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Sailor · 2017–2026

Nathan Posard

sfyc Optimist29erHandicap

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Events
21

158 races · 12 race wins

Win rate
5%

5% win rate · 1 of 21

Podium rate
29%

6 top-three finishes

Typically beats
65%

of boats faced (range 61%–69%, 427 boats)

Best class ranking
#503

Helm in Optimist · rating 473

Longest win streak
5

race wins in a row

Longest-running crew
Michele Biral

Jul 2023 – May 2024 · 5 events

Nemesis
Mark Xu

22–51 head to head in 73 races

Rival
Rhett Krawitt

38–38 in 76 races

Best day
25 Jun 2021

2-1-1-1-5-2-1-1-1-1 · BAYS Summer Series #1

Signature result
2nd of 37

2021 Goblin Optimist Regatta · Optimist · 15 Oct 2021

Partnerships · 15 sailors

  • Michele Biral · Nathan Posard · 29er, Handicap 5events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 42 races won Beat 16% of the fleet together(−53 vs. without) · best 4th · Jul 2023 – May 2024
  • Liam Andresen · Santa Barbara City College (Vaqueros) · College fleet racing 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 24 races won Beat 76% of the fleet together · best 6th · Nov 2025 – Jan 2026
  • Anna Meier · Santa Barbara City College (Vaqueros) · College fleet racing 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 24 races won Beat 76% of the fleet together · best 6th · Nov 2025 – Jan 2026
  • Aston Smith · Santa Barbara City College (Vaqueros) · College fleet racing 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 24 races won Beat 76% of the fleet together · best 6th · Nov 2025 – Jan 2026
  • Kate Patterson · Donkey Republic · RS21 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 4th · Oct 2022 – Oct 2022
  • Beckett Kern · Beckett Kern · RS21 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Oct 2023 – Oct 2023
  • Tyler Yang · Donkey Republic · RS21 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 4th · Oct 2022 – Oct 2022
  • Akira Sophie Bratti · Beckett Kern · RS21 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Oct 2023 – Oct 2023
  • Benjamin Foox · Santa Barbara City College (Vaqueros) · College fleet racing 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 12 races won Beat 74% of the fleet together · best 6th · Nov 2025 – Nov 2025
  • Aaron Toy-Lim · Beckett Kern · RS21 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Oct 2023 – Oct 2023

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Rating history

023546920182020202220242026Helm rating, full-size sailingCrew rating, full-size sailing

— Helm rating, full-size sailing · - - Crew rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 21

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
3 Jan 20262026 Rose Bowl RegattaSanta Barbara City College (Vaqueros)College fleet racingB Crew6th / 24
15 Nov 2025Fall Pacific Coast ChampionshipSanta Barbara City College (Vaqueros)College fleet racingC Crew6th / 20
18 May 20242024 Santa Barbara Spring Dinghy Regatta (Ullman-Frost and Hamlin #4)Nathan Posard29erSkipper8th / 10
1 Mar 2024BAYS Winter #3Nathan Posard29erSkipper4th / 4
27 Oct 2023SFYC Fall RS21 Youth Invitational RegattaBeckett KernRS21Crew3rd / 6
20 Oct 20232023 Fall DinghyNathan Posard29erSkipper11th / 13
22 Sep 2023SDYC Junior Invitational Regatta, SCYYRA North Series #1 & Hamlin Series#1Nathan Posard29erSkipper13th / 14
31 Jul 2023SCYYRA Series 2023/2024Nathan PosardHandicapSkipper12th / 18
28 Jul 2023BAYS Summer Series #3Nathan Posard29erSkipper5th / 5
14 Jul 20232023 BAYS 2Nathan Posard29erSkipper3rd / 6
27 Oct 2022SFYC Fall RS21 Youth Invitational RegattaDonkey RepublicRS21Crew4th / 7
15 Oct 20212021 Goblin Optimist RegattaNathan PosardOptimistSkipper2nd / 37
7 Oct 20212021 Optimist Pacific Coast ChampionshipNathan PosardOptimistSkipper13th / 35
31 Jul 2021SCYYRA Series 2021/2022Nathan PosardHandicapSkipper46th / 54
16 Jul 20212021 BAYS 2Nathan PosardOptimistSkipper2nd / 24
25 Jun 2021BAYS Summer Series #1Nathan PosardOptimistSkipper1st / 17
25 Oct 2019Fall DinghyNathan PosardOptimistSkipper4th / 30
9 Feb 20192019 SCYA Optimist Midwinter Regatta, SCYYRA Carrie Series #4, Stephan M. Pitts Memorial Trophy731OptimistSkipper9th / 47
29 Jul 20172017 BAYS Summer Series #318302OptimistSkipper3rd / 11
8 Apr 2017Optimist Harken Challenge #2 (NorCal Winter #5)18302HandicapSkipper12th / 41
4 Mar 20172016-2017 BAYS Opti Winter Series #418302OptimistSkipper4th / 25

Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 67, #39,626.Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 199, #15,341. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.