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Sailor · 2016–2026

Ben Zahradnik

youngstown yacht club J/70Optimist

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Events
12

83 races · 9 race wins

Win rate
0%

0% win rate · 0 of 12

Podium rate
33%

4 top-three finishes

Typically beats
63%

of boats faced (range 56%–69%, 134 boats)

Best class ranking
#297

Helm in J/70 · rating 213

Longest win streak
2

race wins in a row

Longest-running crew
Justin Hays

Jul 2016 – Jul 2023 · 11 events

Nemesis
Tod Sackett

9–43 head to head in 52 races

Rival
Tim Gibbs

11–15 in 26 races

Best day
23 Jul 2022

2-1-1-2 · 2022 CanAm Challenge - Youngstown Yacht Club

Signature result
2nd of 9

2019 CanAm Lite - Youngstown Yacht Club · J/70 · 27 Jul 2019

Partnerships · 6 sailors

  • Justin Hays · Junior, Reveille · J/70 11events 0 wins together · 4 podiums · 0% win rate · 9 of 73 races won Beat 68% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2016 – Jul 2023
  • Rolf Kaiser · Reveille · J/70 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 71% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jul 2020 – Jul 2020
  • Jimmy Carminati · Reveille · J/70 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 71% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jul 2020 – Jul 2020
  • Jake Doyle · Junior · J/70 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 9th · Oct 2017 – Oct 2017
  • Tim Finkle · Junior · J/70 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 9th · Oct 2017 – Oct 2017
  • Leah Zahradnik · Reveille · J/70 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 2 of 4 races won Beat 86% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2022 – Jul 2022

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

Rating history

013025920172019202120232025Helm rating, full-size sailingCrew rating, full-size sailing

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

Event history · 12

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
7 Aug 20262026 US Sailing Junior OlympicsBenjamin Jr ZahradnikOptimistSkipper7th / 12
30 Jul 20232023 CanAm Challenge - Youngstown Yacht ClubReveilleJ/70Other2nd / 8
23 Jul 20222022 CanAm Challenge - Youngstown Yacht ClubReveilleJ/70Other2nd / 8
18 Jun 20212021 Cleveland Race Week - One DesignReveilleJ/70Skipper4th / 12
25 Jul 20202020 CanAm Challenge - Youngstown Yacht ClubReveilleJ/70Owner3rd / 8
27 Jul 20192019 CanAm Lite - Youngstown Yacht ClubReveilleJ/70Other2nd / 9
27 Jul 20182018 CanAm Challenge - Youngstown Yacht ClubReveilleJ/70Other4th / 12
20 Oct 20172017 J/70 Fall Brawl & J/80 North American ChampionshipJuniorJ/70Stunt Owner9th / 17
28 Jul 20172017 CanAm Challenge - Youngstown Yacht ClubReveilleJ/70Other5th / 13
15 Jun 20172017 Cleveland Race Week - One DesignReveilleJ/70Other10th / 16
15 Oct 2016(216) RegattaReveilleJ/70Skipper5th / 13
22 Jul 20162016 CanAm Challenge - Youngstown Yacht ClubReveilleJ/70Other9th / 18

Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 214, #17,577.Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 159, #19,605. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.