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Sailor · 2013–2025

Bill Walczak

ayc PHRF handicapHandicapORC handicap

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Events
21

33 races · 2 race wins

Win rate
14%

14% win rate · 3 of 21

Podium rate
33%

7 top-three finishes

Typically beats
34%

of boats faced (range 30%–38%, 402 boats)

Signature result
1st of 12

2018 Fall Race To Solomons · PHRF handicap · 22 Sep 2018

Partnerships · 7 sailors

  • Hawk Caldwell · Graybeard · ORC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 24% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Sep 2022 – Jun 2023
  • Stephanie Caldwell · Graybeard · ORC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 24% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Sep 2022 – Jun 2023
  • Trevor Harney · Graybeard · ORC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 25% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jun 2023 – Sep 2023
  • Clarke McKinney · Graybeard · ORC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 14% of the fleet together · best 7th · Sep 2022 – Sep 2022
  • Scott Patterson · Graybeard · ORC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 33% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jun 2023 – Jun 2023
  • Trevour Harney · Graybeard · ORC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 14% of the fleet together · best 7th · Sep 2022 – Sep 2022
  • Kyle Potts · Graybeard · ORC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 33% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jun 2023 – Jun 2023

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

Rating history

063125201420162018202020222024Helm rating, all classes

Event history · 21

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
20 Sep 20252025 Fall Race To SolomonsGraybeardORC handicapSkipper12th / 13
6 Sep 20252025 MADR - Northern Bay SeriesGRAYBEARDHandicapSkipper149th / 201
6 Sep 20252025 Navy Fall Race to OxfordGraybeardPHRF handicapSkipper3rd / 5
21 Sep 20242024 Fall Race To SolomonsGraybeardPHRF handicapOther1st / 2
21 Sep 2024DBK - SOLOMONSGraybeardHandicapSkipper9th / 20
7 Sep 2024Navy Fall Race to CambridgeGraybeardPHRF handicapOther3rd / 3
24 May 20242024 MADR - LONG DISTANCE (2of3)GraybeardHandicapSkipper8th / 8
24 May 202474th Down the Bay Race for the Virginia Cruising CupGraybeardPHRF handicapOther1st / 6
11 May 20242024 MADR - MID BAY (4of7)GraybeardHandicapSkipper8th / 9
11 May 20242024 Spring Race to OxfordGraybeardPHRF handicapOther2nd / 3
9 Sep 202368th Race to OxfordGraybeardORC handicapOther6th / 7
2 Jun 20232023 Annapolis - Newport RaceGraybeardORC handicapOwner3rd / 4
24 Sep 20222022 Fall Race To SolomonsGraybeardORC handicapOther6th / 7
10 Sep 20222022 MADR - FULL SERIESX - GraybeardHandicapSkipper36th / 59
10 Sep 202267th Race to OxfordGraybeardORC handicapHelm7th / 8
12 Apr 20192019 Sperry Charleston Race WeekHornetJ/88Other7th / 9
22 Sep 20182018 Fall Race To SolomonsHornetPHRF handicapOther1st / 12
13 Aug 2016Oxford Regatta - Race to Oxford - PHRFHornetPHRF handicapSkipper9th / 22
11 Jun 201680th AYC Annual RegattaHornetPHRF handicapOther5th / 8
9 Aug 2013Race To OxfordSmoke & MirrorsHandicapSkipper4th / 6
25 May 2013Annapolis to Miles River RaceGreyhoundPHRF handicapSkipper8th / 11

Helm rating across all classes: 24, #46,959. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.