Sailor · 2020–2025

Denis Colby

harbor island yacht club S2 7.9 Handicap Lightning

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Events: 10
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 20%
Typically beats: 51%
Best class ranking: #54

Longest-running crew: Iain Montgomery
Nemesis: John Spierling
Best day: 14 May 2022
Signature result: 2nd of 8

Partnerships · 7 sailors

Iain Montgomery · Banshee, Kelpie, Scalded Dawg, Tilt Shift · Handicap, S2 7.9, Vanguard 15 5events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 26 races won Beat 42% of the fleet together(−24 vs. without) · best 7th · May 2021 – Sep 2024
James O'Dell · Banshee, Scalded Dawg · S2 7.9 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 15 races won Beat 39% of the fleet together(−21 vs. without) · best 7th · Feb 2023 – Sep 2024
Robert Bourquin · Banshee, Scalded Dawg · S2 7.9 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 15 races won Beat 39% of the fleet together(−21 vs. without) · best 7th · Feb 2023 – Sep 2024
Josh Kizer · Banshee, Firefly · Lightning, S2 7.9 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 55% of the fleet together · best 5th · Nov 2022 – Feb 2024
John Harrison · Scalded Dawg · S2 7.9 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 12 races won Beat 40% of the fleet together · best 7th · Feb 2023 – Sep 2024
Timothy Naeser · Firefly · Lightning 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 10 races won Beat 76% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jun 2022 – Nov 2022
Ania Gorska · Firefly · Lightning 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 4 races won Beat 78% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jun 2022 – Jun 2022

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

Rating history

— Helm rating, full-size sailing · - - Crew rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 10

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
20 Sep 2025	50th Annual Lotsa Lasers Regatta Sept 20-21, 2025	Denis Colby	Handicap	Skipper	12th / 23
20 Sep 2024	S2 7.9 Class Championship Regatta	Scalded Dawg	S2 7.9	Cat 3 Cooler Jockey	17th / 24
16 Feb 2024	2024 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series - St. Petersburg	Banshee	S2 7.9	Headsail Trimmer	8th / 12
17 Feb 2023	2023 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series - St. Petersburg	Scalded Dawg	S2 7.9	Cat 3 Cooler Jockey	7th / 13
11 Nov 2022	Bluenose Regatta	Firefly	Lightning	Crew	5th / 16
12 Jun 2022	Lightning Mississippi Valley District Championship	Firefly	Lightning	Crew	3rd / 10
14 May 2022	Galen Freeman One Design Regatta for International J/22 Class Yachts	dandelion	J/22	Skipper	2nd / 8
29 Aug 2021	2021 HIYC Fall Dinghy Series	Kelpie	Handicap	Crew	7th / 15
1 May 2021	Dinghy De Mayo	Tilt Shift	Vanguard 15	Crew	7th / 10
3 Oct 2020	2020 Commonwealth Cup Regatta	Dandelion	J/22	Other	5th / 8

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	113 provisional	#25731 band 14195–41579	—
S2 7.9 Crew	66 provisional	#54 band 36–67	—

4 more classes, not yet ranked

Lightning · Crew · 10 races, 2 events · rating 36
Full-size sailing · Helm · 6 races, 3 events · rating 76
J/22 · Helm · 6 races, 2 events · rating 76
Vanguard 15 · Crew · 6 races, 1 event · rating 13

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	3 events	0 wins	beats 60%
As crew	7 events	0 wins	beats 51%

Positions: Cat 3 Cooler Jockey (2) · Headsail Trimmer (1)

How they race

Closer	+1 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	±0 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	63%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	60%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Andrea Hill	20	8–12
Tom Bryant	15	1–14
John Spierling	15	0–15
Paul Latour	15	4–11
John Coolidge	12	6–6

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2025	1	50%
2024	2	33%
2023	1	50%
2022	3	79%
2021	2	45%
2020	1	43%

Boats

Scalded Dawg · S2 7.9 · 2 events · 2023–2024
Firefly · Lightning · 2 events · 2022
dandelion · J/22 · 2 events · 2020–2022
Denis Colby · Handicap · 1 events · 2025
Banshee · S2 7.9 · 1 events · 2024
Kelpie · Handicap · 1 events · 2021
Tilt Shift · Vanguard 15 · 1 events · 2021

Where they race

Old Hickory, TN · 5 events
St. Petersburg, FL, USA · 2 events
Holland, MI, USA · 1 events
Nashville, TN · 1 events
Grand Rivers, KY, USA · 1 events

Is this you?

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Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 113, #25,731.Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 76. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.