Sailor · 2012–2025

Lisa Dorsey

rochester yacht club Ideal 18 Sonar

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Events: 7
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 14%
Typically beats: 56%
Best class ranking: #9
Longest win streak: 3

Longest-running crew: Dawn Shumway
Nemesis: Mark Lawless
Best day: 30 Sep 2012
Signature result: 9th of 41

Partnerships · 6 sailors

Dawn Shumway · Gracie, Touch of Gray, Valencia, Wife Goes On · Ideal 18, Sonar 7events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 5 of 88 races won Beat 48% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Sep 2012 – May 2025
Megan Cucci · Wife Goes On · Sonar 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 24 races won Beat 30% of the fleet together(−32 vs. without) · best 8th · Jul 2013 – Sep 2017
Donna Faust · Wife Goes On · Sonar 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 15 races won Beat 26% of the fleet together · best 8th · Jul 2014 – Sep 2017
Aslan Sweeney · Touch of Gray · Ideal 18 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 5 of 42 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together · best 3rd · May 2025 – May 2025
Dawn Shumwa · Valencia · Ideal 18 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together · best 9th · Sep 2012 – Sep 2012
Lois Breen · Wife Goes On · Sonar 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 39% of the fleet together · best 9th · Jul 2013 – Jul 2013

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

Rating history

Event history · 7

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
22 May 2025	2025 RYC Ideal 18 Series	Touch of Gray	Ideal 18	Crew	3rd / 9
16 Sep 2023	2023 Ideal 18 North American Championship	Gracie	Ideal 18	Other	13th / 34
21 Jul 2023	Lake Ontario Challenge Cup	Touch of Gray	Ideal 18	Crew	6th / 8
8 Sep 2017	2017 Sonar World Championship Regatta	Wife Goes On	Sonar	Other	18th / 25
24 Jul 2014	2014 Sperry Top-Sider Marblehead NOOD Regatta	Wife Goes On	Sonar	Headsail Trimmer	8th / 10
26 Jul 2013	2013 Sperry Top-Sider Marblehead NOOD Regatta	Wife Goes On	Sonar	Headsail Trimmer	9th / 14
29 Sep 2012	2012 Ideal 18 North American Championship	Valencia	Ideal 18	Other	9th / 41

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Crew	144 provisional	#21141 band 14073–30475	—
Ideal 18 Crew	194 provisional	#9 band 5–14	—
Sonar Crew	-6 provisional	#70 band 41–81	—

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	0 events	0 wins	beats —
As crew	7 events	0 wins	beats 48%

Positions: Headsail Trimmer (2)

How they race

Closer	+14 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−8 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Big fleets	58%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets	42%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Skip Shumway	59	21–38
Mark Lawless	59	17–42
Shane Olney	50	13–37
Don Short	28	17–11
Eric Voss	24	2–22
Lois Breen	23	17–6
Rick Doerr	23	5–18
Michael Millard	17	9–8
Teresa Laughlin	17	10–7
Scott Walsh	17	9–8
Evan Olmstead	17	11–6
Paul Tingley	16	4–12

Most-beaten opponent: Pamela Washington (15–1).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2025	1	75%
2023	2	46%
2017	1	29%
2014	1	22%
2013	1	39%
2012	1	80%

Boats

Wife Goes On · Sonar · 3 events · 2013–2017
Touch of Gray · Ideal 18 · 2 events · 2023–2025
Gracie · Ideal 18 · 1 events · 2023
Valencia · Ideal 18 · 1 events · 2012

Where they race

Marblehead, MA, USA · 2 events
Herman’s Island, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada · 1 events
Larchmont, NY, USA · 1 events
Toronto, ON · 1 events
Rochester, NY · 1 events
Greenwich, CT, USA · 1 events

Is this you?

Claim it to merge duplicates and remove results that aren’t yours. Changes apply at the nightly rebuild.

Crew rating across all classes: 144, #21,141. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.