Sailor · 2019–2026

Paul Williams

chester yacht club PHRF handicap J/29 Farr 30

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Events: 9
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 22%
Typically beats: 59%

Biggest lift: Doug Matthews
Nemesis: Justin Bean
Rival: Paul Fillbee-Dexter
Best day: 17 Aug 2023
Signature result: 2nd of 10

Partnerships · 35 sailors

Martha MacDonald · Paradigm Shift, SHIFT · J/29, PHRF handicap 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 2 of 24 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together(+11 vs. without) · best 3rd · Aug 2021 – Aug 2024
Roby Douglas · Bad Dog, Oakcliff Farr 40 Red, Yardsail · Farr 30, PHRF handicap 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 3 of 24 races won Beat 39% of the fleet together(−26 vs. without) · best 4th · Aug 2019 – Aug 2026
Todd Hubley · Paradigm Shift, SHIFT · J/29, PHRF handicap 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 2 of 24 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together(+11 vs. without) · best 3rd · Aug 2021 – Aug 2024
Don Williams · Paradigm Shift, SHIFT · J/29, PHRF handicap 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 2 of 24 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together(+11 vs. without) · best 3rd · Aug 2021 – Aug 2024
Sydney Nelson · Paradigm Shift, SHIFT · J/29, PHRF handicap 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 2 of 24 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together(+11 vs. without) · best 3rd · Aug 2021 – Aug 2024
Gill Graves · Paradigm Shift, SHIFT · J/29, PHRF handicap 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 2 of 24 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together(+11 vs. without) · best 3rd · Aug 2021 – Aug 2024
Doug Matthews · Paradigm Shift · J/29, PHRF handicap 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 2 of 17 races won Beat 66% of the fleet together(+18 vs. without) · best 3rd · Aug 2021 – Aug 2023
Rick Williams · Paradigm Shift · J/29, PHRF handicap 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 2 of 17 races won Beat 66% of the fleet together(+18 vs. without) · best 3rd · Aug 2021 – Aug 2023
David Frost · Paradigm Shift · J/29, PHRF handicap 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 2 of 17 races won Beat 66% of the fleet together(+18 vs. without) · best 3rd · Aug 2021 – Aug 2023
Chris Veinot · Bad Dog · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 2 of 15 races won Beat 54% of the fleet together · best 4th · Aug 2025 – Aug 2026

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

Rating history

Event history · 9

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
12 Aug 2026	Atlantic Yacht Sales Chester Race Week 2026	Bad Dog	PHRF handicap	Bow	4th / 8
13 Aug 2025	Atlantic Yacht Sales Chester Race Week 2025	Bad Dog	PHRF handicap	Bow	7th / 13
9 Aug 2025	Racing: Moonlight Lake Race - 2025	Tundra Rose	PHRF handicap	Skipper	2nd / 10
14 Aug 2024	2024 Helly Hansen Chester Race Week	SHIFT	PHRF handicap	Other	8th / 13
16 Aug 2023	2023 Helly Hansen Chester Race Week	Paradigm Shift	PHRF handicap	Bow	4th / 13
10 Aug 2022	2022 Helly Hansen Chester Race Week	Paradigm Shift	PHRF handicap	Other	4th / 12
11 Aug 2021	2021 Helly Hansen Chester Race Week	Paradigm Shift	J/29	Floater	3rd / 5
21 Aug 2020	Lunenburg Yacht Club Welcome Back Regatta 2020	Yardsail	Farr 30	Bow	4th / 4
30 Aug 2019	2019 Vineyard Race	Oakcliff Farr 40 Red	PHRF handicap	Pit	5th / 9

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Crew	117 provisional	#24791 band 14976–37829	—

2 more classes, not yet ranked

Farr 30 · Crew · 8 races, 1 event · rating -16
J/29 · Crew · 5 races, 1 event · rating -10

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	1 events	0 wins	beats 89%
As crew	8 events	0 wins	beats 50%

Positions: Bow (4) · Floater (1) · Pit (1)

How they race

Closer	−12 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−4 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	52%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	49%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Chris MacDonald	24	7–17
Paul Fillbee-Dexter	24	10–14
Chris Power	24	16–8
Terry Schnare	19	10–9
Shayne Hall	19	19–0
Colin Mann	19	10–9
Steve Adams	18	18–0
Mark Gosine	15	9–6
Justin Bean	15	2–13
David Wilson	15	10–5
Andrew Childs	15	3–12
James Gogan	15	3–12

Most-beaten opponent: Shayne Hall (19–0).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2026	1	57%
2025	2	69%
2024	1	42%
2023	1	75%
2022	1	73%
2021	1	50%
2020	1	0%
2019	1	50%

Boats

Paradigm Shift · PHRF handicap, J/29 · 3 events · 2021–2023
Bad Dog · PHRF handicap · 2 events · 2025–2026
Tundra Rose · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2025
SHIFT · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2024
Yardsail · Farr 30 · 1 events · 2020
Oakcliff Farr 40 Red · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2019

Where they race

Chester, Nova Scotia, Canada · 6 events
Stamford, CT, USA · 1 events
Hermans Island, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada · 1 events
CYC Seattle · 1 events

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Crew rating across all classes: 117, #24,791. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.