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Sailor · 2010–2025

Clay Poulson

arizona yacht club FireballPortsmouth handicapHandicap

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Events
19

130 races · 4 race wins

Win rate
5%

5% win rate · 1 of 19

Podium rate
32%

6 top-three finishes

Typically beats
46%

of boats faced (range 41%–51%, 264 boats)

Best class ranking
#18

Crew in Fireball · rating 126

Longest win streak
2

race wins in a row

Biggest lift
Mianne Erne

+1 point of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
Mianne Erne

Oct 2011 – Jul 2025 · 9 events

Nemesis
Kurt Venhoda

1–41 head to head in 45 races

Rival
Mike McEvoy

19–17 in 36 races

Best day
8 Oct 2016

3-2-2-3-2 · AYC HPDO incorporating the 2016 J/70 East Coast Championship<br>2016 International 505 Region One Championship<br>2016 Fireball North American Championship<br>2016 Viper Mid-Atlantic Championship

Signature result
6th of 16

Fireball 2025 · Fireball · 11 May 2025

Partnerships · 1 sailors

  • Mianne Erne · Coppalin ban, Gráinne, Lipstick · Fireball 9events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 60 races won Beat 52% of the fleet together(+1 vs. without) · best 5th · Oct 2011 – Jul 2025

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

Rating history

-257-6412820112013201520172019202120232025Helm rating, full-size sailingCrew rating, full-size sailing

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

Event history · 19

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
26 Jul 2025Fireball d&#39;Oro International RegattaCoppalin banFireballCrew8th / 18
11 May 2025Fireball 2025GráinneFireballCrew6th / 16
15 Sep 2024Fireball European Championship 2024Coppalin banFireballCrew49th / 72
26 Jul 20242024 Columbia Gorge One-Design RegattaClay PoulsonFireballSkipper3rd / 6
30 May 2024Internationale Fireball SchweizermeisterschaftCoppalin banFireballCrew16th / 22
3 Nov 2023Wurstfest Regatta IQuezo SuizaPortsmouth handicapSkipper3rd / 5
4 Nov 2022Wurstfest Regatta IQuezo SuizaPortsmouth handicapSkipper3rd / 5
19 Oct 2019Fireball - SchweizermeisterschaftGráinneFireballCrew13th / 23
20 Jul 2019HIGH SIERRA REGATTA WEEKEND 2 Huntington Lake, CalifQueso SuizaHandicapSkipper4th / 6
8 Jun 2019Swiss Open AlpnacherseeCoppalin banFireballCrew5th / 12
11 May 2019Spring One Design Regatta 2019Queso SuizaFireballSkipper1st / 3
14 Jul 2018HIGH SIERRA REGATTA WEEKEND 2 Huntington Lake, CalifQueso SuizaFireballSkipper3rd / 6
31 May 2018SM Fireball 2018Coppalin banFireballCrew9th / 19
28 Apr 2018Jollenregatta MammernCoppalin banFireballCrew10th / 19
20 Oct 2017US Fireball National Championship and 505 and Flying Dutchman Super Dinghy RegattaQueso SuizaFireballSkipper5th / 8
7 Oct 2016AYC HPDO incorporating the 2016 J/70 East Coast Championship<br>2016 International 505 Region One Championship<br>2016 Fireball North American Championship<br>2016 Viper Mid-Atlantic ChampionshipQueso SuizaFireballOther3rd / 8
31 Jul 20152015 Columbia Gorge One Design RegattaGo DejaFireballSkipper8th / 8
7 Oct 20112011 Heineken High Performance Dinghy OpenLipstickFireballOther6th / 15
9 Oct 20102010 Heineken High Performance Dinghy OpenCan 14835FireballSkipper8th / 12

Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 64, #40,174.Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 128, #23,629. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.