Sailor · 2016–2026

Bill Watters

bbyc Mariner Handicap Laser

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Events: 10
Win rate: 20%
Podium rate: 40%
Typically beats: 46%
Best class ranking: #4
Longest win streak: 3

Most successful partnership: Tim Gallagher
Biggest lift: Tim Gallagher
Longest-running crew: Tim Gallagher
Nemesis: Chris Ellyatt
Best day: 1 Aug 2026
Signature result: 1st of 15

Partnerships · 2 sailors

Most successful partnership: Tim Gallagher — 1 wins · 3 podiums in 7 events together · 14% win rate

Tim Gallagher · Black Ice, Blackice, Pop pie, Pop Pie · Handicap, Mariner, O'Day Mariner 7events 1 wins together · 3 podiums · 14% win rate · 5 of 32 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together(+31 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2023 – Aug 2026
Nick Nicolini · Pop Pie · Handicap, O'Day Mariner 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 11 races won Beat 72% of the fleet together · best 4th · Feb 2024 – Nov 2025

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

Rating history

Event history · 10

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
1 Aug 2026	LBIYRA Lightning & Mariner Championship	Blackice	Mariner	Skipper	1st / 15
8 Nov 2025	Discover the Caribbean Dinghy 2025	Pop Pie	Handicap	Skipper	4th / 11
9 Aug 2025	Mariner National Championship	Black Ice	Mariner	Skipper	10th / 22
9 Aug 2024	2024 Mariner National Championship	Blackice	Mariner	Skipper	2nd / 15
15 Feb 2024	Primer Festival de Vela de Salinas	Pop Pie	O'Day Mariner	Skipper	5th / 16
10 Nov 2023	Discover the Caribbean Dinghy 2023	Pop pie	Handicap	Skipper	10th / 18
18 Aug 2023	LBIYRA Lightning & Mariner Championship	Black Ice	Mariner	Skipper	2nd / 8
2 Feb 2018	Laser Masters Florida Championship for the Jack Swenson Memorial Trophy	176985	Laser	Skipper	49th / 53
23 Sep 2016	2016 Philadelphia Cup Regatta	Black Ice	Mariner	Other	1st / 6
13 Feb 2016	2016 Florida Laser Masters Championship for the Jack Swenson Memorial Trophy	176985	Laser	Skipper	35th / 47

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Helm	232 provisional	#15445 band 7635–28560	—
Mariner Helm	274 provisional	#4 band 1–7	+16

2 more classes, not yet ranked

Laser · Helm · 13 races, 2 events · rating -122
O'Day Mariner · Helm · 7 races, 1 event · rating 52

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	10 events	2 wins	beats 66%
As crew	0 events	0 wins	beats —

How they race

Closer	+7 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−27 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	40%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	85%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Steven Creighton	23	21–2
Tom Green	18	9–9
Bill D'Autrechy	18	18–0
Dennis Russom	18	10–8
Ray Rossignol	18	18–0
Jim Nicolini	18	9–9
Dan Walsh	16	9–7
Jim Irwin	16	7–9
Don Hahl	15	14–1
Michael Lusty	14	13–1
Chris O'Brien	14	10–4
Chris Ellyatt	13	0–13

Most-beaten opponent: Steven Creighton (21–2).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	1	1	100%
2025	2	0	64%
2024	2	0	83%
2023	2	0	66%
2018	1	0	8%
2016	2	1	63%

Boats

Pop Pie · Handicap, O'Day Mariner · 3 events · 2023–2025
Black Ice · Mariner · 3 events · 2016–2025
Blackice · Mariner · 2 events · 2024–2026
176985 · Laser · 2 events · 2016–2018

Where they race

Surf City, NJ · 3 events
West Palm Beach, FL · 2 events
Borinquen Islands Sailing Association Inc · 1 events
Philadelphia, PA, USA · 1 events
Ponce · 1 events
Brant Beach, 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: 232, #15,445. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.