Sailor · 2025–2026

Dave Smith

pequot yacht club Melges 15

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Events: 8
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 13%
Typically beats: 57%
Best class ranking: #163

Nemesis: Teddy Bower
Rival: Polk Wagner
Best day: 11 Jul 2026
Signature result: 2nd of 12

Partnerships · 6 sailors

Reid Smith · Luge Lessons · Melges 15 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 57% of the fleet together · best 5th · Jul 2025 – Feb 2026
Evan Olmstead · Luge Lessons · Melges 15 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 47% of the fleet together · best 38th · Oct 2025 – Oct 2025
Wendy Ryan · Luge Lessons · Melges 15 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 58% of the fleet together · best 57th · Jan 2026 – Jan 2026
Maya Weber · Luge Lessons · Melges 15 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 62% of the fleet together · best 38th · Mar 2026 – Mar 2026
Sarah Stephan · Luge Lessons · Melges 15 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 51% of the fleet together · best 44th · Nov 2025 – Nov 2025
Molly Matthews · Luge Lessons · Melges 15 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 61% of the fleet together · best 30th · Jun 2026 – Jun 2026

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Rating history

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

Event history · 8

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
11 Jul 2026	128th Larchmont Race Week	Luge Lessons	Melges 15	Skipper	2nd / 12
11 Jun 2026	2026 Melges 15 U.S. National Championship	Luge Lessons	Melges 15	Skipper	30th / 75
20 Mar 2026	2026 Melges 15 Midwinter Championship	Luge Lessons	Melges 15	Crew	38th / 99
21 Feb 2026	2025-26 Melges 15 Winter Series #3	Luge Lessons	Melges 15	Crew	53rd / 127
3 Jan 2026	2025-26 Melges 15 Winter Series #2	Luge Lessons	Melges 15	Skipper	57th / 133
22 Nov 2025	2025-26 Melges 15 Winter Series #1	Luge Lessons	Melges 15	Skipper	44th / 89
3 Oct 2025	2025 Melges 15 National Championship	Luge Lessons	Melges 15	Skipper	38th / 71
12 Jul 2025	127th Larchmont Race Week	Luge Lessons	Melges 15	Skipper	5th / 10

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Melges 15 Helm	153 provisional	#163 band 83–290	+4.4
Full-size sailing Helm	252 provisional	#13996 band 6853–26070	—

2 more classes, not yet ranked

Full-size sailing · Crew · 10 races, 2 events · rating 43
Melges 15 · Crew · 10 races, 2 events · rating 35

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	6 events	0 wins	beats 61%
As crew	2 events	0 wins	beats 61%

How they race

Closer	−6 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−1 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	75%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	56%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
John Bainton	41	28–13
Laurent Banon	40	33–7
Teddy Bower	36	1–35
Douglas Wake	32	2–30
Leopold Brandl	31	1–30
Toby Sullivan	31	2–29
Cole Schweda	30	6–24
Polk Wagner	28	15–13
Oliver Gray	28	4–24
Kevin Alcock	27	18–9
Sean Cornell	27	3–24
Emily Haig	26	1–25

Most-beaten opponent: Laurent Banon (33–7).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	5	0	66%
2025	3	0	51%

Boats

Luge Lessons · Melges 15 · 8 events · 2025–2026

Where they race

Merritt Island, FL · 4 events
Long Beach, NJ · 1 events
Fontana-on-Geneva Lake, WI · 1 events
Larchmont, NY, USA · 1 events
Unknown · 1 events

Is this you?

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Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 252, #13,996.Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 43. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.