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Sailor · 2010–2024

John Birkett

puerto lucia yacht club SunfishLightningLaser Std. M

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Events
11

99 races · 10 race wins

Win rate
9%

9% win rate · 1 of 11

Podium rate
27%

3 top-three finishes

Typically beats
60%

of boats faced (90%: 57%–63%, 624 boats)

Best class ranking
#176

Helm in Sunfish · rating 295

Nemesis
Jonathan Martinetti

12–37 head to head in 49 races

Rival
Hank Saurage

25–26 in 51 races

Best day
27 Jul 2014

1-2-1-3-2-1-3 · 2014 U.S. Sunfish Class Association Youth North American Championship · about 1 in 36,951 by chance

Signature result
1st of 18

2014 U.S. Sunfish Class Association Youth North American Championship · Sunfish · 27 Jul 2014

Partnerships · 4 sailors

  • Matias Dyck · Quicky · Lightning 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 90% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jul 2016 – Jul 2016
  • Francisco Almeida · ECU · Lightning 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 18% of the fleet together · best 29th · Aug 2019 – Aug 2019
  • Juan Jose Ferretti · ECU · Lightning 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 18% of the fleet together · best 29th · Aug 2019 – Aug 2019
  • José Andres Lecaro · Quicky · Lightning 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 90% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jul 2016 – Jul 2016

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

Rating history

01983952011201320152017201920212023Helm rating, all classes

Event history · 11

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
12 Dec 20242024 Lightning South American Championship41LightningOther2nd / 18
12 Oct 202453rd Sunfish World ChampionshipJohn BirkettSunfishSkipper27th / 100
6 Dec 202352nd ISCA World ChampionshipECUSunfishSkipper15th / 100
14 Aug 20192019 ILCA Lightning North American ChampionshipECULightningOther29th / 35
11 Aug 2016Laser U21 World Championships 2016xLaser Std. MSkipper130th / 144
24 Jul 20162016 Lightning Youth World ChampionshipQuickyLightningOther3rd / 20
21 Jun 20152015 U.S. Sunfish Class Youth North American Championship & North American ChampionshipECU 11SunfishSkipper8th / 58
27 Jul 20142014 U.S. Sunfish Class Association Youth North American ChampionshipECU11SunfishSkipper1st / 18
27 Jul 20142014 U.S. Sunfish Class Association Youth North American Championship & North American ChampionshipECU11SunfishSkipper31st / 60
26 Mar 20142014 Sunfish U.S. National Championship at Midwinters11SunfishSkipper11th / 46
4 Feb 20109th International Regatta 2010ECU 2911Optimist AdvancedSkipper5th / 36

Helm rating across all classes: 395 (±241), #5,022.Crew rating across all classes: 77 (±247). Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.