Sailor · 2017–2025

Chris Nelson

gsc Handicap College fleet racing ORC handicap

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Events: 16
Win rate: 38%
Podium rate: 75%
Typically beats: 68%
Longest win streak: 5

Nemesis: Jonathan Atler
Best day: 7 Sep 2019
Signature result: 1st of 8

Partnerships · 17 sailors

Eric Bechtel · Big Kahuna · Handicap 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 4 of 10 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 1st · Feb 2020 – Sep 2020
Elliot Lee · Grand Valley State University (Lakers) · College fleet racing 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 4 of 16 races won Beat 86% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Nov 2017 – Nov 2017
Jacob Rudisel · Amante 2 · ORC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 33% of the fleet together · best 5th · Aug 2025 – Aug 2025
Drew Hilger · Amante 2 · ORC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 33% of the fleet together · best 5th · Aug 2025 – Aug 2025
Carrie Houtman · Amante 2 · ORC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 33% of the fleet together · best 5th · Aug 2025 – Aug 2025
Ryan Higgins · Grand Valley State University (Lakers) · College fleet racing 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 18 races won Beat 14% of the fleet together · best 7th · Sep 2017 – Sep 2017
Liam Walz · Grand Valley State University (Lakers) · College fleet racing 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 4 of 16 races won Beat 86% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Nov 2017 – Nov 2017
Lillian Molitor · Amante 2 · ORC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 33% of the fleet together · best 5th · Aug 2025 – Aug 2025
Grant Hilger · Amante 2 · ORC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 33% of the fleet together · best 5th · Aug 2025 – Aug 2025
Antoinette Martin · Grand Valley State University (Lakers) · College fleet racing 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 18 races won Beat 14% of the fleet together · best 7th · Sep 2017 – Sep 2017

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

Rating history

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

Event history · 16

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
2 Aug 2025	2025 Trans Superior International Yacht Race	Amante 2	ORC handicap	Bow	5th / 7
26 Sep 2020	2020 Fall Series	Big Kahuna	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 6
11 Sep 2020	Gold Rush Regatta	Big Kahuna	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 7
25 Jul 2020	2020 Summer Series	Big Kahuna	Handicap	Skipper	2nd / 5
7 Mar 2020	2020 Spring Series	Big Kahuna	Handicap	Skipper	5th / 6
29 Feb 2020	2020 Transgrape Series	Big Kahuna	Handicap	Skipper	5th / 5
11 Jan 2020	2020 Frostbite Series	Big Kahuna	Handicap	Skipper	2nd / 5
13 Sep 2019	Gold Rush Cup Regatta	Big Kahuna	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 6
7 Sep 2019	2019 Fall Series	Big Kahuna	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 6
13 Jul 2019	2019 Summer Series	Big Kahuna	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 8
3 May 2019	Mayor's Cup Regatta	Big Kahuna	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 5
30 Mar 2019	2019 Spring Series	Big Kahuna	Handicap	Skipper	3rd / 5
26 Jan 2019	2019 Frostbite Series	Big Kahuna	Handicap	Skipper	2nd / 6
21 Apr 2018	Pacific Coast Challenge - Santa Barbara	932	Hobie 20	Skipper	3rd / 5
18 Nov 2017	MCSA Fall Championship	Grand Valley State University (Lakers)	College fleet racing	B Crew	2nd / 8
30 Sep 2017	U of I Regatta	Grand Valley State University (Lakers)	College fleet racing	A Crew (1-8)	7th / 8

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Helm	303 provisional	#9761 band 6284–14718	—
All classes Crew	44 provisional	#36242 band 20910–51743	—

2 more classes, not yet ranked

College fleet racing · Crew · 16 races, 2 events · rating 45
Hobie 20 · Helm · 1 race, 1 event · rating 20

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	13 events	6 wins	beats 73%
As crew	3 events	0 wins	beats 44%

Positions: Bow (1) · B Crew (1) · A Crew (1-8) (1)

How they race

Closer	−5 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−19 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	32%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	68%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Jens Vlietstra	47	30–17
Glenn Kimball Debbie	40	36–4
Asa Potter	27	23–4
Don Clements	19	6–13
Lucia Albelda Gimeno	18	2–16
Maha Ramler	18	16–2
Jonathan Atler	18	1–17
Harry Whittenburg-Nelsen	18	5–13
Pam Cowart Patrice Moon	17	8–9
Patrice Moon Pam Cowart	17	14–3
John Lowry	16	14–2
Kevin Gallagher	16	6–10

Most-beaten opponent: Glenn Kimball Debbie (36–4).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	1	0	33%
2020	6	2	62%
2019	6	4	88%
2018	1	0	50%
2017	2	0	50%

Boats

Big Kahuna · Handicap · 12 events · 2019–2020
Grand Valley State University (Lakers) · College fleet racing · 2 events · 2017
Amante 2 · ORC handicap · 1 events · 2025
932 · Hobie 20 · 1 events · 2018

Where they race

Grapevine, TX · 7 events
Grapevine , TX · 5 events
Toledo · 1 events
Santa Barbara, CA · 1 events
Duluth, MN, USA · 1 events
Illinois · 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: 303, #9,761.Crew rating across all classes: 44, #36,242. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.