Sailor · 2024–2026

James Lockley

mattituck yc Melges 15 PHRF handicap Handicap

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Events: 8
Win rate: 13%
Podium rate: 13%
Typically beats: 24%
Best class ranking: #311

Most successful partnership: Paul Ahern
Biggest lift: Paul Ahern
Longest-running crew: Ed Wassmer
Nemesis: Tim Faranetta
Signature result: 1st of 8

Partnerships · 3 sailors

Most successful partnership: Paul Ahern — 1 wins · 1 podiums in 4 events together

Ed Wassmer · But even so, Ed Wassmer, Even so, Wild Child · Melges 15, PHRF handicap 6events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 17% win rate · 1 of 26 races won Beat 30% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jul 2024 – Mar 2026
Paul Ahern · Wild Child · Handicap, PHRF handicap 4events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 1 of 3 races won Beat 53% of the fleet together(+35 vs. without) · best 1st · Jul 2024 – Aug 2026
David Comando · Wild Child · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 10% of the fleet together · best 10th · Aug 2024 – Aug 2024

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

Rating history

Event history · 8

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
15 Aug 2026	Antigua and Barbuda Hamptons Challenge Regatta	Wild Child	Handicap	Skipper	8th / 10
18 Jul 2026	44TH ANNUAL SAG HARBOR CUP BENEFIT REGATTA	Wild Child	PHRF handicap	Crew	5th / 19
20 Mar 2026	2026 Melges 15 Midwinter Championship	Even so	Melges 15	Crew	80th / 99
3 Jan 2026	2025-26 Melges 15 Winter Series #2	But even so	Melges 15	Crew	96th / 133
3 Oct 2025	2025 Melges 15 National Championship	But even so	Melges 15	Crew	66th / 71
30 May 2025	2025 East Coast Championship	Ed Wassmer	Melges 15	Crew	32nd / 37
2 Aug 2024	2024 Race Week at Shelter Island - Around-the-Island Race	Wild Child	PHRF handicap	Skipper	10th / 11
20 Jul 2024	2024 Spindrift Trophy	Wild Child	PHRF handicap	Skipper	1st / 8

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	-133 provisional	#60576 band 48234–65533	—
Melges 15 Crew	-160 provisional	#311 band 250–333	—

1 more class, not yet ranked

Full-size sailing · Helm · 1 race, 1 event · rating 8

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 22%
As crew	7 events	1 wins	beats 37%

How they race

Closer	+10 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−6 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	35%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	17%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets	44%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
John Bainton	24	3–20
Brian Simkins	24	1–23
Tim Faranetta	24	0–24
Sean Cornell	23	0–23
Polk Wagner	20	0–19
Sara Morgan Watters	20	1–19
Hollin Calloway	20	14–4
Oliver Gray	20	0–20
Blaine DeTuro	20	12–6
Douglas Wake	20	0–20
Toby Sullivan	20	0–20
Teddy Bower	20	0–20

Most-beaten opponent: Hollin Calloway (14–4).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	4	0	37%
2025	2	0	11%
2024	2	1	55%

Boats

Wild Child · Handicap, PHRF handicap · 4 events · 2024–2026
But even so · Melges 15 · 2 events · 2025–2026
Even so · Melges 15 · 1 events · 2026
Ed Wassmer · Melges 15 · 1 events · 2025

Where they race

Merritt Island, FL · 2 events
Orient, NY, USA · 1 events
Sag Harbor, NY · 1 events
SAG HARBOR, NY · 1 events
Long Beach, NJ · 1 events
Shelter Island, NY, USA · 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, Full-size sailing: -133, #60,576.Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 8. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.