Sailor · 2010–2026

Chris Dorsey

ryc Handicap Ideal 18

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Events: 9
Win rate: 22%
Podium rate: 56%
Typically beats: 50%
Best class ranking: #1
Longest win streak: 6

Most successful partnership: Shane Olney
Biggest lift: Shane Olney
Best day: 22 May 2025
Signature result: 1st of 9

Partnerships · 4 sailors

Most successful partnership: Shane Olney — 1 wins · 2 podiums in 3 events together

Shane Olney · Banshee, KAYDO, NYC2 · Ideal 18 3events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 29 of 66 races won Beat 78% of the fleet together(+31 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2010 – May 2025
L Dorsey · Sideband · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 17% of the fleet together · best 16th · Jul 2025 – Jul 2025
Jennifer Olney · KAYDO · Ideal 18 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 26 of 47 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · May 2025 – May 2025
Dawn Shumway · Dawn Shumway · Ideal 18 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 43% of the fleet together · best 5th · Jul 2025 – Jul 2025

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

Rating history

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

Event history · 9

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
17 Jul 2026	2026 RYC Friday JAM Series	Sideband	Handicap	Skipper	15th / 20
25 Jul 2025	2025 RYC Friday JAM Series	Sideband	Handicap	Skipper	16th / 19
19 Jul 2025	Lake Ontario Challenge Cup	Dawn Shumway	Ideal 18	Crew	5th / 8
22 May 2025	2025 RYC Ideal 18 Series	KAYDO	Ideal 18	Crew	1st / 9
7 Dec 2024	Winter Vashon (December 7, 2024) SSS -1	Christopher Dorsey	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 4
6 Jan 2024	TTPYC 2024 Duwamish Head	d'Arcy	Handicap	Skipper	2nd / 3
2 Dec 2023	Winter Vashon (December 2, 2023) SSS -1	d'Arcy	Handicap	Skipper	2nd / 3
29 Sep 2012	2012 Ideal 18 North American Championship	NYC2	Ideal 18	Other	24th / 42
18 Sep 2010	2010 Ideal 18 North Americans	Banshee	Ideal 18	Other	3rd / 22

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Ideal 18 Crew	415 provisional	#1	—
Full-size sailing Crew	433 provisional	#2915 band 1628–4905	—

1 more class, not yet ranked

Full-size sailing · Helm · 2 races, 5 events · rating 43

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	5 events	1 wins	beats 49%
As crew	4 events	1 wins	beats 69%

How they race

Closer	−4 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−18 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	41%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	69%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Dawn Shumway	61	47–14
Mark Lawless	61	40–21
Skip Shumway	37	23–14
Don Short	33	31–2
Lois Breen	28	27–1
Lee Ann Zaretsky	19	18–1
Matthew Tym	19	12–7
Thomas Ingram	19	10–9
Michael Millard	19	13–6
Teresa Laughlin	19	17–2

Most-beaten opponent: Dawn Shumway (47–14).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	1	0	26%
2025	3	1	53%
2024	2	1	75%
2023	1	0	50%
2012	1	0	44%
2010	1	0	91%

Boats

Sideband · Handicap · 2 events · 2025–2026
d'Arcy · Handicap · 2 events · 2023–2024
Dawn Shumway · Ideal 18 · 1 events · 2025
KAYDO · Ideal 18 · 1 events · 2025
Christopher Dorsey · Handicap · 1 events · 2024
NYC2 · Ideal 18 · 1 events · 2012
Banshee · Ideal 18 · 1 events · 2010

Where they race

Rochester, NY · 3 events
Tacoma, WA · 2 events
DES MOINES, WA · 1 events
Greenwich, CT, USA · 1 events
Toronto, ON · 1 events
Larchmont, NY, USA · 1 events

Is this you?

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Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 433, #2,915.Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 43. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.