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Sailor · 2017–2026

Christopher Shakespeare

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Events
10

41 races · 1 race win

Win rate
10%

10% win rate · 1 of 10

Podium rate
10%

1 top-three finishes

Typically beats
38%

of boats faced (range 30%–45%, 110 boats)

Best class ranking
#1089

Crew in J/105 · rating -96

Most successful partnership
Dom Spinola

1 wins · 1 podiums in 3 events together

Best trio
Adam Gaelen & Demetry Spinola

1 wins · 1 podiums in 3 events, all three aboard

Biggest lift
Adam Gaelen

+33 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
James Phyfe

Jun 2021 – Jun 2025 · 6 events

Nemesis
Bruce Stone

1–24 head to head in 25 races

Signature result
1st of 7

2024 Sam Wetherill Trophy Race · ORC handicap · 17 May 2024

Partnerships · 53 sailors

Most successful partnership: Dom Spinola — 1 wins · 1 podiums in 3 events together
  • James Phyfe · Digger · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 6events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 17% win rate · 1 of 15 races won Beat 48% of the fleet together(+18 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2021 – Jun 2025
  • Dexter Holaday · Digger · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 4events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 1 of 12 races won Beat 54% of the fleet together(+23 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2021 – Jun 2024
  • Demetry Spinola · Defiance, Digger · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 4events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 1 of 5 races won Beat 51% of the fleet together(+17 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2023 – Sep 2026
  • Adam Gaelen · Digger · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 4events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 1 of 5 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together(+33 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2023 – Jun 2025
  • Brian Kiley · Digger · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 12 races won Beat 21% of the fleet together(−28 vs. without) · best 7th · Jun 2021 – Jun 2023
  • Dom Spinola · Digger · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 3events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 4 races won Beat 56% of the fleet together(+22 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2023 – Jun 2025
  • Kyle Riggs · Rigadoon · J/105 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 25 races won Beat 29% of the fleet together(−17 vs. without) · best 9th · Jun 2017 – Jun 2025
  • Paul Adam · Digger · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 2 races won Beat 86% of the fleet together · best 1st · May 2024 – Jun 2024
  • Christopher Pearson · Rigadoon · J/105 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 15 races won Beat 28% of the fleet together · best 9th · Jun 2017 – Jun 2021
  • Eben Dooling · Digger · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 46% of the fleet together · best 4th · Jun 2023 – Jun 2024

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

Rating history

-98-64-3120182020202220242026Crew rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 10

Crew rating, Full-size sailing: -96, #56,716. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.