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Sailor · 2011–2025

James Petersen

geneva C ScowA ScowMC

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Events
22

95 races · 22 race wins

Win rate
14%

14% win rate · 3 of 22

Podium rate
46%

10 top-three finishes

Typically beats
64%

of boats faced (range 61%–68%, 541 boats)

Best class ranking
#10

Crew in A Scow · rating 337

Longest win streak
4

race wins in a row

Most successful partnership
Chapman Petersen

2 wins · 3 podiums in 9 events together · 22% win rate

Best trio
Mya Burdick & Peter Keck

1 wins · 5 podiums in 7 events, all three aboard

Biggest lift
Paul Reilly

+32 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
Chapman Petersen

Jul 2016 – Apr 2023 · 9 events

Nemesis
Peter Keck

3–19 head to head in 22 races

Rival
Vincent Porter

19–28 in 47 races

Best day
31 Jul 2016

2-1-1-1-1 · 2016 ILYA Optimist Dinghy Championship Regatta

Signature result
1st of 57

2016 ILYA Optimist Dinghy Championship Regatta · Optimist · 31 Jul 2016

Partnerships · 8 sailors

Most successful partnership: Chapman Petersen — 2 wins · 3 podiums in 9 events together · 22% win rate
  • Paul Reilly · Irish Navy, Red Sky, Red Sky Sailing Team · A Scow, C Scow 12events 1 wins together · 7 podiums · 8% win rate · 10 of 60 races won Beat 85% of the fleet together(+32 vs. without) · best 1st · Dec 2020 – Jun 2025
  • Ben Porter · Red Sky, Red Sky Sailing Team · A Scow 9events 1 wins together · 5 podiums · 11% win rate · 10 of 47 races won Beat 86% of the fleet together(+26 vs. without) · best 1st · Dec 2020 – Jun 2025
  • Finn Burdick · Red Sky, Red Sky Sailing Team · A Scow 9events 1 wins together · 5 podiums · 11% win rate · 10 of 47 races won Beat 86% of the fleet together(+26 vs. without) · best 1st · Dec 2020 – Jun 2025
  • Andy Burdick · Red Sky, Red Sky Sailing Team · A Scow 9events 1 wins together · 5 podiums · 11% win rate · 10 of 47 races won Beat 86% of the fleet together(+26 vs. without) · best 1st · Dec 2020 – Jun 2025
  • Chapman Petersen · All In, ALL IN, Galloping Ghost, Razr · A Scow, C Scow, MC, Melges 14 9events 2 wins together · 3 podiums · 22% win rate · 13 of 34 races won Beat 63% of the fleet together(−13 vs. without) · best 1st · Jul 2016 – Apr 2023
  • Peter Keck · Red Sky, Red Sky Sailing Team · A Scow 9events 1 wins together · 5 podiums · 11% win rate · 10 of 47 races won Beat 86% of the fleet together(+26 vs. without) · best 1st · Dec 2020 – Jun 2025
  • Mya Burdick · Red Sky, Red Sky Sailing Team · A Scow 7events 1 wins together · 5 podiums · 14% win rate · 9 of 37 races won Beat 87% of the fleet together(+24 vs. without) · best 1st · Dec 2020 – Jun 2025
  • Nigel Tresterp · Irish Navy · C Scow 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 63% of the fleet together · best 16th · Aug 2024 – Aug 2024

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

Rating history

-262144542012201420162018202020222024Helm rating, all classesCrew rating, all classes

— Helm rating, all classes · - - Crew rating, all classes

Event history · 22

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
19 Jun 20252025 NCASA Annual ChampionshipRed Sky Sailing TeamA ScowOther4th / 20
10 Aug 20242024 ILYA Annual Championship RegattaRed Sky Sailing TeamA ScowCrew1st / 16
10 Aug 20242024 ILYA Annual Championship RegattaIrish NavyC ScowCrew16th / 41
15 Sep 20232023 C Blue ChipIrish NavyC ScowCrew3rd / 26
15 Aug 20232023 ILYA Annual Championship RegattaRed Sky Sailing TeamA ScowCrew5th / 20
24 Jun 20232023 A Scow National Championship Regatta (NCASA)Red Sky Sailing TeamA ScowOther3rd / 23
9 Jun 20232023 C-MIRIrish NavyC ScowCrew2nd / 29
30 Apr 20232023 LGYC C SCOW FALL SERIESALL INC ScowSkipper1st / 3
29 Apr 20232023 LGYC C SCOW B SERIESALL INC ScowSkipper2nd / 5
16 Aug 20222022 ILYA Annual Championship RegattaRed SkyA ScowCrew2nd / 23
15 Aug 20212021 ILYA ChampionshipsRed Sky Sailing TeamA ScowCrew4th / 16
26 Jun 20212021 A Scow National Championship Regatta (NCASA)Red Sky Sailing TeamA ScowOther4th / 19
31 Dec 2020A SCOW A SERIES 2021Red Sky Sailing TeamA ScowCrew2nd / 9
31 Dec 2020A SCOW SPRING 2021Red Sky Sailing TeamA ScowCrew3rd / 8
31 Dec 2020C SCOW SERIES A 2021RazrC ScowCrew7th / 9
31 Dec 2020C SCOW SERIES B 2021RazrC ScowCrew5th / 10
31 Dec 2020MC SCOW SERIES B 2021All InMCCrew14th / 22
17 Mar 20172017 One Design Midwinter RegattaUSA 25Melges 14Skipper15th / 23
17 Aug 2016ILYA Annual Championship RegattaRAZRC ScowSkipper30th / 65
31 Jul 20162016 ILYA Optimist Dinghy Championship RegattaGalloping GhostOptimistSkipper1st / 57
19 Aug 2015ILYA Annual Championship RegattaRazrC ScowSkipper47th / 63
17 Jun 20112011 C Scow National Championship RegattaRAZRC ScowOther45th / 56

Crew rating across all classes: 454, #2,399.Helm rating across all classes: 108, #31,498. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.