Sailor · 2009–2023

Dick Swanson

stfyc J/120 J/111 PHRF handicap

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Events: 67
Win rate: 5%
Podium rate: 37%
Typically beats: 52%
Best class ranking: #8
Longest win streak: 4

Biggest lift: Jeff Harte
Nemesis: Barry Lewis
Rival: Rob Theis
Best day: 14 Jul 2018
Signature result: 1st of 11

Partnerships · 17 sailors

Dave Corbin · Bad Dog, Grace Dances · J/120, ORC handicap 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 1 of 26 races won Beat 39% of the fleet together(−12 vs. without) · best 4th · Sep 2013 – Sep 2019
Nick Lyford · Bad Dog, Grace Dances · J/120, ORC handicap 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 1 of 26 races won Beat 39% of the fleet together(−12 vs. without) · best 4th · Sep 2013 – Sep 2019
Corinna Stolp · Bad Dog, Grace Dances · J/120, ORC handicap 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 1 of 26 races won Beat 39% of the fleet together(−12 vs. without) · best 4th · Sep 2013 – Sep 2019
Jeff Harte · Bad Dog, Grace Dances · J/120, ORC handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 21 races won Beat 52% of the fleet together(+1 vs. without) · best 4th · Sep 2013 – Sep 2018
Tom Haverstock · Bad Dog, Grace Dances · J/120, ORC handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 19 races won Beat 36% of the fleet together(−16 vs. without) · best 4th · Sep 2013 – Sep 2019
Clinton Prior · Bad Dog · ORC handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 19 races won Beat 39% of the fleet together(−13 vs. without) · best 5th · Sep 2017 – Sep 2019
Shawn Hwang · Bad Dog · ORC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 12 races won Beat 33% of the fleet together · best 5th · Sep 2018 – Sep 2019
Peter Aschenbrenner · Eos · Knarr 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 11th · Jun 2021 – Jun 2021
Mathew Buffleben · Grace Dances · J/120 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 7 races won Beat 40% of the fleet together · best 4th · Sep 2013 – Sep 2013
Leah Gulley · Grace Dances · J/120 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 7 races won Beat 40% of the fleet together · best 4th · Sep 2013 – Sep 2013

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

Rating history

Event history · 67

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
4 Nov 2023	2023 - The Manuel Fagundes Seaweed Soup Regatta	EOS	Knarr	Skipper	3rd / 11
11 Jun 2022	2022 SYC Classic Boat Invitational Regatta (Bear/Bird/Folkboat/SFBIOD/Knarr)	Eos	Knarr	Skipper	13th / 15
13 May 2022	Elite Keelboat Regatta	Eos	Knarr	Skipper	13th / 15
26 Apr 2022	SF Bay Folkboat Association Wednesday Evening Series, hosted by the St. Francis Yacht Club	Eos	Knarr	Skipper	7th / 16
6 Nov 2021	2021 - The 50th Manuel Fagundes Seaweed Soup Regatta	EOS	Knarr	Skipper	2nd / 12
11 Jun 2021	SFYC Knarr and J/105 Regatta	Eos	Knarr	Skipper	11th / 11
1 May 2021	2021 Elite Keel Regatta	Eos	Knarr	Skipper	15th / 16
20 Oct 2019	San Francisco Leukemia Cup Regatta	Bad Dog	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 11
12 Sep 2019	2019 Rolex Big Boat Series	Bad Dog	ORC handicap	Other	7th / 7
16 Aug 2019	2019 Aldo Alessio & Phyllis Kleinman Swiftsure Cup	Bad Dog	ORC handicap	Other	5th / 5
27 Jul 2019	2019 - The YRA Encinal Regatta	BAD DOG	PHRF handicap	Skipper	8th / 13
7 Apr 2019	2019 - Rollo Wheeler Regatta	BAD DOG	Handicap	Skipper	4th / 18
6 Apr 2019	2019 - Rollo Wheeler Regatta	BAD DOG	PHRF handicap	Skipper	2nd / 9
6 Apr 2019	2019 - YRA Summer Series	BAD DOG	PHRF handicap	Skipper	5th / 10
21 Oct 2018	San Francisco Leukemia Cup Regatta	Bad Dog	Handicap	Skipper	3rd / 8
13 Sep 2018	2018 Rolex Big Boat Series	Bad Dog	ORC handicap	Skipper	5th / 13
17 Aug 2018	2018 Aldo Alessio & Phyllis Kleinman Swiftsure Cup	Bad Dog	ORC handicap	Other	5th / 6
28 Jul 2018	2018 - The YRA Encinal Regatta	BAD DOG	PHRF handicap	Skipper	4th / 12
16 Jun 2018	2018 - YRA Summer Series	BAD DOG	PHRF handicap	Skipper	4th / 10
16 Jun 2018	2018 - YRA Summer Series	BAD DOG	PHRF handicap	Skipper	8th / 18
18 Nov 2017	2017 - 2018 Island Fever Series	Bad Dog	Handicap	Skipper	4th / 5
14 Sep 2017	2017 Rolex Big Boat Series	Bad Dog	ORC handicap	Other	5th / 9
18 Aug 2017	2017 Aldo Alessio & Phyllis Kleinman Swiftsure Cup	Bad Dog	J/111	Skipper	4th / 6
5 Aug 2017	2017 Summer Keelboat Invitational	Bad Dod	J/111	Skipper	4th / 4
10 Jun 2017	June Invitational Regatta	Bad Dog	J/111	Skipper	2nd / 3

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Helm	234	#16571 band 12603–21537	—
J/120 Helm	247	#8 band 5–13	−1.1
J/111 Helm	150 provisional	#31 band 25–48	+1.7
Knarr Helm	-81 provisional	#111 band 90–128	—

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	67 events	3 wins	beats 51%
As crew	0 events	0 wins	beats —

How they race

Closer	+7 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−12 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	46%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	51%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Barry Lewis	111	33–78
Stephen Madeira	106	39–67
John Wimer	104	39–65
Timo Bruck	100	84–15
Gorkem Ozcelebi	86	66–20
Nesrin Basoz	71	53–18
Rob Theis	64	35–29
Dorian McKelvy	55	12–43
David Halliwill	49	13–36
Peter Wagner	48	5–43
Donald Payan	30	8–22
Dan Woodworth	29	25–4

Most-beaten opponent: Timo Bruck (84–15).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2023	1	0	80%
2022	3	0	30%
2021	3	0	33%
2019	7	1	52%
2018	6	0	59%
2017	6	0	28%
2016	7	1	66%
2015	7	0	55%
2014	7	0	63%
2013	6	1	76%
2012	5	0	38%
2011	5	0	29%
2010	3	0	45%
2009	1	0	43%

Boats

Bad Dog · Handicap, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap, J/111 · 39 events · 2014–2019
Grace Dances · J/120 · 20 events · 2009–2013
EOS · Knarr · 7 events · 2021–2023
Bad Dod · J/111 · 1 events · 2017

Where they race

San Francisco, CA, USA · 25 events
Belvedere, CA · 9 events
San Francisco, CA · 7 events
Golden Gate Yacht Club · 4 events
Yacht Racing Association of San Francisco Bay · 4 events
YRA · 3 events

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Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 234, #16,571. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.