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Sailor · 2022–2026

Zachary Whitton

team byc balboa yacht club OptimistNaples SabotHandicap

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Events
81

702 races · 29 race wins

Win rate
5%

5% win rate · 4 of 81

Podium rate
17%

14 top-three finishes

Typically beats
52%

of boats faced (range 51%–53%, 3,767 boats)

Best class ranking
#2258

Helm in Optimist · rating 236

Longest win streak
5

race wins in a row

Nemesis
Hayden Zieger

36–130 head to head in 167 races

Rival
Arielle Lewis

96–74 in 173 races

Best day
22 Jul 2025

14-14-11-16-12-2-19-2-5 · 2025 BBF Bay Championships

Signature result
4th of 75

2025 BBF Bay Championships · Naples Sabot · 22 Jul 2025

Partnerships · 2 sailors

  • Michio Ferri · Those Guys · FJ 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events Beat 11% of the fleet together · best 18th · Jan 2025 – Jan 2025
  • Harper Swezea · Harper Swezea · FJ 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 4th · Aug 2024 – Aug 2024

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

Rating history

-27192882023202420252026Helm rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 81

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
27 Jul 20262026 Junior Sabot National Championship2ac-a- TackNaples SabotSkipper58th / 113
27 Jun 2026Summer Gold Cup2ac-a-TackNaples SabotSkipper10th / 20
20 Jun 20262026 Junior Heavy Weather Regatta2ee Bee DubOptimistSkipper14th / 65
2 May 20262026 Eli Reuben Memorial Regatta (Opti Harken Series)2ee Bee DubHandicapSkipper13th / 50
23 Apr 20262026 Optimist Team Trials2ee Bee DubOptimistSkipper159th / 228
20 Mar 20262026 ILCA Midwinters West & SCYYRA Ullman/Frost #4Ride the LightningILCA 4 (Laser 4.7)Skipper24th / 29
7 Mar 20262026 NHYC Spring Gold Cup2ac-A-TackNaples SabotSkipper13th / 15
21 Feb 2026Harken #1 Optimist Spring Regatta Championship Fleet389OptimistSkipper20th / 57
31 Jan 2026Carrie Series #4 Stephen M. Pitts Memorial Regatta Opti Midwinters 20262ee Bee DubOptimistSkipper9th / 60
10 Jan 20262026 Junior Invitational & North Series #32ac-a-TackNaples SabotSkipper3rd / 14
6 Dec 2025CBYC Holiday Opti Regatta Carrie Series #3Zee Bee DubOptimistSkipper12th / 54
28 Nov 20252025 Allstate Sugarbowl Optimist Midwinter ChampionshipZee Bee DunOptimistSkipper19th / 48
8 Nov 20252025 Carrie Series #22ee Bee DubHandicapSkipper12th / 51
1 Nov 20252025 MBYC Junior Commodore's Regatta~SCYYRA North Series 2/4 & Ullman/Frost Series 2/42ac-a-TackNaples SabotSkipper5th / 17
11 Oct 20252025 Corinthian Cup Fall Sabot Regatta2ac A-TackNaples SabotSkipper3rd / 15
27 Sep 20252025 Optimist Pacific Coast ChampionshipZee Bee DubOptimistSkipper25th / 50
6 Sep 20252025 Fall Gold Cup/CFJ Shadden Series 1/4Zachary WhittonNaples SabotSkipper6th / 16
29 Aug 20252025 Optimist West Coast ChampionshipZee Bee DubOptimistSkipper20th / 61
15 Aug 20252025-2026 SCYYRA Series2ee Bee DubHandicapSkipper7th / 61
31 Jul 20252025 Optimist US National Championship2ee Bee DubOptimistSkipper69th / 259
22 Jul 20252025 BBF Bay ChampionshipsZachary WhittonNaples SabotSkipper4th / 75
28 Jun 2025Summer Gold Cup2ac a TackNaples SabotSkipper3rd / 18
14 Jun 20252025 Opti Heavy Weather RegattaZee Bee DubOptimistSkipper30th / 44
24 May 20252025 Memorial Day RegattaZee Bee DubOptimistSkipper5th / 21
17 May 20252025 Eli Reuben Memorial Regatta (Opti Harken Series)Zee Bee DubHandicapSkipper24th / 44

Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 242, #14,870.Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 42. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.