Sailor · 2022–2026

Bennett Waters

sheridan shore sailing 420 Melges 15

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Events: 6
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 0%
Typically beats: 37%
Best class ranking: #1624

Nemesis: Harrison Szot
Rival: Chris Small
Best day: 16 Feb 2025
Signature result: 6th of 141

Partnerships · 5 sailors

Nora Donahue · Bennett Waters · 420 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 6% of the fleet together · best 26th · Jun 2022 – Jul 2022
Nathan Finkelstein · Nathan Finkelstein · 420 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 40% of the fleet together · best 89th · Feb 2024 – Feb 2024
Grace Renz · Grace Renz · 420 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 10 races won Beat 7% of the fleet together · best 120th · Aug 2024 – Aug 2024
Nathan Finklestein · Nathan Finklestein · 420 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 12 races won Beat 96% of the fleet together · best 6th · Feb 2025 – Feb 2025
Owen Benison · Bennett Waters · Melges 15 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 17% of the fleet together · best 106th · Feb 2026 – Feb 2026

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Rating history

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

Event history · 6

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
21 Feb 2026	2025-26 Melges 15 Winter Series #3	Bennett Waters	Melges 15	Skipper	106th / 127
15 Feb 2025	2025 Club 420 Midwinter Championship for the John V. Hanson Trophy	Nathan Finklestein	420	Crew	6th / 141
5 Aug 2024	2024 C420 US NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP	Grace Renz	420	Crew	120th / 129
17 Feb 2024	2024 Club 420 Midwinter Championship for the John V. Hanson Trophy	Nathan Finkelstein	420	Crew	89th / 148
7 Jul 2022	2022 USA Junior Olympics Sailing Festival - Lake Erie & I-LYA TS 6	Bennett Waters	420	Skipper	26th / 27
4 Jun 2022	2022 I-LYA OVERALL Travelers Series	Bennett Waters	420	Skipper	53rd / 57

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
420 Crew	0 provisional	#1624 band 773–2239	−8.5
Full-size sailing Crew	2 provisional	#43734 band 24861–58435	—
Full-size sailing Helm	-142 provisional	#76010 band 58552–83288	—

2 more classes, not yet ranked

420 · Helm · 6 races, 2 events · rating -114
Melges 15 · Helm · 4 races, 1 event · rating -30

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	3 events	0 wins	beats 9%
As crew	3 events	0 wins	beats 48%

How they race

Closer	−28 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−20 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Big fleets	29%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Teddy Bower	31	10–21
Harrison Szot	27	3–24
Chris Small	27	12–15
Charlotte Cundey	27	7–20
Crue Ziskind	27	5–22
Keegan Chatburn	27	10–17
Ryan Keenan	27	7–20
Matthew Ray	27	10–17
Jacob Posner	27	4–23
Noah Stapleton	27	12–15
Kingston Keyoung	27	12–15
Cooper Keeves	27	9–18

Most-beaten opponent: Gavin Eskilson (23–3).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2026	1	17%
2025	1	96%
2024	2	24%
2022	2	6%

Boats

Bennett Waters · Melges 15, 420 · 3 events · 2022–2026
Nathan Finklestein · 420 · 1 events · 2025
Grace Renz · 420 · 1 events · 2024
Nathan Finkelstein · 420 · 1 events · 2024

Where they race

Jensen Beach, FL · 2 events
Mentor, OH · 1 events
I-LYA Junior Sailing · 1 events
Beach Haven, NJ · 1 events
Merritt Island, FL · 1 events

Is this you?

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Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 2, #43,734.Helm rating, Full-size sailing: -142, #76,010. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.