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Sailor · 2023–2026

Banyan Heikkila

st thomas yacht club Optimist420Handicap

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Events
17

183 races · 17 race wins

Win rate
6%

6% win rate · 1 of 17

Podium rate
12%

2 top-three finishes

Typically beats
41%

of boats faced (range 38%–44%, 695 boats)

Best class ranking
#4945

Helm in Optimist · rating 118

Longest win streak
12

race wins in a row

Nemesis
Kip Hodgins

15–104 head to head in 119 races

Rival
Patrick Mitchell

48–51 in 99 races

Best day
7 Feb 2025

1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-DNF-1-1-1-1 · 2025 Crucian Open

Signature result
1st of 6

2025 Crucian Open · Optimist · 7 Feb 2025

Partnerships · 0 sailors

No crew lists in the archive name anyone sailing with Banyan Heikkila.

Rating history

-236-26184202420252026Helm rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 17

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
23 Oct 20262026 Bill Chandler MemorialVimsia Sailing Team 420420Boat Captain2nd / 4
10 Oct 2026STYC Fall Regatta9420Skipper6th / 11
14 Jun 2026St. Thomas International Optimist Regatta and TOTE ClinicISV 157OptimistSkipper30th / 44
17 Jan 202629th STYC MLK RegattaISV 157OptimistSkipper7th / 9
31 Oct 20252025 USODA Southeast ChampionshipBanyan HeikkilaOptimistSkipper114th / 129
11 Oct 2025STYC Fall RegattaISV 157OptimistSkipper6th / 9
20 Sep 20252025 Back to School Regatta & ILCA MastersISV 157OptimistSkipper5th / 9
9 Jun 2025St. Thomas International Optimist Regatta and TOTE ClinicISV 157OptimistSkipper29th / 51
10 May 20252025 BVI Dinghy ChampionshipsISV 157OptimistSkipper6th / 10
8 Mar 20252025 Optimist Sunshine State ChampionshipBanyan HeikkilaOptimistSkipper60th / 224
7 Feb 20252025 Crucian OpenOptiOptimistSkipper1st / 6
18 Jan 202528th STYC MLK RegattaISV 175OptimistSkipper9th / 13
26 Oct 20242024 HOWLER REGATTA - 14th AnnualISV 157HandicapSkipper104th / 118
12 Oct 2024STYC Fall RegattaISV 157OptimistSkipper13th / 14
10 Jun 2024St. Thomas International Optimist Regatta and TOTE ClinicISV57OptimistSkipper23rd / 40
13 Jan 2024MLK RegattaISV 57OptimistSkipper7th / 7
11 Nov 2023VI/PR Friendship Day RegattaISV57OptimistSkipper8th / 14

Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 184, #22,311. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.