Sailor · 2025–2026

Nicholas Shand

university of california at santa barbara College fleet racing

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Events: 5
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 40%
Typically beats: 81%
Best class ranking: #4358
Longest win streak: 2

Nemesis: Brendan O'Connor
Rival: Conor Kim
Best day: 17 Jan 2026
Signature result: 2nd of 29

Partnerships · 17 sailors

Aidan McCormick · University of California at Santa Barbara (Gauchos) · College fleet racing 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 4 of 50 races won Beat 68% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jan 2025 – Jan 2026
Will Hartley · University of California at Santa Barbara (Gauchos 1), University of California at Santa Barbara (Gauchos) · College fleet racing 3events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 8 of 46 races won Beat 89% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Nov 2025 – Feb 2026
Jonah Eckerman · University of California at Santa Barbara (Gauchos 1), University of California at Santa Barbara (Gauchos) · College fleet racing 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 3 of 24 races won Beat 63% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Feb 2025 – Nov 2025
Gabriel Hasen · University of California at Santa Barbara (Gauchos 1), University of California at Santa Barbara (Gauchos) · College fleet racing 2events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 7 of 30 races won Beat 92% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Nov 2025 – Jan 2026
Kayla Spalding · University of California at Santa Barbara (Gauchos) · College fleet racing 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 4 of 34 races won Beat 88% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jan 2025 – Jan 2026
Avalon Everett · University of California at Santa Barbara (Gauchos) · College fleet racing 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 12 races won Beat 88% of the fleet together · best 6th · Jan 2025 – Jan 2025
Evelyn Engebretson · University of California at Santa Barbara (Gauchos) · College fleet racing 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 12 races won Beat 88% of the fleet together · best 6th · Jan 2025 – Jan 2025
Maeve McCormick · University of California at Santa Barbara (Gauchos 1) · College fleet racing 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 3 of 8 races won Beat 96% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Nov 2025 – Nov 2025
Luke Greenlee · University of California at Santa Barbara (Gauchos 1) · College fleet racing 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 3 of 8 races won Beat 96% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Nov 2025 – Nov 2025
Max Bloom · University of California at Santa Barbara (Gauchos) · College fleet racing 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 16 races won Beat 29% of the fleet together · best 11th · Feb 2025 – Feb 2025

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Rating history

Event history · 5

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
7 Feb 2026	Mustang Open JV	University of California at Santa Barbara (Gauchos)	College fleet racing	B Skipper (1-5)	6th / 28
17 Jan 2026	Peter Wenner Rainbow Invite	University of California at Santa Barbara (Gauchos)	College fleet racing	B Skipper (3-4,7-8,11)	3rd / 18
15 Nov 2025	Fall PCC JV	University of California at Santa Barbara (Gauchos 1)	College fleet racing	B Skipper (3-4)	2nd / 29
22 Feb 2025	Mustang Open Varsity	University of California at Santa Barbara (Gauchos)	College fleet racing	B Skipper	11th / 15
25 Jan 2025	Jeff Simon Memorial Regatta Coed	University of California at Santa Barbara (Gauchos)	College fleet racing	B Crew (1-2)	6th / 41

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Helm	55 provisional	#40707 band 23416–61003	—
College fleet racing Helm	52 provisional	#4358 band 3060–5620	+5.6

2 more classes, not yet ranked

College fleet racing · Crew · 2 races, 1 event · rating 11
All classes · Crew · 2 races, 1 event · rating 12

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	4 events	0 wins	beats 74%
As crew	1 events	0 wins	beats 88%

Positions: B Skipper (1-5) (1) · B Skipper (3-4,7-8,11) (1) · B Skipper (3-4) (1) · B Skipper (1) · B Crew (1-2) (1)

How they race

Closer	−2 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−26 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Big fleets	89%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Nathan Briar	49	38–11
Liam Williams	48	39–9
Matt Grimsley	38	26–12
Nate Powers	32	29–3
Rachael Tier	30	24–6
JP Finnegan	30	28–2
Tony Gao	30	30–0
Conrad Kistler	28	22–6
Chris Hopkins	28	8–20
Skyler Chaffey	28	20–8
Nejan Gunawardena	27	17–10
Pike Williams	27	23–4

Most-beaten opponent: Liam Williams (39–9).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	2	0	85%
2025	3	0	71%

Boats

University of California at Santa Barbara (Gauchos) · College fleet racing · 4 events · 2025–2026
University of California at Santa Barbara (Gauchos 1) · College fleet racing · 1 events · 2025

Where they race

Cal Poly · 2 events
UC Santa Barbara · 1 events
UC San Diego · 1 events
Hawaii · 1 events

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Helm rating across all classes: 55, #40,707.Crew rating across all classes: 12. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.