Sailor · 2013–2025

Bill FitzGerald

havre de grace yacht club J/24 Optimist

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Events: 8
Win rate: 25%
Podium rate: 50%
Typically beats: 43%
Best class ranking: #269
Longest win streak: 2

Most successful partnership: Patrick Fitzgerald
Best trio: Patrick Fitzgerald & Meredith Jacob
Biggest lift: Meredith Jacob
Longest-running crew: Patrick Fitzgerald
Nemesis: Tony Parker
Rival: Pete Kassal
Best day: 4 May 2013
Signature result: 1st of 6

Partnerships · 17 sailors

Most successful partnership: Patrick Fitzgerald — 2 wins · 4 podiums in 6 events together · 33% win rate

Patrick Fitzgerald · Rush Hour · J/24 6events 2 wins together · 4 podiums · 33% win rate · 7 of 38 races won Beat 77% of the fleet together · best 1st · May 2013 – May 2024
Kelly FitzGerald · Rush Hour · J/24 5events 1 wins together · 3 podiums · 20% win rate · 3 of 30 races won Beat 72% of the fleet together(+23 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2013 – May 2024
Mark Donovan · Rush Hour · J/24 3events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 18 races won Beat 69% of the fleet together(+8 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2013 – May 2017
Meredith Jacob · Rush Hour · J/24 3events 1 wins together · 3 podiums · 3 events · 7 of 20 races won Beat 85% of the fleet together(+35 vs. without) · best 1st · Apr 2016 – May 2024
Jeff Allred · Rush Hour · J/24 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 4 of 12 races won Beat 64% of the fleet together · best 1st · May 2017 – May 2018
Andrew Winger · Bad Habit, Rush Hour · J/24 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 4 of 17 races won Beat 59% of the fleet together · best 1st · May 2018 – Oct 2025
Jason Cosler · Rush Hour · J/24 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 4 of 12 races won Beat 64% of the fleet together · best 1st · May 2017 – May 2018
Justin Taubman · Rush Hour · J/24 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · May 2015 – May 2015
Maryl Ludden · Rush Hour · J/24 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 2 of 5 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Apr 2016 – Apr 2016
Gretchen Esbensen · Rush Hour · J/24 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 29% of the fleet together · best 6th · May 2017 – May 2017

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

Rating history

Event history · 8

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
17 Oct 2025	2025 J/24 and J/22 East Coast Championship	Bad Habit	J/24	Helm	28th / 34
2 May 2024	2024 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series - Annapolis	Rush Hour	J/24	Grinder	2nd / 5
20 Jul 2023	2023 DYC Junior Sailing Mid-Summer Regatta	19674	Optimist	Skipper	19th / 26
4 May 2018	2018 Helly Hansen NOOD Regatta Annapolis	Rush Hour	J/24	Pit	1st / 6
6 May 2017	2017 Helly Hansen NOOD Regatta Annapolis	Rush Hour	J/24	Pit	6th / 8
29 Apr 2016	Helly Hansen Annapolis NOOD Regatta 2016	Rush Hour	J/24	Other	2nd / 6
1 May 2015	Helly Hansen Annapolis NOOD Regatta 2015	Rush Hour	J/24	Pit	1st / 6
3 May 2013	2013 Sperry Top-Sider Annapolis NOOD Regatta	Rush Hour	J/24	Pit	4th / 14

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	164 provisional	#19053 band 11402–30356	—
J/24 Crew	164 provisional	#269 band 175–408	−1

2 more classes, not yet ranked

Optimist · Helm · 12 races, 1 event · rating -124
Full-size sailing · Helm · 12 races, 1 event · rating -129

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 28%
As crew	7 events	2 wins	beats 68%

Positions: Pit (4) · Grinder (1)

How they race

Closer	+2 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−17 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	38%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	77%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Pete Kassal	47	24–23
Peter Rich	41	20–21
Tony Parker	21	1–20
William Davenport	19	18–1
Samuel McGuire	16	11–5
James McGinnis	13	13–0
Mary Rose Conroy	12	1–11
Jacob Hershey	12	8–4
Kendal Bowen	12	6–6
Briggs Kossmann	12	0–12
Ramsey Birkett	12	3–9
Eric Pontiff	12	2–10

Most-beaten opponent: William Davenport (18–1).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	1	0	18%
2024	1	0	75%
2023	1	0	28%
2018	1	1	100%
2017	1	0	29%
2016	1	0	80%
2015	1	1	100%
2013	1	0	77%

Boats

Rush Hour · J/24 · 6 events · 2013–2024
Bad Habit · J/24 · 1 events · 2025
19674 · Optimist · 1 events · 2023

Where they race

Annapolis, MD, USA · 7 events
Duxbury, MA · 1 events

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Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 164, #19,053.Helm rating, Full-size sailing: -129. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.