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Sailor · 2016–2025

Vaughan Knecht

duxbury yacht club Optimist420

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Events
23

191 races · 22 race wins

Win rate
4%

4% win rate · 1 of 23

Podium rate
30%

7 top-three finishes

Typically beats
60%

of boats faced (range 57%–62%, 922 boats)

Best class ranking
#249

Helm in 420 · rating 408

Longest win streak
3

race wins in a row

Biggest lift
Emmett Burghardt

+7 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Nemesis
Paige Joyce

5–38 head to head in 43 races

Rival
Gus Nappellio

47–52 in 99 races

Best day
21 Jul 2021

5-3-8-4-2-3-1-2-4-3 · 2021 DYC Junior Sailing Mid-Summer Regatta

Signature result
1st of 13

2024 DYC Junior Sailing Mid-Summer Regatta · 420 · 8 Jul 2024

Partnerships · 4 sailors

  • Emmett Burghardt · Vaughan Knecht · 420 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 19 races won Beat 73% of the fleet together(+7 vs. without) · best 17th · Jul 2024 – Aug 2024
  • William Skypeck · Vaughan Knecht · 420 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 1% of the fleet together · best 147th · Jul 2025 – Jul 2025
  • Niamh Huang · 9334 · 420 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 9 races won Beat 90% of the fleet together · best 4th · Jul 2023 – Jul 2023
  • Stathy Amoratis · 8184 · 420 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together · best 10th · Jul 2022 – Jul 2022

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

Rating history

027154120172019202120232025Helm rating, all classes

Event history · 23

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
21 Jul 20252025 Club 420 Association US Nationals RegattaVaughan Knecht420Skipper147th / 148
12 Aug 2024Beverly Junior Regatta 2024Vaughan Knecht420Skipper17th / 69
8 Aug 2024Hyannis Yacht Club Youth Invitational 2024Vaughan Knecht420Skipper18th / 88
12 Jul 2024New Bedford Junior Regatta 2024Vaughan Knecht420Skipper22nd / 57
8 Jul 20242024 DYC Junior Sailing Mid-Summer RegattaNA420Skipper1st / 13
8 Aug 2023Hyannis Yacht Club Youth Invitational 2023Vaughan Knecht420Skipper22nd / 73
20 Jul 20232023 DYC Junior Sailing Mid-Summer Regatta9332420Skipper3rd / 15
13 Jul 2023Hingham Bay Junior Regatta9334420Skipper4th / 30
13 Aug 2022DBMS Junior Regatta 20228184420Skipper2nd / 12
28 Jul 20222022 DYC Junior Sailing Mid-Summer RegattaTBD420Skipper2nd / 6
14 Jul 2022Hingham Bay Junior Regatta8184420Skipper10th / 37
28 Jul 2021Wianno Yacht Club Opti Regatta22870OptimistSkipper16th / 74
21 Jul 20212021 DYC Junior Sailing Mid-Summer Regatta22870OptimistSkipper2nd / 22
8 Jul 2021Hingham Bay Junior Regatta22870OptimistSkipper6th / 43
17 Jul 20192019 DYC Junior Sailing Mid-Summer RegattaDYC 60OptimistSkipper5th / 26
11 Jul 2019Hingham Bay Junior RegattaDYC 60OptimistSkipper14th / 59
10 Aug 20182018 Plymouth Yacht Club Junior RegattaDYC 60OptimistSkipper9th / 23
26 Jul 20182018 DYC Junior Sailing Mid-Summer RegattaDYC 60OptimistSkipper10th / 25
12 Aug 2017USA Junior Olympic Sailing Festival - DBMS Junior RegattaDYC 60OptimistSkipper31st / 37
10 Aug 20172017 Plymouth Yacht Club Junior RegattaDYC 60OptimistSkipper15th / 24
26 Jul 20172017 DYC Junior Sailing Mid-Summer RegattaDYC 60OptimistSkipper2nd / 2
20 Aug 2016USA Junior Olympic Sailing Festival - DBMS Junior RegattaDYC 60OptimistSkipper34th / 50
20 Jul 20162016 DYC Junior Sailing Mid-Summer RegattaDYC03OptimistSkipper2nd / 12

Helm rating across all classes: 513, #1,990. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.