Sailor · 2013–2022

Kathy Kushner

tcyc Melges 24 Handicap PHRF handicap

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Events: 9
Win rate: 33%
Podium rate: 33%
Typically beats: 44%
Best class ranking: #150
Longest win streak: 3

Most successful partnership: Achilles Dolhaine
Longest-running crew: Achilles Dolhaine
Nemesis: Gordon Shannon
Best day: 10 Aug 2022
Signature result: 1st of 9

Partnerships · 29 sailors

Most successful partnership: Achilles Dolhaine — 2 wins · 2 podiums in 6 events together · 33% win rate

Achilles Dolhaine · 10 - Stripes, 26 Letters, Cool Beans, Hard Eight · Flying Tiger 7.5, Handicap, Melges 24, PHRF handicap 6events 2 wins together · 2 podiums · 33% win rate · 4 of 35 races won Beat 53% of the fleet together(−1 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2013 – Aug 2022
Brenda Croft · Zafu 444, Zafu444 · Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 10 races won Beat 17% of the fleet together · best 8th · Apr 2016 – Apr 2016
Lin Parks · Zafu 444, Zafu444 · Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 10 races won Beat 17% of the fleet together · best 8th · Apr 2016 – Apr 2016
Brian Hutchinson · 26 Letters, Cool Beans · Melges 24 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 17 races won Beat 43% of the fleet together · best 12th · May 2013 – Jun 2016
Joe C. Da Ponte · Zafu 444, Zafu444 · Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 10 races won Beat 17% of the fleet together · best 8th · Apr 2016 – Apr 2016
Stephen Earley · Zafu 444, Zafu444 · Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 10 races won Beat 17% of the fleet together · best 8th · Apr 2016 – Apr 2016
David Maskell · Zafu 444, Zafu444 · Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 10 races won Beat 17% of the fleet together · best 8th · Apr 2016 – Apr 2016
Jack Kawaguchi · Zafu 444, Zafu444 · Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 10 races won Beat 17% of the fleet together · best 8th · Apr 2016 – Apr 2016
Ken Taylor · Hard Eight · PHRF handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 2 of 4 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Aug 2022 – Aug 2022
Lawrence Taylor · Hard Eight · PHRF handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 2 of 4 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Aug 2022 – Aug 2022

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

Rating history

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

Event history · 9

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
10 Aug 2022	2022 Helly Hansen Chester Race Week	Hard Eight	PHRF handicap	Other	1st / 9
13 Apr 2018	2018 Sperry Charleston Race Week	Surprise	Melges 24	Bow	14th / 31
19 Jul 2017	2017 Diversified Melges 24 NorAm Championship & North American Championship	Cool Beans	Melges 24	Skipper	30th / 32
10 Jul 2017	2017 Whidbey Island Race Week	Cool Beans	Melges 24	Other	1st / 8
17 Feb 2017	2017 Helly Hansen NOOD Regatta St Petersburg	10 - Stripes	Flying Tiger 7.5	Skipper	1st / 6
24 Jun 2016	2016 Melges 24 Canadian National Championship	Cool Beans	Melges 24	Other	12th / 28
26 Apr 2016	2016 Antigua Sailing Week	Zafu444	Handicap	Mast	9th / 10
23 Apr 2016	2016 Round Antigua Race	Zafu 444	Handicap	Mast	8th / 10
17 May 2013	2013 Sperry Top-Sider Seattle NOOD Regatta	26 Letters	Melges 24	Other	12th / 16

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	-214 provisional	#63875 band 58464–65516	—
Full-size sailing Helm	195 provisional	#19665 band 10788–33978	—
Melges 24 Helm	178 provisional	#150 band 80–236	—

2 more classes, not yet ranked

Melges 24 · Crew · 19 races, 2 events · rating -56
Flying Tiger 7.5 · Helm · 4 races, 1 event · rating 33

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	4 events	2 wins	beats 66%
As crew	5 events	1 wins	beats 43%

Positions: Mast (2) · Bow (1)

How they race

Closer	+3 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−20 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	26%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	41%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets	67%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Tom Greetham	19	16–3
Gordon Shannon	17	3–14
Alex Krawarik	17	11–6
Duncan Stamper	17	3–14
John Rahn	17	7–10
Matt Wagstaffe	17	13–4
Steven Boho	14	5–9
Don Linrothe	13	11–2
Brian Arntson	13	9–4
Tom Garnier	13	12–1
Richard Reid	13	2–11
Mark McCuddy	13	9–4

Most-beaten opponent: Tom Greetham (16–3).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2022	1	1	100%
2018	1	0	57%
2017	3	2	69%
2016	3	0	31%
2013	1	0	27%

Boats

Cool Beans · Melges 24 · 3 events · 2016–2017
Hard Eight · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2022
Surprise · Melges 24 · 1 events · 2018
10 - Stripes · Flying Tiger 7.5 · 1 events · 2017
Zafu444 · Handicap · 1 events · 2016
Zafu 444 · Handicap · 1 events · 2016
26 Letters · Melges 24 · 1 events · 2013

Where they race

Falmouth Harbour, Antigua, West Indies · 2 events
Cascade Locks , OR · 1 events
Seattle, WA, USA · 1 events
Chester, Nova Scotia, Canada · 1 events
Kelowna, BC, Canada · 1 events
St. Petersburg, FL, USA · 1 events

Is this you?

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Crew rating, Full-size sailing: -214, #63,875.Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 195, #19,665. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.