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Sailor · 2009–2026

James Gilmore III

suny stony brook College fleet racingMelges 15ORC handicap

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Events
51

619 races · 35 race wins

Win rate
6%

6% win rate · 3 of 51

Podium rate
22%

11 top-three finishes

Typically beats
41%

of boats faced (90%: 38%–43%, 954 boats)

Best class ranking
#2116

Helm in College fleet racing · rating 256

Longest win streak
5

race wins in a row

Most successful partnership
Vidar Minkovsky

1 wins · 1 podiums in 5 events together · 20% win rate

Best trio
Micayla Beyer & Vidar Minkovsky

1 wins · 1 podiums in 3 events, all three aboard

Biggest lift
Micayla Beyer

+20 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
Brian Vanderzanden

Jul 2019 – Jun 2023 · 6 events

Nemesis
Maximilian Kuester

22–134 head to head in 156 races

Rival
Adam DeVita

56–60 in 116 races

Best day
6 Apr 2019

4-2-7-1-4-3-2-5-6-3-8-1-3-2-2-1-9-1-6-1-12-4-5-10 · OCC Spring Open · about 1 in 206,688,615 by chance

Signature result
2nd of 13

Race Around Shelter Island · Catamaran · 8 Jul 2017

Partnerships · 48 sailors

Most successful partnership: Vidar Minkovsky — 1 wins · 1 podiums in 5 events together · 20% win rate
  • Nicholas Manfredi · SUNY Stony Brook (Seawolves), Trading Places · College fleet racing, PHRF handicap 14events 0 wins together · 3 podiums · 0% win rate · 9 of 283 races won Beat 44% of the fleet together(+5 vs. without) · best 3rd · Mar 2017 – Jun 2019
  • Micayla Beyer · SUNY Stony Brook (Seawolves 2), SUNY Stony Brook (Seawolves) · College fleet racing 13events 1 wins together · 4 podiums · 8% win rate · 25 of 270 races won Beat 56% of the fleet together(+20 vs. without) · best 1st · Apr 2016 – Apr 2019
  • Jeremy McCauley · Bluzer, SUNY Stony Brook (Seawolves 1), SUNY Stony Brook (Seawolves 2), SUNY Stony Brook (Seawolves) · College fleet racing, PHRF handicap 12events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 9 of 238 races won Beat 30% of the fleet together(−14 vs. without) · best 3rd · Sep 2016 – Apr 2019
  • Julia Chapman · SUNY Stony Brook (Seawolves 2), SUNY Stony Brook (Seawolves) · College fleet racing 10events 0 wins together · 3 podiums · 0% win rate · 12 of 206 races won Beat 55% of the fleet together(+17 vs. without) · best 3rd · Mar 2018 – Apr 2019
  • Brian Vanderzanden · White Cloud · Handicap, ORC handicap 6events 1 wins together · 3 podiums · 17% win rate · 1 of 6 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together(+10 vs. without) · best 1st · Jul 2019 – Jun 2023
  • Paul Grossman · White Cloud · Handicap, ORC handicap 6events 1 wins together · 3 podiums · 17% win rate · 1 of 6 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together(+10 vs. without) · best 1st · Jul 2019 – Jun 2023
  • Geoff Loffredo · Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, Golden Ticket, Nessie, Nessie 2 · Melges 15, PHRF handicap 6events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 35 races won Beat 39% of the fleet together(−3 vs. without) · best 9th · Aug 2022 – Nov 2025
  • Vidar Minkovsky · SUNY Stony Brook (Seawolves) · College fleet racing 5events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 20% win rate · 14 of 135 races won Beat 35% of the fleet together(−7 vs. without) · best 1st · Apr 2016 – Apr 2018
  • Gaura Mudgal · Bluzer, SUNY Stony Brook (Seawolves 2), SUNY Stony Brook (Seawolves) · College fleet racing, PHRF handicap 5events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 2 of 84 races won Beat 25% of the fleet together(−18 vs. without) · best 7th · Apr 2016 – Apr 2018
  • Samantha Zito · SUNY Stony Brook (Seawolves) · College fleet racing 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 1 of 96 races won Beat 10% of the fleet together(−33 vs. without) · best 13th · Apr 2017 – Apr 2018

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

Rating history

-14760266201020132016201920222025Helm rating, all classesCrew rating, all classes

— Helm rating, all classes · - - Crew rating, all classes

Event history · 51

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
15 Aug 20262026 Down Bay Invitational RegattaSkye Lily CharlesMelges 15Crew20th / 25
22 Nov 20252025-26 Melges 15 Winter Series #1Nessie 2Melges 15Crew35th / 89
3 Oct 20252025 Melges 15 National ChampionshipNessie 2Melges 15Crew51st / 71
8 Aug 20252025 Down Bay Invitational RegattaNessieMelges 15Crew19th / 31
30 May 20252025 East Coast ChampionshipFaster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! Kill!Melges 15Crew33rd / 36
21 Mar 20252025 Melges 15 Midwinter ChampionshipGolden TicketMelges 15Skipper32nd / 95
5 Jan 20242024 Melges 15 Winter Series Event #1NessieMelges 15Crew59th / 90
1 Jun 20232023 California Offshore Race Week Series - SoCal 300White CloudORC handicapWatch Captain2nd / 5
10 Mar 20232023 NHYC Cabo RaceWhite CloudORC handicapWatch Captain7th / 8
6 Aug 20222022 Race Week at Shelter Island - Anniversary RegattaFaster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!PHRF handicapOther9th / 9
2 Jun 20222022 California Offshore Race Week Series - SoCal 300White CloudORC handicapWatch Captain3rd / 5
10 Mar 20222022 San Diego to Vallarta International Yacht RaceWhite CloudORC handicapWatch Captain1st / 3
25 Feb 20222022 Islands RaceWhite CloudORC handicapWatch Captain7th / 7
10 Aug 20192019 New York Downstate Sunfish Regional Championship75022SunfishSkipper24th / 36
10 Jul 20192019 Transpac Honolulu RaceWhite CloudHandicapWatch Captain5th / 11
8 Jun 20192019 Off Soundings Spring SeriesTrading PlacesPHRF handicapCat 3 Cooler Jockey4th / 9
27 Apr 2019America TrophySUNY Stony Brook (Seawolves)College fleet racingB Skipper (1-9,11-12)17th / 18
13 Apr 2019Leroy GrantSUNY Stony Brook (Seawolves)College fleet racingB Skipper6th / 16
6 Apr 2019OCC Spring OpenSUNY Stony Brook (Seawolves)College fleet racingB Skipper (1-4)3rd / 17
16 Mar 2019William & Mary Spring OpenSUNY Stony Brook (Seawolves 2)College fleet racingB Skipper4th / 9
20 Oct 2018Central Late FallSUNY Stony Brook (Seawolves)College fleet racingB Skipper3rd / 17
13 Oct 2018Coho MemorialSUNY Stony Brook (Seawolves)College fleet racingB Skipper3rd / 8
22 Sep 2018Luce TrophySUNY Stony Brook (Seawolves)College fleet racingB Skipper5th / 16
15 Sep 2018Central Early Fall QualifierSUNY Stony Brook (Seawolves)College fleet racingB Skipper7th / 17
28 Apr 2018America TrophySUNY Stony Brook (Seawolves)College fleet racingB Crew (16-18)13th / 18

Helm rating across all classes: 249 (±132), #13,864.Crew rating across all classes: -16 (±189), #45,904. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.