Sailor · 2018–2026

Tony Porterfield

lesc Flying Scot FS Handicap

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Events: 16
Win rate: 6%
Podium rate: 13%
Typically beats: 33%
Best class ranking: #372
Longest win streak: 5

Most successful partnership: Jim White
Biggest lift: Jim White
Longest-running crew: Jim White
Nemesis: David Ames
Rival: Robert Krentel
Best day: 29 Mar 2025
Signature result: 3rd of 15

Partnerships · 5 sailors

Most successful partnership: Jim White — 1 wins · 2 podiums in 5 events together · 20% win rate

Jim White · Craic’n, Shamu · Flying Scot, S2 7.9 5events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 20% win rate · 5 of 24 races won Beat 54% of the fleet together(+20 vs. without) · best 1st · Feb 2022 – May 2026
Lia Kumar · Craic’n, Shamu · Flying Scot, Handicap, S2 7.9 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 19 races won Beat 31% of the fleet together(−11 vs. without) · best 9th · Feb 2022 – Feb 2024
Olivier Fleury · Shamu · Flying Scot 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 25% of the fleet together · best 10th · Oct 2025 – Oct 2025
Larry Harrington · Craic’n · S2 7.9 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 27% of the fleet together · best 12th · Feb 2022 – Feb 2022
Nancy Harrington · Craic’n · S2 7.9 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 27% of the fleet together · best 12th · Feb 2022 – Feb 2022

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

Rating history

Event history · 16

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
15 May 2026	Flying Scot Regatta	Shamu	Flying Scot	Skipper	16th / 18
11 Apr 2026	2026 IRYC Space Coast Invitational	Shamu	Flying Scot	Skipper	6th / 11
14 Feb 2026	Flying Scot 56th George Washington BR	Shamu	Flying Scot	Skipper	18th / 32
15 Nov 2025	Penfield Memorial Flying Scot Regatta	Shamu	Flying Scot	Skipper	17th / 27
18 Oct 2025	Flying Scot Invitational	Shamu	Flying Scot	Skipper	10th / 13
6 Apr 2025	2025 CGSC Flying Scot Spring #2	Ziggy	Flying Scot	Skipper	9th / 12
29 Mar 2025	Mount Dora Yacht Club 72nd Regatta	Shamu	Flying Scot	Skipper	1st / 4
15 Mar 2025	Lake Monroe Sailing Association Southern Challenge	Shamu	FS	Skipper	6th / 11
15 Feb 2025	Flying Scot 55th George Washington BR completed	Shamu	Flying Scot	Skipper	3rd / 15
15 Feb 2024	54th George Washington Birthday Regatta 2024 FS Midwinters --Completed	Shamu	Handicap	Skipper	19th / 30
24 Mar 2023	Mount Dora Yacht Club 70th Regatta	Shamu	Flying Scot	Skipper	9th / 12
18 Feb 2022	2022 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series - St. Petersburg	Craic’n	S2 7.9	Nav/Tac	12th / 16
9 Nov 2019	Jeff Penfield Memorial Regatta 2019	Tacky	Flying Scot	Skipper	14th / 21
19 Jan 2019	Flying Scot Florida Circuit Race #4	Tacky	Flying Scot	Skipper	27th / 28
10 Nov 2018	Jeff Penfield Memorial Regatta	Tacky	Flying Scot	Skipper	28th / 30
2 Jun 2018	Gary Gorden Memorial	5665	Centerboard	Skipper	4th / 10

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Adj. ±
All classes Helm	33 provisional	#45026 band 30204–60870	—
Flying Scot Helm	6 provisional	#372 band 248–477	−1.8

4 more classes, not yet ranked

All classes · Crew · 8 races, 1 event · rating -26
S2 7.9 · Crew · 8 races, 1 event · rating -24
FS · Helm · 4 races, 1 event · rating 5
Centerboard · Helm · 1 race, 1 event · rating 14

Rank among sailors with ten or more rated races over three or more events, all time. In brackets, the ranks this rating cannot be told apart from. Adj. ± is the adjusted plus-minus in points of fleet beaten.

Helm and crew

As helm	15 events	1 wins	beats 41%
As crew	1 events	0 wins	beats 27%

Positions: Nav/Tac (1)

How they race

Closer	−4 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−11 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	49%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets (25+)	26%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets (<12)	67%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Juan Gaitan	32	6–26
Mark Taylor	29	2–27
Robert Krentel	29	17–12
David Ames	27	0–27
Richard Shellow	24	4–20
Henry Picco	24	9–15
Keven Briggs	22	12–10
Chip Merlin	21	1–20
David Helmick	21	1–20
Jim Signor	20	3–17
Scott Marriott	17	1–16
Ronald Pletsch	16	1–15

Most-beaten opponent: Derek McColl (11–4).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	3	0	36%
2025	6	1	54%
2024	1	0	38%
2023	1	0	27%
2022	1	0	27%
2019	2	0	19%
2018	2	0	37%

Boats

Shamu · Flying Scot, FS, Handicap · 10 events · 2023–2026
Tacky · Flying Scot · 3 events · 2018–2019
Ziggy · Flying Scot · 1 events · 2025
Craic’n · S2 7.9 · 1 events · 2022
5665 · Centerboard · 1 events · 2018

Where they race

Eustis, FL · 3 events
Sarasota, FL · 3 events
Mount Dora, FL · 2 events
Daytona Beach, FL · 1 events
Key Largo, FL · 1 events
Lake Eustis Sailing Club - Florida · 1 events

Is this you?

Claim it to merge duplicates and remove results that aren’t yours. Changes apply at the nightly rebuild.

Helm rating across all classes: 33 (±174), #45,026.Crew rating across all classes: -26 (±235). Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.