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Sailor · 2017–2025

Derek Kirby

duxbury bay maritime school 420Optimist420 Champ

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Events
22

167 races · 8 race wins

Win rate
0%

0% win rate · 0 of 22

Podium rate
14%

3 top-three finishes

Typically beats
58%

of boats faced (range 56%–61%, 1,024 boats)

Best class ranking
#383

Helm in 420 · rating 331

Longest win streak
3

race wins in a row

Biggest lift
Niamh Huang

+18 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Nemesis
Peter Herlihy

5–32 head to head in 37 races

Rival
Gus Nappellio

42–57 in 100 races

Best day
11 Jul 2025

1-18-1-11-1 · New Bedford Junior Regatta 2025

Signature result
2nd of 73

New Bedford Junior Regatta 2025 · 420 · 11 Jul 2025

Partnerships · 6 sailors

  • Niamh Huang · Derek Kirby · 420 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 19 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together(+18 vs. without) · best 10th · Aug 2023 – Aug 2024
  • Stathy Amoratis · Derek Kirby · 420 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 3 of 6 races won Beat 99% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2025 – Jul 2025
  • Kylie Gallagher · Derek Kirby · 420 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 76% of the fleet together · best 14th · Jul 2024 – Jul 2024
  • Greta Klein · 8184 · 420 Champ 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 44% of the fleet together · best 15th · Jul 2021 – Jul 2021
  • Peter Tcherepnin · 8182 · 420 Champ 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 44% of the fleet together · best 21st · Jul 2022 – Jul 2022
  • Efstathios Amoratis · Efstathios Amoratis · 420 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 17% of the fleet together · best 97th · Aug 2025 – Aug 2025

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

Rating history

02164312018202020222024Helm rating, all classes

Event history · 22

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
5 Aug 20252025 C420 OPEN NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPEfstathios Amoratis420Crew97th / 116
11 Jul 2025New Bedford Junior Regatta 2025Derek Kirby420Skipper2nd / 73
12 Aug 2024Beverly Junior Regatta 2024Derek Kirby420Skipper10th / 68
8 Aug 2024Hyannis Yacht Club Youth Invitational 2024Derek Kirby420Skipper16th / 84
12 Jul 2024New Bedford Junior Regatta 2024Derek Kirby420Skipper14th / 56
8 Aug 2023Hyannis Yacht Club Youth Invitational 2023Derek Kirby420Skipper31st / 69
20 Jul 20232023 DYC Junior Sailing Mid-Summer Regatta8187420Skipper4th / 14
9 Aug 20222022 HYC Youth Invitational8185420Skipper49th / 82
1 Aug 202235th Scituate Junior Regatta8187420Skipper8th / 50
28 Jul 20222022 DYC Junior Sailing Mid-Summer Regatta8188420Skipper3rd / 6
14 Jul 2022Hingham Bay Junior Regatta8182420 ChampSkipper21st / 37
21 Jul 20212021 DYC Junior Sailing Mid-Summer Regatta420420Skipper3rd / 6
8 Jul 2021Hingham Bay Junior Regatta8184420 ChampSkipper15th / 26
13 Aug 2019Beverly Junior Regatta22872OptimistSkipper44th / 78
7 Aug 2019HYC Youth InvitationaloptiOptimistSkipper35th / 56
3 Aug 2019USA Junior Olympic Sailing Festival - DBMS Junior Regatta22872OptimistSkipper8th / 35
30 Jul 20192019 Plymouth Yacht Club Junior RegattaoptiOptimistSkipper14th / 29
17 Jul 20192019 DYC Junior Sailing Mid-Summer Regatta22872OptimistSkipper11th / 26
11 Jul 2019Hingham Bay Junior Regatta22872Optimist ChampSkipper27th / 59
1 Jul 201925th Annual Opti Regatta22872OptimistSkipper15th / 27
28 Jul 2018USA Junior Olympic Sailing Festival - DBMS Junior Regatta11868OptimistSkipper12th / 29
12 Aug 2017USA Junior Olympic Sailing Festival - DBMS Junior Regatta20040OptimistSkipper13th / 20

Helm rating across all classes: 431, #3,836.Crew rating across all classes: 12. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.