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Sailor · 2019–2025

Colin Gilley

royal van 29erOptimistHandicap

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Events
13

99 races · 46 race wins

Win rate
46%

46% win rate · 6 of 13

Podium rate
62%

8 top-three finishes

Typically beats
75%

of boats faced (range 69%–80%, 165 boats)

Best class ranking
#22

Helm in 29er · rating 495

Longest win streak
11

race wins in a row

Most successful partnership
Matt Young

6 wins · 7 podiums in 10 events together · 60% win rate

Longest-running crew
Matt Young

Sep 2021 – May 2025 · 10 events

Nemesis
Mateo Codoñer Alemany

0–12 head to head in 12 races

Best day
30 Sep 2022

1-1-2-1-1-1-1-1-1 · 2022 RVYC Fall Dinghies Regatta

Signature result
1st of 13

2022 RVYC Fall Dinghies Regatta · 29er · 30 Sep 2022

Partnerships · 2 sailors

Most successful partnership: Matt Young — 6 wins · 7 podiums in 10 events together · 60% win rate
  • Matt Young · Colin Gilley, GILLEY / YOUNG · 29er, Handicap, Male Skiff 10events 6 wins together · 7 podiums · 60% win rate · 42 of 79 races won Beat 81% of the fleet together(−3 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2021 – May 2025
  • Quillan Koehn · Colin Gilley · 29er 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 4 of 10 races won Beat 88% of the fleet together · best 2nd · May 2024 – May 2024

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

Rating history

0270540202020212022202320242025Helm rating, all classes

Event history · 13

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
3 May 2025Spring Dinghies RegattaColin Gilley29erSkipper1st / 8
27 Sep 20242024 RVYC Fall Dinghies Regatta and ILCA D6 ChampionshipsColin Gilley29erSkipper1st / 10
3 May 20242024 RVYC Spring Dinghies RegattaColin Gilley29erSkipper2nd / 9
22 Sep 20232023 RVYC Fall Dinghies RegattaColin Gilley29erSkipper1st / 8
5 May 20232023 RVYC Spring Dinghies RegattaColin Gilley29erSkipper1st / 10
24 Mar 202329er Mid-Winter WestColin Gilley29erSkipper5th / 16
23 Oct 20222022 Pro-tech Harken 23rd Pumpkin BowlColin GilleyHandicapSkipper1st / 8
30 Sep 20222022 RVYC Fall Dinghies RegattaColin Gilley29erSkipper1st / 13
10 Jul 20222022 Allianz Youth Sailing World ChampionshipsGILLEY / YOUNGMale SkiffSkipper21st / 24
6 May 2022RVYC Spring Dinghies Regatta 2022Colin Gilley29erSkipper3rd / 9
24 Sep 20212021 RVYC Fall Dinghies RegattaColin Gilley29erSkipper6th / 10
18 Oct 2019Harken – Pro-Tech 20th Anniversary Pumpkin Bowl Regatta Grand Prix District 6 Laser Championships BC Optimist ChampionshipsColin GilleyOptimistSkipper7th / 36
20 Jul 20192019 WIND Regatta21203OptimistSkipper4th / 17

Helm rating across all classes: 540, #1,590. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.