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Sailor · 2007–2021

Nicholas Watts

tulane university College fleet racing420Optimist

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Events
52

574 races · 67 race wins

Win rate
8%

8% win rate · 4 of 52

Podium rate
31%

16 top-three finishes

Typically beats
55%

of boats faced (range 53%–57%, 2,097 boats)

Best class ranking
#1139

Helm in College fleet racing · rating 386

Longest win streak
4

race wins in a row

Most successful partnership
Miia Newman

3 wins · 8 podiums in 11 events together · 27% win rate

Best trio
Miia Newman & Maxwell Frost-Hunt

2 wins · 2 podiums in 3 events, all three aboard

Biggest lift
Grace Bloomfield

+27 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
Malcolm Kriegel

Mar 2015 – Aug 2021 · 13 events

Nemesis
Carter Pemberton

6–86 head to head in 92 races

Rival
Sarah Howard

49–45 in 95 races

Best day
1 Oct 2016

5-1-5-2-3-4-3-3-3-1-3-1-7-3-4-1-1-2-4-1 · Owlapalooza

Signature result
3rd of 77

26th ANNUAL SCITUATE JUNIOR REGATTA · 420 · 5 Aug 2013

Partnerships · 49 sailors

Most successful partnership: Miia Newman — 3 wins · 8 podiums in 11 events together · 27% win rate
  • Malcolm Kriegel · Growth Spurt, Tulane University (Green Wave 1), Tulane University (Green Wave 2), Tulane University (Green Wave) · College fleet racing, College team racing, J/109 13events 2 wins together · 8 podiums · 15% win rate · 34 of 216 races won Beat 61% of the fleet together(+4 vs. without) · best 1st · Mar 2015 – Aug 2021
  • Miia Newman · Tulane University (Green Wave 1), Tulane University (Green Wave) · College fleet racing, College team racing 11events 3 wins together · 8 podiums · 27% win rate · 44 of 193 races won Beat 71% of the fleet together(+15 vs. without) · best 1st · Feb 2015 – Dec 2016
  • Katherine Robinson · Tulane University (Green Wave) · College fleet racing, College team racing 8events 1 wins together · 4 podiums · 13% win rate · 26 of 154 races won Beat 68% of the fleet together(+11 vs. without) · best 1st · Dec 2015 – Dec 2016
  • Jessica Oswalt · Tulane University (Green Wave 1), Tulane University (Green Wave) · College fleet racing, College team racing 8events 2 wins together · 5 podiums · 25% win rate · 34 of 147 races won Beat 56% of the fleet together(−3 vs. without) · best 1st · Feb 2015 – Apr 2016
  • David Graf · Tulane University (Green Wave 1), Tulane University (Green Wave 2), Tulane University (Green Wave) · College fleet racing 7events 1 wins together · 4 podiums · 14% win rate · 22 of 128 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together(+18 vs. without) · best 1st · Dec 2015 – Feb 2017
  • Alexandra Betzios · Tulane University (Green Wave 1), Tulane University (Green Wave) · College fleet racing, College team racing 6events 1 wins together · 4 podiums · 17% win rate · 23 of 114 races won Beat 76% of the fleet together(+19 vs. without) · best 1st · Dec 2015 – Dec 2016
  • Addison Adams · Tulane University (Green Wave 1), Tulane University (Green Wave) · College fleet racing, College team racing 6events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 0% win rate · 15 of 82 races won Beat 42% of the fleet together(−19 vs. without) · best 2nd · Oct 2014 – Feb 2016
  • Grace Bloomfield · Tulane University (Green Wave 1), Tulane University (Green Wave) · College fleet racing 5events 1 wins together · 4 podiums · 20% win rate · 16 of 80 races won Beat 83% of the fleet together(+27 vs. without) · best 1st · Nov 2015 – Sep 2016
  • Harris Cram · Tulane University (Green Wave 1), Tulane University (Green Wave) · College fleet racing, College team racing 5events 0 wins together · 3 podiums · 0% win rate · 11 of 86 races won Beat 64% of the fleet together(+6 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jan 2016 – Sep 2016
  • Stephen Hahn · Growth Spurt, Tulane University (Green Wave 1), Tulane University (Green Wave 2), Tulane University (Green Wave) · College fleet racing, J/109 4events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 10 of 57 races won Beat 66% of the fleet together(+8 vs. without) · best 2nd · Oct 2016 – Oct 2017

