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Sailor · 2009–2026

Ernest Galvan

ryc Laser RadialAlerion 28Handicap

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Events
72

254 races · 1 race win

Win rate
1%

1% win rate · 1 of 72

Podium rate
17%

12 top-three finishes

Typically beats
17%

of boats faced (90%: 15%–18%, 1,623 boats)

Best class ranking
#2790

Helm in Laser Radial · rating 16

Longest-running crew
Dolores Shotton

Oct 2022 – Aug 2026 · 10 events

Nemesis
Toshinari Takayanagi

1–56 head to head in 57 races

Rival
Jenny Maybee

19–21 in 43 races

Signature result
2nd of 12

Small Boat Midwinters 2025-26 · Laser Radial · 7 Dec 2025

Partnerships · 3 sailors

  • Kirk Smith · Dream, DREAM · Alerion 28, Alerion Express, Handicap, PHRF handicap 16events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 1 of 35 races won Beat 19% of the fleet together(−6 vs. without) · best 2nd · Oct 2022 – Aug 2026
  • Dolores Shotton · Dream, DREAM · Alerion 28, Alerion Express, Handicap 10events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 31 races won Beat 19% of the fleet together(−6 vs. without) · best 3rd · Oct 2022 – Aug 2026
  • Joey Galvan-Carty · 194041 · Laser Radial 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 8th · Dec 2016 – Dec 2016

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

Rating history

-385-1904201020132016201920222025Helm rating, all classes

Event history · 72

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
10 Oct 20262026 Totally Dinghy187643Laser RadialSkipper8th / 14
8 Aug 2026Summer Keelboat RegattaDreamAlerion 28Skipper10th / 10
11 Jul 20262026 High Sierra Regatta - Weekend 1 Huntington Lake Calif.LaserLaserSkipper8th / 8
23 May 2026ILCA Masters Pacific Coast ChampionshipErnest GalvánLaser RadialSkipper6th / 8
16 May 2026Alerion 28 West Coast ChampionshipDreamAlerion 28Skipper9th / 10
9 May 20262026 ILCA NorCals & District 24 ChampionshipErnest GalvánLaser RadialSkipper9th / 13
25 Apr 20262026 Big Dinghy Regatta187643Laser RadialSkipper4th / 6
14 Mar 20262026 ILCA Cal MastersErnest GalvánLaserSkipper19th / 19
8 Mar 2026BIG DADDY 2026 SUNDAY PURSUIT RACEDreamHandicapSkipper28th / 52
7 Mar 2026BIG DADDY 2026 FLEET RACING- SATURDAYDreamAlerion 28Skipper5th / 7
31 Jan 20262026 - Three Bridge FiascoDREAMHandicapSkipper4th / 4
14 Dec 20252025 - 2026 Berkeley MidwintersDREAMAlerion ExpressSkipper8th / 9
7 Dec 2025Small Boat Midwinters 2025-26187643Laser RadialSkipper2nd / 12
25 Oct 20252025 Fall Dinghy & RS Tera North American ChampionshipErnest GalvánLaser RadialSkipper3rd / 9
4 Oct 20252025 Totally Dinghy187643Laser RadialSkipper3rd / 4
9 Aug 2025Summer Keelboat RegattaDreamAlerion 28Skipper8th / 8
12 Jul 20252025 High Sierra Regatta - Weekend 1 Huntington Lake Calif.LaserLaser RadialSkipper6th / 7
4 Jul 20252025 TYC 4th of July Brothers & Sisters Islands RaceDreamPHRF handicapSkipper5th / 9
20 Jun 2025ILCA-NA Pacific Coast ChampionshipErnest GalvánLaser RadialSkipper11th / 11
26 Apr 2025Spring 5o5 Regatta & ILCA NorCal ChampionshipLaserLaser RadialSkipper3rd / 6
13 Apr 20252025 - YRA Doublehanded SeriesDREAMAlerion ExpressSkipper8th / 12
12 Apr 2025Alerion 28 Regatta 2025DreamAlerion 28Skipper13th / 13
9 Mar 2025BIG DADDY 2025 SUNDAY PURSUIT RACEDreamHandicapSkipper83rd / 101
8 Mar 2025BIG DADDY 2025 FLEET RACING ON SATURDAYDreamAlerion 28Skipper4th / 4
25 Jan 20252025 - Three Bridge FiascoDREAMAlerion ExpressSkipper1st / 5

Helm rating across all classes: -14 (±103), #54,464. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.