Sailor · 2023–2026

Benjamin Walker

chyc PHRF handicap S Class Handicap

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Events: 7
Win rate: 29%
Podium rate: 29%
Typically beats: 40%
Longest win streak: 4

Most successful partnership: Robert Hitzig
Biggest lift: Robert Hitzig
Signature result: 6th of 12

Partnerships · 6 sailors

Most successful partnership: Robert Hitzig — 1 wins · 1 podiums in 3 events together

Robert Hitzig · Chance, HMS Chance · PHRF handicap 3events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 3 of 8 races won Beat 63% of the fleet together(+19 vs. without) · best 1st · Apr 2023 – Apr 2026
John Trepen · Chance, HMS Chance · PHRF handicap 3events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 3 of 8 races won Beat 63% of the fleet together(+19 vs. without) · best 1st · Apr 2023 – Apr 2026
Stephen Tichy · HMS Chance · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 44% of the fleet together · best 5th · Apr 2023 – Apr 2024
Rick Holmes · HMS Chance · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 44% of the fleet together · best 5th · Apr 2023 – Apr 2024
John Gaag · HMS Chance · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 55% of the fleet together · best 6th · Apr 2023 – Apr 2023
Carter Shelton · HMS Chance · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 33% of the fleet together · best 5th · Apr 2024 – Apr 2024

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

Rating history

Event history · 7

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
30 May 2026	Military Salute Regatta Presented by Blackbaud	CHANCE	Handicap	Skipper	5th / 8
20 May 2026	Summer Series I	CHANCE	S Class	Skipper	7th / 7
16 Apr 2026	Charleston Race Week at Patriots Point	Chance	PHRF handicap	Skipper	1st / 2
17 Jan 2026	2026 Frostbite 2	Chance	S Class	Skipper	1st / 2
21 Sep 2025	Alice Cup	Chance	A-Class	Skipper	7th / 10
19 Apr 2024	2024 Charleston Race Week at Patriots Point	HMS Chance	PHRF handicap	Other	5th / 7
21 Apr 2023	2023 Charleston Race Week	HMS Chance	PHRF handicap	Other	6th / 12

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Helm	51 provisional	#41623 band 25680–59848	—

2 more classes, not yet ranked

S Class · Helm · 4 races, 2 events · rating -22
A-Class · Helm · 1 race, 1 event · rating -19

Rank among sailors with a substantial record, all time. In brackets, the ranks this rating cannot be told apart from. Impact is the points of fleet beaten that this sailor adds.

Helm and crew

As helm	7 events	2 wins	beats 52%
As crew	0 events	0 wins	beats —

How they race

Closer	+5 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	+8 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Small fleets	52%	of the fleet beaten

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	4	2	61%
2025	1	0	33%
2024	1	0	33%
2023	1	0	55%

Boats

CHANCE · Handicap, S Class, PHRF handicap, A-Class · 5 events · 2025–2026
HMS Chance · PHRF handicap · 2 events · 2023–2024

Where they race

Charleston Ocean Racing Association · 3 events
Charleston, SC, USA · 2 events
Charleston, SC · 1 events
Mount Pleasant, SC, United States · 1 events

Is this you?

Claim it to merge duplicates and remove results that aren’t yours. Changes apply at the nightly rebuild.

Helm rating across all classes: 51, #41,623. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.