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Lee Montes

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Events
55

383 races · 18 race wins

Win rate
7%

7% win rate · 4 of 55

Podium rate
26%

14 top-three finishes

Typically beats
64%

of boats faced (90%: 62%–66%, 2,597 boats)

Best class ranking
#32

Helm in Sunfish · rating 556

Longest win streak
6

race wins in a row

Nemesis
Eugene Schmitt

12–158 head to head in 170 races

Rival
Dominic Simonetti

59–84 in 144 races

Best day
13 Sep 2025

2-1-3-2-2-5-21-3 · USSCA 2025 NY Downstate Sunfish (ISCA) Regional Championship · about 1 in 94,676 by chance

Signature result
1st of 21

Westin Trophy · Sunfish · 22 Jul 2026

Partnerships · 1 sailors

  • Indiana Olson · Lee Montes · V15 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 6 races won Beat 71% of the fleet together · best 7th · Sep 2023 – Sep 2023

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

Rating history

-14250513201520172019202120232025Helm rating, all classes

Event history · 55

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
10 Oct 20262026 NY Downstate Regional Sunfish Championship82634SunfishSkipper3rd / 22
22 Jul 2026Westin TrophyKind of BlueSunfishSkipper1st / 21
4 Jun 2026ISCA 2026 North American ChampionshipKind Of BlueISCASkipper45th / 106
9 May 2026Brooklyn Urban Sunfish ChampionshipsKind Of BlueSunfishSkipper3rd / 9
19 Mar 2026ISCA US NationalsKind Of BlueSunfishSkipper25th / 74
9 Dec 20252025 ISCA World ChampionshipUSAISCASkipper49th / 84
13 Sep 2025USSCA 2025 NY Downstate Sunfish (ISCA) Regional Championship82634Sunfish (ISCA)Skipper2nd / 32
11 Jun 2025The 2025 Sunfish North American Championship82634SunfishSkipper46th / 79
15 Mar 2025US Sunfish Class Association Nationals82634SunfishSkipper23rd / 69
12 Oct 202453rd Sunfish World ChampionshipLee MontesSunfishSkipper57th / 100
17 Aug 20242024 New York Downstate Sunfish Regional Championships82634SunfishSkipper2nd / 25
11 Jun 2024The 61st Sunfish North American ChampionshipKind of BlueSunfishSkipper12th / 105
17 May 2024Brooklyn Urban Sunfish Championship (BUSC)Kind of BlueSunfishOther2nd / 17
23 Mar 20242024 Sunfish Championships - US Nationals at MidwintersKind of BlueSunfishOther17th / 69
6 Dec 202352nd ISCA World ChampionshipUSASunfishOther49th / 100
14 Oct 20232023 US Sunfish Masters ChampionshipKind of BlueSunfishOther8th / 51
22 Sep 20232023 Vanguard 15 NationalsLee MontesV15Skipper7th / 22
25 Aug 20233rd Annual Sunfish MegabowlKind of BlueSunfishSkipper5th / 30
10 Jun 20232023 Sunfish North American ChampionshipKind of BlueSunfishOther34th / 68
29 Mar 2023SUNFISH NATIONAL AT MIDWINTERS 20235075SunfishSkipper27th / 64
10 Feb 2023Sunfish Sarasota Sunshine Clinic & Florida Sunfish Regional Championship181SunfishSkipper20th / 50
13 Oct 20222022 Sunfish US Masters Championship79321SunfishSkipper15th / 37
6 Sep 20222022 Sunfish World ChampionshipUSASunfishOther61st / 94
19 Aug 2022NY Central Sunfish Regional ChampionshipKind Of BlueSunfishSkipper9th / 48
9 Jul 202251st Annual World’s Longest Sunfish Race, Around Shelter Island, NYKind Of BlueSunfishSkipper33rd / 52

Helm rating across all classes: 513 (±159), #1,989. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.