Sailor · 2020–2026

Linda Smith

jackson yacht club J/70 Handicap

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Events: 7
Win rate: 14%
Podium rate: 43%
Typically beats: 47%
Best class ranking: #920

Nemesis: Susan Wayne
Signature result: 2nd of 13

Partnerships · 15 sailors

Drew Mitchell · SPYC 09 · J/70 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 29% of the fleet together · best 21st · Feb 2024 – Feb 2024
Elif Levent · Sparkle · J/70 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jun 2023 – Jun 2023
Pat Burrows · Salt70s · J/70 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 92% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Mar 2024 – Mar 2024
Jeff Gusdorf · Smith · J/70 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 9th · Mar 2025 – Mar 2025
Gordon Leadbetter · Salt70s · J/70 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 92% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Mar 2024 – Mar 2024
Greg Burney · SPYC 09 · J/70 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 29% of the fleet together · best 21st · Feb 2024 – Feb 2024
Jon Lindberg · SPYC 09 · J/70 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 29% of the fleet together · best 21st · Feb 2024 – Feb 2024
Kristen Barry · SPYC 09 · J/70 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 29% of the fleet together · best 21st · Feb 2024 – Feb 2024
Kristen Berry · Sparkle · J/70 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jun 2023 – Jun 2023
Branka Dragasevic · Sparkle · J/70 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jun 2023 – Jun 2023

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 · 7

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
27 Mar 2026	2026 SPYC Twilight Regatta	Smith j70	J/70	Skipper	7th / 15
21 Mar 2025	2025 Twilight Series	Smith	J/70	Skipper	9th / 9
15 Mar 2024	2024 Twilight Series	Salt70s	J/70	Skipper	2nd / 13
16 Feb 2024	2024 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series - St. Petersburg	SPYC 09	J/70	Other	21st / 29
15 Jun 2023	2023 Nantucket J/70 Summer Open	Sparkle	J/70	Other	1st / 5
23 Apr 2021	2021 Spring Fling Regatta	Wind Fall	Handicap	Skipper	3rd / 5
23 Oct 2020	2020 Hospitality Regatta	WindFall	Handicap	Skipper	4th / 7

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Helm	18 provisional	#52772 band 36260–68707	—
J/70 Helm	-9 provisional	#920 band 666–1117	—

2 more classes, not yet ranked

Full-size sailing · Crew · 12 races, 2 events · rating -107
J/70 · Crew · 12 races, 2 events · rating -121

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	5 events	1 wins	beats 51%
As crew	2 events	0 wins	beats 60%

How they race

Closer	−1 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	+1 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Small fleets	50%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Susan Wayne	13	0–13

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	1	0	57%
2025	1	0	0%
2024	2	0	60%
2023	1	1	100%
2021	1	0	50%
2020	1	0	50%

Boats

Smith j70 · J/70 · 1 events · 2026
Smith · J/70 · 1 events · 2025
Salt70s · J/70 · 1 events · 2024
SPYC 09 · J/70 · 1 events · 2024
Sparkle · J/70 · 1 events · 2023
Wind Fall · Handicap · 1 events · 2021
WindFall · Handicap · 1 events · 2020

Where they race

St. Petersburg, FL, USA · 3 events
Ridgeland, MS · 2 events
St. Petersburg, FL · 1 events
Nantucket, MA, USA · 1 events

Is this you?

Claim it to merge duplicates and remove results that aren’t yours. Changes apply at the nightly rebuild.

Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 18, #52,772.Crew rating, Full-size sailing: -107. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.