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Sailor · 2008–2026

Paul-Jon Patin

sayville yc SunfishLightningJY15

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Events
35

300 races · 60 race wins

Win rate
26%

26% win rate · 9 of 35

Podium rate
43%

15 top-three finishes

Typically beats
78%

of boats faced (90%: 76%–80%, 1,229 boats)

Best class ranking
#2

Helm in Sunfish · rating 1042

Longest win streak
7

race wins in a row

Nemesis
Jean Paul De Trazegnies

7–37 head to head in 44 races

Rival
Richard Chapman

54–41 in 95 races

Best day
20 Mar 2016

1-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-2-2 · Sunfish Class 2016 International Masters · about 1 in 7,078,537,261 by chance

Signature result
1st of 51

2023 US Sunfish Masters Championship · Sunfish · 14 Oct 2023

Partnerships · 3 sailors

  • Felicity Ryan · 3564 · JY15 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 2 of 13 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Sep 2016 – Sep 2016
  • Laurence Mass · Volt Jolt Bolt · Lightning 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 51% of the fleet together · best 21st · May 2022 – May 2022
  • Eduardo Cordero · Volt Jolt Bolt · Lightning 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 51% of the fleet together · best 21st · May 2022 – May 2022

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

Rating history

0405810200920122015201820212024Helm rating, all classes

Event history · 35

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
10 Oct 20262026 NY Downstate Regional Sunfish Championship1717SunfishSkipper1st / 22
17 Apr 20262026 Interclub Dinghy National ChampionshipIcy LureInterclubSkipper5th / 15
19 Mar 2026ISCA US NationalsPaul-Jon PatinSunfishSkipper4th / 74
14 Mar 2026ISCA International MastersPaul-Jon PatinSunfishSkipper50th / 88
13 Sep 2025USSCA 2025 NY Downstate Sunfish (ISCA) Regional Championship1919Sunfish (ISCA)Skipper1st / 32
11 Jun 2025The 2025 Sunfish North American Championship1919SunfishSkipper19th / 79
12 Apr 2025Interclub Dinghy National ChampionshipIcy LureICSkipper8th / 19
16 Aug 2024Sunfish US Masters Championship1717Master 50 plusSkipper3rd / 9
14 Oct 20232023 US Sunfish Masters Championship1717SunfishOther1st / 51
10 Jun 20232023 Sunfish North American Championship‘SunfishOther14th / 68
16 Sep 20222022 International Lightning Class North American ChampionshipLullabyLightningOther21st / 42
18 Jun 20222022 International Lightning Class Metropolitan District ChampionshipsMz HydeLightningOther3rd / 9
15 May 20222022 Lightning Masters World ChampionshipsVolt Jolt BoltLightningSpinnaker trimmer21st / 42
25 Oct 202150th Sunfish World ChampionshipUSA - MSunfishOther5th / 100
8 Oct 20212021 Sunfish US Masters ChampionshipSix Different WaysSunfishSkipper2nd / 53
12 Sep 2021Westhampton Yacht Squadron Frances Graham Fall Series 20211717SunfishSkipper4th / 16
11 Sep 2021Sunfish Mid-Atlantic Regional Championship #31717SunfishSkipper1st / 26
31 Jul 20212021 New York Downstate Sunfish Regional Championships1717SunfishSkipper1st / 20
10 Jul 202150th Annual World’s Longest Sunfish Race, Around Shelter Island, NYSix Different WaysSunfishSkipper57th / 71
11 Sep 2020Sunfish® 2020 U.S. Masters ChampionshipPaul-Jon PatinSunfishSkipper5th / 42
27 Aug 2020Carson Challenge14950LightningSkipper5th / 12
4 Oct 20192019 US Sailing Championship of ChampionsTeam 6Ideal 18Skipper7th / 20
16 Sep 20192019 International Sunfish Class Association (ISCA) World ChampionshipBoat 168352SunfishOther16th / 65
10 Aug 20192019 New York Downstate Sunfish Regional Championship1717SunfishSkipper1st / 36
28 Jul 20182018 JY 15 North American Championship3564JY15Other1st / 13

Helm rating across all classes: 766 (±156), #187.Crew rating across all classes: 23 (±248). Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.