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Skip Shumway

ryc Ideal 18SonarEtchells

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Events
34

238 races · 24 race wins

Win rate
6%

6% win rate · 2 of 34

Podium rate
21%

7 top-three finishes

Typically beats
60%

of boats faced (90%: 57%–62%, 844 boats)

Best class ranking
#31

Helm in Ideal 18 · rating 226

Longest win streak
2

race wins in a row

Nemesis
Brian Doyle

4–29 head to head in 33 races

Rival
Mark Lawless

57–62 in 119 races

Best day
16 Sep 2015

14-11-3-7-2-1-1-10 · 2015 Sonar World Championship Regatta · about 1 in 2,282 by chance

Signature result
2nd of 37

2018 Ideal 18 North American Championship · Ideal 18 · 29 Sep 2018

Partnerships · 13 sailors

  • Dawn Shumway · Little Eagle · Handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 16% of the fleet together · best 4th · May 2025 – Jul 2026
  • Tom Rufflin · Beat Dawn S, Happy to be in NS · Sonar 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 2 of 15 races won Beat 57% of the fleet together · best 5th · Jul 2014 – Sep 2017
  • Jeff Calderon · Go fast!, Gruntin & Groanin · Ideal 18 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 8 of 24 races won Beat 69% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jul 2023 – May 2025
  • Daniel Lawless · Isolde, Tango · Ideal 18 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 19 races won Beat 71% of the fleet together · best 5th · Sep 2010 – Sep 2012
  • Doug Faust · Beat Dawn S, Puttin the team back togeather · Sonar 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 2 of 14 races won Beat 49% of the fleet together · best 5th · Jul 2014 – Sep 2024
  • Conner Shumway · Little Eagle · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 4th · May 2025 – May 2025
  • Shirley Shumway · Little Eagle · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 4th · May 2025 – May 2025
  • Dirk Kneulman · Puttin the team back togeather · Sonar 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 43% of the fleet together · best 18th · Sep 2024 – Sep 2024
  • Jeff Caldron · Falcon · Ideal 18 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 82% of the fleet together · best 7th · Sep 2023 – Sep 2023
  • Shane Olney · Beat Dawn S · Sonar 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 2 of 7 races won Beat 56% of the fleet together · best 5th · Jul 2014 – Jul 2014

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

Rating history

-17187391201020132016201920222025Helm rating, all classes

Event history · 34

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
25 Jul 20262026 RYC Ideal 18 Summer Saturday SeriesGruntin & GroaninIdeal 18Skipper3rd / 5
17 Jul 20262026 RYC Friday JAM SeriesLittle EagleHandicapCrew14th / 20
16 Jul 20262026 RYC Ideal 18 Summer Thursday SeriesGruntin & GroaninIdeal 18Skipper4th / 9
23 May 20262026 RYC Ideal 18 Memorial Day RegattaGruntin & GroaninIdeal 18Skipper2nd / 4
21 May 20262026 RYC Ideal 18 Spring Thursday SeriesGruntin & GroaninIdeal 18Skipper3rd / 10
16 May 20262026 RYC Ideal 18 Fool's RegattaGruntin & GroaninIdeal 18Skipper4th / 5
26 May 20252025 RYC Memorial Day RaceLittle EaglePHRF handicapCrew4th / 4
22 May 20252025 RYC Ideal 18 SeriesGruntin & GroaninIdeal 18Skipper6th / 9
10 Sep 20242024 Sonar World ChampionshipPuttin the team back togeatherSonarSkipper18th / 31
16 Sep 20232023 Ideal 18 North American ChampionshipFalconIdeal 18Other7th / 34
21 Jul 2023Lake Ontario Challenge CupGo fast!Ideal 18Skipper1st / 8
16 Jun 20222022 Sonar World ChampionshipStill sailingSonarOther9th / 22
18 Sep 20212021 Ideal 18 North American ChampionshipValenciaIdeal 18Other8th / 32
18 Sep 20192019 Sonar World ChampionshipBeat Dawn SSonarHelm11th / 24
13 Jul 20192019 RYC One Design RegattaBeat Dawns BoatSonarSkipper5th / 7
29 Sep 20182018 Ideal 18 North American ChampionshipJig TimeIdeal 18Other2nd / 37
14 Sep 20182018 Sonar North American ChampionshipsHope we have wind........SonarOther11th / 37
25 Aug 2018RYC One Design RegattaEnd of summer.....SonarSkipper4th / 7
8 Sep 20172017 Sonar World Championship RegattaHappy to be in NSSonarOther11th / 25
24 Sep 20162016 Ideal 18 North American ChampionshipFortune Cookie / PapaIdeal 18Other7th / 33
16 Sep 20152015 Sonar World Championship RegattaBeat Dawn SSonarSkipper5th / 27
27 Sep 20142014 Ideal 18 North American ChampionshipFortune CookieIdeal 18Other25th / 47
24 Jul 20142014 Sperry Top-Sider Marblehead NOOD RegattaBeat Dawn SSonarOther5th / 10
26 Jul 20132013 Sperry Top-Sider Marblehead NOOD RegattaBeat Dawn SSonarOther1st / 14
29 Sep 20122012 Ideal 18 North American ChampionshipTangoIdeal 18Other16th / 41

Helm rating across all classes: 229 (±109), #15,735. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.