Sailor · 2014–2026

Chappy Hopkins

lehyc Lightning

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Events: 6
Win rate: 17%
Podium rate: 50%
Typically beats: 79%
Best class ranking: #129

Most successful partnership: Lucinda Schneider
Best trio: Mark Schneider & Lucinda Schneider
Biggest lift: Lucinda Schneider
Nemesis: Greg Fisher
Best day: 22 Jul 2015
Signature result: 3rd of 67

Partnerships · 5 sailors

Most successful partnership: Lucinda Schneider — 1 wins · 2 podiums in 3 events together

Mark Schneider · Checkmate, NJ · Lightning 4events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 2 of 13 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together · best 1st · Sep 2022 – Aug 2026
Lucinda Schneider · Checkmate, NJ · Lightning 3events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 2 of 8 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together(+9 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2022 – Aug 2026
Will Martin · Ultimate Pressure · Lightning 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 15 races won Beat 76% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Aug 2014 – Jul 2015
Janel Zarkowsky · Ultimate Pressure · Lightning 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 15 races won Beat 76% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Aug 2014 – Jul 2015
Cindi Schneider · Checkmate · Lightning 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together · best 11th · Oct 2022 – Oct 2022

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

Rating history

Event history · 6

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
1 Aug 2026	LBIYRA Lightning & Mariner Championship	Checkmate	Lightning	Crew	2nd / 10
26 Jul 2024	LBIYRA Lightning & Mariner Championship	NJ	Lightning	Crew	4th / 7
14 Oct 2022	Wild Oyster Regatta 2022	Checkmate	Lightning	Crew	11th / 26
9 Sep 2022	74th Annual Regatta & Lightning NJ State Championship	Checkmate	Lightning	Crew	1st / 12
21 Jul 2015	2015 Lightning Class World Championship	Ultimate Pressure	Lightning	Other	3rd / 67
14 Aug 2014	2014 Lightning North American Championships	Ultimate Pressure	Lightning	Other	16th / 35

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Lightning Crew	204 provisional	#129 band 57–284	+11
Full-size sailing Crew	235 provisional	#12184 band 5549–24395	—

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	0 events	0 wins	beats —
As crew	6 events	1 wins	beats 75%

How they race

Closer	−7 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	+25 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Big fleets	71%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Tanner Probst	20	15–5
Keith Taboada	18	13–5
Gustavo Tamayo	15	15–0
Felipe Robles	15	8–7
Eric Oetgen	15	12–3
Greg Fisher	15	5–10
Marvin Beckmann	15	13–2
Alberto Gonzalez	15	8–7
Michael Zonnenberg	15	8–7
Bill Mauk	15	12–3
Thomas Allen	15	11–4
Jim Crane	15	14–1

Most-beaten opponent: Gustavo Tamayo (15–0).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	1	0	89%
2024	1	0	50%
2022	2	1	80%
2015	1	0	97%
2014	1	0	56%

Boats

Checkmate · Lightning · 3 events · 2022–2026
Ultimate Pressure · Lightning · 2 events · 2014–2015
NJ · Lightning · 1 events · 2024

Where they race

Surf City, NJ · 3 events
Charleston, SC · 1 events
Sheboygan, WI, USA · 1 events
Crystal Beach, Ontario, Canada · 1 events

Is this you?

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Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 235, #12,184. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.