Sailor · 2025–2026

Walter Nickerson

ssyc Lightning Flying Scot Handicap

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Events: 6
Win rate: 17%
Podium rate: 17%
Typically beats: 29%
Best class ranking: #377

Nemesis: Tom Peterson
Best day: 5 Aug 2025
Signature result: 1st of 9

Partnerships · 4 sailors

Frank Schmitt · Walter Nickerson · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 7% of the fleet together · best 30th · Aug 2026 – Aug 2026
Michael Kuka · Michael Kuka · Lightning 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 25% of the fleet together · best 4th · Jul 2026 – Jul 2026
Bill Schultz · Walter Nickerson · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 7% of the fleet together · best 30th · Aug 2026 – Aug 2026
John O'Connor · Somethin Else · Flying Scot 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 33% of the fleet together · best 9th · Aug 2026 – Aug 2026

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 · 6

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
15 Aug 2026	Flying Scot Midwest Districts	Somethin Else	Flying Scot	Crew	9th / 13
8 Aug 2026	Tuesday Night One Design 2026	Walter Nickerson	Lightning	Skipper	5th / 9
7 Aug 2026	2026 Lightning Womens, Juniors, and Masters North American Championships	Walter Nickerson	Handicap	Skipper	30th / 32
18 Jul 2026	Lightning & VX One Regatta 2026	Michael Kuka	Lightning	Crew	4th / 5
12 Jul 2025	Lightning & VX One Regatta 2025	Walter Nickerson	Lightning	Skipper	7th / 8
10 Jun 2025	SSYC One Design Racing Series 2025	Walter Nickerson	Lightning	Skipper	1st / 9

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Lightning Helm	-5 provisional	#377 band 261–465	—
Full-size sailing Helm	0 provisional	#71251 band 48800–91162	—

3 more classes, not yet ranked

Full-size sailing · Crew · 11 races, 2 events · rating -51
Lightning · Crew · 6 races, 1 event · rating -24
Flying Scot · Crew · 5 races, 1 event · rating -51

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	1 wins	beats 43%
As crew	2 events	0 wins	beats 29%

How they race

Closer	−16 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−10 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Small fleets	47%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Tom Peterson	20	0–20
Bob Heil	17	13–4
Brandon Holton	15	7–8
Emily Joachim	12	9–3
Patrick McGuinnis	12	4–8

Most-beaten opponent: Bob Heil (13–4).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	4	0	29%
2025	2	1	57%

Boats

Walter Nickerson · Lightning, Handicap · 4 events · 2025–2026
Somethin Else · Flying Scot · 1 events · 2026
Michael Kuka · Lightning · 1 events · 2026

Where they race

Milwaukee, WI · 5 events
P.O. Box 482, WI · 1 events

Is this you?

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Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 0, #71,251.Crew rating, Full-size sailing: -51. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.