Sailor · 2012–2025

Larry Christian

massabesic yacht club Windmill Contender Portsmouth handicap

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Events: 11
Win rate: 9%
Podium rate: 27%
Typically beats: 36%
Best class ranking: #5
Longest win streak: 2

Biggest lift: Allie Sponar
Nemesis: Ethan Bixby
Best day: 16 Mar 2018
Signature result: 2nd of 18

Partnerships · 1 sailors

Allie Sponar · Dave · Windmill 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 4 of 18 races won Beat 54% of the fleet together(+16 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jun 2024 – Aug 2025

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

Rating history

Event history · 11

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
20 Sep 2025	2025 President's Cup	Go Blue	Windmill	Skipper	1st / 6
1 Aug 2025	2025 Windmill Nationals	Dave	Windmill	Skipper	4th / 17
14 Jun 2025	Summer One Design Regatta 2025	Dave	Windmill	Skipper	6th / 6
17 Feb 2025	2024 CONTENDER WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP	2498	Contender	Skipper	34th / 36
14 Feb 2025	2025 CONTENDER US NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP	2498	Contender	Skipper	29th / 31
14 Jun 2024	Summer One Design Regatta 2024	Dave	Windmill	Skipper	2nd / 6
16 Feb 2024	2024 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series - St. Petersburg	Bullet	Contender	Other	11th / 11
31 Jan 2020	Contender Mid Winters	Bullet	Contender	Skipper	9th / 11
16 Mar 2018	2018 One Design Midwinter Regatta	Dave	Windmill	Skipper	2nd / 18
15 Feb 2014	2014 Sperry Top-Sider St. Petersburg NOOD Regatta	Bullet	Contender	Other	9th / 10
6 Oct 2012	2012 Heineken High Performance Dinghy Open	Contender	Portsmouth handicap	Skipper	7th / 19

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Helm	271 provisional	#13143 band 7484–21602	—
Windmill Helm	333 provisional	#5 band 2–8	—
Contender Helm	-146 provisional	#193 band 144–217	—

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	11 events	1 wins	beats 42%
As crew	0 events	0 wins	beats —

How they race

Closer	−14 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−21 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	21%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	35%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Ralph Sponar	34	25–9
Roy Sherman	28	24–4
Doug Boyer	22	18–4
Alan Taylor	19	10–9
Ethan Bixby	18	2–16
Lon Ethington	18	13–5
Nathaniel Plant	16	7–9
Erik Arnesen	16	16–0
Lin Robson	16	11–5
Colin Browning	14	8–6
Taylor Denny	13	11–2
Craig Tovell	13	3–10

Most-beaten opponent: Roy Sherman (24–4).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	5	1	39%
2024	2	0	40%
2020	1	0	20%
2018	1	0	94%
2014	1	0	11%
2012	1	0	67%

Boats

Dave · Windmill · 4 events · 2018–2025
Bullet · Contender · 3 events · 2014–2024
2498 · Contender · 2 events · 2025
Go Blue · Windmill · 1 events · 2025
Contender · Portsmouth handicap · 1 events · 2012

Where they race

Rock Hall, MD · 2 events
Pensacola, FL · 2 events
St. Petersburg, FL, USA · 2 events
Sarasota, FL · 1 events
Westerville, OH · 1 events
Rye, NY, USA · 1 events

Is this you?

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Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 271, #13,143. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.