Sailor · 2009–2017

John Kempton

yale university Melges 20 College fleet racing

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Events: 4
Win rate: 0
Podium rate: 1
Typically beats: 60%
Longest win streak: 3

Nemesis: Arthur Blodgett
Rival: Patrick Kana
Best day: 27 Mar 2010
Signature result: 2nd of 11

Partnerships · 9 sailors

Michael Hession · Yale University (Bulldogs), Yale University (Elis) · College fleet racing 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 8 of 75 races won Beat 69% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Mar 2009 – Mar 2010
Harry Melges · Shimmer, SHIMMER · Melges 20 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 10 races won Beat 58% of the fleet together · best 7th · Mar 2016 – Mar 2017
Russell Lucas · Shimmer, SHIMMER · Melges 20 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 10 races won Beat 58% of the fleet together · best 7th · Mar 2016 – Mar 2017
Thomas Barrows · Yale University (Bulldogs) · College fleet racing 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 6 of 24 races won Beat 90% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Mar 2010 – Mar 2010
Marla Menninger · Yale University (Elis) · College fleet racing 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 2 of 51 races won Beat 47% of the fleet together · best 10th · Mar 2009 – Mar 2009
Alexa Chu · Yale University (Bulldogs) · College fleet racing 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 6 of 24 races won Beat 90% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Mar 2010 – Mar 2010
Jane Macky · Yale University (Elis) · College fleet racing 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 2 of 51 races won Beat 47% of the fleet together · best 10th · Mar 2009 – Mar 2009
Cam Cullman · Yale University (Elis) · College fleet racing 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 2 of 51 races won Beat 47% of the fleet together · best 10th · Mar 2009 – Mar 2009
Adriane Levin · Yale University (Elis) · College fleet racing 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 2 of 51 races won Beat 47% of the fleet together · best 10th · Mar 2009 – Mar 2009

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Rating history

Event history · 4

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
3 Mar 2017	2016/2017 International Melges 20 Miami Winter Series :: Event 3	SHIMMER	Melges 20	Bow	13th / 21
4 Mar 2016	2015/2016 Melges 20 Miami Winter Series :: Event 3	Shimmer	Melges 20	Bow	7th / 25
27 Mar 2010	Southern Series 2 @ SRU	Yale University (Bulldogs)	College fleet racing	B Crew	2nd / 11
28 Mar 2009	80th Boston DinghyCup	Yale University (Elis)	College fleet racing	B Skipper	10th / 18

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Crew	199 provisional	#15024 band 7158–28908	—

4 more classes, not yet ranked

All classes · Helm · 17 races, 1 event · rating 55
College fleet racing · Helm · 17 races, 1 event · rating 50
College fleet racing · Crew · 12 races, 1 event · rating 201
Melges 20 · Crew · 10 races, 2 events · rating 17

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	0 wins	beats 47%
As crew	3 events	0 wins	beats 68%

Positions: Bow (2) · B Crew (1) · B Skipper (1)

How they race

Closer	+6 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	+3 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Patrick Kana	51	25–26
Benjamin Li	51	23–28
Sean Bouchard	51	28–23
Mike Marshall	51	30–21
Chase Dearing	51	44–7
Ben Quatromoni	51	30–21
Tim Murphy	51	34–17
Samuel Ingham	51	27–24
Anne Haeger	51	22–29
Todd Hawkins	51	26–25
John Reyes	51	21–30
Arthur Blodgett	51	18–33

Most-beaten opponent: Chase Dearing (44–7).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2017	1	40%
2016	1	75%
2010	1	90%
2009	1	47%

Boats

SHIMMER · Melges 20 · 2 events · 2016–2017
Yale University (Bulldogs) · College fleet racing · 1 events · 2010
Yale University (Elis) · College fleet racing · 1 events · 2009

Where they race

Miami, FL, USA · 2 events
Salve Regina · 1 events
MIT · 1 events

Is this you?

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Crew rating across all classes: 199, #15,024.Helm rating across all classes: 55. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.