Sailor · 2013–2026

Leslie Washburn

ccyc T-10 J/70 Handicap

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Events: 16
Win rate: 13%
Podium rate: 19%
Typically beats: 50%
Best class ranking: #207
Longest win streak: 2

Most successful partnership: Steve Knoop
Best trio: Rich Martin & Steve Knoop
Biggest lift: Steve Knoop
Longest-running crew: Aimee Smith
Nemesis: Craig Roehl
Rival: John Schellenbach
Best day: 8 Jun 2025
Signature result: 1st of 9

Partnerships · 50 sailors

Most successful partnership: Steve Knoop — 2 wins · 3 podiums in 7 events together · 29% win rate

Steve Knoop · American Flyer, Northstar, Special K^2 · J/109, J/70, PHRF handicap 7events 2 wins together · 3 podiums · 29% win rate · 8 of 45 races won Beat 64% of the fleet together(+19 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2016 – Jun 2024
Aimee Smith · Cheap Thrill, Kaze, KAZE (that’s Ka-Zeh) · Handicap, T-10 5events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 37 races won Beat 46% of the fleet together(−11 vs. without) · best 10th · Aug 2013 – Aug 2024
Rich Martin · American Flyer, Special K^2 · J/70 4events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 6 of 37 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together(+9 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2016 – May 2018
Arvid Eiesland · Bud, BUD · Handicap, T-10 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 2 of 26 races won Beat 44% of the fleet together(−12 vs. without) · best 4th · Aug 2024 – Aug 2026
Nancy Snyder · Cheap Thrill, Kaze · Handicap, T-10 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 26 races won Beat 49% of the fleet together(−5 vs. without) · best 10th · Aug 2013 – Aug 2022
Tim Snyder · Cheap Thrill · Handicap, T-10 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 19 races won Beat 52% of the fleet together(−1 vs. without) · best 10th · Aug 2013 – Aug 2017
Darren Beck · Kaze, KAZE (that’s Ka-Zeh) · Handicap, T-10 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 18 races won Beat 35% of the fleet together · best 10th · Aug 2022 – Aug 2024
Joe Kestler · Bud, BUD · Handicap, T-10 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 2 of 13 races won Beat 45% of the fleet together · best 5th · Aug 2024 – Aug 2026
Kristina Beck · Kaze, KAZE (that’s Ka-Zeh) · Handicap, T-10 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 18 races won Beat 35% of the fleet together · best 10th · Aug 2022 – Aug 2024
David Gustman · Northstar · J/109, PHRF handicap 2events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 2 of 2 races won Beat 96% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jun 2022 – Jun 2024

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

Rating history

Event history · 16

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
7 Aug 2026	2026 CYC Verve Cup Offshore	BUD	T-10	Crew	11th / 14
8 Aug 2025	2025 CYC Verve Cup Offshore	Bud	T-10	Crew	15th / 16
6 Jun 2025	2025 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series - Chicago	Bud	T-10	Other	4th / 17
22 Aug 2024	2024 Verve Cup Inshore Regatta and T10 North Americans	KAZE (that’s Ka-Zeh)	T-10	Other	17th / 24
9 Aug 2024	2024 Verve Cup Offshore Regatta	Bud	Handicap	Other	5th / 13
22 Jun 2024	2024 Chicago to Waukegan - CASRA	Northstar	PHRF handicap	Other	2nd / 13
19 Aug 2022	2022 Verve Cup Offshore Regatta	Kaze	Handicap	Other	10th / 16
25 Jun 2022	2022 Chicago to Waukegan - CASRA	Northstar	J/109	Other	1st / 5
8 Jun 2018	2018 Helly Hansen NOOD Regatta Chicago	American Flyer	J/70	Spinnaker trimmer	11th / 13
26 May 2018	2018 Racing Yacht Fleets Series	American Flyer	J/70	Skipper	1st / 9
25 Aug 2017	2017 Verve Cup Inshore Regatta	American Flyer	J/70	Spinnaker trimmer	11th / 18
11 Aug 2017	2017 Verve Cup Offshore Regatta	Cheap Thrill	Handicap	Spinnaker trimmer	12th / 19
3 Aug 2017	2017 T-10 North American Championship	Cheap Thrill	T-10	Spinnaker trimmer	15th / 30
9 Jun 2017	2017 Helly Hansen NOOD Regatta Chicago	American Flyer	J/70	Spinnaker trimmer	13th / 20
17 Jun 2016	Helly Hansen Chicago NOOD Regatta 2016	Special K^2	J/70	Spinnaker trimmer	9th / 22
8 Aug 2013	2013 Verve Cup Offshore Regatta	Cheap Thrill	T-10	Spinnaker trimmer	10th / 28

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	166 provisional	#18806 band 11023–30568	—
T-10 Crew	30 provisional	#207 band 140–276	+0.3
J/70 Crew	-56 provisional	#2554 band 1761–3039	—

3 more classes, not yet ranked

J/70 · Helm · 15 races, 1 event · rating 104
Full-size sailing · Helm · 15 races, 1 event · rating 129
J/109 · Crew · 1 race, 1 event · rating 32

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	1 events	1 wins	beats 100%
As crew	15 events	1 wins	beats 50%

Positions: Spinnaker trimmer (7)

How they race

Closer	+2 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−10 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	43%	100% = the same result every event

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
John Schellenbach	62	28–34
Blane Boynton	40	12–28
Craig Roehl	40	4–36
Amy Neill	38	12–25
Steve Karstrand	38	24–14
Jovan Brankov	37	21–16
Brian Kaczor	35	5–30
John Heaton	34	8–26
Carrie Webb	34	23–11
Bryan Hayes	33	26–6
Bruce Lamotte	32	21–11
Robert Cohen	32	25–7

Most-beaten opponent: Piotr Madrzyk (25–2).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	1	0	23%
2025	2	0	44%
2024	3	0	63%
2022	2	1	70%
2018	2	1	58%
2017	4	0	42%
2016	1	0	62%
2013	1	0	67%

Boats

BUD · T-10, Handicap · 4 events · 2024–2026
American Flyer · J/70 · 4 events · 2017–2018
Cheap Thrill · Handicap, T-10 · 3 events · 2013–2017
Northstar · PHRF handicap, J/109 · 2 events · 2022–2024
KAZE (that’s Ka-Zeh) · T-10 · 1 events · 2024
Kaze · Handicap · 1 events · 2022
Special K^2 · J/70 · 1 events · 2016

Where they race

Chicago, IL, USA · 11 events
Chicago, IL · 2 events
Unknown · 1 events
Chicago Yacht Club · 1 events
Chicago, Illinois, USA · 1 events

Is this you?

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Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 166, #18,806.Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 129. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.