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Sailor · 2013–2026

John Eckart

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Events
69

389 races · 69 race wins

Win rate
23%

23% win rate · 16 of 69

Podium rate
49%

34 top-three finishes

Typically beats
78%

of boats faced (range 76%–79%, 1,926 boats)

Best class ranking
#10

Helm in Flying Scot · rating 623

Longest win streak
5

race wins in a row

Most successful partnership
Connie Eckart

3 wins · 5 podiums in 8 events together · 38% win rate

Longest-running crew
Connie Eckart

Jul 2023 – Aug 2026 · 8 events

Nemesis
Jeff Linton

7–41 head to head in 48 races

Rival
Roger Sharp

58–48 in 106 races

Best day
6 Sep 2024

5-5-4-2-1-1-1-1 · Massapoag Yacht Club 75th Annual Regatta - Small Boats

Signature result
1st of 37

Race Around Shelter Island · Sunfish · 13 Jul 2019

Partnerships · 4 sailors

Most successful partnership: Connie Eckart — 3 wins · 5 podiums in 8 events together · 38% win rate
  • Connie Eckart · Brilliant Mistake, John Eckart · Flying Scot, MC Scow 8events 3 wins together · 5 podiums · 38% win rate · 6 of 37 races won Beat 77% of the fleet together(−5 vs. without) · best 1st · Jul 2023 – Aug 2026
  • Carrie Berger · John Eckart · Flying Scot 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 96% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Oct 2024 – Oct 2024
  • Mark Swanson · Still Crazy · Flying Scot 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 91% of the fleet together · best 4th · Mar 2019 – Mar 2019
  • Carol Sandky · John Eckart · Flying Scot 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 48% of the fleet together · best 15th · Jun 2026 – Jun 2026

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

Rating history

03086162014201620182020202220242026Helm rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 69

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
10 Oct 20262026 NY Downstate Regional Sunfish Championship5323SunfishSkipper4th / 23
4 Sep 2026Massapoag Yacht Club 77th Annual Regatta - Small Boats2520MC ScowSkipper1st / 7
26 Aug 20262026 MCSA National ChampionshipJohn EckartMC ScowSkipper71st / 95
21 Aug 2026Massapoag Yacht Club 77th Annual Regatta - FS Districts and DS Regatta on Saturday, Clinigatta on Sunday6092Flying ScotSkipper3rd / 15
17 Jul 20262026 Flying Scot Wife-Husband ChampionshipJohn EckartFlying ScotSkipper1st / 14
10 Jun 20262026 Flying Scot North American ChampionshipJohn EckartFlying ScotSkipper15th / 28
7 Jun 20262026 Sunday Summer SeriesJohn EckartFlying ScotSkipper5th / 8
4 Jun 2026ISCA 2026 North American ChampionshipJohn EckartSunfishSkipper23rd / 108
5 Sep 2025Massapoag Yacht Club 76th Annual Regatta - Small Boats5323SunfishSkipper3rd / 26
23 Aug 2025MC-Scow Nor'Easterns 2025Brilliant MistakeMC ScowSkipper14th / 25
15 Aug 2025Massapoag Yacht Club 76th Annual Regatta - Big Boats6092Flying ScotSkipper1st / 9
9 Aug 202538th Annual Flying Scot Fleet 161 RegattaJohn EckartFlying ScotSkipper1st / 8
14 Jun 2025Flying Scot New England District Championship6092Flying ScotSkipper5th / 18
31 May 20252025 New England Sunfish RegionalJohn EckartSunfishSkipper2nd / 30
20 Mar 2025International Sunfish Class Association International MastersJohn EckartSunfishSkipper7th / 70
15 Mar 2025US Sunfish Class Association Nationals5323SunfishSkipper15th / 73
16 Oct 2024Flying Scot Open HouseJohn EckartFlying ScotSkipper2nd / 26
12 Oct 202453rd Sunfish World ChampionshipJohn EckartSunfishSkipper31st / 100
6 Sep 2024Massapoag Yacht Club 75th Annual Regatta - Small Boats51883SunfishSkipper1st / 21
16 Aug 2024Flying Scot NERD, Day Sailer Regional - MYC 75th Annual Regatta - Big Boats6092Flying ScotSkipper5th / 15
9 Aug 2024Flying Scot RegattaJohn EckartFlying ScotSkipper2nd / 16
22 Jun 20242024 Flying Scot® North American ChampionshipJohn EckartFlying ScotSkipper14th / 34
11 Jun 2024The 61st Sunfish North American ChampionshipJohn EckartSunfishSkipper15th / 105
1 Jun 20242024 New England Sunfish Regionals51833SunfishOther4th / 22
14 Oct 20232023 US Sunfish Masters Championship51833SunfishOther8th / 51

Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 537, #2,132. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.