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Sailor · 2012–2025

David Paligo

blyc PHRF handicapMerit 25PHRF

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Events
18

137 races · 14 race wins

Win rate
6%

6% win rate · 1 of 18

Podium rate
44%

8 top-three finishes

Typically beats
55%

of boats faced (range 48%–62%, 134 boats)

Best class ranking
#13

Helm in Merit 25 · rating 157

Longest win streak
3

race wins in a row

Nemesis
Steve Goodyear

5–36 head to head in 42 races

Rival
Barbara Spence

25–21 in 46 races

Best day
19 May 2025

1-1-1-6-3-8-4-2-2 · BLYC Summer Sailing - 2025

Signature result
2nd of 13

BLYC Summer Sailing - 2024 · PHRF handicap · 19 May 2024

Partnerships · 5 sailors

  • Brian Barnett · Runaway · Merit 25 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 8 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 3rd · May 2014 – May 2014
  • Carolyn Church · Runaway · Merit 25 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 8 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 3rd · May 2014 – May 2014
  • Jeffery Robb · Ariel · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 25% of the fleet together · best 7th · Jun 2021 – Jun 2021
  • Karissa Schwartz · Runaway · Merit 25 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 8 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 3rd · May 2014 – May 2014
  • Doug Marshall · Runaway · Merit 25 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 8 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 3rd · May 2014 – May 2014

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

Rating history

-42571552013201520172019202120232025Helm rating, all classes

Event history · 18

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
18 May 2025BLYC Summer Sailing - 2025RunawayPHRF handicapSkipper2nd / 12
19 May 2024BLYC Summer Sailing - 2024RunawayPHRF handicapSkipper2nd / 13
7 May 2023BLYC Summer SailingRunawayPHRF handicapSkipper7th / 12
15 Oct 2022BLYC Snowball RegattaRunawayPHRF handicapSkipper5th / 7
14 Aug 2022Sail on Sundays - Fall SeriesRunawayPHRFSkipper5th / 12
4 Jul 2022Commodore Earl O. Williams Long Distance RaceRunawayPHRF handicapSkipper7th / 10
3 Jul 2022Sail on Sundays - Summer SeriesRunawayPHRF handicapSkipper7th / 14
30 May 2022Commodore Edward C. Metzgar Long Distance RaceRunawayPHRF handicapSkipper5th / 7
20 May 2022Sail on Sundays - Spring SeriesRunawayPHRF handicapSkipper7th / 10
10 Jun 20212021 Invitational Mills Trophy RaceArielPHRF handicapMain Trimmer7th / 9
29 Jul 2014CYC Summer Evening Series - TuesdaysRunawayMerit 25Skipper3rd / 6
16 May 20142014 Sperry Top-Sider Seattle NOOD RegattaRunawayMerit 25Skipper3rd / 5
12 Apr 2014CYC & RCYC Opening DayRunawayPHRF handicapSkipper4th / 4
22 Mar 2014RCYC Frost BiteRunawayMerit 25Skipper3rd / 4
27 Jul 2013Leukemia Cup Regatta - Oregon, SW WashingtonRUNAWAYPHRF handicapSkipper3rd / 7
23 Jul 2013CYC Summer Evening Series - TuesdaysRunawayMerit 25Skipper4th / 8
23 Mar 2013Frost BiteRunawayMerit 25Skipper1st / 5
24 Jul 2012CYC Summer Evening SeriesRunawayMerit 25Skipper3rd / 7

Helm rating across all classes: 53, #41,157.Crew rating across all classes: -6. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.