Sailor · 2019–2026

Jason Balich

jubilee yc J/80 Handicap

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Events: 10
Win rate: 30%
Podium rate: 60%
Typically beats: 74%
Best class ranking: #15
Longest win streak: 4

Most successful partnership: Chris Small
Biggest lift: Chris Small
Nemesis: Ryan Walsh
Best day: 7 Oct 2025
Signature result: 1st of 14

Partnerships · 5 sailors

Most successful partnership: Chris Small — 1 wins · 2 podiums in 3 events together

Chris Small · OverAchiever · J/80 3events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 7 of 27 races won Beat 85% of the fleet together(+11 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2022 – Oct 2023
Caitlin Small · OverAchiever · J/80 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 4 of 18 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together · best 1st · Sep 2022 – Oct 2022
James McCarthy · OverAchiever · J/80 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 4 of 18 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together · best 1st · Sep 2022 – Oct 2022
Chloe Frentzel · OverAchiever · J/80 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 3 of 9 races won Beat 95% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Oct 2023 – Oct 2023
Douglas Cochran · OverAchiever · J/80 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 3 of 9 races won Beat 95% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Oct 2023 – Oct 2023

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

Rating history

Event history · 10

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
13 Jun 2026	2026 PHRF New England Championship	OverAchiever	J/80	Skipper	1st / 5
12 Jun 2026	2026 PHRF New England Championship	OverAchiever	Handicap	Skipper	10th / 24
7 Oct 2025	2025 J80 North American Championship	OverAchiever	J/80	Skipper	3rd / 21
26 Sep 2025	37th annual J-Jamboree	OverAchiever	J/80	Skipper	9th / 19
7 Sep 2024	36th Annual J-Jamboree	OverAchiever	J/80	Other	1st / 14
6 Oct 2023	2023 J/80 North American Championship	OverAchiever	J/80	Other	2nd / 22
8 Sep 2023	Jubilee Annual Regatta	Over Achiever	Handicap	Skipper	2nd / 7
5 Oct 2022	2022 J80 World Championship	OverAchiever	J/80	Other	20th / 48
10 Sep 2022	2022 J80 East Coast Championship	OverAchiever	J/80	Skipper	1st / 14
3 Aug 2019	2019 Phil Small Regatta	Over Achiever	Handicap	Skipper	4th / 5

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Helm	453 provisional	#3413 band 1661–6608	—
J/80 Helm	413 provisional	#15 band 7–36	—

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	10 events	3 wins	beats 77%
As crew	0 events	0 wins	beats —

How they race

Closer	±0 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−10 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	52%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	69%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Brian Gibbs	40	26–14
Guy Nickerson	33	20–13
Graham Philpot	33	20–13
Les Beckwith	32	22–9
John Vallee	29	22–7
Ramzi Bannura	24	20–4
Dylan O'Malley-Joyce	24	21–3
Peter Crosby	23	18–5
Conor Hayes	23	11–12
Aiden Belfrage	19	15–4
Allan Powell	19	17–2
Darin Sameshima	19	17–2

Most-beaten opponent: Dylan O'Malley-Joyce (21–3).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	2	1	80%
2025	2	0	73%
2024	1	1	100%
2023	2	0	89%
2022	2	1	80%
2019	1	0	25%

Boats

OverAchiever · J/80, Handicap · 8 events · 2022–2026
Over Achiever · Handicap · 2 events · 2019–2023

Where they race

Gilford, NH, USA · 2 events
Jubilee YC · 1 events
Newport, RI, USA · 1 events
One Front Street, MA · 1 events
Jubilee Yacht Club · 1 events
Marion, 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 across all classes: 453, #3,413. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.