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Sailor · 2021–2026

Ben Fava

pleon 420HandicapOptimist

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Events
14

96 races · 10 race wins

Win rate
7%

7% win rate · 1 of 14

Podium rate
29%

4 top-three finishes

Typically beats
59%

of boats faced (range 56%–62%, 651 boats)

Best class ranking
#647

Crew in 420 · rating 152

Longest win streak
4

race wins in a row

Most successful partnership
Sage Wadlow

1 wins · 2 podiums in 9 events together · 11% win rate

Biggest lift
Sage Wadlow

+3 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
Sage Wadlow

Jul 2025 – Jul 2026 · 9 events

Nemesis
Bennett Glennon

1–17 head to head in 18 races

Rival
Wylie Cook

12–12 in 25 races

Best day
9 Jul 2026

2-4-1-1-1-1 · Hingham Bay Junior Regatta 2026

Signature result
1st of 33

Hingham Bay Junior Regatta 2026 · 420 · 9 Jul 2026

Partnerships · 2 sailors

Most successful partnership: Sage Wadlow — 1 wins · 2 podiums in 9 events together · 11% win rate
  • Sage Wadlow · 4129, Sage Wadlow, TBD · 420, Handicap, Melges 15 9events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 11% win rate · 6 of 57 races won Beat 65% of the fleet together(+3 vs. without) · best 1st · Jul 2025 – Jul 2026
  • Joseph Fava · Joseph Fava · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 83% of the fleet together · best 10th · Jul 2023 – Jul 2023

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

Rating history

-130012920222023202420252026Helm rating, full-size sailingCrew rating, full-size sailing

— Helm rating, full-size sailing · - - Crew rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 14

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
23 Jul 20262026 C420 Open North AmericansSage Wadlow420Crew51st / 170
20 Jul 2026Marblehead Junior Race Week 2026Sage WadlowHandicapCrew9th / 35
9 Jul 2026Hingham Bay Junior Regatta 2026Sage Wadlow420Crew1st / 33
11 Jun 20262026 Melges 15 U.S. National ChampionshipSage WadlowMelges 15Crew58th / 75
1 Aug 2025123rd Squam Day RegattaSage Wadlow420Crew4th / 15
21 Jul 2025Marblehead Junior Race Week 2025Sage WadlowHandicapCrew18th / 37
11 Jul 2025New Bedford Junior Regatta 2025TBD420Crew55th / 74
10 Jul 2025Hingham Bay Junior Regatta 2025TBD420Crew13th / 41
8 Jul 2025Manchester Green Regatta4129420Skipper2nd / 10
23 Jul 2023Fast Mermaid Pursuit Race 2023Joseph FavaHandicapCrew10th / 54
23 Jul 2023Marblehead Junior Race Week 2023River’s EndOptimistSkipper2nd / 34
27 Jun 2023Pleon Wednesday Series 2023Ben FavaOptimistSkipper3rd / 17
5 Jun 2022Fast Mermaid Pursuit Race 2022Ben FavaHandicapSkipper25th / 36
18 Jul 2021Marblehead Junior Race Week 2021River’s EndOptimistSkipper30th / 34

Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 129, #30,652.Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 115, #26,318. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.