Sailor · 2010–2025

Joel Bays

byc Shields IRC handicap Handicap

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Events: 8
Win rate: 13%
Podium rate: 25%
Typically beats: 49%
Best class ranking: #22

Most successful partnership: Katie Collins
Best trio: Katie Collins & Ken Deyett
Biggest lift: Katie Collins
Nemesis: John Burnham
Best day: 15 Jun 2024
Signature result: 1st of 10

Partnerships · 45 sailors

Most successful partnership: Katie Collins — 1 wins · 1 podiums in 3 events together

Katie Collins · Bit~O~Honey · Shields 3events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 2 of 18 races won Beat 78% of the fleet together(+70 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2022 – Jun 2024
Ken Deyett · Bit~O~Honey · Shields 3events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 2 of 18 races won Beat 78% of the fleet together(+70 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2022 – Jun 2024
Josh Johnson · Bit~O~Honey · Shields 3events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 2 of 18 races won Beat 78% of the fleet together(+70 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2022 – Jun 2024
Carolyn Petrie · Bit~O~Honey · Shields 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 2 of 12 races won Beat 85% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jun 2023 – Jun 2024
Gregory Petry · Donnybrook · IRC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 6th · Mar 2010 – Feb 2013
Luiza Burr · Bit~O~Honey · Shields 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 2 of 12 races won Beat 85% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jun 2023 – Jun 2024
Curtis Johnson · Bit~O~Honey · Shields 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 13 races won Beat 66% of the fleet together · best 5th · Sep 2022 – Jun 2023
James Muldoon · Donnybrook · IRC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 6th · Mar 2010 – Feb 2013
Jonathan Couture · Remedy · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 25% of the fleet together · best 10th · Apr 2025 – Apr 2025
Gary Vogel · Remedy · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 25% of the fleet together · best 10th · Apr 2025 – Apr 2025

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

Rating history

— Helm rating, full-size sailing · - - Crew rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 8

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
11 Apr 2025	2025 Charleston Race Week at Patriots Point	Remedy	Handicap	Mid Bow	10th / 13
15 Jun 2024	170th NYYC Annual Regatta	Bit~O~Honey	Shields	Bow	1st / 10
10 Jun 2023	169th NYYC Annual Regatta	Bit~O~Honey	Shields	Bow	5th / 14
8 Sep 2022	2022 Shields Nationals - Newport, RI	Bit~O~Honey	Shields	Bow	13th / 34
20 Jun 2020	2020 James Island Yacht Club Regatta	Julip	Y Flyer	Other	7th / 8
19 Jul 2019	Charleston Yacht Club Open Regatta	BoomShakalaka	Hobie 20	Skipper	3rd / 3
10 Feb 2013	2013 Pineapple Cup - Montego Bay Race	Donnybrook	IRC handicap	Mid Mast	6th / 6
26 Mar 2010	2010 International Rolex Regatta	Donnybrook	IRC handicap	Mast	8th / 8

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	5 provisional	#43232 band 26841–56634	—
Shields Crew	161 provisional	#22 band 10–44	—

3 more classes, not yet ranked

Full-size sailing · Helm · 10 races, 2 events · rating -108
Hobie 20 · Helm · 5 races, 1 event · rating -85
Y Flyer · Helm · 5 races, 1 event · rating -83

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	2 events	0 wins	beats 7%
As crew	6 events	1 wins	beats 43%

Positions: Bow (3) · Mid Bow (1) · Mid Mast (1) · Mast (1)

How they race

Closer	+1 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−16 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	28%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	23%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Clayton Deutsch	18	8–10
Richard Robbins	18	17–1
Ron Oard	18	16–2
Josh Gilchrist	13	7–5
David Bush-Brown	13	8–5
Jonathan Hough	13	10–3
Chris Ringdahl	13	10–3
John Burnham	13	2–11
Peter Fernberger	12	7–5

Most-beaten opponent: Richard Robbins (17–1).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	1	0	25%
2024	1	1	100%
2023	1	0	69%
2022	1	0	64%
2020	1	0	14%
2019	1	0	0%
2013	1	0	0%
2010	1	0	0%

Boats

Bit~O~Honey · Shields · 3 events · 2022–2024
Donnybrook · IRC handicap · 2 events · 2010–2013
Remedy · Handicap · 1 events · 2025
Julip · Y Flyer · 1 events · 2020
BoomShakalaka · Hobie 20 · 1 events · 2019

Where they race

Newport, RI, USA · 3 events
Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA · 1 events
James Island, SC, USA · 1 events
Charleston, SC, USA · 1 events
St. Thomas, V.I., USA · 1 events
Charleston, SC · 1 events

Is this you?

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Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 5, #43,232.Helm rating, Full-size sailing: -108. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.