Sailor · 2016–2026

Nick Nicholson

jamestown yc PHRF handicap Handicap

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Events: 12
Win rate: 50%
Podium rate: 67%
Typically beats: 69%
Longest win streak: 8

Nemesis: Joseph Valante
Rival: Sandy Takacs
Best day: 19 Aug 2023
Signature result: 1st of 7

Partnerships · 3 sailors

Susan Nicholson · Raven · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 38% of the fleet together · best 4th · Sep 2023 – Sep 2024
Wendy Durudogan · Raven · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 14% of the fleet together · best 7th · Sep 2023 – Sep 2023
Julie Sheldon · Raven · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 63% of the fleet together · best 4th · Sep 2024 – Sep 2024

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

Rating history

Event history · 12

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
15 Aug 2026	2026 Newport Unlimited	Raven	Handicap	Skipper	2nd / 9
27 May 2026	2026 Newport Yacht Club Wednesday Night Series	Raven	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 5
9 Aug 2025	2025 Newport Unlimited - NEMA	Raven	PHRF handicap	Skipper	3rd / 10
16 Jul 2025	2025 Newport Yacht Club Wednesday Night Series 2	Raven	PHRF handicap	Skipper	1st / 4
28 May 2025	2025 Newport Yacht Club Wednesday Night Series 1	Raven	PHRF handicap	Skipper	1st / 4
28 Sep 2024	2024 Sail for Hope Fundraiser Regatta	Raven	PHRF handicap	Other	4th / 9
10 Aug 2024	2024 Newport Unlimited Regatta	Raven	PHRF handicap	Other	4th / 10
30 Sep 2023	2023 Sail for Hope Fundraiser Regatta	Raven	PHRF handicap	Other	7th / 8
19 Aug 2023	2023 Newport Unlimited Regatta	Raven	PHRF handicap	Other	1st / 7
11 Sep 2021	2021 Sail for Pride 20th Anniversary	Raven	PHRF handicap	Other	7th / 9
5 Jul 2016	2016 Newport Yacht Club Summer Series	Blackbird	PHRF handicap	Other	1st / 4
1 Jun 2016	2016 Newport Yacht Club Spring Series	Blackbird	PHRF handicap	Other	1st / 2

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Helm	324 provisional	#8727 band 5103–14215	—

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	12 events	6 wins	beats 78%
As crew	0 events	0 wins	beats —

How they race

Closer	−11 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−11 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	42%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	78%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Avram Dorfman	26	24–2
Sandy Takacs	25	14–11
Alessandro Bocconcelli	20	15–5
Andrew Houlding	18	16–2
John Bennett	15	15–0
Sarajane Whitfield	14	10–4
Joseph Valante	13	1–12

Most-beaten opponent: Avram Dorfman (24–2).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	2	1	94%
2025	3	2	93%
2024	2	0	65%
2023	2	1	57%
2021	1	0	25%
2016	2	2	100%

Boats

Raven · Handicap, PHRF handicap · 10 events · 2021–2026
Blackbird · PHRF handicap · 2 events · 2016

Where they race

Newport, RI, USA · 8 events
Newport, RI, United States · 2 events
Newport, RI · 2 events

Is this you?

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Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 324, #8,727. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.