Sailor · 2015–2023

Giles Oland

PHRF handicap IOD Sonar

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Events: 10
Win rate: 40%
Podium rate: 70%
Typically beats: 73%
Longest win streak: 4

Most successful partnership: Robert Merchant
Best trio: Matthew Christie & Robert Merchant
Biggest lift: Robert Merchant
Longest-running crew: Rob Maclean
Best day: 12 Aug 2015
Signature result: 1st of 9

Partnerships · 25 sailors

Most successful partnership: Robert Merchant — 3 wins · 4 podiums in 4 events together

Rob Maclean · Deviation, Piper · IOD, J/120, PHRF handicap 8events 3 wins together · 6 podiums · 38% win rate · 15 of 41 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together · best 1st · Aug 2015 – Aug 2022
Jason White · Deviation · J/120, PHRF handicap 7events 3 wins together · 5 podiums · 43% win rate · 14 of 30 races won Beat 77% of the fleet together(±0 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2015 – Aug 2022
India White · Deviation · J/120, PHRF handicap 7events 3 wins together · 5 podiums · 43% win rate · 14 of 30 races won Beat 77% of the fleet together(±0 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2015 – Aug 2022
Stu McCrea · Deviation · J/120, PHRF handicap 7events 3 wins together · 5 podiums · 43% win rate · 14 of 30 races won Beat 77% of the fleet together(±0 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2015 – Aug 2022
Geoffrey Dalzell · Deviation, Piper · IOD, J/120, PHRF handicap 6events 2 wins together · 4 podiums · 33% win rate · 11 of 30 races won Beat 69% of the fleet together(−20 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2015 – Aug 2022
Matthew Christie · Deviation · J/120, PHRF handicap 6events 3 wins together · 5 podiums · 50% win rate · 14 of 26 races won Beat 85% of the fleet together(+21 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2015 – Aug 2019
Edward Greenwood · Airborne IV, Deviation · PHRF handicap 4events 2 wins together · 3 podiums · 4 events · 5 of 16 races won Beat 77% of the fleet together(+1 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2018 – Jul 2023
Robert Merchant · Deviation · J/120, PHRF handicap 4events 3 wins together · 4 podiums · 4 events · 14 of 24 races won Beat 96% of the fleet together(+32 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2015 – Aug 2019
Jonathan Ladha · Deviation, ShoreEast · J/120, PHRF handicap, Sonar 3events 2 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 10 of 21 races won Beat 90% of the fleet together(+19 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2015 – Sep 2017
Shelagh peverill · Deviation · PHRF handicap 3events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 4 of 15 races won Beat 69% of the fleet together(−10 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2018 – Aug 2022

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

Rating history

Event history · 10

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
9 Jul 2023	2023 Marblehead-to-Halifax Ocean Race	Airborne IV	PHRF handicap	Rush Chairman	1st / 8
10 Aug 2022	2022 Helly Hansen Chester Race Week	Deviation	PHRF handicap	Chef	7th / 9
11 Aug 2021	2021 Helly Hansen Chester Race Week	Piper	IOD	Cat 3 Cooler Jockey	3rd / 6
14 Aug 2019	2019 Helly Hansen Chester Race Week	Deviation	PHRF handicap	Staysail trimmer	2nd / 7
7 Jul 2019	2019 Marblehead-to-Halifax Ocean Race	Deviation	PHRF handicap	Staysail trimmer	2nd / 9
15 Aug 2018	2018 Helly Hansen Chester Race Week	Deviation	PHRF handicap	Pit	1st / 9
8 Sep 2017	2017 Sonar World Championship Regatta	ShoreEast	Sonar	Skipper	8th / 25
9 Jul 2017	2017 Marblehead-to-Halifax Ocean Race	Deviation	PHRF handicap	Headsail Trimmer	7th / 11
10 Aug 2016	2016 Chester Race Week	Deviation	J/120	Pit	1st / 5
12 Aug 2015	2015 Chester Race Week	Deviation	PHRF handicap	Pit	1st / 8

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Crew	196 provisional	#15309 band 8890–25264	—

4 more classes, not yet ranked

IOD · Crew · 11 races, 1 event · rating 46
All classes · Helm · 8 races, 1 event · rating 73
Sonar · Helm · 8 races, 1 event · rating 65
J/120 · Crew · 6 races, 1 event · rating 100

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 71%
As crew	9 events	4 wins	beats 77%

Positions: Pit (3) · Staysail trimmer (2) · Rush Chairman (1) · Chef (1) · Cat 3 Cooler Jockey (1) · Headsail Trimmer (1)

How they race

Closer	−2 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−12 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	48%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	77%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Richard Calder	28	20–8
Ross Leighton	23	21–2
David Wilson	22	15–7
Steve Davies	18	17–1
Mark Gosine	16	10–6
Bill Tucker	13	11–2
Michael Kennedy	13	12–0

Most-beaten opponent: Ross Leighton (21–2).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2023	1	1	100%
2022	1	0	25%
2021	1	0	60%
2019	2	0	85%
2018	1	1	100%
2017	2	0	55%
2016	1	1	100%
2015	1	1	100%

Boats

Deviation · PHRF handicap, J/120 · 7 events · 2015–2022
Airborne IV · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2023
Piper · IOD · 1 events · 2021
ShoreEast · Sonar · 1 events · 2017

Where they race

Chester, Nova Scotia, Canada · 6 events
Marblehead, MA, USA · 3 events
Herman’s Island, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada · 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 across all classes: 196, #15,309.Helm rating across all classes: 73. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.