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Race navigation.

Truebearing’s race support is led by Hugh Dougherty — an offshore navigator with over 10,000 bluewater miles, back-to-back line-honors campaigns aboard a Judel/Vrolijk 66, and two named navigation trophies in the 2025 season. The same navigator builds Truebearing’s instrumentation and routing tools; the racecourse is where they get proven.

10,000+
OFFSHORE NM
Cat 1
WORLD SAILING · USAHD27
2
NAVIGATION TROPHIES · 2025
2
COURSE RECORDS · CREW
01 Honors AWARDED FOR NAVIGATION
2025

Navigator Award — City of Newport Trophy

Annapolis to Newport Race. Awarded to the navigator of the winning yacht; earned aboard the JV 66 with line honors and first in class.

2025

Richard M. Stimson Trophy for Offshore Navigation

Storm Trysail Club. Recognizing excellence in offshore navigation across the season’s distance-racing campaigns.

02 Selected Results NAVIGATOR ROLES + MAJORS
Year Race Boat Role Result
2025 Marblehead to Halifax JV 66 Navigator Line honors COURSE RECORD
2025 Annapolis to Newport JV 66 Navigator Line honors · 1st in class · Navigator Award
2025 STC Block Island Race JV 66 Navigator Line honors · 1st in class · 1st overall
2024 Newport Bermuda Race JV 66 Pit Finished
2023 Transatlantic — Tenerife to Antigua VO70 Driver / Trimmer Crossing complete
2021 Rolex Fastnet Race VO70 Trimmer Finished
2018 Newport Bermuda Race Ker 50 Mid Bow 2nd in class
2018 Around Long Island Regatta JV 66 Headsail Trimmer Line honors COURSE RECORD
03 For Programs PRE-RACE THROUGH FINISH

Available to offshore racing programs as navigator or shoreside router. Every campaign gets the full workflow: multi-model routing well before the gun, a written race brief the crew can actually use, live navigation and tactical calls under way, and a post-race debrief tied to the data.

WEATHER ROUTING
Multi-model Expedition routing — GFS, ECMWF, ensembles — reconciled into one plan.
RACE BRIEFS
Written pre-race briefs: scenarios, sail calls, decision points, watch-ready.
ONBOARD NAVIGATION
Full race navigation, tides and currents, fleet positioning, tactical support.
INSTRUMENTS
Calibration and sensor sanity — so the numbers driving decisions are true.
04 Credentials

SAFETY & CERTIFICATION

  • World Sailing Offshore Safety at Sea, with hands-on
    2018 – 2028
  • Advanced First Aid / CPR / AED for Mariners
    Backcountry Medical Guides · 2024 – 2026
  • Offshore Emergency Medicine — Wilderness First Aid
    Wilderness Medical Associates Intl
  • US Sailing Sailor Athlete (AE)
    2018 – 2028

CLUBS & TOOLS

  • New York Yacht Club
    MEMBER
  • Storm Trysail Club
    MEMBER
  • Expedition navigation software
    PRIMARY ROUTING PLATFORM
  • Boats raced
    VO70 · JV 66 · KER 50 · 12M · IC37 · FARR 40 · 8M
05 Campaign Inquiries

hello@truebearing.dev

INCLUDE THE BOAT, THE RACE, AND THE DATES — WE’LL TAKE IT FROM THERE.