Sailor · 2022–2025

Kathy Stark

new york yc PHRF handicap Ideal 18

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Events: 2
Win rate: 0
Podium rate: 1
Typically beats: 67%

Nemesis: Carter Gowrie
Rival: Raymond Schoonmaker
Best day: 11 Oct 2022
Signature result: 4th of 15

Partnerships · 8 sailors

Jake Snyder · Jake Snyder & Katie Kirsch (Fall) Diane Stark/John Kilm (Spring) · Ideal 18 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 3 of 61 races won Beat 79% of the fleet together · best 4th · Oct 2022 – Oct 2022
Kari Cooke · Star Dancer · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jun 2025 – Jun 2025
John Spohn · Star Dancer · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jun 2025 – Jun 2025
Laura Freedman · Star Dancer · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jun 2025 – Jun 2025
John Kilm · Jake Snyder & Katie Kirsch (Fall) Diane Stark/John Kilm (Spring) · Ideal 18 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 3 of 61 races won Beat 79% of the fleet together · best 4th · Oct 2022 – Oct 2022
Bob Van Cleef · Star Dancer · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jun 2025 – Jun 2025
Peter Stark · Star Dancer · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jun 2025 – Jun 2025
David Pedrick · Star Dancer · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jun 2025 – Jun 2025

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Event history · 2

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
14 Jun 2025	171st NYYC Annual Regatta	Star Dancer	PHRF handicap	Headsail Trimmer	3rd / 3
8 Oct 2022	Fall 2022. If you registered for the full year you are all set	Jake Snyder & Katie Kirsch (Fall) Diane Stark/John Kilm (Spring)	Ideal 18	Skipper	4th / 15

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact

1 more class, not yet ranked

All classes · Crew · 1 race, 1 event · rating -5

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	1 events	0 wins	beats 79%
As crew	1 events	0 wins	beats 0%

Positions: Headsail Trimmer (1)

How they race

Closer	−26 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−6 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Carter Gowrie	67	10–57
Matt Melmius	61	39–22
Jonathan Gibbs	61	16–44
James Hammel	55	17–38
Judy Saunders	44	33–10
James Biggart	34	24–10
Raymond Schoonmaker	32	18–14
Peter Harding	23	4–19
Carter Robertson	21	2–19
Frank Flores	18	12–6
Bill Sandberg	18	7–11

Most-beaten opponent: Judy Saunders (33–10).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	1	0	0%
2022	1	0	79%

Boats

Star Dancer · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2025
Jake Snyder & Katie Kirsch (Fall) Diane Stark/John Kilm (Spring) · Ideal 18 · 1 events · 2022

Where they race

Newport, RI, USA · 1 events
Essex, CT · 1 events

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Crew rating across all classes: -5. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.