 71% of the fleet together · best 7th · Jan 2019 – Jan 2019
  • Pat Irwin\Cannon · 349 · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 82% of the fleet together · best 5th · Jan 2026 – Jan 2026

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

Rating history

013226320172019202120232025Helm rating, full-size sailingCrew rating, full-size sailing

— Helm rating, full-size sailing · - - Crew rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 51

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
1 Jan 2026Dinghy Sailing 2025 - July Series349HandicapSkipper5th / 23
1 Jan 2025Dinghy Sailing 2025044HandicapCrew9th / 12
1 Jan 2023Cong - Galway - 2023349HandicapSkipper10th / 26
1 Jan 2023Dinghy Sailing 2020349HandicapCrew3rd / 5
1 Jan 2023Dinghy Sailing 2023349HandicapCrew1st / 15
1 Jan 2023Dinghy Sailing 2023349HandicapCrew2nd / 13
1 Jan 2023Dinghy Sailing 2023349HandicapSkipper9th / 16
1 Jan 2023Dinghy Sailing 2023349HandicapCrew3rd / 12
1 Jan 2023Provisional - Cong - Galway - 2023349HandicapSkipper10th / 26
1 Jan 20222022 August - finally summer349HandicapSkipper1st / 11
1 Jan 20222022 July - Still not summer... or is it??349HandicapSkipper1st / 12
1 Jan 20222022 June - Can't believe it's not summer349HandicapSkipper1st / 11
1 Jan 20222022 September Back2Skool349HandicapSkipper1st / 7
1 Jan 20222022 Spring lambs349HandicapCrew2nd / 8
1 Jan 2021Cong - Galway 2021349HandicapSkipper7th / 33
1 Jan 2021Midsummer349HandicapSkipper1st / 16
1 Jan 2021Midsummer349HandicapSkipper4th / 21
1 Jan 2020Dinghy Sailing 2020349HandicapCrew2nd / 13
1 Jan 2020Dinghy Sailing 2020349HandicapCrew2nd / 5
1 Jan 2020Early Autumn Series349HandicapCrew12th / 12
1 Jan 20192019 April Series2919HandicapSkipper1st / 11
1 Jan 2019Cong - Galway 2019349HandicapSkipper7th / 22
1 Jan 2019Early Autumn Series349HandicapCrew1st / 11
1 Jan 2019Early Autumn Series349HandicapCrew1st / 11
1 Jan 2019Late Summer Series349HandicapCrew1st / 12

Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 166, #20,362.Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 245, #17,305. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.