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Sailor · 2008–2026

Robert Cole

khyc PHRF handicapMelges 15MC Scow

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Events
108

428 races · 40 race wins

Win rate
7%

7% win rate · 8 of 108

Podium rate
32%

34 top-three finishes

Typically beats
51%

of boats faced (90%: 49%–53%, 1,635 boats)

Best class ranking
#24

Helm in A-Class · rating 251

Longest win streak
5

race wins in a row

Most successful partnership
Joe Perez

2 wins · 2 podiums in 3 events together

Biggest lift
Joe Perez

+17 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
Marie McKee

Aug 2017 – Aug 2025 · 7 events

Nemesis
Fred Cottrell

15–60 head to head in 75 races

Rival
Marty Burke

51–45 in 96 races

Best day
2 Mar 2018

1-1-1-2-2-1-1-5-1-2-6 · 2018 Melges 14 Midwinter Championship and Melges MC Scow Sarasota Bay Cup · about 1 in 328,526 by chance

Signature result
1st of 31

2015 - Three Bridge Fiasco · Handicap · 31 Jan 2015

Partnerships · 18 sailors

Most successful partnership: Joe Perez — 2 wins · 2 podiums in 3 events together
  • Marie McKee · Finale, Game Board III · E Scow, MC Scow 7events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 2 of 43 races won Beat 52% of the fleet together(−4 vs. without) · best 2nd · Aug 2017 – Aug 2025
  • Kim Gordon · Finale · E Scow 5events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 30 races won Beat 45% of the fleet together(−11 vs. without) · best 4th · Jul 2023 – Aug 2024
  • Ann Penwarden · Finale · E Scow 5events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 34 races won Beat 45% of the fleet together(−11 vs. without) · best 4th · Aug 2018 – Aug 2024
  • Joe Perez · KABUNZA · Handicap, PHRF handicap 3events 2 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 72% of the fleet together(+17 vs. without) · best 1st · Jan 2012 – Jan 2015
  • Val Cole · Priorities · B, PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 31% of the fleet together · best 6th · Mar 2017 – Dec 2023
  • Valerie Cole · Priorities · A-Class, PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 13 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together · best 5th · Dec 2021 – Jun 2025
  • Eva McKee · Finale, White Lightning · E Scow, Melges 15 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 12 races won Beat 25% of the fleet together · best 20th · Aug 2018 – Aug 2023
  • Timothy Cole · Finale · E Scow 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 32% of the fleet together · best 24th · Aug 2017 – Aug 2017
  • Matthew Newman · Finale · E Scow 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 24% of the fleet together · best 45th · Sep 2015 – Sep 2015
  • Joe Peine · DilliGaff · Luders 16 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 17% of the fleet together · best 6th · Jul 2022 – Jul 2022

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

Rating history

-16172359200920122015201820212024Helm rating, all classes

Event history · 108

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
12 Apr 2026Sarasota Melges 15 Spring Regatta11Melges 15Skipper4th / 7
7 Feb 2026Cherry Pie SSS RegattaWhite LightningMelges 15Skipper4th / 6
17 Jan 2026Snowbird SSS RegattaWhite LightningMelges 15Skipper6th / 9
13 Dec 2025Commodore's Cup SSS RegattaWhite LightningMelges 15Skipper2nd / 9
22 Nov 2025Drum Stick SSS RegattaWhite LightningMelges 15Skipper1st / 3
23 Aug 2025MC-Scow Nor'Easterns 2025Game Board IIIMC ScowSkipper2nd / 25
26 Jun 2025Twilights Second HalfPrioritiesA-ClassSkipper7th / 19
24 Jan 20252025 MC Trainwreck Regatta CompletedNo nameMC ScowSkipper43rd / 43
8 Nov 2024SER MC 2024 completedNo nameMC ScowSkipper40th / 41
14 Sep 2024Spinnaker Series #6 - The Matt Walsh RacePrioritiesBSkipper4th / 6
1 Aug 2024Eastern Class E-Scow Association Championships 2024FinaleE ScowSkipper23rd / 26
26 Jul 20242024 E-Scow NY State Championships Leg 2 - KeukaFinaleE ScowSkipper10th / 14
27 Jun 2024Twilights Second HalfPrioritiesA-ClassSkipper4th / 15
18 Apr 2024Twilights First HalfPrioritiesA-ClassSkipper6th / 16
14 Apr 2024Sarasota Melges 15 Spring Regatta11Melges 15Skipper11th / 16
13 Apr 20242024 Sarasota Bay CupWhite LightningMelges 15Skipper4th / 21
13 Mar 20242024 MCSA Midwinter Champs completedNoneMC ScowSkipper57th / 70
20 Jan 20242024 Snowbird RegattaWhite LightningMelges 15Skipper6th / 8
9 Dec 2023Commodore's Cup RegattaWhite LightningMelges 15Skipper4th / 9
2 Dec 2023Christmas RegattaPrioritiesBSkipper6th / 9
18 Nov 2023Drumstick RegattaWhite LightningMelges 15Skipper5th / 11
7 Oct 2023Castillon ClassicPrioritiesA-ClassSkipper3rd / 7
22 Sep 2023E-Scow FLACE Regatta 2023FinaleE ScowSkipper4th / 11
18 Aug 2023MC-Scow Nor'Easterns 2023Game Board IIIMC ScowSkipper4th / 20
12 Aug 20232023 LEHYC Invitational Down Bay RegattaWhite LightningMelges 15Other30th / 36

Helm rating across all classes: 266 (±103), #12,468.Crew rating across all classes: -27 (±235). Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.