Sailor · 2013–2025

Gavin Kelly

mantoloking yacht club Optimist Duckboats Handicap

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Events: 12
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 0%
Typically beats: 45%
Best class ranking: #10487

Nemesis: Charlie McKenzie
Rival: Samantha Manogue
Best day: 2 Aug 2016
Signature result: 13th of 105

Partnerships · 1 sailors

John Whelan · Area C · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 11% of the fleet together · best 18th · Aug 2019 – Aug 2019

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

Rating history

Event history · 12

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
13 Jul 2025	2025 RYC Opti Area B	Gavin Kelly	Optimist	Skipper	21st / 27
6 Aug 2019	2019 Chubb U.S. Junior Championship	Area C	Handicap	Crew	18th / 20
25 Aug 2017	World Duck Championship 2017	Gavin Kelly	Duckboats	Skipper	49th / 70
21 Jul 2017	2017 Callahan Classic Regatta	MA22	Duck Boat	Skipper	6th / 8
26 Aug 2016	World Duck Championship 2016	Gavin Kelly	Duckboats	Skipper	57th / 77
2 Aug 2016	Doug D'Alessandro One Day Only Optimist Regatta	14913	Optimist	Skipper	13th / 105
18 Jul 2016	USA JUNIOR OLYMPIC MID-ATLANTIC SAILING FESTIVAL 2016	14913	Optimist	Skipper	45th / 84
28 Jul 2015	Doug D'Alessandro One Day Only Optimist Regatta	14570	Optimist	Skipper	43rd / 121
20 Jul 2015	USA JUNIOR OLYMPIC MID-ATLANTIC SAILING FESTIVAL 2015	14570	Optimist	Skipper	73rd / 74
29 Jul 2014	Doug D'Alessandro One Day Only Optimist Regatta	14570	Optimist	Skipper	81st / 139
21 Jul 2014	USA JUNIOR OLYMPIC MID-ATLANTIC SAILING FESTIVAL 2014	Gavin Kelly	Optimist	Skipper	62nd / 79
6 Aug 2013	2013 No Tears Regatta	14570	Optimist	Skipper	10th / 62

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Helm	-109 provisional	#69824 band 51690–79079	—
Optimist Helm	-75 provisional	#10487 band 6339–12977	—

2 more classes, not yet ranked

Duckboats · Helm · 10 races, 2 events · rating -26
Duck Boat · Helm · 5 races, 1 event · rating -58

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	11 events	0 wins	beats 42%
As crew	1 events	0 wins	beats 11%

How they race

Closer	+3 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−11 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	47%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	43%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Madeleine Cook	33	6–27
Samantha Manogue	33	15–17
Sarah Moeder	33	7–25
Thomas Daniels	33	6–27
Jake Witkowski	30	5–25
Claire Hamlet	30	11–19
Charlie McKenzie	27	0–27
Pilar Cundey	27	5–22
Shaanti Choi-Bose	27	1–26
Griffin Lapham	27	4–23
Evan Harrison	26	16–9
Michael Meehan	25	5–19

Most-beaten opponent: Cathryn Cunningham (16–0).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2025	1	23%
2019	1	11%
2017	2	30%
2016	3	54%
2015	2	33%
2014	2	32%
2013	1	85%

Boats

Gavin Kelly · Optimist, Duckboats · 4 events · 2014–2025
14570 · Optimist · 4 events · 2013–2015
14913 · Optimist · 2 events · 2016
Area C · Handicap · 1 events · 2019
MA22 · Duck Boat · 1 events · 2017

Where they race

Mantoloking, NJ · 5 events
Island Heights, NJ · 3 events
CA · 1 events
Toms River, NJ · 1 events
Riverside Yacht Club · 1 events
Bay Head, NJ · 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: -109, #69,824. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.