Sailor · 2013–2024

William Nickel

nationalyacht club PHRF handicap IRC handicap J/109

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Events: 12
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 33%
Typically beats: 45%
Longest win streak: 3

Biggest lift: Mike McGagh
Longest-running crew: Thomas Tyson
Nemesis: Heidi Benjamin
Best day: 9 Aug 2013
Signature result: 2nd of 10

Partnerships · 34 sailors

Thomas Tyson · ADAGIO, water colours · PHRF handicap 7events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 7 races won Beat 29% of the fleet together(−38 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jul 2017 – Jul 2024
Matt Swift · ADAGIO, water colours · PHRF handicap 7events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 7 races won Beat 29% of the fleet together(−38 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jul 2017 – Jul 2024
Jordan Nickel · ADAGIO, water colours · PHRF handicap 5events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 5 races won Beat 24% of the fleet together(−35 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jul 2017 – Jun 2022
Luke Sutherland · ADAGIO, water colours · PHRF handicap 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 28% of the fleet together(−24 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jul 2017 – Jul 2022
Kevin Hayes · Hamburg, Otra Vez · IRC handicap, J/109 4events 0 wins together · 3 podiums · 4 events · 7 of 32 races won Beat 77% of the fleet together(+49 vs. without) · best 2nd · Aug 2013 – Jul 2016
Mike McGagh · Hamburg, Otra Vez · IRC handicap, J/109 3events 0 wins together · 3 podiums · 3 events · 7 of 25 races won Beat 86% of the fleet together(+56 vs. without) · best 2nd · Aug 2013 – Jan 2015
Beatrice Witzgall · Otra Vez · IRC handicap 3events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 2 of 23 races won Beat 73% of the fleet together(+38 vs. without) · best 2nd · Sep 2014 – Jul 2016
Jeff Cooke · Otra Vez · IRC handicap 3events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 2 of 23 races won Beat 73% of the fleet together(+38 vs. without) · best 2nd · Sep 2014 – Jul 2016
William Coates · Otra Vez · IRC handicap 3events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 2 of 23 races won Beat 73% of the fleet together(+38 vs. without) · best 2nd · Sep 2014 – Jul 2016
Ben Cormack · Otra Vez · IRC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 2 of 13 races won Beat 65% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Sep 2014 – Jul 2016

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 · 12

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
13 Jul 2024	2024 Lake Ontario 300 Challenge	water colours	PHRF handicap	Skipper	5th / 7
15 Jul 2023	2023 Lake Ontario 300 / 600 Challenge Presented by driveHG	water colours	PHRF handicap	Skipper	5th / 6
16 Jul 2022	2022 Lake Ontario 300 Challenge Race Presented by driveHG	water colours	PHRF handicap	Skipper	4th / 7
3 Jun 2022	2022 Susan Hood Trophy Race Presented by driveHG	water colours	PHRF handicap	Other	7th / 9
10 Jul 2021	2021 Lake Ontario 300 / 600 Challenge	ADAGIO	PHRF handicap	Skipper	2nd / 3
14 Jul 2018	2018 Lake Ontario 300/600 Challenge	ADAGIO	PHRF handicap	Other	9th / 9
1 Jun 2018	2018 Susan Hood Trophy Race	ADAGIO	PHRF handicap	Other	5th / 7
15 Jul 2017	2017 Lake Ontario 300 Challenge presented by driveHG	ADAGIO	PHRF handicap	Skipper	8th / 9
13 Jul 2016	NYYC Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex - PART II - One-Design and Handicap	Otra Vez	IRC handicap	Other	5th / 9
21 Jan 2015	Quantum Key West Race Week 2015	Otra Vez	IRC handicap	Mast	2nd / 10
13 Sep 2014	2014 Long Island Sound Championship	Otra Vez	IRC handicap	Mast	2nd / 6
8 Aug 2013	2013 Verve Cup Offshore Regatta	Hamburg	J/109	Bow	2nd / 10

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	293 provisional	#8215 band 4404–14559	—

2 more classes, not yet ranked

J/109 · Crew · 9 races, 1 event · rating 154
Full-size sailing · Helm · 8 races, 8 events · rating -44

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	8 events	0 wins	beats 28%
As crew	4 events	0 wins	beats 77%

Positions: Mast (2) · Bow (1)

How they race

Closer	−31 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−17 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	44%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	44%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Heidi Benjamin	19	8–11
John Cooper	17	11–6

Most-beaten opponent: John Cooper (11–6).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2024	1	33%
2023	1	20%
2022	2	38%
2021	1	50%
2018	2	17%
2017	1	13%
2016	1	50%
2015	1	89%
2014	1	80%
2013	1	89%

Boats

water colours · PHRF handicap · 4 events · 2022–2024
ADAGIO · PHRF handicap · 4 events · 2017–2021
Otra Vez · IRC handicap · 3 events · 2014–2016
Hamburg · J/109 · 1 events · 2013

Where they race

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada · 8 events
Newport, RI, USA · 1 events
Riverside, CT, USA · 1 events
Chicago, IL, USA · 1 events
Key West, FL, USA · 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: 293, #8,215.Helm rating, Full-size sailing: -44. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.