Sailor · 2014–2023

Carter Smith

fairhope Optimist 420 Handicap

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Events: 8
Win rate: 25%
Podium rate: 38%
Typically beats: 41%
Best class ranking: #4800
Longest win streak: 7

Nemesis: Evan Garrison
Best day: 3 Jul 2015
Signature result: 1st of 21

Partnerships · 5 sailors

Thaddeus Bardsley · Thaddeus Bardsley · 420 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 8% of the fleet together · best 23rd · Aug 2023 – Aug 2023
Meredith Rutledge · Clemson University (Tigers) · College fleet racing 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 4 of 8 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Mar 2014 – Mar 2014
James Donohoe · James Donohoe · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 14% of the fleet together · best 20th · Jul 2023 – Jul 2023
Edwin Strong · Clemson University (Tigers) · College fleet racing 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 4 of 8 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Mar 2014 – Mar 2014
Hunter Davis · Clemson University (Tigers) · College fleet racing 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 4 of 8 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Mar 2014 – Mar 2014

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

Rating history

— Helm rating, all classes · - - Crew rating, all classes

Event history · 8

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
3 Aug 2023	121st Squam Day Regatta	Thaddeus Bardsley	420	Crew	23rd / 25
23 Jul 2023	Marblehead Junior Race Week 2023	James Donohoe	Handicap	Crew	20th / 23
1 Jul 2016	2016 Junior Olympics	21067	Opti (Red/White/Blue)	Skipper	8th / 9
28 May 2016	Commo. Juby Wynne Memorial OD Regatta	21067	Optimist Advanced	Skipper	10th / 16
13 Mar 2016	2016 Alfonso Regatta & Sutter Cup - Laser D-14 Championship	21067	Optimist	Skipper	11th / 16
12 Sep 2015	Stitt / Chappell Regatta	21067	Optimist	Skipper	3rd / 5
3 Jul 2015	2015 Junior Olympics	21067	Optimist	Skipper	1st / 21
8 Mar 2014	SAISA North Points #3	Clemson University (Tigers)	College fleet racing	A Crew	1st / 9

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Helm	-7 provisional	#53145 band 35845–68140	—
Optimist Helm	84 provisional	#4800 band 2560–8516	—

5 more classes, not yet ranked

All classes · Crew · 9 races, 3 events · rating -36
Optimist Advanced · Helm · 8 races, 1 event · rating -6
Opti (Red/White/Blue) · Helm · 7 races, 1 event · rating -46
420 · Crew · 5 races, 1 event · rating -86
College fleet racing · Crew · 4 races, 1 event · rating 72

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	5 events	1 wins	beats 47%
As crew	3 events	1 wins	beats 41%

Positions: A Crew (1)

How they race

Closer	−12 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−25 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	31%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	54%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Charles Gilman Hackel	22	12–10
Evan Garrison	21	1–20
Chandler Taloney	21	13–8
Reed Carpenter	18	12–6
Claire Housey	14	3–11
Emory Friend	14	1–13
Thomas Kerrigan	14	0–14
Ashley Alfortish	14	2–12
Nate Hartwell	13	8–5

Most-beaten opponent: Reed Carpenter (12–6).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2023	2	0	11%
2016	3	0	29%
2015	2	1	75%
2014	1	1	100%

Boats

21067 · Opti (Red/White/Blue), Optimist Advanced, Optimist · 5 events · 2015–2016
Thaddeus Bardsley · 420 · 1 events · 2023
James Donohoe · Handicap · 1 events · 2023
Clemson University (Tigers) · College fleet racing · 1 events · 2014

Where they race

Pensacola, FL · 3 events
MA · 1 events
Tennessee · 1 events
New Orleans, LA · 1 events
Gloucester, MA · 1 events
Gulfport, MS · 1 events

Is this you?

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Helm rating across all classes: -7, #53,145.Crew rating across all classes: -36. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.