Sailor · 2021–2024

Sydney Nelson

PHRF handicap Sonar J/29

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Events: 5
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 20%
Typically beats: 61%

Nemesis: Justin Bean
Rival: Paul Fillbee-Dexter
Best day: 11 Sep 2021
Signature result: 4th of 13

Partnerships · 13 sailors

Paul Williams · Paradigm Shift, SHIFT · J/29, PHRF handicap 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 2 of 24 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Aug 2021 – Aug 2024
Don Williams · Paradigm Shift, SHIFT · J/29, PHRF handicap 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 2 of 24 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Aug 2021 – Aug 2024
Todd Hubley · Paradigm Shift, SHIFT · J/29, PHRF handicap 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 2 of 24 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Aug 2021 – Aug 2024
Martha MacDonald · Paradigm Shift, SHIFT · J/29, PHRF handicap 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 2 of 24 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Aug 2021 – Aug 2024
Gill Graves · Paradigm Shift, SHIFT · J/29, PHRF handicap 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 2 of 24 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Aug 2021 – Aug 2024
David Frost · Paradigm Shift · J/29, PHRF handicap 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 2 of 17 races won Beat 66% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Aug 2021 – Aug 2023
Cathy Shaw · Echo, Paradigm Shift · PHRF handicap, Sonar 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 2 of 19 races won Beat 69% of the fleet together · best 4th · Sep 2021 – Aug 2023
Rick Williams · Paradigm Shift · J/29, PHRF handicap 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 2 of 17 races won Beat 66% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Aug 2021 – Aug 2023
Doug Matthews · Paradigm Shift · J/29, PHRF handicap 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 2 of 17 races won Beat 66% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Aug 2021 – Aug 2023
Carla Dale · Echo · Sonar 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 7 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together · best 5th · Sep 2021 – Sep 2021

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Rating history

Event history · 5

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
14 Aug 2024	2024 Helly Hansen Chester Race Week	SHIFT	PHRF handicap	Other	8th / 13
16 Aug 2023	2023 Helly Hansen Chester Race Week	Paradigm Shift	PHRF handicap	Other	4th / 13
10 Aug 2022	2022 Helly Hansen Chester Race Week	Paradigm Shift	PHRF handicap	Other	4th / 12
10 Sep 2021	2021 NS Women’s Keelboat Championships	Echo	Sonar	Other	5th / 11
11 Aug 2021	2021 Helly Hansen Chester Race Week	Paradigm Shift	J/29	Other	3rd / 5

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	141 provisional	#22721 band 12353–37823	—

2 more classes, not yet ranked

Sonar · Crew · 7 races, 1 event · rating 66
J/29 · Crew · 5 races, 1 event · rating -10

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	0 events	0 wins	beats —
As crew	5 events	0 wins	beats 60%

How they race

Closer	−25 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−15 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Chris MacDonald	24	7–17
Chris Power	24	16–8
Paul Fillbee-Dexter	24	10–14
Colin Mann	19	10–9
Terry Schnare	19	10–9
Steve Adams	18	18–0
Justin Bean	15	2–13
Rebecca Swan	15	9–6
Matt Wawrzyszyn	15	10–5
Kevin Dempsey	13	13–0
Mitchell Horn	12	12–0

Most-beaten opponent: Steve Adams (18–0).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2024	1	42%
2023	1	75%
2022	1	73%
2021	2	55%

Boats

Paradigm Shift · PHRF handicap, J/29 · 3 events · 2021–2023
SHIFT · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2024
Echo · Sonar · 1 events · 2021

Where they race

Chester, Nova Scotia, Canada · 4 events
Hermans Island, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada · 1 events

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Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 141, #22,721. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.