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

Rating history

-1671043742008201020122014201620182020Helm rating, all classesCrew rating, all classes

— Helm rating, all classes · - - Crew rating, all classes

Event history · 52

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
7 Aug 20212021 Pequot Invitational RegattaGrowth SpurtJ/109Other3rd / 11
29 May 20192019 VHYC Saturday SeriesNick WattsILCA 7 (Laser)Skipper4th / 8
23 Feb 20182018 J 70 Midwinter ChampionshipTruckin'J/70Headsail Trimmer48th / 61
7 Oct 20172017 Storm Trysail Foundation - Intercollegiate Offshore RegattaGrowth SpurtJ/109Main Trimmer3rd / 7
25 Feb 20172017 Quantum J 70 Midwinter ChampionshipTruckin'J/70Headsail Trimmer33rd / 52
18 Feb 2017Nelson RoltschTulane University (Green Wave 2)College fleet racingB Skipper (3-4)4th / 7
30 Dec 2016Sugar BowlTulane University (Green Wave)College fleet racingA Skipper (1-2,5-6,9-10)5th / 10
8 Oct 2016SEISA Men's Singlehanded ChampsionshipTulane University (Nick Watts '18)College singlehandedSkipper5th / 9
1 Oct 2016OwlapaloozaTulane University (Green Wave 1)College fleet racingA Skipper2nd / 16
17 Sep 2016Baldwin WoodTulane University (Green Wave 1)College fleet racingA Skipper (3-4)3rd / 9
10 Sep 2016Troy SwetnamTulane University (Green Wave)College fleet racingA Skipper4th / 8
23 Apr 2016SEISA Team Racing ChampsTulane University (Green Wave)College team racingSkipper2nd / 4
16 Apr 2016SEISA Coed Dinghy ChampionshipTulane University (Green Wave)College fleet racingA Skipper (1-7)3rd / 6
5 Mar 2016Eckerd InterconferenceTulane University (Green Wave)College fleet racingA Skipper (1-2,5-6,9-10)12th / 15
27 Feb 2016Barnyard BazaarTulane University (Green Wave)College fleet racingA Skipper2nd / 8
20 Feb 2016Nelson RoltschTulane University (Green Wave)College fleet racingA Skipper (5-6,11-12)3rd / 13
30 Jan 2016SEISA Qualifier 1Tulane University (Green Wave)College fleet racingA Skipper (3-4,7-8)4th / 12
30 Dec 2015Sugar BowlTulane University (Green Wave)College fleet racingA Skipper1st / 7
14 Nov 2015Back to the BayouTulane University (Green Wave 1)College fleet racingA Skipper1st / 6
12 Sep 2015Baldwin WoodTulane University (Green Wave 1)College fleet racingB Skipper (1-2,5-6)4th / 5
1 Jun 2015Gill Coed Western SemifinalsTulane University (Green Wave)College fleet racingA Skipper17th / 18
25 Apr 2015SEISA Team Racing Championship 2015Tulane University (Green Wave)College team racingSkipper2nd / 4
18 Apr 20152015 SEISA Coed ChampionshipTulane University (Green Wave)College fleet racingA Skipper1st / 5
14 Mar 2015Eckerd InterconferenceTulane University (Green Wave)College fleet racingA Skipper7th / 10
28 Feb 2015Frank Mendleblatt Team TaceTulane University (Green Wave)College team racingSkipper9th / 9

Helm rating across all classes: 374, #6,143.Crew rating across all classes: 56, #34,683. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.