Sailor · 2020–2026

Stuart Layton

chester yacht club Farr 30 Optimist ORC handicap

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Events: 11
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 9%
Typically beats: 36%
Best class ranking: #42

Biggest lift: Tuskar Lordly
Longest-running crew: Stuart Bliss
Nemesis: Peter Toombs
Signature result: 10th of 30

Partnerships · 30 sailors

Stuart Bliss · Second Thoughts · Farr 30 7events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 2 of 74 races won Beat 17% of the fleet together(−5 vs. without) · best 3rd · Aug 2021 – Aug 2026
David Wedlake · Second Thoughts · Farr 30 7events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 2 of 74 races won Beat 17% of the fleet together(−5 vs. without) · best 3rd · Aug 2021 – Aug 2026
Thomas Myrden · Second Thoughts · Farr 30 6events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 2 of 64 races won Beat 17% of the fleet together(−5 vs. without) · best 3rd · Aug 2021 – Aug 2025
Richard Myrden · Second Thoughts · Farr 30 6events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 2 of 65 races won Beat 9% of the fleet together(−22 vs. without) · best 5th · Aug 2021 – Aug 2026
Tuskar Lordly · Second Thoughts · Farr 30 5events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 2 of 52 races won Beat 20% of the fleet together(+2 vs. without) · best 3rd · Aug 2021 – Aug 2024
Jack Campbell · Hard Eight, Second Thoughts, Yardsail · Farr 30, ORC handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 21 races won Beat 7% of the fleet together(−17 vs. without) · best 4th · Aug 2020 – Aug 2025
Alex Simpson · Second Thoughts · Farr 30 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 33 races won Beat 12% of the fleet together(−9 vs. without) · best 5th · Aug 2021 – Aug 2026
Scott Myrden · Second Thoughts · Farr 30 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 20 races won Beat 8% of the fleet together · best 6th · Aug 2021 – Aug 2022
Ryan Gallant · Hard Eight, Yardsail · Farr 30, ORC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 9 races won Beat 10% of the fleet together · best 4th · Aug 2020 – Jul 2023
Maggie Kennedy · Second Thoughts · Farr 30 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 23 races won Beat 8% of the fleet together · best 6th · Aug 2024 – Aug 2025

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

Rating history

Event history · 11

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
12 Aug 2026	Atlantic Yacht Sales Chester Race Week 2026	Second Thoughts	Farr 30	iPad Kid	5th / 6
13 Aug 2025	Atlantic Yacht Sales Chester Race Week 2025	Second Thoughts	Farr 30	Cat 3 Cooler Jockey	6th / 6
19 Oct 2024	AYC Opti Masters 2024	Dr. Shoal	Optimist	Skipper	10th / 30
14 Aug 2024	2024 Helly Hansen Chester Race Week	Second Thoughts	Farr 30	Switch Flipper	6th / 7
11 Jul 2024	Charlottetown Race Week 2024	Second Thoughts	Farr 30	Switch Flipper	3rd / 7
16 Aug 2023	2023 Helly Hansen Chester Race Week	Second Thoughts	Farr 30	Other	6th / 6
9 Jul 2023	2023 Marblehead-to-Halifax Ocean Race	Hard Eight	ORC handicap	Other	5th / 6
24 Sep 2022	2022 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta (GLIOR)	Phantom	J/105	Switch Flipper	5th / 5
10 Aug 2022	2022 Helly Hansen Chester Race Week	Second Thoughts	Farr 30	Switch Flipper	6th / 6
11 Aug 2021	2021 Helly Hansen Chester Race Week	Second Thoughts	Farr 30	Headsail Trimmer	6th / 7
21 Aug 2020	Lunenburg Yacht Club Welcome Back Regatta 2020	Yardsail	Farr 30	Headsail Trimmer	4th / 4

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Crew	21	#39968 band 31122–48346	—
Farr 30 Crew	25 provisional	#42 band 39–49	−9.5

3 more classes, not yet ranked

J/105 · Crew · 8 races, 1 event · rating -59
Optimist · Helm · 5 races, 1 event · rating 15
All classes · Helm · 5 races, 1 event · rating 21

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	1 events	0 wins	beats 69%
As crew	10 events	0 wins	beats 14%

Positions: Switch Flipper (4) · Headsail Trimmer (2) · iPad Kid (1) · Cat 3 Cooler Jockey (1)

How they race

Closer	−13 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−1 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	51%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	14%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Ben Maloney	74	16–58
Peter Toombs	74	11–63
Gregory Blunden	73	18–55
Rob Gale	59	20–39
Roby Douglas	27	5–22
Andre Beese	24	20–4
Elsie Gillis	23	13–10
Ed Steeves	12	4–8

Most-beaten opponent: Andre Beese (20–4).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2026	1	20%
2025	1	0%
2024	3	51%
2023	2	10%
2022	2	0%
2021	1	17%
2020	1	0%

Boats

Second Thoughts · Farr 30 · 7 events · 2021–2026
Dr. Shoal · Optimist · 1 events · 2024
Hard Eight · ORC handicap · 1 events · 2023
Phantom · J/105 · 1 events · 2022
Yardsail · Farr 30 · 1 events · 2020

Where they race

Chester, Nova Scotia, Canada · 6 events
Hermans Island, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada · 1 events
Chicago, IL, USA · 1 events
Marblehead, MA, USA · 1 events
Halifax, NS · 1 events
Charlottetown, PEI, Canada · 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 across all classes: 21, #39,968.Helm rating across all classes: 21. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.