Sailor · 2021–2026

Matt Jay

susquehanna yacht club Lightning Handicap

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Events: 9
Win rate: 11%
Podium rate: 22%
Typically beats: 42%
Best class ranking: #425

Most successful partnership: Trevor Prior
Longest-running crew: Trevor Prior
Nemesis: David Starck
Rival: William T Jones Jr
Best day: 12 Jun 2021
Signature result: 1st of 17

Partnerships · 4 sailors

Most successful partnership: Trevor Prior — 1 wins · 2 podiums in 9 events together · 11% win rate

Trevor Prior · 15498, 28, Bulawayo, BULAWAYO · Handicap, Lightning 9events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 11% win rate · 1 of 46 races won Beat 46% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jun 2021 – Aug 2026
Sharon Slieker-Jay · 28, Bulawayo, BULAWAYO, Imvu · Handicap, Lightning 7events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 38 races won Beat 33% of the fleet together · best 17th · Mar 2022 – Aug 2026
Dan Rau · 15498 · Lightning 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 4 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jun 2021 – Jun 2021
Daniell Rau · 15498 · Lightning 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 87% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jan 2022 – Jan 2022

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

Rating history

Event history · 9

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
7 Aug 2026	2026 Lightning Womens, Juniors, and Masters North American Championships	28	Handicap	Crew	21st / 32
16 Mar 2026	2026 Winter Lightning Championship	Mvuu	Lightning	Mid Bow	25th / 34
19 Jul 2025	2025 Lightning Atlantic Coast Championship	Mvuu	Lightning	Other	17th / 18
16 Mar 2024	2024 Winter Lightning Championship	Imvu	Lightning	Tactician	24th / 44
15 Jul 2022	2022 Lightning Atlantic Coast Championship	Trevor Prior	Lightning	Crew	28th / 44
15 May 2022	2022 Lightning Masters World Championships	Bulawayo	Lightning	Crew	25th / 42
20 Mar 2022	2022 Winter Lightning Championship	BULAWAYO	Lightning	Other	24th / 37
1 Jan 2022	2022 Lightning Dixie Districts	15498	Lightning	Crew	3rd / 16
12 Jun 2021	Dixie Districts	15498	Lightning	Skipper	1st / 17

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Crew	48 provisional	#36040 band 20049–52599	—
Lightning Crew	17 provisional	#425 band 226–548	−4.1

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	1 events	1 wins	beats 100%
As crew	8 events	0 wins	beats 40%

Positions: Mid Bow (1) · Tactician (1)

How they race

Closer	−6 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−8 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	45%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	37%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Thomas Allen	31	3–28
David Starck	29	0–29
Ched Proctor	28	1–27
Joe Starck	26	3–23
Tanner Probst	26	3–23
William T Jones Jr	26	15–11
Augie Diaz	26	0–26
Bob Shapiro	25	16–9
Jody Lutz	25	2–23
Gary Hurban	23	18–5
James Elder	21	13–8
Joshua Goldman	21	5–16

Most-beaten opponent: Lisa-Marie Lane (15–0).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	2	0	31%
2025	1	0	6%
2024	1	0	47%
2022	4	0	50%
2021	1	1	100%

Boats

Mvuu · Lightning · 2 events · 2025–2026
Bulawayo · Lightning · 2 events · 2022
15498 · Lightning · 2 events · 2021–2022
28 · Handicap · 1 events · 2026
Imvu · Lightning · 1 events · 2024
Trevor Prior · Lightning · 1 events · 2022

Where they race

St. Petersburg, FL, USA · 3 events
Unknown · 1 events
Wrightsville Beach, NC, USA · 1 events
Milwaukee, WI · 1 events
Metedeconk River Yacht Club · 1 events
Wrightsville, PA · 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 across all classes: 48, #36,040. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.