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Sailor · 2020–2025

Dewey Melton

smsa PHRF handicapHandicapORC handicap

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Events
17

33 races · 6 race wins

Win rate
18%

18% win rate · 3 of 17

Podium rate
53%

9 top-three finishes

Typically beats
56%

of boats faced (range 52%–60%, 412 boats)

Longest win streak
2

race wins in a row

Most successful partnership
Brian Steuart

1 wins · 3 podiums in 4 events together

Best trio
Brian Steuart & Jonathan Nepini

1 wins · 3 podiums in 4 events, all three aboard

Biggest lift
Brian Steuart

+8 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
Jonathan Nepini

Jul 2021 – Jul 2023 · 5 events

Nemesis
Russell Miller

4–8 head to head in 12 races

Best day
20 Jul 2024

2-3-3 · 2024 Screwpile Lighthouse Challenge

Signature result
1st of 8

2024 Screwpile Lighthouse Challenge · PHRF handicap · 19 Jul 2024

Partnerships · 17 sailors

Most successful partnership: Brian Steuart — 1 wins · 3 podiums in 4 events together
  • Thomas Birchfield · Barba Roja · Handicap, PHRF handicap 6events 1 wins together · 4 podiums · 17% win rate · 1 of 9 races won Beat 57% of the fleet together(−6 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2020 – Jul 2022
  • Steven Birchfield · Barba Roja · Handicap, PHRF handicap 6events 1 wins together · 4 podiums · 17% win rate · 1 of 9 races won Beat 57% of the fleet together(−6 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2020 – Jul 2022
  • Jonathan Nepini · Barba Roja, Dangerous · Handicap, ORC handicap 5events 1 wins together · 3 podiums · 20% win rate · 1 of 10 races won Beat 53% of the fleet together(−10 vs. without) · best 1st · Jul 2021 – Jul 2023
  • Brian Steuart · Barba Roja · Handicap 4events 1 wins together · 3 podiums · 4 events · 1 of 5 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together(+8 vs. without) · best 1st · Jul 2021 – Jul 2022
  • Jay Ball · Barba Roja · Handicap 3events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 56% of the fleet together(−6 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jul 2021 – Jul 2022
  • Anna Silveria · Barba Roja · Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 46% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jul 2021 – Jul 2022
  • Laura Birchfield · Barba Roja · Handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 4 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 1st · Sep 2020 – Sep 2021
  • Bob Ohler · Barba Roja · Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 46% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2022 – Jul 2022
  • Dan Haberreiter · Barba Roja · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 38% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Sep 2020 – Sep 2020
  • Lee Goldstein · Barba Roja · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 38% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Sep 2020 – Sep 2020

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

Rating history

-683313320212022202320242025Helm rating, full-size sailingCrew rating, full-size sailing

— Helm rating, full-size sailing · - - Crew rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 17

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
8 Aug 20252025 Oxford Regatta - Solomons to Oxford RaceDangerousPHRF handicapSkipper6th / 24
1 Aug 20252025 MADR - Northern Bay SeriesDangerousHandicapSkipper56th / 213
1 Aug 20252025 St. Mary's Governor’s CupDangerousPHRF handicapSkipper2nd / 5
19 Jul 2025The Patuxent PursuitDangerousPHRF handicapSkipper1st / 3
18 Jul 2025The Patuxent PursuitDangerousHandicapSkipper6th / 10
17 May 20252025 MADR - UPPER BAY - NAR SERIESDangerousHandicapSkipper94th / 107
2 Aug 20242024 MADR - LONG DISTANCE (2of3)DangerousHandicapSkipper2nd / 6
2 Aug 20242024 St. Mary's Governor’s CupDangerousPHRF handicapSkipper4th / 7
19 Jul 20242024 Screwpile Lighthouse ChallengeDangerousPHRF handicapOther1st / 8
4 Aug 20232023 St. Mary's Governor’s CupDangerousPHRF handicapSkipper2nd / 5
14 Jul 20232023 Screwpile Lighthouse ChallengeDangerousORC handicapSkipper5th / 5
29 Jul 20222022 St. Mary's Governor’s CupBarba RojaHandicapBow2nd / 5
16 Jul 20222022 Screwpile Lighthouse ChallengeBarba RojaHandicapBow6th / 7
25 Sep 20212021 Fall Race To SolomonsBarba RojaHandicapBow1st / 6
30 Jul 20212021 St. Mary's Governor’s CupBarba RojaHandicapBow3rd / 9
27 Sep 20202020 Screwpile Lighthouse ChallengeBarba RojaPHRF handicapBow4th / 4
26 Sep 20202020 Fall Race To SolomonsBarba RojaPHRF handicapBow2nd / 5

Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 133, #29,962.Crew rating, Full-size sailing: -21. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.