Chris Poole is currently the number 1 ranked match racer in the world and is leading the World Match Race Tour. He started his sailing career in the Optimist Class off the coast of Maine at ten years old. After college he began his Match Racing campaign full time and quickly climbed the World Ranking leaderboard. After the Corona Virus Pandemic in 2020, Chris and his Riptide Racing team had new goal and came out firing as the sailing resumed around the world. As his string of podium successses piled up his ranking climbed to number 1 in the World. At the first stop of the 2023 WMRT the U.S. Congressional Cup, the oldest continually running Grade 1 Match Race in the world. Chris and his Riptide Racing Team achieved something never before seen in the yacht racing world. They became the first team in yachting history to win a Grade 1 double round robin match race undefeated 24-0.