Skip to content

Sailor · 2015–2026

Jim Gindling

seneca yacht club SunfishThistleHandicap

Search sailors · About these ratings

Events
25

129 races · 3 race wins

Win rate
4%

4% win rate · 1 of 25

Podium rate
4%

1 top-three finishes

Typically beats
54%

of boats faced (range 51%–56%, 989 boats)

Best class ranking
#157

Helm in Sunfish · rating 317

Longest win streak
2

race wins in a row

Nemesis
Doug Kaukeinen

10–69 head to head in 79 races

Rival
Mark Weider

40–34 in 75 races

Best day
19 Jul 2025

3-3-4-1-1 · 2025 Jack Rutz Memorial Sunfish Regatta

Signature result
1st of 11

2025 Jack Rutz Memorial Sunfish Regatta · Sunfish · 19 Jul 2025

Partnerships · 5 sailors

  • Nicole Gindling · 4038, Peaceful Warrior · Thistle 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 13 races won Beat 52% of the fleet together(−5 vs. without) · best 11th · Jun 2023 – Jul 2026
  • Leah Murray · Peaceful Warrior · Thistle 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 10 races won Beat 54% of the fleet together · best 11th · Jun 2026 – Jul 2026
  • Mark Weider · 4038 · Thistle 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 48% of the fleet together · best 13th · Jun 2023 – Jun 2023
  • Lauren Cranidiotis · Peaceful Warrior · Thistle 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 81% of the fleet together · best 4th · Oct 2025 – Oct 2025
  • Joy Martin · Peaceful Warrior · Thistle 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 81% of the fleet together · best 4th · Oct 2025 – Oct 2025

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

Rating history

0199397201620182020202220242026Helm rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 25

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
12 Sep 20262026 Fall Frontier Thistle ECFS RegattaPeaceful WarriorThistleSkipper4th / 15
22 Aug 20266th Annual Sunfish MegabowlHabaneroSunfishSkipper5th / 16
27 Jul 2026Thistle Nationals 2026Peaceful WarriorThistleSkipper23rd / 57
11 Jul 2026Upstate NY USSCA Regional #2HabaneroSunfishSkipper10th / 17
20 Jun 2026Adirondack Thistle Invitational Regatta (NF Districts)Peaceful WarriorThistleSkipper11th / 20
16 May 20262026 USSCA NYS Regional Championship 1 & Don VanVechten MemorialHabaneroSunfishSkipper13th / 40
19 Mar 2026ISCA US NationalsHabaneroSunfishSkipper36th / 74
14 Mar 2026ISCA International MastersHabaneroSunfishSkipper57th / 89
11 Oct 20252025 Don VanVechten Memorial Sunfish RegattaHabaneroSunfishSkipper29th / 30
4 Oct 2025Kayaderosseras Kup Thistle Regatta (ECFS)Peaceful WarriorThistleSkipper4th / 17
26 Sep 2025USSCA Masters ChampionshipHabaneroSunfishSkipper27th / 60
6 Sep 20252025 Fall Frontier Thistle RegattaPeaceful WarriorThistleSkipper4th / 14
16 Aug 2025NY Upstate Regional - 5th Annual Sunfish MegabowlHabaneroSunfishSkipper6th / 33
19 Jul 20252025 Jack Rutz Memorial Sunfish RegattaHabaneroSunfishSkipper1st / 11
25 Aug 20233rd Annual Sunfish MegabowlHabaneroSunfishSkipper31st / 31
14 Jul 20232023 Thistle National Championship#peacefulwarriorHandicapSkipper29th / 87
3 Jun 20232023 Niagara Frontier and Lake Erie Thistle District Championship4038ThistleSkipper13th / 24
26 May 2023Canandaigua Sunfish Upstate NY Regional Championship 202377731SunfishSkipper10th / 26
29 Mar 2023SUNFISH NATIONAL AT MIDWINTERS 202377731SunfishSkipper48th / 68
26 Mar 2023SUNFISH INTERNATIONAL MASTERS 202377731SunfishSkipper30th / 54
19 Aug 2022NY Central Sunfish Regional ChampionshipHabaneroSunfishSkipper15th / 55
8 Oct 20212021 Sunfish US Masters ChampionshipHabaneroSunfishSkipper32nd / 54
30 Jun 20182018 Thistle Great Lakes Championships4038ThistleOther25th / 36
31 Jul 2015US Sunfish Masters77731SunfishSkipper8th / 45
11 Jul 20152015 Thistle Great Lakes Championship4038/3896ThistleSkipper12th / 41

Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 397, #5,180. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.