Sailor · 2014–2024

Bill Shaw

barrington yacht club Sunfish PHRF handicap RS Aero

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Events: 22
Win rate: 18%
Podium rate: 41%
Typically beats: 67%
Best class ranking: #157
Longest win streak: 4

Nemesis: Marc Jacobi
Rival: Susan Tillman Berg
Best day: 19 May 2023
Signature result: 2nd of 24

Partnerships · 19 sailors

Derek Escher · Resolute · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 3 of 10 races won Beat 78% of the fleet together · best 3rd · May 2023 – May 2023
Peter Dwyer · Blue Devil · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 13% of the fleet together · best 8th · May 2018 – May 2018
Bobby McLaughlin · Blue Devil · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 13% of the fleet together · best 8th · May 2018 – May 2018
Lynn Shaw · SCARAB · Beetle Cat 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 73% of the fleet together · best 7th · Aug 2024 – Aug 2024
Kyle Medina · Blue Devil · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 13% of the fleet together · best 8th · May 2018 – May 2018
Beverly Berendes · Resolute · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 3 of 10 races won Beat 78% of the fleet together · best 3rd · May 2023 – May 2023
Bob Pike · Blue Devil · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 13% of the fleet together · best 8th · May 2018 – May 2018
John Ballinger · Blue Devil · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 13% of the fleet together · best 8th · May 2018 – May 2018
Sam Jacobs · Blue Devil · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 13% of the fleet together · best 8th · May 2018 – May 2018
Joel Berendes · Resolute · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 3 of 10 races won Beat 78% of the fleet together · best 3rd · May 2023 – May 2023

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

Rating history

— Helm rating, all classes · - - Crew rating, all classes

Event history · 22

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
9 Aug 2024	2024 Leo J Telesmanick Championship	SCARAB	Beetle Cat	Skipper	7th / 23
14 Oct 2023	2023 US Sunfish Masters Championship	Buc-ee	Sunfish	Other	13th / 51
9 Sep 2023	2023 NBYA Fall Regatta and Yacht Club Challenge	MEDDLER	PHRF handicap	Other	1st / 6
3 Jun 2023	2023 New England Sunfish Regionals	Buc-ee	Sunfish	Other	2nd / 24
31 May 2023	2023 Bristol Yacht Club Millard Series	Resolute	PHRF handicap	Other	3rd / 10
19 May 2023	Mid-Atlantic Sunfish Regional Championship	Bill Shaw	Sunfish	Skipper	3rd / 30
26 Mar 2023	SUNFISH INTERNATIONAL MASTERS 2023	2	Sunfish	Skipper	12th / 50
10 Feb 2023	Sunfish Sarasota Sunshine Clinic & Florida Sunfish Regional Championship	81218	Sunfish	Skipper	9th / 50
11 Sep 2022	2022 Sail for Hope Fundraiser Regatta	Caneel	PHRF handicap	Main Trimmer	1st / 6
15 Jun 2022	2022 USSCA Sunfish North American Championship Regatta	81218	Sunfish	Skipper	27th / 78
21 Nov 2021	2021/2022 Barrington Yacht Club Frostbite Series	Floaty	Sunfish	Other	22nd / 26
14 Aug 2021	2021 Safe Harbor Race Weekend	Meddler	PHRF handicap	Other	7th / 9
7 Jul 2020	2020 Charles V Cox Memorial Series	Meddler	J/29	Other	3rd / 5
6 Jul 2019	2019 Newport Regatta	Floaty Buttfor	RS Aero	Other	4th / 7
19 Jun 2019	2019 Two Person Race	Meddler	PHRF handicap	Other	1st / 9
21 May 2019	2019 Charles V Cox Memorial Series	Meddler	J/29	Other	2nd / 6
7 Sep 2018	Massapoag Yacht Club 69th Annual Regatta	Floaty	RS Aero	Skipper	7th / 15
11 Aug 2018	2018 Connecticut River One-Design Leukemia Cup	Floaty	RS Aero	Other	1st / 4
9 Jun 2018	Wickford Regatta 2018	1042	RS Aero	Skipper	9th / 14
2 Jun 2018	Massapoag Yacht Club 11th Annual Small Boat Regatta	1042	RS Aero	Skipper	10th / 19
30 May 2018	2018 Bristol Yacht Club Millard Series	Blue Devil	PHRF handicap	Nav/Tac	8th / 9
31 Aug 2014	2014 Around the Island Race	Katama	PHRF handicap	Skipper	38th / 81

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Adj. ±
All classes Helm	334 provisional	#7854 band 4697–12617	—
Sunfish Helm	309 provisional	#157 band 81–315	—
RS Aero Helm	43 provisional	#105 band 65–146	—
All classes Crew	139 provisional	#21865 band 12064–36169	—

2 more classes, not yet ranked

J/29 · Helm · 19 races, 2 events · rating 110
Beetle Cat · Helm · 6 races, 1 event · rating 58

Rank among sailors with ten or more rated races over three or more events, all time. In brackets, the ranks this rating cannot be told apart from. Adj. ± is the adjusted plus-minus in points of fleet beaten.

Helm and crew

As helm	19 events	3 wins	beats 68%
As crew	3 events	1 wins	beats 63%

Positions: Main Trimmer (1) · Nav/Tac (1)

How they race

Closer	−2 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−19 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	46%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets (25+)	67%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets (<12)	70%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Jim Myers	47	30–17
Paul Dierze	33	28–5
Jim Knab	28	24–4
Betsy Davis	28	20–8
Geoff Stucke	26	20–6
Chris Stow	25	6–19
Chris Williams	25	15–9
Dominic Simonetti	25	9–16
Eric Aker	25	7–18
Dan Karnovsky	24	17–7
Susan Tillman Berg	24	14–10
Elaine Parshall	24	13–11

Most-beaten opponent: Paul Dierze (28–5).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2024	1	0	73%
2023	7	1	86%
2022	2	1	83%
2021	2	0	21%
2020	1	0	50%
2019	3	1	77%
2018	5	1	52%
2014	1	0	54%

Boats

MEDDLER · PHRF handicap, J/29 · 5 events · 2019–2023
Floaty · Sunfish, RS Aero · 3 events · 2018–2021
Buc-ee · Sunfish · 2 events · 2023
81218 · Sunfish · 2 events · 2022–2023
1042 · RS Aero · 2 events · 2018
SCARAB · Beetle Cat · 1 events · 2024
Resolute · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2023
Bill Shaw · Sunfish · 1 events · 2023
2 · Sunfish · 1 events · 2023
Caneel · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2022

Where they race

Barrington, RI, USA · 6 events
Newport, RI, USA · 3 events
Sharon, MA · 2 events
Bristol, RI, USA · 2 events
Osterville, MA · 1 events
Niantic, CT, USA · 1 events

Is this you?

Claim it to merge duplicates and remove results that aren’t yours. Changes apply at the nightly rebuild.

Helm rating across all classes: 334 (±149), #7,854.Crew rating across all classes: 139 (±201), #21,865. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.