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Sailor · 2014–2026

David Raymond

fayerweather yacht club HandicapPHRF handicapShark

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Events
37

219 races · 64 race wins

Win rate
32%

32% win rate · 12 of 37

Podium rate
57%

21 top-three finishes

Typically beats
55%

of boats faced (range 51%–59%, 436 boats)

Best class ranking
#65

Helm in Shark · rating 18

Longest win streak
5

race wins in a row

Most successful partnership
Thomas Herrmann

10 wins · 12 podiums in 13 events together · 77% win rate

Biggest lift
Thomas Herrmann

+41 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
Thomas Herrmann

May 2019 – May 2026 · 13 events

Nemesis
Peter Van Rossem

1–40 head to head in 41 races

Rival
Kevin Curtis

67–59 in 127 races

Best day
9 May 2018

1-2-2-1-1-1-5-4-2-1-1-1-1 · Black Rock Harbor - Wednesday Night Series

Signature result
1st of 11

2026 Black Rock Harbor Wednesday Night Series · PHRF handicap · 27 May 2026

Partnerships · 8 sailors

Most successful partnership: Thomas Herrmann — 10 wins · 12 podiums in 13 events together · 77% win rate
  • Thomas Herrmann · Dream Weaver · PHRF handicap 13events 10 wins together · 12 podiums · 77% win rate · 52 of 112 races won Beat 94% of the fleet together(+41 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2019 – May 2026
  • Eric Hillkeast · Dorothy May, DorothyMay · Handicap, Shark, Shark 24 5events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 27 races won Beat 29% of the fleet together(−44 vs. without) · best 15th · Jan 2019 – Sep 2025
  • Hugh Strudwick · Dorothy May, DorothyMay · Shark 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 18 races won Beat 33% of the fleet together(−37 vs. without) · best 15th · Sep 2022 – Sep 2023
  • John-Thomas Kelly · DorothyMay · Shark, Shark 24 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 11 races won Beat 38% of the fleet together · best 15th · Sep 2024 – Sep 2025
  • Eric Hill-Keast · DorothyMay · Shark 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 15th · Sep 2024 – Sep 2024
  • Thomas Raymond · Dream Weaver · PHRF handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 8 of 14 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · May 2021 – May 2021
  • Herrmann Raymond · Dream Weaver · PHRF handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 8 of 14 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · May 2021 – May 2021
  • David Bowie · DorothyMay · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 22% of the fleet together · best 22nd · Jan 2019 – Jan 2019

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

Rating history

0174347201520172019202120232025Helm rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 37

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
15 Aug 20262026 Shark Gold Cup RegattaDorothyMayHandicapGrinder14th / 19
27 May 20262026 Black Rock Harbor Wednesday Night SeriesDream WeaverPHRF handicapCo-Skipper1st / 11
27 Sep 2025Homecomers 2025 NOLSCDorothyMayShark 24Skipper27th / 36
20 Sep 20252025 Brent C. Donahue Cross Sound RegattaDream WeaverPHRF handicapSkipper1st / 3
14 May 20252025 Black Rock Harbor Wednesday Night SeriesDream WeaverPHRF handicapSkipper2nd / 11
28 Sep 20242024 Homecomers RegattaDorothyMaySharkOther15th / 29
14 Sep 20242024 Brent C. Donahue Cross Sound RegattaDream WeaverPHRF handicapOther1st / 2
22 May 20242024 Black Rock Harbor Wednesday Night SeriesDream WeaverPHRF handicapOther1st / 11
30 Sep 20232023 Homecomers RegattaDorothyMaySharkOther15th / 22
8 Jul 20232023 Shark 24 Canadian ChampionshipDorothyMaySharkOther18th / 33
17 May 20232023 Black Rock Harbor Wednesday Night SeriesDream WeaverPHRF handicapOther1st / 11
24 Sep 20222022 Homecomers RegattaDorothy MaySharkOther20th / 24
17 Sep 20222022 Brent C. Donahue Cross Sound RegattaDream WeaverPHRF handicapOther1st / 3
28 May 2022Shark TrilliumDorothymaySharkSkipper12th / 25
11 May 20222022 Black Rock Harbor Wednesday Night SeriesDream WeaverPHRF handicapOther1st / 9
18 Sep 20212021 Brent C. Donahue Cross Sound RegattaDream WeaverPHRF handicapOther6th / 10
12 May 20212021 Black Rock Harbor Wednesday Night SeriesDream WeaverPHRF handicapOther1st / 11
19 Sep 20202020 Brent C. Donahue Cross Sound RegattaDream WeaverPHRF handicapOther1st / 4
8 Jul 20202020 Black Rock Harbor Wednesday Night SeriesDream WeaverPHRF handicapOther3rd / 13
21 Sep 20192019 Homecomers RegattaDorothyMaySharkOther16th / 36
8 May 20192019 Black Rock Harbor Wednesday Night SeriesDream WeaverPHRF handicapOther1st / 11
1 Jan 2019Results are provisional as of 17:35 on June 8, 2019DorothyMayHandicapSkipper22nd / 28
15 Sep 20182018 - Brent C. Donahue Cross Sound RegattaDREAM WEAVERHandicapSkipper2nd / 5
2 Jun 2018Double Handed SeriesDream weaverHandicapSkipper2nd / 4
9 May 2018Black Rock Harbor - Wednesday Night SeriesDream weaverHandicapSkipper1st / 8

Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 330, #8,865. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.