Sailor · 2016–2026

Matt Richardson

sbyc J/105 Handicap Club Soling

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Events: 18
Win rate: 6%
Podium rate: 28%
Typically beats: 33%
Best class ranking: #1254
Longest win streak: 2

Nemesis: Ryan Simmons
Rival: Eric Stang
Best day: 14 Sep 2019
Signature result: 1st of 5

Partnerships · 50 sailors

Donald Olgado · Aquavit · J/105 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 35 races won Beat 28% of the fleet together(−14 vs. without) · best 3rd · Sep 2021 – Sep 2023
Stacy Guthmann · Aquavit, Melilani · J/105 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 33 races won Beat 24% of the fleet together(−20 vs. without) · best 3rd · Sep 2019 – Sep 2022
Jf Hervy · Aquavit · J/105 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 32 races won Beat 14% of the fleet together(−31 vs. without) · best 20th · Sep 2021 – Sep 2023
Jonathan Crabtree · Aquavit · J/105 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 32 races won Beat 14% of the fleet together(−31 vs. without) · best 20th · Sep 2021 – Sep 2023
Jo Hainsworth · Aquavit · J/105 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 32 races won Beat 14% of the fleet together(−31 vs. without) · best 20th · Sep 2021 – Sep 2023
Kerry Richardson · AYAYA, Degree of Latitude · Handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 23% of the fleet together(−19 vs. without) · best 4th · Apr 2019 – Aug 2020
Hawkeye King · 007 · J/105 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 14 races won Beat 46% of the fleet together · best 12th · Sep 2016 – Sep 2017
Sergey Yudin · Aquavit · J/105 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 25 races won Beat 12% of the fleet together · best 20th · Sep 2021 – Sep 2022
Olivier Laparra · Aquavit · J/105 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 18 races won Beat 16% of the fleet together · best 24th · Sep 2022 – Sep 2023
Andrew Lorenzen · 007 · J/105 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 14 races won Beat 46% of the fleet together · best 12th · Sep 2016 – Sep 2017

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

Rating history

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

Event history · 18

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
29 Jul 2026	2026 Wet Wednesday Series 3	4	Club Soling	Skipper	3rd / 4
11 Sep 2025	2025 Rolex Big Boat Series	Alchemy	J/105	Crew	13th / 27
14 Sep 2023	2023 Rolex Big Boat Series	Aquavit	J/105	Spinnaker trimmer	26th / 31
4 Sep 2023	6 Metre Worlds	GEORGIA	Handicap	Other	17th / 18
29 Sep 2022	2022 J/105 North American Championship	Aquavit	J/105	Spinnaker trimmer	24th / 28
20 May 2022	2022 SF Bay J/105 Women Skipper Invitational	Aquavit	J/105	Crew	3rd / 8
16 Sep 2021	2021 Rolex Big Boat Series	Aquavit	J/105	Spinnaker trimmer	20th / 22
8 Aug 2020	2020 Charity Cup Regatta	AYAYA	Handicap	Other	4th / 8
14 Sep 2019	2019 Royal Southern Summer Series – Doyle Sails Land Union September Regatta	AYAYA	Handicap	Other	1st / 5
12 Sep 2019	2019 Rolex Big Boat Series	Melilani	J/105	Bow	23rd / 23
2 May 2019	2019 Antigua Sailing Week	Degree of Latitude	Handicap	Other	8th / 9
27 Apr 2019	2019 Peters & May Round Antigua Race	Degree of Latitude	Handicap	Other	7th / 7
6 Oct 2018	2018 Denise Cartlidge Ladies Race	AYAYA	IRC handicap	Other	4th / 6
13 Sep 2018	2018 Rolex Big Boat Series	Alchemy	J/105	Bow	16th / 28
9 Jun 2018	2018 RSrnYC Passage Series	AYAYA	Handicap	Other	2nd / 5
14 Sep 2017	2017 Rolex Big Boat Series	007	J/105	Spinnaker trimmer	12th / 24
12 Aug 2017	2017 Royal Southern Yacht Club Passage Series	AYAYA	Handicap	Other	3rd / 11
15 Sep 2016	2016 Rolex Big Boat Series	007	J/105	Spinnaker trimmer	16th / 26

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	-216 provisional	#63956 band 59173–65484	—
J/105 Crew	-181 provisional	#1254 band 1061–1340	+0.5
Full-size sailing Helm	124 provisional	#29496 band 17787–45747	—

1 more class, not yet ranked

Club Soling · Helm · 6 races, 1 event · rating 27

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	6 events	1 wins	beats 64%
As crew	12 events	0 wins	beats 27%

Positions: Spinnaker trimmer (5) · Bow (2)

How they race

Closer	+6 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−13 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	42%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	34%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets	52%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Ryan Simmons	65	3–62
Rolf Kaiser	65	5–60
Bruce Stone	64	4–60
Charles Pick	58	16–42
Doug Bailey	58	11–47
Brent Vaughan	58	7–51
Eric Stang	58	24–34
Jeff Littfin	58	1–57
William Woodruff	53	12–41
Adam Spiegel	51	1–50
Chuck Cihak	47	13–34
Justin Oberbauer	44	8–36

Most-beaten opponent: David Gross (21–0).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	1	0	33%
2025	1	0	54%
2023	2	0	11%
2022	2	0	43%
2021	1	0	10%
2020	1	0	57%
2019	4	1	28%
2018	3	0	53%
2017	2	0	66%
2016	1	0	40%

Boats

AYAYA · Handicap, IRC handicap · 5 events · 2017–2020
Aquavit · J/105 · 4 events · 2021–2023
Alchemy · J/105 · 2 events · 2018–2025
Degree of Latitude · Handicap · 2 events · 2019
007 · J/105 · 2 events · 2016–2017
4 · Club Soling · 1 events · 2026
GEORGIA · Handicap · 1 events · 2023
Melilani · J/105 · 1 events · 2019

Where they race

San Francisco, CA, USA · 6 events
Hamble, Hampshire, UK · 5 events
English Harbour, Antigua, West Indies · 2 events
San Francisco, CA · 2 events
Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK · 1 events
Long Beach , CA · 1 events

Is this you?

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

Crew rating, Full-size sailing: -216, #63,956.Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 124, #29,496. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.