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Sailor · 2012–2025

James Knight

rbviyc ORC handicapJ/109Optimist

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Events
38

202 races · 26 race wins

Win rate
16%

16% win rate · 6 of 38

Podium rate
45%

17 top-three finishes

Typically beats
32%

of boats faced (90%: 29%–35%, 530 boats)

Best class ranking
#52

Crew in J/109 · rating 338

Longest win streak
3

race wins in a row

Most successful partnership
Jackson Chabot

3 wins · 6 podiums in 8 events together · 38% win rate

Best trio
Jackson Chabot & Matt Breef

3 wins · 6 podiums in 7 events, all three aboard

Biggest lift
Jackson Chabot

+43 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
Tom Castiglione

Oct 2019 – Mar 2025 · 9 events

Nemesis
Rayne Duff

0–86 head to head in 86 races

Rival
Trevor Roach

31–21 in 52 races

Best day
25 Jun 2021

2-3-4-1-2-1 · 2021 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race Week presented by Margaritaville · about 1 in 1,015 by chance

Signature result
1st of 16

2022 J109 North American Championship · J/109 · 12 Oct 2022

Partnerships · 60+ sailors

Most successful partnership: Jackson Chabot — 3 wins · 6 podiums in 8 events together · 38% win rate
  • Ryan Brogan · Space Monkey, Wizard · ORC handicap 11events 3 wins together · 9 podiums · 27% win rate · 3 of 11 races won Beat 66% of the fleet together(+22 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2022 – Aug 2024
  • David Greenstein · Space Monkey, Wizard · ORC handicap 11events 3 wins together · 9 podiums · 27% win rate · 3 of 11 races won Beat 66% of the fleet together(+22 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2022 – Aug 2024
  • Griffin Spinney · Space Monkey, Wizard · ORC handicap 11events 3 wins together · 9 podiums · 27% win rate · 3 of 11 races won Beat 66% of the fleet together(+22 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2022 – Aug 2024
  • Jonathan Rechtschaffer · Emoticon · J/109, PHRF handicap 10events 3 wins together · 7 podiums · 30% win rate · 21 of 70 races won Beat 79% of the fleet together(+38 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2019 – Oct 2022
  • Christian Kramer · Space Monkey, Wizard · ORC handicap 10events 2 wins together · 8 podiums · 20% win rate · 2 of 10 races won Beat 63% of the fleet together(+16 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2022 – Aug 2024
  • Patrick James · Acadia, Emoticon · J/109, PHRF handicap 10events 3 wins together · 6 podiums · 30% win rate · 21 of 68 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together(+39 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2019 – Jun 2023
  • Matt Breef · Emoticon · J/109, PHRF handicap 9events 3 wins together · 7 podiums · 33% win rate · 21 of 69 races won Beat 81% of the fleet together(+40 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2019 – Oct 2022
  • Tom Castiglione · Acadia, Beautiful Day, Emoticon, Space Monkey · Handicap, J/109, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 9events 1 wins together · 6 podiums · 11% win rate · 9 of 41 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together(+21 vs. without) · best 1st · Oct 2019 – Mar 2025
  • Jesse Fielding · Space Monkey · ORC handicap 9events 2 wins together · 7 podiums · 22% win rate · 2 of 9 races won Beat 64% of the fleet together(+17 vs. without) · best 1st · Jul 2023 – Aug 2024
  • Jan Majer · Space Monkey, Wizard · ORC handicap 9events 3 wins together · 9 podiums · 33% win rate · 3 of 9 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together(+31 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2022 – Aug 2024

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

Rating history

-304-951142013201520172019202120232025Helm rating, all classesCrew rating, all classes

— Helm rating, all classes · - - Crew rating, all classes

Event history · 38

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
6 Mar 20252025 St. Maarten Heineken RegattaBeautiful DayHandicapNavigator6th / 6
30 Aug 20242024 Vineyard RaceSpace MonkeyORC handicapMain Trimmer1st / 2
16 Aug 20242024 Ida Lewis Distance RaceSpace MonkeyORC handicapMain Trimmer2nd / 5
24 May 20242024 Storm Trysail Club Block Island RaceSpace MonkeyORC handicapMain Trimmer2nd / 4
22 Feb 20242024 Lauderdale to Key West RaceSpace MonkeyORC handicapMain Trimmer4th / 5
11 Jan 20242024 Nassau Cup Ocean RaceSpace MonkeyORC handicapMain Trimmer1st / 4
1 Dec 20232023 Annual Wirth M. Munroe Miami to Palm Beach Yacht RaceSpace MonkeyORC handicapMain Trimmer6th / 8
1 Sep 20232023 Vineyard RaceSpace MonkeyORC handicapMain Trimmer2nd / 3
18 Aug 20232023 Ida Lewis Distance RaceSpace MonkeyORC handicapChef2nd / 3
9 Jul 20232023 Marblehead-to-Halifax Ocean RaceSpace MonkeyORC handicapMain Trimmer2nd / 6
19 Jun 20232023 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race Week presented by MargaritavilleAcadiaPHRF handicapHeadsail Trimmer4th / 13
10 Jun 2023169th NYYC Annual RegattaSummer GracePHRF handicapOther5th / 14
12 Oct 20222022 J109 North American ChampionshipEmoticonJ/109Spinnaker trimmer1st / 16
17 Sep 20222022 Long Island Sound ChampionshipEmoticonPHRF handicapSpinnaker trimmer4th / 9
2 Sep 20222022 Vineyard RaceWizardORC handicapMain Trimmer2nd / 3
19 Aug 20222022 Ida Lewis Distance RaceWizardORC handicapMain Trimmer1st / 6
23 Apr 20222022 American Yacht Club Spring RegattaEmoticonJ/109Spinnaker trimmer5th / 8
16 Oct 20212021 J 109 Fleet 10 Fall ClassicEmoticonJ/109Spinnaker trimmer3rd / 7
3 Sep 20212021 Vineyard RaceStarbuckPHRF handicapIn the way11th / 15
24 Jun 20212021 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race Week presented by MargaritavilleEmoticonJ/109Spinnaker trimmer1st / 14
5 Jun 20212021 Cedar Point One Design Regatta - KeelboatEmoticonJ/109Spinnaker trimmer3rd / 17
17 Oct 20202020 J 109 Fleet 10 Fall ClassicEmoticonJ/109Spinnaker trimmer1st / 8
27 Jun 202089th Stratford Shoal RaceEmoticonPHRF handicapSpinnaker trimmer5th / 11
19 Oct 20192019 J 109 Fleet 10 Fall ClassicEmoticonJ/109Spinnaker trimmer2nd / 9
21 Aug 20192019 J 109 North American ChampionshipEmoticonJ/109Spinnaker trimmer3rd / 11

Crew rating across all classes: 85 (±130), #29,588.Helm rating across all classes: -109 (±173), #69,828. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.