Sailor · 2009–2024

Hugh Balloch

cyc PHRF handicap IRC handicap ORC handicap

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Events: 23
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 22%
Typically beats: 59%

Biggest lift: Warren Costikyan
Longest-running crew: Mark Dailey
Signature result: 11th of 69

Partnerships · 24 sailors

Mark Dailey · Dragon · IRC handicap, ORC handicap 5events 0 wins together · 3 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 9 races won Beat 57% of the fleet together(+8 vs. without) · best 2nd · May 2009 – Jun 2021
Susan Balloch · Dragon · IRC handicap, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 42% of the fleet together(−11 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jul 2017 – Sep 2024
Warren Costikyan · Dragon · IRC handicap, ORC handicap 3events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 64% of the fleet together(+15 vs. without) · best 2nd · May 2009 – Jun 2019
Tim Noble · Dragon · ORC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 29% of the fleet together · best 8th · Jun 2019 – Jun 2021
Mary Arnold · Dragon · ORC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 29% of the fleet together · best 8th · Jun 2019 – Jun 2021
Bill Salmons · Dragon · ORC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 29% of the fleet together · best 8th · Jun 2019 – Jun 2021
Richard Best · Dragon · ORC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 36% of the fleet together · best 8th · Jun 2019 – Jun 2019
Bob LaBanca · Dragon · ORC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 22% of the fleet together · best 8th · Jun 2021 – Jun 2021
Carl Ordemann · Dragon · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 67% of the fleet together · best 3rd · May 2009 – May 2009
George Walker · Dragon · ORC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 36% of the fleet together · best 8th · Jun 2019 – Jun 2019

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

Rating history

Event history · 23

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
1 Sep 2024	2024 97th CYC Around the Island Race	Dragon	PHRF handicap	Other	5th / 6
3 Sep 2023	2023 96th - Around the Island Race	Dragon	PHRF handicap	Other	4th / 10
5 Sep 2021	2021 Around the Island Race	Dragon	PHRF handicap	Skipper	20th / 87
12 Jun 2021	167th NYYC Annual Regatta	Dragon	ORC handicap	Other	8th / 10
11 Jun 2021	167th NYYC Annual Regatta - Friday (Around-the-Island Race)	Dragon	ORC handicap	Skipper	9th / 11
1 Sep 2019	2019 Around the Island Race	Dragon	PHRF handicap	Skipper	30th / 96
15 Jun 2019	165th NYYC Annual Regatta	Dragon	ORC handicap	Owner	8th / 12
14 Jun 2019	165th NYYC Annual Regatta - Friday (Around-the-Island Race)	Dragon	ORC handicap	Skipper	7th / 12
9 Jun 2018	164th NYYC Annual Regatta	Dragon	IRC handicap	Other	6th / 11
8 Jun 2018	164th NYYC Annual Regatta - Friday (Around-the-Island Race)	Dragon	IRC handicap	Skipper	5th / 10
3 Sep 2017	2017 Around the Island Race	Dragon	PHRF handicap	Skipper	37th / 63
9 Jul 2017	2017 Marblehead-to-Halifax Ocean Race	Dragon	IRC handicap	Skipper	2nd / 10
26 May 2017	2017 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race	Dragon	IRC handicap	Other	3rd / 9
4 Sep 2016	2016 Around the Island Race	Dragon	PHRF handicap	Skipper	11th / 69
4 Sep 2015	2015 Vineyard Race	Dragon	IRC handicap	Other	3rd / 8
31 Aug 2014	2014 Around the Island Race	Dragon	PHRF handicap	Skipper	35th / 81
1 Sep 2013	2013 Around the Island Race	Dragon	PHRF handicap	Skipper	26th / 70
9 Sep 2012	2012 Valeur-Jensen Stamford Denmark Race	Dragon	PHRF handicap	Other	8th / 9
4 Sep 2011	2011 Around the Island Race	Dragon	PHRF handicap	Skipper	54th / 85
27 May 2011	2011 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race	Dragon	IRC handicap	Other	9th / 12
9 Oct 2010	2010 55th Anniversary Indian Harbor Stratford Shoal Race	Dragon	IRC handicap	Skipper	2nd / 6
28 May 2010	2010 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race	Dragon	IRC handicap	Skipper	11th / 11
22 May 2009	2009 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race	Dragon	IRC handicap	Skipper	3rd / 7

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Helm	54 provisional	#41074 band 25292–59366	—

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	23 events	0 wins	beats 51%
As crew	0 events	0 wins	beats —

Positions: Owner (1)

How they race

Closer	+32 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−6 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	50%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	62%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets	48%	of the fleet beaten

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2024	1	20%
2023	1	67%
2021	3	40%
2019	3	50%
2018	2	53%
2017	3	69%
2016	1	85%
2015	1	71%
2014	1	58%
2013	1	64%
2012	1	13%
2011	2	32%
2010	2	40%
2009	1	67%

Boats

Dragon · PHRF handicap, ORC handicap, IRC handicap · 23 events · 2009–2024

Where they race

Jamestown, RI · 7 events
Newport, RI, USA · 6 events
Stamford, CT, USA · 6 events
Jamestown, RI, USA · 2 events
Marblehead, MA, USA · 1 events
Greenwich, CT, USA · 1 events

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Helm rating across all classes: 54, #41,074. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.