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Sailor · 2008–2026

Barry Gold

american yacht club PHRF handicapIRC handicapJ/105

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Events
81

260 races · 43 race wins

Win rate
9%

9% win rate · 7 of 81

Podium rate
44%

36 top-three finishes

Typically beats
44%

of boats faced (range 41%–48%, 572 boats)

Best class ranking
#3

Helm in J/122 · rating 93

Longest win streak
5

race wins in a row

Most successful partnership
Scott Florio

4 wins · 8 podiums in 25 events together · 16% win rate

Biggest lift
Pat Jakobson

+5 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
Scott Florio

Oct 2009 – Sep 2019 · 25 events

Nemesis
Heidi Benjamin

1–20 head to head in 21 races

Rival
Stephen Furnary

18–17 in 35 races

Best day
20 Oct 2012

2-4-2-1-1-9-2-2 · 2012 34th Annual Manhasset Bay Y.C. Fall Series

Signature result
1st of 13

2012 American Yacht Club Friday Night Sunset Series · PHRF handicap · 25 May 2012

Partnerships · 60+ sailors

Most successful partnership: Scott Florio — 4 wins · 8 podiums in 25 events together · 16% win rate
  • Scott Florio · Sundari, Warhorse, WARHORSE · Handicap, IRC handicap, J/105, PHRF handicap 25events 4 wins together · 8 podiums · 16% win rate · 18 of 97 races won Beat 43% of the fleet together(−5 vs. without) · best 1st · Oct 2009 – Sep 2019
  • Drew Fung · Freedom, Freedom ORC, Scylla · J/100, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 10events 0 wins together · 5 podiums · 0% win rate · 4 of 32 races won Beat 46% of the fleet together(−1 vs. without) · best 2nd · May 2024 – May 2026
  • Pat Jakobson · Freedom, Freedom ORC · J/100, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 7events 0 wins together · 4 podiums · 0% win rate · 4 of 28 races won Beat 52% of the fleet together(+5 vs. without) · best 2nd · May 2025 – May 2026
  • Will Florio · Warhorse · J/105 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 12 races won Beat 39% of the fleet together · best 6th · Sep 2009 – Oct 2009
  • Ruth Serino · Pegasus · PHRF handicap 2events 2 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 2 of 2 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Aug 2018 – Sep 2021
  • Austin Royle · Pegasus · PHRF handicap 2events 2 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 2 of 2 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Aug 2018 – Sep 2021
  • Jamie Anderson · Sundari, SUNDARI · J/122 2events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 11 races won Beat 42% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Sep 2009 – Apr 2010
  • Jared Balanoff · Scylla · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 26% of the fleet together · best 7th · May 2024 – Aug 2024
  • Trinity Gold · SUNDARI, Warhorse · IRC handicap, J/105 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 3 of 9 races won Beat 64% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Oct 2009 – Oct 2011
  • Brendan Shattuck · Pegasus · PHRF handicap 2events 2 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 2 of 2 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Aug 2018 – Sep 2021

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

Rating history

-31124279200920122015201820212024Helm rating, all classesCrew rating, all classes

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

Event history · 81

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
22 May 20262026 American Yacht Club - Friday Night Sunset SeriesFreedomJ/100Skipper7th / 8
4 Oct 20252025 American Yacht Club Fall RegattaFreedomJ/100Skipper2nd / 4
28 Sep 20252025 American Yacht Club Fall Regatta Saturday Coastal Race and Sunday Coastal RaceFreedomJ/100Skipper5th / 7
6 Jul 2025American Yacht Club 2025 Club Cruising ChampionshipFreedomJ/100Skipper3rd / 5
23 May 20252025 American Yacht Club - Friday Night Sunset SeriesFreedom ORCORC handicapSkipper3rd / 13
23 May 20252025 American Yacht Club - Friday Night Sunset SeriesFreedomJ/100Skipper3rd / 8
3 May 20252025 American Yacht Club Spring RegattaFreedomPHRF handicapSkipper4th / 5
2 May 20252025 American Yacht Club Spring Regatta (Friday Coastal Race)FreedomPHRF handicapSkipper2nd / 4
30 Aug 20242024 Vineyard RaceScyllaPHRF handicapOther8th / 9
24 May 20242024 Storm Trysail Club Block Island RaceScyllaPHRF handicapOther7th / 11
2 Sep 20222022 Vineyard RaceEagleORC handicapOther6th / 7
3 Sep 20212021 Vineyard RacePegasusPHRF handicapOther1st / 7
28 Nov 202037th Turkey Day ReachSundariPHRF handicapOther2nd / 4
30 Nov 201936th Turkey Day ReachSundariPHRF handicapOther2nd / 4
28 Sep 20192019 American Yacht Club Fall RegattaSundariPHRF handicapOther9th / 14
8 Sep 20192019 Valeur-Jensen Stamford Denmark RaceSundariPHRF handicapOther3rd / 5
20 Jul 2019121st Larchmont Race WeekSundariPHRF handicapOther6th / 6
5 Jul 20192019 American Yacht Club Sunset Distance RaceSundariPHRF handicapOther2nd / 4
29 Jun 201988th Stratford Shoal RaceSundariPHRF handicapOther3rd / 5
7 Jun 20192019 American Yacht Club - Friday Night Sunset SeriesSundariPHRF handicapSkipper6th / 11
1 Jun 20192019 Henry E. Abbott Memorial Distance RaceSundariPHRF handicapOther6th / 9
31 Aug 20182018 Vineyard RacePegasusPHRF handicapCrew1st / 7
25 Nov 20172017 Huguenot Yacht Club and NYACYC Turkey Day ReachSundariPHRF handicapOther4th / 9
7 Oct 20172017 Storm Trysail Foundation - Intercollegiate Offshore RegattaSundariPHRF handicapSkipper4th / 5
10 Sep 20172017 Valeur-Jensen Stamford Denmark RaceSundariPHRF handicapOther4th / 5

Helm rating across all classes: 192, #19,547.Crew rating across all classes: -31. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.