Sailor · 2014–2025

Helen Vaughan

newport yacht club Ensign Handicap SN/J22

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Events: 10
Win rate: 10%
Podium rate: 40%
Typically beats: 54%
Best class ranking: #40
Longest win streak: 2

Most successful partnership: Jackie Dietrich
Best trio: Jackie Dietrich & Bea Grimmitt
Biggest lift: Jackie Dietrich
Longest-running crew: Scott Mason
Nemesis: Charles Shoemaker
Signature result: 1st of 5

Partnerships · 15 sailors

Most successful partnership: Jackie Dietrich — 1 wins · 2 podiums in 3 events together

Scott Mason · Gusto, GUSTO · Ensign 5events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 4 of 33 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together(−1 vs. without) · best 3rd · Jul 2014 – Jul 2024
Terry Mason · Gusto, GUSTO · Ensign 5events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 4 of 33 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together(−1 vs. without) · best 3rd · Jul 2014 – Jul 2024
Efrem Bromberg · Gusto, GUSTO · Ensign 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 4 of 29 races won Beat 53% of the fleet together(+4 vs. without) · best 3rd · Jul 2014 – Jul 2024
Bea Grimmitt · J22, OBOTW, Triton · Handicap, J/22, SN/J22 4events 1 wins together · 3 podiums · 4 events · 1 of 4 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together(−1 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2022 – Sep 2025
Jackie Dietrich · J22, OBOTW · Handicap, J/22, SN/J22 3events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 3 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together(+23 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2022 – Sep 2024
Becky Shoemaker · OBOTW, Triton · Handicap, SN/J22 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 25% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Sep 2024 – Sep 2025
Renee Mason · GUSTO · Ensign 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 56% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jul 2022 – Jul 2024
Alexander Bowen · Pressure · J/80 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 10 races won Beat 55% of the fleet together · best 22nd · Oct 2022 – Oct 2022
Kristina Kamensky · Triton · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Sep 2025 – Sep 2025
Andrew Macgowan · GUSTO · Ensign 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 38% of the fleet together · best 6th · Jul 2022 – Jul 2022

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

Rating history

Event history · 10

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
27 Sep 2025	2025 Sail for Hope	Triton	Handicap	Crew	3rd / 3
28 Sep 2024	2024 Sail for Hope Fundraiser Regatta	OBOTW	SN/J22	Headsail Trimmer	4th / 7
13 Jul 2024	2024 Newport Regatta	GUSTO	Ensign	Spinnaker trimmer	3rd / 9
30 Sep 2023	2023 Sail for Hope Fundraiser Regatta	OBOTW	Handicap	Headsail Trimmer	2nd / 3
5 Oct 2022	2022 J80 World Championship	Pressure	J/80	Floater	22nd / 48
11 Sep 2022	2022 Sail for Hope Fundraiser Regatta	J22	J/22	Other	1st / 5
9 Jul 2022	2022 Newport Regatta	GUSTO	Ensign	Bow	6th / 9
7 Jul 2017	2017 Newport Regatta	Gusto	Ensign	Bow	7th / 11
31 May 2016	2016 Newport Yacht Club Spring Series	Gusto	Ensign	Bow	4th / 6
11 Jul 2014	2014 The Newport Regatta® featuring Bacardi Newport Race Week	Gusto	Ensign	Spinnaker trimmer	9th / 19

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	95 provisional	#29301 band 17845–43334	—
Ensign Crew	31 provisional	#40 band 32–52	−3.3

3 more classes, not yet ranked

J/80 · Crew · 10 races, 1 event · rating 41
J/22 · Crew · 1 race, 1 event · rating 28
SN/J22 · Crew · 1 race, 1 event · rating 10

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	0 events	0 wins	beats —
As crew	10 events	1 wins	beats 50%

Positions: Bow (3) · Headsail Trimmer (2) · Spinnaker trimmer (2) · Floater (1)

How they race

Closer	−18 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	+2 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	51%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	49%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Bill Steel	33	21–12
Charles Shoemaker	24	6–18
Michael Macina	22	7–15
Mike Ryan	21	18–3
David Goss	17	11–6
Russell Carr	15	11–4

Most-beaten opponent: Mike Ryan (18–3).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	1	0	0%
2024	2	0	63%
2023	1	0	50%
2022	3	1	64%
2017	1	0	40%
2016	1	0	40%
2014	1	0	56%

Boats

GUSTO · Ensign · 5 events · 2014–2024
OBOTW · SN/J22, Handicap · 2 events · 2023–2024
Triton · Handicap · 1 events · 2025
Pressure · J/80 · 1 events · 2022
J22 · J/22 · 1 events · 2022

Where they race

Newport, RI, USA · 9 events
Newport, RI · 1 events

Is this you?

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Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 95, #29,301. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.