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Sailor · 2019–2024

Whit Shealy

carolina yacht club sc Optimist

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Events
20

135 races · 28 race wins

Win rate
20%

20% win rate · 4 of 20

Podium rate
30%

6 top-three finishes

Typically beats
72%

of boats faced (range 70%–74%, 1,653 boats)

Best class ranking
#349

Helm in Optimist · rating 493

Longest win streak
11

race wins in a row

Nemesis
Ewan Dossin

4–31 head to head in 36 races

Rival
Marcus Durlach V

46–37 in 84 races

Best day
16 Jun 2023

2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 · James Island Open Regatta 2023

Signature result
1st of 209

2023 Simmons Boatworks Optimist US National Championship · Optimist · 30 Jul 2023

Partnerships · 0 sailors

No crew lists in the archive name anyone sailing with Whit Shealy.

Rating history

-3223850820202021202220232024Helm rating, all classes

Event history · 20

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
26 Jul 20242024 Optimist National ChampionshipWhit ShealyOptimistSkipper90th / 285
2 Dec 20232023 USA Junior Olympic Sailing FestivalWhit ShealyOptimistSkipper44th / 119
30 Jul 20232023 Simmons Boatworks Optimist US National ChampionshipWhit ShealyOptimistSkipper1st / 209
15 Jul 20232023 Charleston Yacht Club Open RegattaBoat 281354OptimistOther1st / 7
16 Jun 2023James Island Open Regatta 2023Whit ShealyOptimistSkipper1st / 17
22 Nov 20222022 Allstate Sugar Bowl Optimist Midwinter Championship (2023 STQ and TTQ)Whit ShealyOptimistSkipper17th / 208
17 Sep 20222022 Pluff Mud Junior Regatta17410OptimistSkipper2nd / 28
16 Jul 20222022 Charleston Yacht Club Open RegattaBoat 255275OptimistOther2nd / 11
16 Jun 20222022 Optimist Mid America Championship (2023 TTQ)Whit ShealyOptimistSkipper4th / 27
4 May 20222022 Optimist Team TrialsWhit ShealyOptimistSkipper158th / 199
24 Nov 20212021 Optimist Midwinter Championship (Spring Team Qualifier)Whit ShealyOptimistSkipper28th / 180
7 Oct 20212021 Optimist Southeast ChampionshipWhit ShealyOptimistSkipper23rd / 143
23 Sep 20212021 Optimist Mid-America ChampionshipWhit ShealyOptimistSkipper11th / 38
17 Jul 20212021 Charleston Yacht Club Open RegattaTBDOptimistOther5th / 13
10 Jul 202159th Annual Open Regatta July 202120958OptimistSkipper4th / 35
28 Jan 2021Opti JAX RegattaWhit ShealyOptimistSkipper80th / 105
8 Aug 2020Last Annual Covid Cup 202081487OptimistSkipper4th / 11
20 Jun 20202020 James Island Yacht Club RegattaTBDOptimistOther8th / 15
26 Jul 2019Carolina Yacht Club Invitational Regatta 20199OptimistSkipper1st / 16
19 Jul 2019Charleston Yacht Club Open Regatta9OptimistSkipper4th / 7

Helm rating across all classes: 500, #2,219. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.