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Sailor · 2021–2025

Howard Zimmerman

styc Optimist1150Handicap

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Events
27

218 races · 40 race wins

Win rate
11%

11% win rate · 3 of 27

Podium rate
22%

6 top-three finishes

Typically beats
54%

of boats faced (90%: 52%–56%, 2,230 boats)

Best class ranking
#645

Helm in Optimist · rating 412

Longest win streak
14

race wins in a row

Nemesis
Connor Karr

7–54 head to head in 61 races

Rival
Emma Walters

56–43 in 99 races

Best day
11 Nov 2023

1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 · VI/PR Friendship Day Regatta · about 1 in 2,333,656,143 by chance

Signature result
7th of 121

2021 USA Junior Olympic Sailing Festival · Optimist · 5 Dec 2021

Partnerships · 1 sailors

  • Finn Hodgins · FWINN/Zimmerman · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 5 of 13 races won Beat 88% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Mar 2024 – Mar 2024

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

Rating history

-1651284202022202320242025Helm rating, all classes

Event history · 27

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
8 Mar 20252025 Optimist Sunshine State ChampionshipHoward ZimmermanOptimistSkipper128th / 224
26 Oct 20242024 HOWLER REGATTA - 14th Annual1871150Skipper114th / 118
12 Oct 2024STYC Fall Regatta187OptimistSkipper1st / 14
10 Jun 2024St. Thomas International Optimist Regatta and TOTE ClinicISV187OptimistSkipper9th / 61
29 Mar 20242024 St. Thomas International RegattaFWINN/ZimmermanHandicapOther2nd / 9
9 Mar 20242024 Optimist Sunshine State ChampionshipHoward William ZimmermanOptimistSkipper167th / 212
25 Jan 20242024 Regata de GigantesHoward William ZimmermanOptimistSkipper6th / 47
13 Jan 2024MLK Regatta187OptimistSkipper3rd / 9
11 Nov 2023VI/PR Friendship Day RegattaISV187OptimistSkipper1st / 12
7 Aug 20232023 Optimist New England ChampionshipHoward ZimmermanOptimistSkipper89th / 169
12 Jun 2023St. Thomas International Optimist Regatta and TOTE ClinicISV187OptimistSkipper10th / 43
19 May 2023PAN PEPIN INTERNATIONAL DINGHY REGATTA 2023Howard ZimmermanOptimistSkipper8th / 17
8 Mar 20232023 Optimist Sunshine State Championship (2023 TTQ)Howard ZimmermanOptimistSkipper30th / 209
2 Feb 2023Buccaneer Blast 2023Howard ZimmermanOptimistSkipper53rd / 121
20 Jan 2023AUDI SAN JUAN PRESENTS SAN SEBASTIAN REGATTA 2023Howard ZimmermanOptimistSkipper4th / 22
14 Jan 2023MLK RegattaISV220OptimistSkipper1st / 12
29 Oct 20222022 HOWLER REGATTA - 12th AnnualISV1871098Skipper37th / 89
8 Oct 2022VI/PR Friendship Day RegattaISV220OptimistSkipper3rd / 13
8 Aug 20222022 Optimist New England Championship (2023 TTQ)Howard ZimmermanOptimistSkipper35th / 170
13 Jun 2022St. Thomas International Optimist Regatta and TOTE ClinicISV187OptimistSkipper39th / 60
25 Mar 20222022 St. Thomas International RegattaZimmermanHobie WaveOther7th / 7
9 Mar 20222022 Optimist Sunshine State ChampionshipHoward ZimmermanOptimistSkipper122nd / 198
5 Feb 202213th Annual Buccaneer Blast Regatta1871064Skipper50th / 111
5 Dec 20212021 USA Junior Olympic Sailing FestivalHoward ZimmermanOptimistSkipper7th / 121
30 Oct 20212021 HOWLER REGATTA - 11th Annual1871059Skipper51st / 100

Helm rating across all classes: 419 (±150), #4,195. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.