Sailor · 2022–2026

Nicole Otton

rcyc 29er 29er World Championship 2026 29er (Euro Cup)

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Events: 17
Win rate: 18%
Podium rate: 41%
Typically beats: 26%
Best class ranking: #96
Longest win streak: 7

Most successful partnership: Callum Ruch
Biggest lift: Callum Ruch
Longest-running crew: Claire Podolsky
Nemesis: Henric Wigforss
Rival: Sarah Kenny
Best day: 7 Jun 2024
Signature result: 3rd of 20

Partnerships · 6 sailors

Most successful partnership: Callum Ruch — 2 wins · 3 podiums in 4 events together

Claire Podolsky · 3377CAN, Claire Podolsky, Claire PODOLSKY, Nicole Otton · 29er, 29er (Euro Cup), 29er World Championship 2026 5events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 20% win rate · 5 of 57 races won Beat 53% of the fleet together(−5 vs. without) · best 1st · Mar 2026 – Aug 2026
Stanislav Vakulenko · Nicole Otton, Stanislav Vakulenko, Walk the 6.62607015 × 10-34 · 29er 4events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 4 of 27 races won Beat 62% of the fleet together(+8 vs. without) · best 3rd · Jun 2025 – Jul 2025
Callum Ruch · Callum Ruch, RUCH / OTTON, xxx · 29er, Mixed / Male Skiff 4events 2 wins together · 3 podiums · 4 events · 10 of 32 races won Beat 77% of the fleet together(+27 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2024 – Jul 2024
Valerie Arsenault · Sink 'em, TED · 29er 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 16 races won Beat 43% of the fleet together · best 2nd · May 2023 – Aug 2023
Leah Wright · 8171 · C420 Spinnaker 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 18% of the fleet together · best 47th · Jul 2022 – Jul 2022
Sarah Kenny · Sarah Kenny · 420 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 33% of the fleet together · best 19th · Aug 2022 – Aug 2022

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

Rating history

— Helm rating, all classes · - - Crew rating, all classes

Event history · 17

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
20 Aug 2026	29er North American Championship	Nicole Otton	29er	Skipper	6th / 13
3 Jul 2026	29er World Championship 2026	3377CAN	29er World Championship 2026	Crew	260th / 276
25 Jun 2026	Kieler Woche 2026	Claire PODOLSKY	29er (Euro Cup)	Crew	103rd / 158
16 May 2026	TS&CC 55th Icebreaker Regatta and ILCA District 3 Gold Cup	Claire Podolsky	29er	Crew	1st / 5
20 Mar 2026	2026 High Performance Midwinters	Claire Podolsky	29er	Crew	7th / 18
19 Jul 2025	PCYC Four Sisters Open 2025	Nicole Otton	29er	Skipper	3rd / 7
17 Jul 2025	PCYC Steerers' Invitational 2025	Stanislav Vakulenko	29er	Crew	4th / 7
12 Jul 2025	2025 Seahorse Regatta	Stanislav Vakulenko	29er	Crew	3rd / 9
26 Jun 2025	29er North American Championship	Walk the 6.62607015 × 10-34	29er	Skipper	7th / 15
15 Jul 2024	2024 Youth Sailing World Championships	RUCH / OTTON	Mixed / Male Skiff	Crew	24th / 29
21 Jun 2024	2024 U.S. Youth Championship presented by SouthCoast Wind	Callum Ruch	29er	Crew	3rd / 20
7 Jun 2024	Youth CyberSail Regatta	Callum Ruch	29er	Crew	1st / 6
18 May 2024	53rd Icebreaker Regatta	xxx	29er	Other	1st / 5
18 Aug 2023	2023 Seahorse Regatta - ILCA/29er Classes	Sink 'em	29er	Crew	2nd / 8
20 May 2023	52nd Icebreaker Regatta - An Ontario Sailing Grand Prix Series Event	TED	29er	Other	7th / 7
26 Aug 2022	2022 Seahorse Regatta - ILCA, 29er and C420 Classes	Sarah Kenny	420	Crew	19th / 28
22 Jul 2022	2022 63rd Annual Steerers’ Regatta	8171	C420 Spinnaker	Other	47th / 57

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Adj. ±
All classes Crew	244 provisional	#11241 band 6382–18790	—
29er Crew	272 provisional	#96 band 46–172	+10.7
All classes Helm	162 provisional	#23286 band 13396–38269	—
29er Helm	24 provisional	#557 band 377–736	+10.7

5 more classes, not yet ranked

29er World Championship 2026 · Crew · 19 races, 1 event · rating -11
Mixed / Male Skiff · Crew · 13 races, 1 event · rating -52
29er (Euro Cup) · Crew · 9 races, 1 event · rating -7
420 · Crew · 4 races, 1 event · rating -12
C420 Spinnaker · Crew · 2 races, 1 event · rating -29

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	4 events	0 wins	beats 46%
As crew	13 events	3 wins	beats 60%

How they race

Closer	+5 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−18 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	35%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets (25+)	22%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets (<12)	72%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Sarah Kenny	75	39–28
Natalie Gaver	46	16–23
Toby Kimsa	45	23–15
Sean Kaseburg	45	16–26
Julia Stewart	44	13–28
Sophie Niemann	41	14–22
Henric Wigforss	41	6–33
Harper Rowse-Garsoe	40	9–22
Freida Smith	40	7–25
Braden Ozarski	38	6–30
Diego Rivera	38	7–28
Chloe Kong	34	10–21

Most-beaten opponent: Félix Racicot (21–4).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	5	1	53%
2025	4	0	62%
2024	4	2	77%
2023	2	0	43%
2022	2	0	26%

Boats

Claire PODOLSKY · 29er (Euro Cup), 29er · 3 events · 2026
Nicole Otton · 29er · 2 events · 2025–2026
Stanislav Vakulenko · 29er · 2 events · 2025
Callum Ruch · 29er · 2 events · 2024
3377CAN · 29er World Championship 2026 · 1 events · 2026
Walk the 6.62607015 × 10-34 · 29er · 1 events · 2025
RUCH / OTTON · Mixed / Male Skiff · 1 events · 2024
xxx · 29er · 1 events · 2024
Sink 'em · 29er · 1 events · 2023
TED · 29er · 1 events · 2023

Where they race

Toronto, ON · 6 events
Unknown · 3 events
Port Credit Yacht Club · 2 events
Toronto, ON, CA · 2 events
Bristol, RI · 1 events
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada · 1 events

Is this you?

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

Crew rating across all classes: 244 (±172), #11,241.Helm rating across all classes: 162 (±197), #23,286. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.