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Sailor · 2019–2024

Owen Nicholas

whyc Optimist420Handicap

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Events
15

80 races · 7 race wins

Win rate
7%

7% win rate · 1 of 15

Podium rate
13%

2 top-three finishes

Typically beats
88%

of boats faced (range 86%–91%, 583 boats)

Best class ranking
#365

Helm in 420 · rating 358

Longest win streak
2

race wins in a row

Nemesis
Kate Van Berkel

16–36 head to head in 52 races

Rival
Sterling Welsh

20–29 in 49 races

Best day
7 Aug 2024

1-2-1-1-2-7-1-4 · Watch Hill Yacht Club c420 Regatta 2024

Signature result
1st of 30

Watch Hill Yacht Club c420 Regatta 2024 · 420 · 7 Aug 2024

Partnerships · 5 sailors

  • Thomas Merrill · Owen Nicholas · 420, Handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 18 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together(−16 vs. without) · best 4th · Aug 2022 – Jul 2024
  • Cormac Knight · Owen Nicholas · 420 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 91% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jul 2023 – Jul 2023
  • Connor Rooney · Owen Nicholas · 420 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 4 of 8 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Aug 2024 – Aug 2024
  • Maeve Nicholas · Owen Nicholas · 420 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 86% of the fleet together · best 6th · Jul 2024 – Jul 2024
  • Thomas Merril · Watch Hill Yacht Club · 420 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 6 races won Beat 83% of the fleet together · best 4th · Jul 2023 – Jul 2023

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

Rating history

026953820202021202220232024Helm rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 15

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
7 Aug 2024Watch Hill Yacht Club c420 Regatta 2024Owen Nicholas420Skipper1st / 30
25 Jul 20242024 GLPYC 420 RegattaOwen Nicholas420Skipper6th / 36
10 Jul 2024Wad RegattaOwen NicholasHandicapSkipper4th / 29
2 Aug 2023Watch Hill Yacht Club c420 RegattaOwen Nicholas420Skipper9th / 32
26 Jul 2023Salle Evelyn 420 Regatta 2023Owen Nicholas420Skipper3rd / 23
17 Jul 2023Watch Hill Yacht Club Opti RegattaOwen NicholasHandicapSkipper4th / 56
12 Jul 20232023 Larry White RegattaWatch Hill Yacht Club420Other4th / 19
8 Aug 2022Watch Hill Yacht Club c420 RegattaOwen Nicholas420Skipper11th / 26
25 Jul 2022MIYC Opti Regatta 2022Owen NicholasOptimistSkipper5th / 50
6 Jul 2022Austin LaFrance Opti Regatta 2022Owen NicholasOptimistSkipper5th / 51
3 Jul 20222022 GLPYC Optimist RegattaOwen NicholasOptimistSkipper5th / 48
21 Jul 2021Watch Hill Yacht Club RWB FLEET RegattaOwen NicholasOptimistSkipper8th / 54
5 Aug 2019GLPYC Optimist RegattaOwen NicholasOptimistCrew5th / 43
29 Jul 2019MIYC Opti RegattaOwen NicholasOptimistCrew7th / 55
24 Jul 2019Watch Hill Yacht Club Opti RegattaOwen NicholasOptimistCrew5th / 46

Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 538, #1,703. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.