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Sailor · 2014–2026

Benjamin Trotsky

sandy bay yacht club Optimist420Handicap

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Events
16

136 races · 12 race wins

Win rate
6%

6% win rate · 1 of 16

Podium rate
13%

2 top-three finishes

Typically beats
56%

of boats faced (range 53%–59%, 936 boats)

Best class ranking
#1766

Helm in Optimist · rating 276

Longest win streak
5

race wins in a row

Nemesis
Haley Andreasen

8–41 head to head in 49 races

Rival
Porter Bell

39–34 in 74 races

Best day
21 Jul 2014

1-4-1-1-2-1 · 2014 Marblehead Junior Race Week

Signature result
1st of 33

2014 Marblehead Junior Race Week · Optimist · 21 Jul 2014

Partnerships · 4 sailors

  • Wyatt Wilkinson · The Continental · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 64% of the fleet together · best 6th · Aug 2026 – Aug 2026
  • Maxwell Mercer · 818 · 420 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 12 races won Beat 62% of the fleet together · best 19th · Jul 2018 – Jul 2018
  • Max Mercer · USA6365 · 420 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 63% of the fleet together · best 7th · Jul 2017 – Jul 2017
  • Toby Ting · Ben Trotsky · 420 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 12% of the fleet together · best 131st · Aug 2019 – Aug 2019

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

Rating history

015029920152016201720182019Helm rating, all classes

Event history · 16

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
7 Aug 20262026 Stars 1st District’s & Ned HayThe ContinentalHandicapSkipper6th / 15
3 Aug 20192019 Buzzards Bay c420 ChampionshipBen Trotsky420Skipper131st / 149
6 Jul 2019NBJR 20197273420Skipper47th / 69
28 Jul 2018USA Junior Olympic Sailing Festival - DBMS Junior Regatta818420Skipper6th / 47
23 Jul 20182018 Marblehead Junior Race Week818420Skipper19th / 48
7 Jul 2018NBJR 20186366420Skipper39th / 65
12 Aug 2017USA Junior Olympic Sailing Festival - DBMS Junior Regatta6366420Skipper2nd / 49
6 Jul 20172017 MSA - Green Fleet Regatta - Optimist and 420 RegattaUSA6365420Other7th / 17
25 Jul 20162016 Marblehead Junior Race Week11876OptimistSkipper37th / 85
9 Jul 2016NBJRUSA11876OptimistSkipper18th / 79
10 Aug 20152015 USA Sailing Junior Olympic Festival11876OptimistSkipper20th / 48
20 Jul 20152015 Marblehead Junior Race Week11876OptimistSkipper9th / 70
11 Jul 2015New Bedford Junior Regatta11876OptimistSkipper37th / 76
11 Aug 2014Junior Olympic Sailing Festival11876OptimistSkipper20th / 57
21 Jul 20142014 Marblehead Junior Race Week11876OptimistSkipper1st / 33
12 Jul 2014New Bedford Junior Regatta11876OptimistSkipper29th / 45

Helm rating across all classes: 194, #19,282. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.