Sailor · 2008–2026

David Williams

cyc Etchells Sonar-PM Handicap

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Events: 11
Win rate: 18%
Podium rate: 27%
Typically beats: 43%
Best class ranking: #931
Longest win streak: 4

Most successful partnership: Fred Joosten
Biggest lift: Fred Joosten
Longest-running crew: Fred Joosten
Nemesis: Jon Lindberg
Rival: Rick Kaiser
Best day: 18 Jul 2020
Signature result: 1st of 5

Partnerships · 8 sailors

Most successful partnership: Fred Joosten — 2 wins · 3 podiums in 8 events together · 25% win rate

Fred Joosten · Dixieli, DixieLi, Sonar, Sonar PM · Etchells, Handicap, Sonar-PM 8events 2 wins together · 3 podiums · 25% win rate · 9 of 68 races won Beat 54% of the fleet together(+19 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2008 – Mar 2026
Beth Joosten · DixieLi · Etchells 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 2 of 9 races won Beat 63% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jul 2020 – Aug 2020
Clare Starshak · Dixieli, DixieLi · Etchells 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 9 races won Beat 29% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Sep 2024 – Jan 2026
Haley Carter · DixieLi · Handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 4 of 6 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Aug 2024 – Aug 2024
Niels Heemskerk · USA822 · Etchells 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 56% of the fleet together · best 37th · Jun 2008 – Jun 2008
Jen Ewen · David Williams · Etchells 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 25% of the fleet together · best 4th · Aug 2025 – Aug 2025
Ben Egan · David Williams · Etchells 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 25% of the fleet together · best 4th · Aug 2025 – Aug 2025
Nathan Sih · DixieLi · Handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 4 of 6 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Aug 2024 – Aug 2024

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

Rating history

— Helm rating, all classes · - - Crew rating, all classes

Event history · 11

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
29 Mar 2026	2026 CYC Spring Frostbite Series	Sonar PM	Sonar-PM	Skipper	4th / 7
30 Jan 2026	2025/2026 Etchells Biscayne Bay Series - Florida State Championship	Dixieli	Etchells	Floater	36th / 39
27 Sep 2025	2025 CYC Fall Frostbite Series	Sonar	Sonar-PM	Skipper	5th / 8
22 Aug 2025	2025 Verve Cup Inshore and J109 North American Championship	David Williams	Etchells	Skipper	4th / 5
26 Jul 2025	2025 Racing Yacht Fleet Series	David Williams	Etchells	Skipper	4th / 6
28 Jun 2025	2025 Red Horse Regatta	David Williams	Etchells	Skipper	4th / 6
14 Sep 2024	2024 Sheldon Clark Regatta - CASRA	DixieLi	Etchells	Floater	2nd / 3
22 Aug 2024	2024 Verve Cup Inshore Regatta and T10 North Americans	DixieLi	Handicap	Floater	1st / 3
22 Aug 2020	2020 Verve Cup Inshore Regatta	DixieLi	Etchells	Floater	4th / 5
18 Jul 2020	Red Horse Regatta	DixieLi	Etchells	Floater	1st / 5
23 Jun 2008	2008 Etchells World Championship	USA822	Etchells	Crew	37th / 83

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Adj. ±
All classes Helm	148	#25140 band 18871–32989	—
All classes Crew	111 provisional	#25621 band 15628–38646	—
Etchells Crew	-1 provisional	#931 band 586–1168	−10.3
Etchells Helm	-34 provisional	#781 band 584–923	−10.3

1 more class, not yet ranked

Sonar-PM · Helm · 38 races, 2 events · rating 104

Rank among sailors with ten or more rated races over three or more events, all time. In brackets, the ranks this rating cannot be told apart from. Adj. ± is the adjusted plus-minus in points of fleet beaten.

Helm and crew

As helm	5 events	0 wins	beats 40%
As crew	6 events	2 wins	beats 57%

Positions: Floater (5)

How they race

Closer	−20 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−14 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	45%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets (<12)	53%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Rick Kaiser	49	22–27
Jon Lindberg	41	11–30
Clare Starshak	35	21–14
Sam Veilleux	35	22–12
Daniel Burns	34	10–24
Aaron Housten	32	10–22
Michael Whitford	21	2–19
Bill Fox	15	9–6
Fred Joosten	14	0–14
Jeff Nehms	12	7–5
Peter Duncan	12	1–11
Peter Vessella	12	3–9

Most-beaten opponent: Sam Veilleux (22–12).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	2	0	29%
2025	4	0	37%
2024	2	1	75%
2020	2	1	63%
2008	1	0	56%

Boats

Dixieli · Etchells, Handicap · 5 events · 2020–2026
David Williams · Etchells · 3 events · 2025
Sonar PM · Sonar-PM · 1 events · 2026
Sonar · Sonar-PM · 1 events · 2025
USA822 · Etchells · 1 events · 2008

Where they race

Chicago, IL · 4 events
Chicago, Illinois, USA · 3 events
Chicago, IL, USA · 2 events
Chicago Yacht Club · 1 events
Coconut Grove, FL, USA · 1 events

Is this you?

Claim it to merge duplicates and remove results that aren’t yours. Changes apply at the nightly rebuild.

Helm rating across all classes: 148 (±105), #25,140.Crew rating across all classes: 111 (±174), #25,621. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.