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Sailor · 2015–2026

Stephen Hale

eyc ORC handicapPHRF handicapThistle

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Events
90

207 races · 16 race wins

Win rate
10%

10% win rate · 9 of 90

Podium rate
38%

34 top-three finishes

Typically beats
64%

of boats faced (90%: 62%–66%, 1,082 boats)

Best class ranking
#160

Helm in Thistle · rating 83

Longest win streak
2

race wins in a row

Most successful partnership
Athena Arnold

4 wins · 5 podiums in 8 events together · 50% win rate

Best trio
Athena Arnold & Helen Hale

3 wins · 3 podiums in 5 events, all three aboard

Biggest lift
Athena Arnold

+25 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
Meredith Glacken

Sep 2020 – Jun 2025 · 11 events

Nemesis
Michael Gillum

4–51 head to head in 55 races

Rival
Dan Clark

28–26 in 54 races

Best day
5 May 2023

3-3-5-3 · 2023 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series - Annapolis · about 1 in 50 by chance

Signature result
1st of 59

2022 MADR - FULL SERIES · Handicap · 29 Jul 2022

Partnerships · 36 sailors

Most successful partnership: Athena Arnold — 4 wins · 5 podiums in 8 events together · 50% win rate
  • Meredith Glacken · Cookie Monster · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 11events 3 wins together · 5 podiums · 27% win rate · 2 of 17 races won Beat 61% of the fleet together(+6 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2020 – Jun 2025
  • Helen Hale · Cookie Monster · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 11events 3 wins together · 4 podiums · 27% win rate · 2 of 19 races won Beat 55% of the fleet together(−1 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2020 – Sep 2022
  • Matt Alisch · Cookie Monster · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 9events 3 wins together · 5 podiums · 33% win rate · 2 of 16 races won Beat 68% of the fleet together(+13 vs. without) · best 1st · Oct 2020 – Jun 2025
  • Tyler Waldron · Cookie Monster · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 8events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 13% win rate · 1 of 16 races won Beat 43% of the fleet together(−15 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2019 – Jun 2021
  • Athena Arnold · Cookie Monster · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 8events 4 wins together · 5 podiums · 50% win rate · 3 of 11 races won Beat 79% of the fleet together(+25 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2020 – Jun 2025
  • Daniel Coffman · Cookie Monster · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 6events 2 wins together · 2 podiums · 33% win rate · 1 of 9 races won Beat 62% of the fleet together(+6 vs. without) · best 1st · Feb 2021 – Sep 2022
  • Dave Stenger · Cookie Monster · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 6events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 17% win rate · 1 of 12 races won Beat 56% of the fleet together(±0 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2020 – Jul 2021
  • Phillip Clarke · Cookie Monster · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 4events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 1 of 8 races won Beat 55% of the fleet together(−1 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2020 – Jun 2023
  • James Gray · Cookie Monster, Jester · J/105, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 13 races won Beat 59% of the fleet together(+3 vs. without) · best 3rd · Feb 2021 – May 2023
  • Julius Smith · Cookie Monster · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 3events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 4 races won Beat 71% of the fleet together(+15 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2023 – Jun 2025

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

Rating history

-12238198201620182020202220242026Helm rating, all classesCrew rating, all classes

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

Event history · 90

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
6 Jun 20262026 Ted Osius Memorial Twilight RegattaCookie MonsterORC handicapCaptain4th / 9
23 May 20262026 Annapolis to Miles River RaceCookie MonsterORC handicapCaptain10th / 13
9 May 20262026 MADR UPPER BAY SERIES - PHRF Plus ratingsCookie MonsterHandicapSkipper3rd / 19
9 May 20262026 Spring Race to OxfordCookie MonsterORC handicapCaptain5th / 8
1 Mar 20262025/2026 AYC Frostbite Series 2Cookie MonsterORC handicapSkipper7th / 8
18 Oct 20252025 BCYA Baltimore Harbor CupCookie MonsterORC handicapSkipper4th / 13
18 Oct 2025Balitmore Harbor Cup - NAR Shadow ScoringCookie MonsterHandicapSkipper9th / 14
4 Oct 20252025 Totally Dinghy3685ThistleSkipper2nd / 5
13 Sep 20252025 Hospice Cup XLIVCookie MonsterPHRF handicapCaptain4th / 10
26 Jul 20252025 AYC Annual RegattaCookie MonsterORC handicapSkipper5th / 10
19 Jul 20252025 High Sierra Regatta - Weekend 2 Huntington Lake Calif.MagicalThistleSkipper3rd / 5
27 Jun 20252025 Boomerang RaceCookie MonsterPHRF handicapSkipper2nd / 5
6 Jun 20252025 Annapolis - Newport RaceCookie MonsterPHRF handicapSkipper3rd / 14
24 May 20252025 Annapolis to Miles River RaceCookie MonsterORC handicapSkipper6th / 11
10 May 20252025 MADR - Northern Bay SeriesCookie MonsterHandicapSkipper30th / 201
10 May 20252025 Spring Race to OxfordCookie MonsterORC handicapSkipper5th / 11
3 Nov 20242024/2025 AYC Frostbite Series 1Cookie MonsterORC handicapOther12th / 15
14 Sep 20242024 Hospice Cup XLIIICookie MonsterPHRF handicapOther3rd / 9
13 Sep 2024Thistle 2024 Pacific Coast ChampionshipMagicalThistleSkipper6th / 9
7 Sep 2024Tahoe ILCA Fleet Championship143261LaserSkipper12th / 16
8 Jun 20242024 Ted Osius Memorial Twilight RegattaCookie MonsterORC handicapOther5th / 7
31 May 20242024 Fawcett's Friday Night Beer Can SeriesCookie MonsterPHRF handicapOther7th / 13
25 May 2024Annapolis to Miles River RaceCookie MonsterORC handicapSkipper3rd / 8
11 May 20242024 MADR - MID BAY (4of7)COOKIE MONSTERHandicapSkipper9th / 50
11 May 20242024 Spring Race to OxfordCookie MonsterORC handicapOther4th / 11

Helm rating across all classes: 198 (±104), #18,914.Crew rating across all classes: 27 (±238). Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.