Events 36 134
races · 2 race wins
Win rate 3% 3% win rate · 1 of 36
Podium rate 3% 1 top-three finishes
Typically beats 38% of boats faced (90%: 35%–40%, 831 boats)
Best class ranking #7673 Helm in Optimist · rating
5
Partnerships · 2 sailors Walter Smith · Medora · Shields 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums ·
1 events · 0 of 2
races won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 7th · Mar 2023 – Mar 2023 Kate Conway · Medora · Shields 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums ·
1 events · 0 of 3
races won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 4th · Nov 2020 – Nov 2020 Lift shows how much better this sailor finishes with that partner aboard.
Rating history -144 -81 -18 2019 2021 2023 2025 Helm rating, all classes Event history · 36 Show all 36 Ratings Class Rating Rank Adj. ± All classes Helm -26provisional #56626 band 43409–67634 — Optimist Helm 5provisional #7673 band 4114–11181 — Shields Helm -113provisional #166 band 141–175 —
1 more class, not yet ranked Rank among sailors with ten or more rated races over three or more events, all time. In
brackets, the ranks this rating cannot be told apart from. Adj. ± is the adjusted
plus-minus in points of fleet beaten.
Helm and crew
As helm 36 events 1 wins beats 27% As crew 0 events 0 wins beats —
Closer −15 pts last race of an event vs. the rest Comeback −8 pts the race after a bottom-half finish Consistency 50% 100% = the same result every event Big fleets (25+) 47% of the fleet beaten Small fleets (<12) 15% of the fleet beaten
Seasons Year Events Wins Beat 2026 8 0 28% 2025 10 1 48% 2024 2 0 25% 2023 1 0 0% 2022 2 0 13% 2020 6 0 22% 2019 2 0 24% 2018 5 0 6%
Boats Medora · Shields, PHRF handicap · 21 events · 2018–2026 John Feeley · Optimist · 8 events · 2024–2026 USA18706 · Optimist · 3 events · 2025 US18706 · Optimist · 2 events · 2026 18706 · Optimist, Green Fleet Opti · 2 events · 2025–2026 Where they race Monterey, CA · 16 events Annapolis, MD · 5 events Monterey Peninsula Yacht Club · 4 events Norfolk, VA · 2 events Galesville, MD · 2 events Deltaville, VA · 2 events Is this you? Claim it to merge duplicates and remove results that aren’t yours. Changes apply at the
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Helm rating across all classes: -26 (±143),
#56,626. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.