Sailor · 2014–2024

Karen Solstad

myc Town Class

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Events: 10
Win rate: 30%
Podium rate: 30%
Typically beats: 71%
Best class ranking: #7
Longest win streak: 2

Most successful partnership: Berit Solstad
Longest-running crew: Berit Solstad
Nemesis: Rex Antrim
Rival: David Cooke
Best day: 26 Jul 2019
Signature result: 1st of 18

Partnerships · 2 sailors

Most successful partnership: Berit Solstad — 3 wins · 3 podiums in 10 events together · 30% win rate

Berit Solstad · Lille Venn · Town Class 10events 3 wins together · 3 podiums · 30% win rate · 8 of 46 races won Beat 68% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jul 2014 – Jul 2024
Christina Solstad · Lille Venn · Town Class 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 2 races won Beat 25% of the fleet together · best 10th · May 2022 – May 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
26 Jul 2024	2024 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series - Marblehead	Lille Venn	Town Class	Navigator	6th / 13
27 Jul 2023	2023 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series - Marblehead	Lille Venn	Town Class	Navigator	6th / 16
27 May 2023	2023 Marblehead Racing Association Season	Lille Venn	Town Class	Skipper	5th / 11
28 Jul 2022	2022 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series - Marblehead	Lille Venn	Town Class	Navigator	6th / 20
28 May 2022	2022 Marblehead Racing Association Season	Lille Venn	Town Class	Crew	10th / 13
22 Jul 2021	2021 Helly Hansen NOOD Regatta Marblehead	Lille Venn	Town Class	Navigator	1st / 17
17 Jul 2020	MRA 2020 SEASON PASS	Lille Venn	Town Class	Crew	5th / 7
30 Aug 2019	2019 MRA Series 4 Labor Day Regatta	Lille Venn	Town Class	Skipper	1st / 8
26 Jul 2019	2019 Helly Hansen NOOD Regatta Marblehead	Lille Venn	Town Class	Other	1st / 18
24 Jul 2014	2014 Sperry Top-Sider Marblehead NOOD Regatta	Lille Venn	Town Class	Mast	5th / 12

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	174 provisional	#17910 band 9642–31197	—
Town Class Crew	178 provisional	#7 band 2–11	−7.7

2 more classes, not yet ranked

Town Class · Helm · 7 races, 2 events · rating 91
Full-size sailing · Helm · 7 races, 2 events · rating 97

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	2 events	1 wins	beats 80%
As crew	8 events	2 wins	beats 65%

Positions: Navigator (4) · Mast (1)

How they race

Closer	−13 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−7 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	50%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	64%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Nick Cann	39	15–24
David Cooke	35	19–16
Kelley Braun	30	25–5
Nikki Sabin	30	22–8
William Larkin	27	26–1
Chris Howes	23	8–15
Molly Bushman	21	11–10
Bill Heffernan	21	5–16
Rex Antrim	20	4–16
William Key	17	16–1
Tip O'Neill	17	12–5
Peter Maitland	17	12–5

Most-beaten opponent: William Larkin (26–1).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2024	1	0	58%
2023	2	0	63%
2022	2	0	49%
2021	1	1	100%
2020	1	0	33%
2019	2	2	100%
2014	1	0	64%

Boats

Lille Venn · Town Class · 10 events · 2014–2024

Where they race

Marblehead, MA, USA · 6 events
Marblehead, MA · 4 events

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Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 174, #17,910.Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 97. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.