Sailor · 2017–2022

Margaret Whidden

riverside yacht club 420 Handicap Optimist

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Events: 8
Win rate: 25%
Podium rate: 63%
Typically beats: 76%
Best class ranking: #226
Longest win streak: 3

Most successful partnership: Richard Sykes
Biggest lift: Richard Sykes
Nemesis: Gabriela Collins
Rival: Braden Joyce
Best day: 12 Jul 2021
Signature result: 2nd of 45

Partnerships · 3 sailors

Most successful partnership: Richard Sykes — 2 wins · 4 podiums in 4 events together

Richard Sykes · C420, Richard Sykes · 420 4events 2 wins together · 4 podiums · 4 events · 12 of 22 races won Beat 96% of the fleet together(+31 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2020 – Jul 2021
Owen Grainger · Owen Grainger · 420 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 64% of the fleet together · best 20th · Dec 2021 – Dec 2021
Reese-Bennett Clark · C420 · 420 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 10 races won Beat 62% of the fleet together · best 11th · Jul 2022 – Jul 2022

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

Rating history

Event history · 8

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
6 Jul 2022	Pequot Invitational - 2022	C420	420	Crew	11th / 27
3 Dec 2021	2021 USA Junior Olympic Sailing Festival	Owen Grainger	420	Crew	20th / 54
12 Jul 2021	2021 Larchmont Junior Race Week	Richard Sykes	420	Crew	2nd / 45
4 Jul 2021	Commodore Law Trophy 2021	Richard Sykes	420	Crew	1st / 9
30 Jun 2021	JSA Laser Standard and Club 420 Eastern Districts	C420	420	Crew	1st / 17
5 Aug 2020	Masked Madness Laser & C420 Regatta	Richard Sykes	420	Crew	2nd / 9
27 Jul 2019	AYC Opti Area B	Margaret Whidden	Handicap	Skipper	3rd / 41
22 Jul 2017	2017 American Yacht Club Optimist Invitational Regatta	USA 22045	Optimist	Skipper	22nd / 36

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
420 Crew	281 provisional	#226 band 84–515	+8.1
Full-size sailing Crew	284 provisional	#8713 band 3960–17718	—

2 more classes, not yet ranked

Optimist · Helm · 2 races, 1 event · rating 0
Full-size sailing · Helm · 2 races, 2 events · rating 0

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	2 events	0 wins	beats 68%
As crew	6 events	2 wins	beats 85%

How they race

Closer	+3 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−13 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	58%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	72%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Braden Joyce	27	16–11
Caroline Lent	27	23–4
Helena Borcherding	23	17–6
Katherine Oliver	19	11–8
Luca LaRosa	19	8–11
Reese Ambrose	19	11–8
Thomas O'Grady	18	16–2
Gabriela Collins	16	5–11
Anthony DeMartino	16	11–5
Kent Ryan Costikyan	15	10–5
Tyler Nash	14	9–5
Merritt Seymour	13	12–1

Most-beaten opponent: Caroline Lent (23–4).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2022	1	0	62%
2021	4	2	91%
2020	1	0	88%
2019	1	0	95%
2017	1	0	40%

Boats

Richard Sykes · 420 · 3 events · 2020–2021
C420 · 420 · 2 events · 2021–2022
Owen Grainger · 420 · 1 events · 2021
Margaret Whidden · Handicap · 1 events · 2019
USA 22045 · Optimist · 1 events · 2017

Where they race

Darien, CT · 2 events
Southport, CT · 1 events
Larchmont, NY · 1 events
Rye, NY, USA · 1 events
New York, NY · 1 events
Greenwich, CT · 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, Full-size sailing: 284, #8,713.Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 0. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.