Sailor · 2020–2026

Benjamin Howard

ayc Optimist ORC handicap Handicap

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Events: 8
Win rate: 25%
Podium rate: 25%
Typically beats: 63%
Best class ranking: #5268
Longest win streak: 5

Best day: 7 Aug 2025
Signature result: 1st of 11

Partnerships · 8 sailors

Megan Bowling · Huzzah · ORC handicap 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 2 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 1st · May 2026 – Jun 2026
Dan Lawrence · Huzzah · ORC handicap 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 2 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 1st · May 2026 – Jun 2026
Jason Woodson · Huzzah · ORC handicap 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 2 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 1st · May 2026 – Jun 2026
Rebekah Bromwell · Huzzah · ORC handicap 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 2 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 1st · May 2026 – Jun 2026
Dave Stenger · Huzzah · ORC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 6th · Jun 2026 – Jun 2026
Andrew Howard · Genesis · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 11th · Apr 2023 – Apr 2023
Zach Hammel · Zach Hammel · FJ 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 24% of the fleet together · best 14th · Sep 2020 – Sep 2020
Randall Borland · Huzzah · ORC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 6th · Jun 2026 – Jun 2026

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 · 8

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
5 Jun 2026	2026 Mustang Survival Annapolis to Bermuda Ocean Race	Huzzah	ORC handicap	Headsail Trimmer	6th / 6
22 May 2026	Down the Bay Race	Huzzah	ORC handicap	Crew	1st / 4
7 Aug 2025	SJSS REGATTA #7 - OCYC	Opti Mistic	Optimist	Skipper	1st / 11
5 Aug 2025	32nd Annual No Tears Regatta	Optimistic	Optimist	Skipper	6th / 58
17 Jul 2025	SJSS REGATTA #4 - AYC	Opti Mystic	Optimist	Skipper	6th / 17
10 Jul 2025	SJSS REGATTA #3 - BYC	Optimistic	Optimist	Skipper	14th / 21
22 Apr 2023	Twin Island Series	Genesis	Handicap	Skipper	11th / 11
25 Sep 2020	Fall Regatta Series #3	Zach Hammel	FJ	Crew	14th / 18

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Optimist Helm	102 provisional	#5268 band 2572–10418	—
Full-size sailing Helm	101 provisional	#33347 band 17631–55600	—

2 more classes, not yet ranked

Full-size sailing · Crew · 7 races, 3 events · rating -25
FJ · Crew · 6 races, 1 event · rating -14

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	5 events	1 wins	beats 59%
As crew	3 events	1 wins	beats 41%

Positions: Headsail Trimmer (1)

How they race

Closer	+5 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−20 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	20%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	50%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Lillian Del Collo	12	8–4
Charles Sommer	12	10–2

Most-beaten opponent: Charles Sommer (10–2).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	2	1	50%
2025	4	1	74%
2023	1	0	0%
2020	1	0	24%

Boats

Huzzah · ORC handicap · 2 events · 2026
Optimistic · Optimist · 2 events · 2025
Opti Mistic · Optimist · 1 events · 2025
Opti Mystic · Optimist · 1 events · 2025
Genesis · Handicap · 1 events · 2023
Zach Hammel · FJ · 1 events · 2020

Where they race

Mid-Atlantic Yacht Racing Assoc. (MAYRA) · 3 events
Toms River, NJ · 1 events
Gunpowder State Park - Hammerman Beach, MD · 1 events
Hampton, VA · 1 events
Annapolis, MD, USA · 1 events
Sausalito, CA · 1 events

Is this you?

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Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 101, #33,347.Crew rating, Full-size sailing: -25. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.