Sailor · 2014–2025

John Riddle

charleston yacht club Thistle T-10

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Events: 5
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 0%
Typically beats: 66%

Nemesis: Scott Irwin
Best day: 21 Aug 2021
Signature result: 4th of 14

Partnerships · 15 sailors

Christy Parsons · Nuts, NUTS · T-10 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 2 of 18 races won Beat 70% of the fleet together · best 4th · Jun 2017 – Aug 2021
Alex Tracy · John Riddle · Thistle 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 10th · Oct 2025 – Oct 2025
Megan Tracy · John Riddle · Thistle 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 10th · Oct 2025 – Oct 2025
Susan Backus · Nuts · T-10 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 9 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together · best 4th · Jun 2017 – Jun 2017
Paige Qua · Mojo · Thistle 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 66% of the fleet together · best 20th · Jul 2014 – Jul 2014
Tyler Parsons · NUTS · T-10 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 9 races won Beat 73% of the fleet together · best 7th · Aug 2021 – Aug 2021
Kevin Shockey · NUTS · T-10 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 9 races won Beat 73% of the fleet together · best 7th · Aug 2021 – Aug 2021
Gretchen Backus Loper · NUTS · T-10 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 9 races won Beat 73% of the fleet together · best 7th · Aug 2021 – Aug 2021
John Barker · Nuts · T-10 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 9 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together · best 4th · Jun 2017 – Jun 2017
Lee Ferber · Mojo · Thistle 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 66% of the fleet together · best 20th · Jul 2014 – Jul 2014

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

Rating history

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

Event history · 5

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
4 Oct 2025	2025 Thistle Old Salty Regatta	John Riddle	Thistle	Skipper	10th / 19
20 Sep 2025	2025 Thistle Wild Turkey Regatta	3976	Thistle	Skipper	4th / 14
19 Aug 2021	2021 T-10 North American Championship	NUTS	T-10	Spinnaker trimmer	7th / 23
2 Jun 2017	2017 Bayview One Design Regatta	Nuts	T-10	Other	4th / 10
28 Jul 2014	2014 Thistle National Championships	Mojo	Thistle	Other	20th / 56

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	130 provisional	#23388 band 12025–40207	—

4 more classes, not yet ranked

T-10 · Crew · 18 races, 2 events · rating 111
Thistle · Helm · 8 races, 2 events · rating 85
Full-size sailing · Helm · 8 races, 2 events · rating 113
Thistle · Crew · 1 race, 1 event · rating 6

Rank among sailors with a substantial record, all time. In brackets, the ranks this rating cannot be told apart from. Impact is the points of fleet beaten that this sailor adds.

Helm and crew

As helm	2 events	0 wins	beats 64%
As crew	3 events	0 wins	beats 68%

Positions: Spinnaker trimmer (1)

How they race

Closer	−10 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	+8 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Greg Kinney	18	6–12
Scott Irwin	18	4–14
Thomas Humphrey	15	13–2

Most-beaten opponent: Thomas Humphrey (13–2).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2025	2	64%
2021	1	73%
2017	1	67%
2014	1	66%

Boats

NUTS · T-10 · 2 events · 2017–2021
John Riddle · Thistle · 1 events · 2025
3976 · Thistle · 1 events · 2025
Mojo · Thistle · 1 events · 2014

Where they race

Detroit, MI, USA · 1 events
Savannah, GA · 1 events
Sheboygan, WI, USA · 1 events
Racine, WI, USA · 1 events
Mooresville, NC · 1 events

Is this you?

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

Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 130, #23,388.Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 113. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.