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Sailor · 2021–2026

Hayden Zieger

california yc OptimistHandicapRS Tera Sport

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Events
53

499 races · 21 race wins

Win rate
4%

4% win rate · 2 of 53

Podium rate
28%

15 top-three finishes

Typically beats
66%

of boats faced (range 65%–67%, 3,466 boats)

Best class ranking
#120

Helm in Optimist · rating 660

Longest win streak
4

race wins in a row

Nemesis
Adrian Gerber

27–116 head to head in 143 races

Rival
Scofield McLean

61–56 in 118 races

Best day
6 Dec 2025

3-3-4-2-2-4-4-2 · CBYC Holiday Opti Regatta Carrie Series #3

Signature result
1st of 57

Harken #1 Optimist Spring Regatta Championship Fleet · Optimist · 21 Feb 2026

Partnerships · 1 sailors

  • Henry Andrew · Hayden Zieger · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 18% of the fleet together · best 47th · Jul 2023 – Jul 2023

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

Rating history

033767320222023202420252026Helm rating, all classes

Event history · 53

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
10 Oct 20262026 Goblin Optimist Regatta (SCYYRA Carrie Series #1)Hayden ZiegerOptimistSkipper4th / 81
20 Jun 20262026 Junior Heavy Weather RegattaHayden ZiegerOptimistSkipper3rd / 65
2 May 20262026 Eli Reuben Memorial Regatta (Opti Harken Series)Hayden ZiegerHandicapSkipper3rd / 50
23 Apr 20262026 Optimist Team TrialsHayden ZiegerOptimistSkipper111th / 228
21 Feb 2026Harken #1 Optimist Spring Regatta Championship Fleet38OptimistSkipper1st / 57
31 Jan 2026Carrie Series #4 Stephen M. Pitts Memorial Regatta Opti Midwinters 2026Hayden ZiegerOptimistSkipper52nd / 60
6 Dec 2025CBYC Holiday Opti Regatta Carrie Series #3Hayden ZiegerOptimistSkipper3rd / 54
22 Nov 20252025 Turkey Day RegattaHayden ZiegerOptimistSkipper2nd / 21
8 Nov 20252025 Carrie Series #2Hayden ZiegerHandicapSkipper3rd / 51
10 Oct 20252025 Optimist Midwest Championship (STQ)Hayden ZiegerOptimistSkipper112th / 269
27 Sep 20252025 Optimist Pacific Coast ChampionshipHayden ZiegerOptimistSkipper1st / 50
29 Aug 20252025 Optimist West Coast ChampionshipHayden ZiegerOptimistSkipper7th / 61
15 Aug 20252025-2026 SCYYRA SeriesHayden ZiegerHandicapSkipper3rd / 61
31 Jul 20252025 Optimist US National ChampionshipHayden ZiegerOptimistSkipper54th / 259
9 Jun 2025St. Thomas International Optimist Regatta and TOTE ClinicUSA 18953OptimistSkipper33rd / 51
24 May 20252025 Memorial Day RegattaHayden ZiegerOptimistSkipper2nd / 21
17 May 20252025 Eli Reuben Memorial Regatta (Opti Harken Series)Hayden ZiegerHandicapSkipper8th / 44
3 Apr 20252025 Optimist Team TrialsHayden ZiegerOptimistSkipper210th / 250
29 Mar 2025Big Wave Regatta/Carrie Series #5/6Hayden ZiegerHandicapSkipper3rd / 31
22 Mar 2025Optimist Harken #2Hayden ZiegerOptimistSkipper4th / 38
22 Feb 2025Harken #1 Optimist Spring Regatta Championship Fleet18953OptimistSkipper5th / 41
15 Feb 2025Carrie Series #4 Stephen M. Pitts Memorial Regatta Opti Midwinters 2025Hayden ZiegerOptimistSkipper6th / 56
31 Jan 20252025 Super Bowl Charity RegattaHayden ZiegerOptimistSkipper3rd / 12
6 Dec 2024Holiday Opti RegattaHayden ZiegerOptimistSkipper8th / 53
8 Nov 20242024 Fall Opti RegattaHayden ZiegerHandicapSkipper6th / 48

Helm rating across all classes: 673, #504. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.