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Sailor · 2003–2026

James Thieler

new york yacht club DNHandicap

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Events
69

361 races · 43 race wins

Win rate
10%

10% win rate · 7 of 69

Podium rate
28%

19 top-three finishes

Typically beats
72%

of boats faced (range 70%–73%, 2,410 boats)

Best class ranking
#10

Helm in DN · rating 1001

Longest win streak
7

race wins in a row

Nemesis
Ron Sherry

61–193 head to head in 254 races

Rival
Steve Orlebeke

92–97 in 189 races

Best day
22 Feb 2016

3-4-14-3-3-2-4-3-4-3 · 2016 DN North American Championship

Signature result
1st of 35

2020 DN North American Championship · DN · 18 Jan 2020

Partnerships · 22 sailors

  • Van Brown · Neith · Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 69% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Sep 2015 – Aug 2017
  • Carl Fast · Neith · Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 69% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Sep 2015 – Aug 2017
  • KATHY bradford · Neith · Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 69% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Sep 2015 – Aug 2017
  • Corey Fast · Neith · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 57% of the fleet together · best 7th · Sep 2015 – Sep 2015
  • Kit Van Wagner · Neith · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Aug 2017 – Aug 2017
  • Beth Tillman · Neith · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 57% of the fleet together · best 7th · Sep 2015 – Sep 2015
  • Ron Chappelle · Neith · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Aug 2017 – Aug 2017
  • Dugan Tillman-Brown · Neith · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 57% of the fleet together · best 7th · Sep 2015 – Sep 2015
  • Steve Finnigan · Neith · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 57% of the fleet together · best 7th · Sep 2015 – Sep 2015
  • Karin Binder · Tümmler · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 36% of the fleet together · best 58th · May 2018 – May 2018

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

Rating history

-4247799520042007201020132016201920222025Helm rating, full-size sailingCrew rating, full-size sailing

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

Event history · 69

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
14 Feb 20262026 DN Doc Fellows RegattaUS 5224DNSkipper5th / 10
30 Jan 20262026 DN US National ChampionshipJames ThielerDNSkipper1st / 21
24 Jan 20262026 DN North American Championship5224DNSkipper5th / 22
5 Feb 20252025 DN North American ChampionshipUS 5224DNSkipper23rd / 31
2 Feb 20252025 DN World Championship (Gold Cup)US 5224DNSkipper16th / 35
25 Jan 20252025 DN New England Championship5224DNSkipper1st / 14
18 Jan 20252025 DN Eastern Regional ChampionshipUS 5224DNSkipper13th / 14
25 Feb 20242024 DN North American ChampionshipUS 5224DNSkipper13th / 35
23 Feb 20242024 NIYA Championship RegattaUS 5224DNSkipper14th / 26
26 Jan 20222022 DN US National ChampionshipUS 5224DNSkipper2nd / 35
25 Jan 20212021 DN US National Championship5224DNSkipper4th / 26
19 Dec 20202020 DN Central Regional ChampionshipUS 5224DNSkipper3rd / 20
7 Mar 20202020 DN Canadian Championship5224DNSkipper1st / 23
18 Feb 20202020 DN World Championship (Gold Cup)US 5224DNSkipper12th / 50
18 Jan 20202020 DN North American ChampionshipUS 5224DNSkipper1st / 35
4 Jan 20202020 DN Western Regional ChampionshipUS5224DNSkipper3rd / 38
14 Dec 20192019 Great Western Challenge (DN)US 5224DNSkipper2nd / 22
26 Jul 20192019 Lyman-Morse & Camden Yacht Club Camden Classics CupNEITHHandicapSkipper3rd / 6
21 Feb 20192019 DN North American ChampionshipUS 5224DNSkipper8th / 40
10 Feb 20192019 DN World Championship (Gold Cup)US5224DNSkipper6th / 39
31 May 2018Geheimrat-Kustermann-Gedächtnis-RegattaTümmlerHandicapCrew58th / 90
26 Feb 20182018 DN European ChampionshipUS5224DNSkipper18th / 55
24 Feb 20182018 DN World Championship (Gold Cup)US5224DNSkipper23rd / 55
24 Jan 20182018 DN North American ChampionshipUS 5224DNSkipper4th / 42
26 Aug 201738th Annual Newport Classic Yacht RegattaNeithHandicapOther2nd / 6

Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 869, #66.Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 30. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.