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Sailor · 2012–2026

John Werley

pymatuning yacht club LightningHandicap

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Events
18

86 races · 1 race win

Win rate
0%

0% win rate · 0 of 18

Podium rate
0%

0 top-three finishes

Typically beats
41%

of boats faced (90%: 38%–44%, 591 boats)

Best class ranking
#320

Helm in Lightning · rating 32

Biggest lift
Bertie Werley

+7 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
Bertie Werley

Jul 2015 – Aug 2026 · 9 events

Nemesis
David Starck

3–50 head to head in 53 races

Rival
Gustavo Tamayo

13–19 in 32 races

Signature result
9th of 32

2021 WJM Lightning North American Championship · Lightning · 6 Aug 2021

Partnerships · 5 sailors

  • Bertie Werley · sLitely Cantakerous, sLitely Cantankerous, Slitely Cantankerous, SLitely Cantankerous · Handicap, Lightning 9events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 1 of 42 races won Beat 42% of the fleet together(+7 vs. without) · best 8th · Jul 2015 – Aug 2026
  • Katie Werley · sLitely Cantankerous, Slitely Cantankerous, SLitely Cantankerous · Handicap, Lightning 6events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 1 of 26 races won Beat 38% of the fleet together(−1 vs. without) · best 8th · Jan 2024 – Aug 2026
  • Lisa Fisher · sLitely Cantakerous · Lightning 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 66% of the fleet together · best 22nd · Jul 2015 – Jul 2015
  • George Auer · Slitely Cantankerous · Lightning 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 13% of the fleet together · best 22nd · Aug 2022 – Aug 2022
  • Laura Helwig · sLitely Cantankerous · Lightning 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 74% of the fleet together · best 9th · Aug 2021 – Aug 2021

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

Rating history

-945992013201520172019202120232025Helm rating, all classes

Event history · 18

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
7 Aug 20262026 Lightning Womens, Juniors, and Masters North American ChampionshipsSLitely CantankerousHandicapSkipper18th / 32
19 Mar 20262026 Deep South Lightning RegattaJohn WerleyLightningSkipper17th / 23
16 Mar 20262026 Winter Lightning ChampionshipSlitely CantankerousLightningSkipper31st / 34
16 Mar 20262026 Winter Lightning ChampionshipSlitely Cantankerous (Masters)LightningSkipper16th / 18
9 Aug 20252025 Lightning Womens, Juniors, and Masters North American ChampionshipsSlitely CantankerousHandicapSkipper14th / 25
13 Jul 20252025 Lightning Lake Erie Districts & Albacore Ontario ChampionshipSlitely CantankerousLightningSkipper17th / 24
20 Mar 20252025 Deep South Lightning RegattaJohn WerleyLightningSkipper10th / 26
18 Mar 20252025 Winter Lightning ChampionshipSlitely CantankerousLightningSkipper21st / 36
4 Aug 20242024 Lightning WJM (Women's/Junior's/Master's) North American ChampionshipsLitely CantankerousLightningOther26th / 34
1 Jan 20242024 Lightning Frigid DigitSlitely CantankerousLightningSkipper8th / 18
20 Aug 20222022 Lightning Class Canadian Open & Lake Erie DistrictsSlitely CantankerousLightningSkipper22nd / 25
6 Aug 20212021 WJM Lightning North American ChampionshipsLitely CantankerousLightningSkipper9th / 32
17 Jul 20152015 Lightning Class International Masters ChampionshipsLitely CantakerousLightningOther22nd / 62
27 Jun 20152015 Lightning Class Canadian Open ChampionshipsLitely CantakerousLightningOther28th / 39
24 Oct 20142014 Wild OysterJohn WerleyLightningSkipper34th / 61
14 Aug 20142014 Lightning North American ChampionshipssLitely CantakerousLightningOther27th / 37
8 Aug 20142014 Lightning Women's, Junior and Masters North American ChampionshipssLitely CantakerousLightningOther21st / 31
4 Aug 2012ILCA North American Championship 2012sLiteCantankerousLightningSkipper27th / 52

Helm rating across all classes: 63 (±206), #39,212. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.