Sailor · 2016–2026

Ward Blodgett

eyc Handicap PHRF handicap

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Events: 16
Win rate: 50%
Podium rate: 94%
Typically beats: 85%
Longest win streak: 5

Most successful partnership: Liz Smith
Longest-running crew: Liz Smith
Nemesis: Dan Boyd
Rival: David Powers
Best day: 22 Aug 2020
Signature result: 1st of 10

Partnerships · 6 sailors

Most successful partnership: Liz Smith — 2 wins · 7 podiums in 8 events together · 25% win rate

Liz Smith · Sirocco · Handicap, PHRF handicap 8events 2 wins together · 7 podiums · 25% win rate · 7 of 43 races won Beat 76% of the fleet together(−19 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2017 – Aug 2024
L. Blodgett Smith · Sirocco · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 10 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Aug 2016 – Aug 2016
Peter Frisch · Sirocco · Handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 2 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Aug 2021 – Aug 2021
John Thompson · Sirocco · Handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 2 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Aug 2021 – Aug 2021
Tom Tomkins · Sirocco · Handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 2 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Aug 2021 – Aug 2021
Johnathan Lubeck · Sirocco · Handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 2 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Aug 2021 – Aug 2021

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

Rating history

Event history · 16

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
27 May 2026	BYC Wednesday Night Racing 2026	Sirocco	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 9
14 May 2025	BYC Wednesday Night Racing 2025	Sirocco	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 10
16 Aug 2024	2024 Ted Hood Regatta	Sirocco	PHRF handicap	Other	3rd / 7
22 May 2024	BYC Wednesday Night Racing 2024	Sirocco	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 7
18 Aug 2023	2023 Ted Hood Regatta	Sirocco	PHRF handicap	Other	4th / 5
20 Aug 2022	2022 Ted Hood Regatta	Sirocco	PHRF handicap	Other	2nd / 7
25 May 2022	BYC Wednesday Night Racing 2022	Sirocco	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 10
20 Aug 2021	2021 Ted Hood Regatta	Sirocco.	PHRF handicap	Skipper	1st / 4
20 Aug 2021	2021 Ted Hood Regatta	Sirocco	Handicap	Other	1st / 5
26 May 2021	BYC Wednesday Night Racing 2021	Sirocco	Handicap	Skipper	2nd / 11
21 Aug 2020	2020 Ted Hood Regatta	Sirocco	Handicap	Other	1st / 5
23 Aug 2019	2019 Ted Hood Regatta	Sirocco	Handicap	Other	2nd / 6
24 Aug 2018	2018 Ted Hood Regatta	Sirocco	Handicap	Other	3rd / 10
25 Aug 2017	2017 Ted Hood Regatta	Sirocco	PHRF handicap	Other	2nd / 5
26 Aug 2016	2016 ONE Championships	Sirocco	Handicap	Skipper	3rd / 7
5 Jun 2016	2016 EYC Lambert Ocean Race	Sirocco	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 2

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact

1 more class, not yet ranked

All classes · Helm · 3 races, 7 events · rating 122

Rank among sailors with a substantial record, all time. In brackets, the ranks this rating cannot be told apart from. Impact is the points of fleet beaten that this sailor adds.

Helm and crew

As helm	16 events	8 wins	beats 85%
As crew	0 events	0 wins	beats —

How they race

Closer	+5 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	±0 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	60%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	85%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
David Powers	45	27–18
Rick Williams	41	30–11
Joseph Fallon	23	18–5
Rob Gorman	19	9–10
Donald Miller	18	17–1
Lance Ryley	18	17–1
Dan Boyd	18	0–18
Philip DiCarlo	14	5–9
George Pawle	13	11–2

Most-beaten opponent: Rick Williams (30–11).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	1	1	100%
2025	1	1	100%
2024	2	1	83%
2023	1	0	25%
2022	2	1	92%
2021	3	2	97%
2020	1	1	100%
2019	1	0	80%
2018	1	0	78%
2017	1	0	75%
2016	2	1	83%

Boats

Sirocco · Handicap, PHRF handicap · 15 events · 2016–2026
Sirocco. · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2021

Where they race

Marblehead, MA, USA · 8 events
One Front Street, MA · 3 events
Preliminary Results · 2 events
Boston Yacht Club · 1 events
Marblehead, MA · 1 events

Is this you?

Claim it to merge duplicates and remove results that aren’t yours. Changes apply at the nightly rebuild.

Helm rating across all classes: 122. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.