Sailor · 2017–2025

Spencer Cole

stfyc Knarr J/105 Handicap

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Events: 16
Win rate: 31%
Podium rate: 50%
Typically beats: 78%
Best class ranking: #60
Longest win streak: 4

Most successful partnership: Juliana Testa
Best trio: Randy Hecht & Russ Silvestri
Biggest lift: Russ Silvestri
Longest-running crew: Randy Hecht
Nemesis: Henrik Søderlund
Rival: Don Jesberg
Best day: 30 Apr 2024
Signature result: 1st of 31

Partnerships · 18 sailors

Most successful partnership: Juliana Testa — 3 wins · 3 podiums in 3 events together

Randy Hecht · Niuhi · J/105, Knarr 12events 5 wins together · 7 podiums · 42% win rate · 27 of 95 races won Beat 79% of the fleet together(+31 vs. without) · best 1st · Mar 2022 – Aug 2025
Russ Silvestri · Niuhi · J/105, Knarr 10events 5 wins together · 7 podiums · 50% win rate · 29 of 85 races won Beat 90% of the fleet together(+51 vs. without) · best 1st · Apr 2022 – Sep 2024
Ryan Treais · Niuhi · J/105, Knarr 7events 3 wins together · 4 podiums · 43% win rate · 20 of 55 races won Beat 72% of the fleet together(+2 vs. without) · best 1st · Mar 2022 – Aug 2025
Margaret Bacon · Niuhi · J/105 6events 3 wins together · 3 podiums · 50% win rate · 15 of 41 races won Beat 83% of the fleet together(+19 vs. without) · best 1st · Mar 2022 – Sep 2024
Ethan Doyle · Niuhi · J/105 3events 2 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 11 of 26 races won Beat 97% of the fleet together(+31 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2022 – Sep 2024
Juliana Testa · Niuhi · J/105 3events 3 wins together · 3 podiums · 3 events · 11 of 26 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together(+36 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2022 – Oct 2023
Christian Lewis · CARMELITA, CARMELTA · Handicap 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 34% of the fleet together(−45 vs. without) · best 2nd · Sep 2017 – Mar 2019
Mateo Vargas · Niuhi · Knarr 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 2 of 15 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jul 2022 – Aug 2022
Haydon Stapleton · Niuhi · J/105 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 1 race won Beat 25% of the fleet together · best 4th · Mar 2022 – Mar 2022
Joe McCoy · Niuhi · J/105 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 3 of 7 races won Beat 90% of the fleet together · best 4th · Sep 2024 – Sep 2024

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

Rating history

Event history · 16

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
24 Aug 2025	IKC55	Niuhi	Knarr	Crew	25th / 33
12 Sep 2024	2024 Rolex Big Boat Series	Niuhi	J/105	Other	4th / 30
30 Aug 2024	2024 International Knarr Championship	Niuhi	Knarr	Crew	2nd / 25
30 Apr 2024	SF Bay Folkboat Association Wednesday Evening Series, hosted by the St. Francis Yacht Club	Niuhi	Knarr	Crew	1st / 12
5 Oct 2023	The British Virgin Islands 2023 J/105 North American Championship	Niuhi	J/105	Mast	1st / 31
14 Sep 2023	2023 Rolex Big Boat Series	Niuhi	J/105	Mast	6th / 31
2 May 2023	SF Bay Folkboat Association Wednesday Evening Series, hosted by the St. Francis Yacht Club	Niuhi	Knarr	Crew	5th / 14
29 Sep 2022	2022 J/105 North American Championship	Niuhi	J/105	Other	1st / 28
15 Sep 2022	2022 Rolex Big Boat Series	Niuhi	J/105	Other	1st / 29
7 Aug 2022	52nd International Knarr Championship	Niuhi	Knarr	Crew	14th / 33
30 Jul 2022	Knarr Rungsted Cup 2022	Niuhi	Knarr	Crew	1st / 16
26 Apr 2022	SF Bay Folkboat Association Wednesday Evening Series, hosted by the St. Francis Yacht Club	Niuhi	Knarr	Crew	3rd / 16
18 Mar 2022	SFYC Club Championsnhip Series	Niuhi	J/105	Crew	4th / 5
30 Mar 2019	2019 - 40th Annual Doublehanded Farallones Race	CARMELITA	Handicap	Skipper	7th / 10
15 Sep 2018	2018 - Half Moon Bay Race	CARMELITA	Handicap	Skipper	2nd / 3
16 Sep 2017	2017 - Half Moon Bay Race	CARMELTA	Handicap	Skipper	5th / 6

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Crew	495 provisional	#1680 band 739–3534	—
Knarr Crew	328 provisional	#20 band 8–45	−3.3
J/105 Crew	430 provisional	#60 band 28–118	+3.6

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	3 events	0 wins	beats 34%
As crew	13 events	5 wins	beats 80%

Positions: Mast (2)

How they race

Closer	−8 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−13 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	40%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	82%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets	32%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
John Buestad	48	39–7
Don Jesberg	39	21–18
Bruce Stone	39	28–11
Jon Perkins	36	16–20
Mark Dahm	35	27–8
Morten Reinhold	34	16–16
Kristian Kjærgaard	34	11–20
Justin Oberbauer	33	29–4
Sean Svendsen	33	23–10
Greg Arkus	32	30–2
William Woodruff	32	27–5
Tom Struttmann	32	30–2

Most-beaten opponent: John Buestad (39–7).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	1	0	25%
2024	3	1	95%
2023	3	1	84%
2022	6	3	79%
2019	1	0	33%
2018	1	0	50%
2017	1	0	20%

Boats

Niuhi · Knarr, J/105 · 13 events · 2022–2025
CARMELITA · Handicap · 2 events · 2018–2019
CARMELTA · Handicap · 1 events · 2017

Where they race

San Francisco, CA · 4 events
Unknown · 3 events
San Francisco, CA, USA · 3 events
Singlehanded Sailing Society · 2 events
Bay Area Multihull Association · 1 events
Belvedere, CA, 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: 495, #1,680. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.