Skip to content

Sailor · 2013–2026

Buttons Padin

larchmont yacht club Viper 640IRC handicapPHRF handicap

Search sailors · About these ratings

Events
37

205 races · 43 race wins

Win rate
19%

19% win rate · 7 of 37

Podium rate
49%

18 top-three finishes

Typically beats
61%

of boats faced (range 58%–65%, 532 boats)

Best class ranking
#97

Crew in Viper 640 · rating 148

Longest win streak
8

race wins in a row

Most successful partnership
Lawrence Cutler

4 wins · 10 podiums in 13 events together · 31% win rate

Best trio
Lawrence Cutler & Andrew Weiss

4 wins · 10 podiums in 13 events, all three aboard

Biggest lift
Butch Ulmer

+30 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
Gerard Girstl

May 2016 – Jun 2023 · 9 events

Nemesis
Zeke Horowitz

3–28 head to head in 31 races

Rival
Joseph Healey

23–25 in 48 races

Best day
24 Jun 2015

1-1-1-2-2-1 · 2015 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race Week XXVI

Signature result
1st of 9

2014 Stamford Invitational One Design Regatta · Viper 640 · 20 Sep 2014

Partnerships · 60+ sailors

Most successful partnership: Lawrence Cutler — 4 wins · 10 podiums in 13 events together · 31% win rate
  • Linda Weiss · Christopher Dragon, Christopher Dragon XI, The Tweed · IRC handicap, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 14events 4 wins together · 10 podiums · 29% win rate · 29 of 77 races won Beat 77% of the fleet together(+19 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2015 – Jun 2021
  • Andrew Weiss · Christopher Dragon, Christopher Dragon XI, The Tweed · IRC handicap, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 14events 4 wins together · 10 podiums · 29% win rate · 29 of 77 races won Beat 77% of the fleet together(+19 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2015 – Jun 2021
  • Lawrence Cutler · Christopher Dragon, Christopher Dragon XI · IRC handicap, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 13events 4 wins together · 10 podiums · 31% win rate · 29 of 76 races won Beat 83% of the fleet together(+27 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2015 – Jun 2021
  • Larry Fox · Christopher Dragon, Christopher Dragon XI, The Tweed · IRC handicap, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 13events 3 wins together · 9 podiums · 23% win rate · 26 of 71 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together(+16 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2015 – Jun 2021
  • Byron LaMotte · Christopher Dragon, Christopher Dragon XI · IRC handicap, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 10events 3 wins together · 8 podiums · 30% win rate · 21 of 63 races won Beat 83% of the fleet together(+24 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2015 – Jun 2021
  • Gerard Girstl · Christopher Dragon, Christopher Dragon XI, Lora Ann, Soulmates · IRC handicap, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 9events 3 wins together · 7 podiums · 33% win rate · 17 of 50 races won Beat 84% of the fleet together(+25 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2016 – Jun 2023
  • Allie Padin · Christopher Dragon · IRC handicap, PHRF handicap 8events 2 wins together · 7 podiums · 25% win rate · 15 of 45 races won Beat 84% of the fleet together(+25 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2016 – May 2018
  • Patrick Johnson · Christopher Dragon · IRC handicap, PHRF handicap 8events 3 wins together · 7 podiums · 38% win rate · 27 of 60 races won Beat 86% of the fleet together(+27 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2015 – Sep 2017
  • Adam Loory · Christopher Dragon, Christopher Dragon XI, Lora Ann, Soulmates · IRC handicap, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 7events 2 wins together · 5 podiums · 29% win rate · 16 of 45 races won Beat 82% of the fleet together(+21 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2016 – Jun 2023
  • Butch Ulmer · Christopher Dragon · IRC handicap 6events 2 wins together · 6 podiums · 33% win rate · 19 of 46 races won Beat 90% of the fleet together(+30 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2015 – Sep 2017

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

Rating history

02535062014201620182020202220242026Helm rating, full-size sailingCrew rating, full-size sailing

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

Event history · 37

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
11 Jul 2026128th Larchmont Race WeekSonar 9SonarCo-Skipper3rd / 8
10 Sep 20242024 Sonar World ChampionshipCaileen BanSonarCrew27th / 31
13 Jul 2024126th Larchmont Race WeekRS 21RS21Other2nd / 2
16 Sep 20232023 Ideal 18 North American ChampionshipEmeraldIdeal 18Skipper16th / 34
27 Jul 20232023 Around Long Island Regatta (46th Annual)ARMA - ORCORC handicapOther2nd / 2
14 Jul 2023125th Larchmont Race WeekDauntlessIdeal 18Rush Chairman5th / 11
24 Jun 20232023 Robert H. Tiedemann Classics RegattaIntrepidHandicapRunners1st / 5
19 Jun 20232023 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race Week presented by MargaritavilleLora AnnPHRF handicapRush Chairman4th / 14
17 Sep 20222022 Ideal 18 Interclub Championship of Long Island SoundColumbiaIdeal 18Rush Chairman9th / 20
7 Oct 20212021 Viper 640 North American ChampionshipCaterpillarViper 640Pro Bowler17th / 37
10 Jul 202150th Annual World’s Longest Sunfish Race, Around Shelter Island, NY1031SunfishSkipper23rd / 78
24 Jun 20212021 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race Week presented by MargaritavilleChristopher Dragon XIPHRF handicapOffside trimmer2nd / 8
12 Jun 2021167th NYYC Annual RegattaChristopher Dragon XIORC handicapOffside trimmer4th / 8
22 May 20212021 Viper 640 Atlantic Coast ChampionshipZorro XFViper 640Spinnaker trimmer6th / 16
24 May 20182018 Can One Thursday Night SeriesChristopher DragonPHRF handicapOffside trimmer1st / 6
12 May 20182018 63rd Edlu Distance RaceChristopher DragonIRC handicapOffside trimmer4th / 8
23 Sep 20172017 American Yacht Club Fall Regatta & Leukemia CupChristopher DragonIRC handicapOffside trimmer2nd / 10
20 Jun 20172017 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race WeekChristopher DragonIRC handicapOffside trimmer2nd / 9
9 Jun 2017163rd NYYC Annual Regatta presented by RolexChristopher DragonIRC handicapOffside trimmer1st / 6
13 May 20172017 62nd Edlu Distance RaceChristopher DragonIRC handicapOffside trimmer2nd / 7
11 May 20172017 Can One Thursday Night SeriesChristopher DragonPHRF handicapOffside trimmer3rd / 7
29 Apr 20172017 American Yacht Club Spring SeriesChristopher DragonIRC handicapOffside trimmer3rd / 12
11 Jun 2016162nd NYYC Annual Regatta presented by RolexChristopher DragonIRC handicapSpinnaker trimmer4th / 10
5 May 20162016 Can One Thursday Night SeriesSoulmatesPHRF handicapOther1st / 6
7 Mar 20162016 Bacardi Miami Sailing WeekWild HogsViper 640Spinnaker trimmer18th / 29

Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 456, #2,402.Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 174, #22,212. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.