Sailor · 2015–2026

Jay Taylor

cyc Lightning Handicap

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Events: 9
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 0%
Typically beats: 25%
Best class ranking: #480

Longest-running crew: Lauren Page
Nemesis: Pierce Barden
Signature result: 8th of 13

Partnerships · 3 sailors

Lauren Page · Jay Taylor, Subject to Change · Handicap, Lightning 6events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 17 races won Beat 19% of the fleet together(−5 vs. without) · best 7th · Jun 2020 – Jul 2026
Phil Taylor · Jay Taylor, Subject to Change · Lightning 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 9% of the fleet together(−20 vs. without) · best 7th · Jun 2020 – Jul 2026
Josh Stone · Jay Taylor · Handicap, Lightning 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 38% of the fleet together · best 8th · Apr 2021 – Jun 2021

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

Rating history

Event history · 9

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
31 Jul 2026	2026 SAYRA Invitational at CYC1853	Subject to Change	Lightning	Skipper	8th / 9
16 May 2026	Ocean Series 2026	Subject to Change	Lightning	Skipper	9th / 10
17 May 2025	2025 Melges 15 Mayhem/Lightning SE Districts	Jay Taylor	Lightning	Skipper	17th / 21
4 Jun 2021	Lightning SE District Championships 2021	Jay Taylor	Handicap	Skipper	13th / 19
23 Apr 2021	Ocean Series 2021	Jay Taylor	Lightning	Skipper	8th / 13
17 Jul 2020	Ocean Series #4	Jay Taylor	Lightning	Skipper	7th / 7
19 Jun 2020	Ocean Series #3	Jay Taylor	Lightning	Skipper	8th / 9
5 Aug 2017	2017 CYCNC SAYRA Open	15159	Lightning	Skipper	12th / 14
30 May 2015	Lightning SE District Ocean Regatta	Jay Taylor	Lightning	Skipper	15th / 23

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Lightning Helm	-125 provisional	#480 band 393–540	−8
Full-size sailing Helm	-87 provisional	#68924 band 51675–79472	—

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	9 events	0 wins	beats 20%
As crew	0 events	0 wins	beats —

How they race

Closer	−7 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−2 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	74%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	9%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
John Sawyer	23	6–17
Pierce Barden	21	3–18
Richard Waldkirch	20	7–13
Bob Cowen	20	5–15
Jim Harris	14	2–12

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2026	2	12%
2025	1	20%
2021	2	38%
2020	2	6%
2017	1	15%
2015	1	36%

Boats

Jay Taylor · Lightning, Handicap · 6 events · 2015–2025
Subject to Change · Lightning · 2 events · 2026
15159 · Lightning · 1 events · 2017

Where they race

Wrightsville Beach, NC · 8 events
Carolina Yacht Club · 1 events

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Helm rating, Full-size sailing: -87, #68,924. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.