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Sailor · 2021–2026

Samantha Lawton

cottage park yc 420 GreenOptimistHandicap

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Events
14

98 races · 20 race wins

Win rate
21%

21% win rate · 3 of 14

Podium rate
43%

6 top-three finishes

Typically beats
57%

of boats faced (range 52%–62%, 252 boats)

Best class ranking
#10387

Helm in Optimist · rating -72

Longest win streak
3

race wins in a row

Most successful partnership
Lola Ferrara

2 wins · 3 podiums in 3 events together

Biggest lift
Lola Ferrara

+37 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Nemesis
Andrew Accettella

4–22 head to head in 26 races

Best day
8 Aug 2023

1-1-2-1-1-3-1 · N-10 Open

Signature result
1st of 19

n-10 Open Championship · N10 Green · 3 Aug 2021

Partnerships · 6 sailors

Most successful partnership: Lola Ferrara — 2 wins · 3 podiums in 3 events together
  • Zoe Rey · 1728, 1730, 6666 · 420 Champ, 420 Green, RS Feva 3events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 3 of 23 races won Beat 49% of the fleet together(−17 vs. without) · best 2nd · Aug 2022 – Aug 2024
  • Lola Ferrara · 1730, 4091, 4098 · 420 Green, N10 Championship, N10 Green 3events 2 wins together · 3 podiums · 3 events · 11 of 24 races won Beat 92% of the fleet together(+37 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2021 – Aug 2026
  • Hayden Oosten · 1732 · 420 Green 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 9 races won Beat 86% of the fleet together · best 4th · Jul 2023 – Jul 2023
  • Cormac Mahoney · 1730 · 420 Green 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 3 of 9 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Aug 2025 – Aug 2025
  • Lily Bayersdorfer · 1730 · 420 Green 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 2 of 8 races won Beat 73% of the fleet together · best 4th · Aug 2025 – Aug 2025
  • William Beattie · Samantha Lawton · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 76% of the fleet together · best 7th · Jul 2025 – Jul 2025

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

Rating history

-222061202220232024Helm rating, all classes

Event history · 14

Helm rating across all classes: 61, #39,635. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.