Sailor · 2019–2026

Rob Damus

eyc Columbia 5.5 J/22 ORC handicap

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Events: 6
Win rate: 17%
Podium rate: 33%
Typically beats: 27%
Best class ranking: #13
Longest win streak: 3

Nemesis: Ken Bodiley
Signature result: 1st of 5

Partnerships · 9 sailors

Meg Damus · RJ · J/22 2events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 5 of 7 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together · best 1st · Apr 2026 – Jul 2026
James Espey · Bright Hour · ORC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 10% of the fleet together · best 10th · Sep 2019 – Sep 2019
Eric Deeds · Bright Hour · ORC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 10% of the fleet together · best 10th · Sep 2019 – Sep 2019
Karen Tara · Bright Hour · ORC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 10% of the fleet together · best 10th · Sep 2019 – Sep 2019
Sammy Semwangu · Bright Hour · ORC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 10% of the fleet together · best 10th · Sep 2019 – Sep 2019
Chris Larose · Bright Hour · ORC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 10% of the fleet together · best 10th · Sep 2019 – Sep 2019
Logan Ashcraft · Bright Hour · ORC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 10% of the fleet together · best 10th · Sep 2019 – Sep 2019
John Kearny · Bright Hour · ORC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 10% of the fleet together · best 10th · Sep 2019 – Sep 2019
James Bradford · Bright Hour · ORC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 10% of the fleet together · best 10th · Sep 2019 – Sep 2019

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

Rating history

Event history · 6

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
10 Jul 2026	2026 Summer Twilight Series	RJ	J/22	Skipper	3rd / 4
3 Apr 2026	2026 Spring Twilight Series	RJ	J/22	Skipper	1st / 5
30 Apr 2025	2025 - Sweet 16 Series	CHAOS	Columbia 5.5	Skipper	9th / 9
1 May 2024	2024 - Sweet 16 Series	CHAOS	Columbia 5.5	Skipper	5th / 7
15 Jan 2023	2023 - Sunday Brunch	CHAOS	Columbia 5.5	Skipper	4th / 5
12 Sep 2019	2019 Rolex Big Boat Series	Bright Hour	ORC handicap	Other	10th / 11

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Helm	-3 provisional	#53850 band 37133–68860	—
Columbia 5.5 Helm	-40 provisional	#13 band 10–17	—

2 more classes, not yet ranked

Full-size sailing · Crew · 5 races, 1 event · rating -69
J/22 · Helm · 2 races, 1 event · rating 53

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 38%
As crew	1 events	0 wins	beats 10%

How they race

Closer	+8 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−22 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Small fleets	34%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Ken Bodiley	13	0–13

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	2	1	67%
2025	1	0	0%
2024	1	0	33%
2023	1	0	25%
2019	1	0	10%

Boats

CHAOS · Columbia 5.5 · 3 events · 2023–2025
RJ · J/22 · 2 events · 2026
Bright Hour · ORC handicap · 1 events · 2019

Where they race

Oakland Yacht Club · 3 events
Alameda, CA · 2 events
San Francisco, CA, USA · 1 events

Is this you?

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Helm rating, Full-size sailing: -3, #53,850.Crew rating, Full-size sailing: -69. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.