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Sailor · 2009–2026

Tom Preston

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Events
26

194 races · 12 race wins

Win rate
4%

4% win rate · 1 of 26

Podium rate
27%

7 top-three finishes

Typically beats
46%

of boats faced (range 41%–50%, 334 boats)

Best class ranking
#37

Helm in Santa Cruz 27 · rating -73

Longest win streak
3

race wins in a row

Nemesis
Dustin Durant

8–57 head to head in 66 races

Rival
Catherine Bevens

18–26 in 50 races

Best day
10 Oct 2009

2-2-1-2-3-2-3-4-11-9-6-5-5-3-9-3-6-2-3-4-3-2-4-2 · Stoney Burke JV

Signature result
2nd of 21

Stoney Burke JV · College fleet racing · 10 Oct 2009

Partnerships · 23 sailors

  • Matt Foster · University of California at Santa Barbara (Gauchos 1) · College fleet racing 2events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 5 of 42 races won Beat 94% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Oct 2009 – Apr 2010
  • Keely Scates · University of California at Santa Barbara (Gauchos 1), University of California at Santa Barbara (Gauchos 2) · College fleet racing 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 36 races won Beat 84% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Oct 2009 – Jan 2012
  • Kimberly Tilton · University of California at Santa Barbara (Gauchos 1) · College fleet racing 2events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 5 of 42 races won Beat 94% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Oct 2009 – Apr 2010
  • Logan Swartz · University of California at Santa Barbara (Gauchos 1), University of California at Santa Barbara (Gauchos 2) · College fleet racing 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 4 of 34 races won Beat 68% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Apr 2010 – Mar 2011
  • Brock Wooldridge · Dynaflow · Santa Cruz 27 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 24% of the fleet together · best 14th · Sep 2025 – Sep 2025
  • George Sirogiannis · MOJO · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 8th · Sep 2023 – Sep 2023
  • Patrick Weaver · Chiarita · SC27 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 19th · May 2023 – May 2023
  • Lottie Acland · Sweet Luna · J/70 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 40% of the fleet together · best 13th · Sep 2020 – Sep 2020
  • Katherine Sander · University of California at Santa Barbara (Gauchos 1) · College fleet racing 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 4 of 18 races won Beat 93% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Apr 2010 – Apr 2010
  • Christina Nagatani · University of California at Santa Barbara (Gauchos 1) · College fleet racing 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 24 races won Beat 95% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Oct 2009 – Oct 2009

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

Rating history

-189-36117201020132016201920222025Helm rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 26

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
25 Apr 20262026 Corinthians/New Skipper RegattaTARAHandicapSkipper2nd / 6
26 Sep 20252025 | Santa Cruz 27 NationalsDynaflowSanta Cruz 27Skipper14th / 18
16 Aug 2025Fall One Design Series 2025DynaflowSanta Cruz 27Skipper8th / 11
6 Jun 2025Friday Evening Dinghy RacingClub laserILCA 7 (Laser)Skipper3rd / 5
9 May 2025Friday Evening Dinghy RacingTom PrestonILCA 7 (Laser)Skipper6th / 6
27 Apr 2025Spring SCORE Series 2025DynaflowPHRF handicapSkipper5th / 9
19 Apr 2025Spring One Design Series 2025DynaflowSanta Cruz 27Skipper2nd / 9
15 Nov 2024Mid Winter SeriesDynaflowSC27Skipper1st / 8
12 Jul 2024Santa Cruz 27 National ChampionshipDynaflowSanta Cruz 27Skipper10th / 12
28 Apr 2024Spring SCORE SeriesDynaflowPHRF handicapSkipper8th / 9
19 Apr 2024Spring One Design Series 2024DynaflowHandicapSkipper4th / 5
18 Nov 2023Mid-Winter Series RegattaChiaritaPHRF handicapSkipper9th / 20
9 Sep 20232023 - Half Moon Bay RaceMOJOHandicapSkipper8th / 8
27 Aug 2023Fall SCORE SeriesChiaritaPHRF handicapSkipper6th / 16
26 Aug 2023MBYRA Double Angle 2023chiaritaPHRF handicapSkipper7th / 12
18 Aug 2023Fall One Design SeriesChiaritaSanta Cruz 27Skipper5th / 10
27 May 20232023 SC 27 NationalsChiaritaSC27Skipper19th / 19
14 Apr 2023Spring One Design SeriesChiaritaHandicapSkipper2nd / 4
3 Sep 20202020 Landsail Tyres J CupSweet LunaJ/70Other13th / 21
26 Feb 2012South 4University of California at Santa Barbara (Gauchos 3)College fleet racingA Skipper16th / 17
25 Feb 2012South 3University of California at Santa Barbara (Gauchos 3)College fleet racingA Skipper18th / 18
29 Jan 2012South 2-Jeff Simon Memorial RegattaUniversity of California at Santa Barbara (Gauchos 2)College fleet racingA Skipper13th / 19
28 Jan 2012South 1University of California at Santa Barbara (Gauchos 2)College fleet racingA Skipper6th / 20
26 Mar 2011PCCSC South 5 & Designate @ UCSBUniversity of California at Santa Barbara (Gauchos 2)College fleet racingB Skipper (1-6)17th / 29
3 Apr 2010St. Francis IntersectionalUniversity of California at Santa Barbara (Gauchos 1)College fleet racingB Crew (7-9)3rd / 28

Helm rating, Full-size sailing: -52, #63,393.Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 1. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.