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Sailor · 2003–2025

Chad Atkins

sail newport DNLightningJ/70

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Events
46

254 races · 22 race wins

Win rate
4%

4% win rate · 2 of 46

Podium rate
17%

8 top-three finishes

Typically beats
70%

of boats faced (range 68%–72%, 1,504 boats)

Best class ranking
#27

Helm in DN · rating 758

Longest win streak
6

race wins in a row

Biggest lift
Stewart Neff

+4 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
Stewart Neff

Jul 2013 – Jun 2015 · 5 events

Nemesis
Ron Sherry

17–72 head to head in 89 races

Rival
John Harper

42–37 in 79 races

Best day
14 Jan 2017

1-3-1-2-2-3-4-1-1 · 2017 New England DN Championship

Signature result
2nd of 42

2023 DN North American Championship · DN · 25 Jan 2023

Partnerships · 17 sailors

  • Stewart Neff · Scamp, Scimitar, Stewart Neff · Etchells, J/70 5events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 2 of 29 races won Beat 73% of the fleet together(+4 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jul 2013 – Jun 2015
  • Will Welles · Scimitar · Etchells 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 2 of 11 races won Beat 82% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2013 – May 2014
  • Henry Brauer · Rascal, Scimitar · Etchells, J/70 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 14 races won Beat 74% of the fleet together · best 6th · May 2014 – Jul 2015
  • Emory Williams · Scamp, Stewart Neff · J/70 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 15 races won Beat 74% of the fleet together · best 12th · Mar 2015 – Apr 2015
  • Neal Fowler · Scamp, Stewart Neff · J/70 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 15 races won Beat 74% of the fleet together · best 12th · Mar 2015 – Apr 2015
  • Travis Odenbach · Honeybadger · J/24 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 2 of 10 races won Beat 95% of the fleet together · best 5th · Oct 2019 – Oct 2019
  • Paula Grasberger · Rascal · J/70 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 77% of the fleet together · best 6th · Jul 2015 – Jul 2015
  • Neff Brauer · Rascal · J/70 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 77% of the fleet together · best 6th · Jul 2015 – Jul 2015
  • Brauer Neff · Scimitar · Etchells 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 71% of the fleet together · best 7th · May 2014 – May 2014
  • Bill Walters · Rascal · J/70 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 77% of the fleet together · best 6th · Jul 2015 – Jul 2015

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

Rating history

-3729161820042007201020132016201920222025Helm rating, full-size sailingCrew rating, full-size sailing

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

Event history · 46

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
5 Feb 20252025 DN North American ChampionshipUS 4487DNSkipper9th / 31
2 Feb 20252025 DN World Championship (Gold Cup)US 4487DNSkipper14th / 35
18 Jan 20252025 DN Eastern Regional ChampionshipUS 4487DNSkipper1st / 14
25 Jan 20232023 DN North American ChampionshipUS 4487DNSkipper2nd / 42
22 Jan 20232023 DN World Championship (Gold Cup)US 4487DNSkipper10th / 37
19 Feb 20222022 Four Lakes Ice Yacht Club Regular-Season Club Racing (scoreboard as of 2022-03-21)213RenegadeSkipper13th / 14
8 Jan 20222022 Four Lakes Ice Yacht Club Regular-Season Club Racing (scoreboard as of 2022-03-21)4487DNSkipper2nd / 23
18 Jan 20202020 DN North American ChampionshipUS 4487DNSkipper3rd / 35
4 Jan 20202020 DN Western Regional ChampionshipUS4487DNSkipper8th / 38
14 Dec 20192019 Great Western Challenge (DN)US 4487DNSkipper15th / 22
22 Oct 20192019 J 24 World ChampionshipHoneybadgerJ/24Other5th / 79
21 Feb 20192019 DN North American ChampionshipUS 4487DNSkipper39th / 40
10 Feb 20192019 DN World Championship (Gold Cup)US4487DNSkipper19th / 39
1 Dec 20182018 DN Great Western ChallengeUS4487DNSkipper10th / 26
25 Aug 2018RYC One Design Regatta15121LightningSkipper4th / 6
3 Aug 20182018 Eastern Class E Scow Championship RegattaNew BubbaE ScowOther15th / 29
24 Jan 20182018 DN North American ChampionshipUS 4487DNSkipper6th / 42
27 Jan 20172017 DN North American ChampionshipUS 4487DNSkipper39th / 45
22 Jan 20172017 DN World Championship (Gold Cup)US 4487DNSkipper21st / 40
14 Jan 20172017 New England DN ChampionshipUS 4487DNSkipper1st / 19
13 Aug 2016Lightning North American ChampionshipChad Atkins[B1][Y2][Y3][Y4][CH]LightningSkipper22nd / 34
13 Aug 2016Lightning North American ChampionshipChad Atkins[B1][Y2][Y3][Y4][CH]LightningSkipper33rd / 76
22 Feb 20162016 DN North American ChampionshipUS 4487DNSkipper8th / 50
23 Jan 20162016 DN Doc Fellows RegattaUS 4487DNSkipper4th / 14
5 Dec 20152015 Western Challenge (DN, unsanctioned)US 4487DNSkipper8th / 36

Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 618, #873.Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 310, #7,302. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.