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Sailor · 2009–2026

Clarke Newman

rush creek yacht club Lightning

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Events
32

150 races · 10 race wins

Win rate
6%

6% win rate · 2 of 32

Podium rate
44%

14 top-three finishes

Typically beats
46%

of boats faced (90%: 42%–50%, 413 boats)

Best class ranking
#142

Helm in Lightning · rating 187

Longest win streak
2

race wins in a row

Nemesis
Lawrence Frost

28–68 head to head in 96 races

Rival
Ben Herman

25–20 in 45 races

Best day
28 Apr 2012

2-3-2-2-5 · ILCA Texas District Championship 2012 · about 1 in 44 by chance

Signature result
2nd of 14

ILCA Texas District Championship 2013 · Lightning · 23 Mar 2013

Partnerships · 2 sailors

  • Andrew Vandling · Inane Asylum · Lightning 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 16% of the fleet together · best 22nd · Aug 2021 – Aug 2021
  • Chad Schaffner · Inane Asylum · Lightning 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 16% of the fleet together · best 22nd · Aug 2021 – Aug 2021

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

Rating history

0174348201020132016201920222025Helm rating, all classes

Event history · 32

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
23 May 20262026 Commo. Juby Wynne Memorial One Design Regatta15360LightningSkipper3rd / 6
24 May 20252025 Commo. Juby Wynne Memorial One Design Regatta15360LightningSkipper5th / 9
4 Nov 202352nd JUBILEE REGATTALiquid DeathLightningSkipper4th / 6
27 May 20232023 Commo. Juby Wynne Memorial One Design RegattaLiquid DeathLightningSkipper6th / 8
28 May 20222022 Comm. Juby Wynne Memorial One Design RegattaWalking WoundedLightningSkipper4th / 5
13 Aug 20212021 Lightning North American Championship (ILCA)Inane AsylumLightningSkipper22nd / 26
29 May 20212021 Comm. Juby Wynne Memorial One Design RegattaInane AsylumLightningSkipper6th / 7
20 Sep 20192019 Houston Open One Design (HOOD) RegattaUncertain PrinciplesLightningSkipper2nd / 6
25 May 20192019 Comm. Juby Wynne Memorial One Design Regatta15360LightningSkipper2nd / 6
26 May 20182018 Comm. Juby Wynne Memorial One Design RegattaMeme MachineLightningSkipper2nd / 6
7 Apr 20182018 Lightning Class Texas District ChampionshipMeme MachineLightningSkipper1st / 7
11 Nov 2017Jubilee Regatta & Stitt/Chappell15360LightningSkipper5th / 8
27 May 2017Commo. Juby Wynne Memorial One Design RegattaAlternative FactsLightningSkipper3rd / 9
7 Apr 2017HYC 31st Annual Elissa RegattaAlternative FactsLightningSkipper2nd / 8
13 Aug 2016Lightning North American ChampionshipBoaty MC BoatfaceLightningSkipper14th / 20
13 Aug 2016Lightning North American ChampionshipBoaty MC BoatfaceLightningSkipper63rd / 74
28 May 2016Commo. Juby Wynne Memorial OD RegattaBoaty McBoatfaceLightningSkipper3rd / 9
8 Apr 20162016 30th Annual Elissa RegattaBoaty McBoatfaceLightningSkipper3rd / 8
23 May 20152015 Commodore Juby Wynne Memorial One-Design RegattaCrazy IvanLightningSkipper5th / 7
10 Apr 20152015 Elissa Texas Speed Week RegattaWide Spread PanicLightningSkipper4th / 10
14 Aug 20142014 Lightning North American ChampionshipsInane AsylumLightningOther23rd / 35
24 May 20142014 Commodore Juby Wynne Memorial One-Design RegattaSiezure SaladLightningSkipper4th / 7
4 Apr 2014XXVIII Annual Elissa Regatta - Lightning Texas District ChampionshipSiezure SaladLightningSkipper7th / 11
23 Mar 2013ILCA Texas District Championship 201315360LightningSkipper2nd / 14
22 Sep 20122012 Houston Open One-Design Regatta - HOODFirst Time, Long TimeLightningSkipper1st / 5

Helm rating across all classes: 256 (±121), #13,274. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.