Sailor · 2025–2026

Joel Rathbun

cleveland yacht club Lightning Handicap

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Events: 4
Win rate: 0
Podium rate: 0
Typically beats: 44%
Best class ranking: #339

Nemesis: Felipe Robles
Signature result: 20th of 50

Partnerships · 7 sailors

Jane Rathbun · Gong Show · Lightning 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 14 races won Beat 32% of the fleet together · best 33rd · Jul 2026 – Aug 2026
Molly O'Connor · Gong Show · Lightning 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 24% of the fleet together · best 33rd · Jul 2026 – Jul 2026
Joe Starck · Sleepy Joe · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 13th · Aug 2025 – Aug 2025
Buck Rathbun · Rhymes with Buck · Lightning 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 61% of the fleet together · best 20th · Sep 2025 – Sep 2025
Tucker Rose · Sleepy Joe · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 13th · Aug 2025 – Aug 2025
Reese Levinson · Rhymes with Buck · Lightning 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 61% of the fleet together · best 20th · Sep 2025 – Sep 2025
Molly Keane · Gong Show · Lightning 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 41% of the fleet together · best 34th · Aug 2026 – Aug 2026

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

Rating history

Event history · 4

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
13 Aug 2026	2026 Lightning North American Championship	Gong Show	Lightning	Skipper	34th / 57
11 Jul 2026	2026 Lightning Canadian Open	Gong Show	Lightning	Skipper	33rd / 43
23 Sep 2025	Lightning NAs 2025 Carolina Yacht Club Wrightsville Beach NC	Rhymes with Buck	Lightning	Skipper	20th / 50
9 Aug 2025	2025 Lightning Womens, Juniors, and Masters North American Championships	Sleepy Joe	Handicap	Crew	13th / 25

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Lightning Helm	20 provisional	#339 band 186–459	—
All classes Helm	37 provisional	#44343 band 24660–65672	—

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	3 events	0 wins	beats 42%
As crew	1 events	0 wins	beats 50%

How they race

Closer	+5 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−2 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Big fleets	44%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
David Starck	18	2–16
Scott Harris	18	2–16
David Werley	18	11–7
Robert Robinson	18	5–13
Felipe Robles	18	1–17
Tom Starck	18	3–15
Thomas Allen	18	6–12
Keith Taboada	18	4–14
Augie Diaz	18	2–16
Ched Proctor	18	5–13
Debbie Probst	18	3–15
Tim Werley	18	10–8

Most-beaten opponent: James Elder (12–0).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	2	0	32%
2025	2	0	56%

Boats

Gong Show · Lightning · 2 events · 2026
Rhymes with Buck · Lightning · 1 events · 2025
Sleepy Joe · Handicap · 1 events · 2025

Where they race

Unknown · 1 events
Larchmont, NY · 1 events
Sheboygan, WI, United States · 1 events
Wrightsville Beach, NC · 1 events

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Helm rating across all classes: 37, #44,343. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.