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Sailor · 2020–2026

Kai Kovar

pleon yacht club Optimist420Handicap

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Events
21

162 races · 7 race wins

Win rate
10%

10% win rate · 2 of 21

Podium rate
14%

3 top-three finishes

Typically beats
49%

of boats faced (90%: 47%–52%, 1,234 boats)

Best class ranking
#1102

Helm in Optimist · rating 320

Longest win streak
3

race wins in a row

Biggest lift
Freyja Kruuse

+3 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Nemesis
Maggie Svencer

11–58 head to head in 73 races

Rival
Grafton Hamilton

32–26 in 62 races

Best day
18 Jul 2021

2-8-3-10-11-11-10-5-6-8-3-11 · Marblehead Junior Race Week 2021 · about 1 in 3,698 by chance

Signature result
1st of 20

122nd Squam Day Regatta · Optimist · 1 Aug 2024

Partnerships · 3 sailors

  • Freyja Kruuse · Kai Kovar · 420, Handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 24 races won Beat 63% of the fleet together(+3 vs. without) · best 6th · Jul 2026 – Jul 2026
  • Irma Dressel · 6624, Kai Kovar · 420, 420 Green 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 3 of 8 races won Beat 57% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jul 2025 – Jul 2025
  • Maia Morris · Kai Kovar · 420 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 59% of the fleet together · best 35th · Aug 2026 – Aug 2026

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

Rating history

-15151317202120222023202420252026Helm rating, all classes

Event history · 21

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
12 Aug 2026Beverly Junior Regatta 2026Kai Kovar420Skipper35th / 83
20 Jul 2026Marblehead Junior Race Week 2026Kai KovarHandicapSkipper15th / 35
11 Jul 2026New Bedford Junior Regatta 2026Kai Kovar420Skipper45th / 80
9 Jul 2026Hingham Bay Junior Regatta 2026Kai Kovar420Skipper6th / 33
11 Jul 2025New Bedford Junior Regatta 2025Kai Kovar420Skipper63rd / 73
8 Jul 2025Manchester Green Regatta6624420 GreenSkipper1st / 9
12 Aug 20242024 Optimist New England ChampionshipKai KovarOptimistSkipper90th / 148
7 Aug 2024Hyannis Yacht Club Youth Invitational 2024Kai KovarOptimistSkipper34th / 92
1 Aug 2024122nd Squam Day RegattaKai KovarOptimistSkipper1st / 20
12 Jul 2024New Bedford Junior Regatta 2024Kai KovarOptimistSkipper31st / 76
7 Aug 20232023 Optimist New England ChampionshipKai KovarOptimistSkipper133rd / 169
3 Aug 2023121st Squam Day RegattaKai KovarOptimistSkipper2nd / 17
23 Jul 2023Marblehead Junior Race Week 2023Kai KovarOptimistSkipper22nd / 56
13 Jul 2023Hingham Bay Junior Regatta1346OptimistSkipper10th / 64
6 Jul 2023New Bedford Junior Regatta 2023Kai KovarOptimistSkipper75th / 112
27 Jun 2023Pleon Wednesday Series 2023Kai KovarOptimistSkipper4th / 14
4 Aug 2022120th Squam Day RegattaNAOptimistSkipper7th / 11
24 Jul 2022Marblehead Junior Race Week 2022Kai KovarOptimistSkipper33rd / 46
14 Jul 2022Hingham Bay Junior Regatta1346OptimistSkipper20th / 60
18 Jul 2021Marblehead Junior Race Week 2021Kai KovarOptimistSkipper5th / 32
19 Jul 2020Marblehead Junior Race Week 2020TBDOptimistSkipper16th / 25

Helm rating across all classes: 317 (±220), #8,843. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.