Sailor · 2017–2024

Mike Shields

detroit yacht club PHRF handicap Handicap Sonar

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Events: 13
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 15%
Typically beats: 61%
Longest win streak: 2

Biggest lift: Kevin Foote
Longest-running crew: Rick Lillie
Nemesis: John Schellenbach
Best day: 11 Jun 2021
Signature result: 4th of 85

Partnerships · 22 sailors

Rick Lillie · Water Works · Handicap, ORC handicap, T-10 6events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 24 races won Beat 32% of the fleet together(−26 vs. without) · best 3rd · Jun 2017 – Aug 2020
Mary Ann Lillie · Water Works · Handicap, ORC handicap, T-10 6events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 24 races won Beat 32% of the fleet together(−26 vs. without) · best 3rd · Jun 2017 – Aug 2020
Adam Daniels · Cheap Water, Cool Runnings, Water Works · Handicap, Sonar, T-10 5events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 2 of 26 races won Beat 34% of the fleet together(−19 vs. without) · best 4th · Jun 2017 – Jun 2019
Emily O'Connor · Water Works · Handicap, ORC handicap, T-10 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 16 races won Beat 35% of the fleet together(−16 vs. without) · best 3rd · Aug 2017 – Aug 2020
Rob Cardenas · Cheap Water, Water Works · Handicap, Sonar, T-10 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 1 of 22 races won Beat 34% of the fleet together(−17 vs. without) · best 5th · Jun 2017 – Jun 2018
Malcolm Harsch · Water Works · Handicap, ORC handicap, T-10 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 16 races won Beat 35% of the fleet together(−16 vs. without) · best 3rd · Aug 2017 – Aug 2020
Whitney Towey · Cheap Water, Scarlet Begonias · PHRF handicap, Sonar 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 3 of 19 races won Beat 53% of the fleet together(+10 vs. without) · best 2nd · Aug 2017 – Jun 2022
Kevin Foote · One Ping Only, Scarlet Begonias · PHRF handicap, Sonar 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 2 of 29 races won Beat 54% of the fleet together(+11 vs. without) · best 2nd · Mar 2019 – Jun 2022
Agnes Klus · Water Works · Handicap, T-10 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 16 races won Beat 35% of the fleet together(−14 vs. without) · best 12th · Jun 2017 – Jun 2019
Malcom Harsch · Water Works · Handicap, T-10 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 26% of the fleet together · best 5th · Jun 2017 – Jul 2020

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

Rating history

Event history · 13

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
28 Jun 2024	2024 Queen's Cup Race	Dynamis	ORC handicap	Skipper	8th / 31
28 Jun 2024	2024 Queen's Cup Race	Dynamis	PHRF handicap	Skipper	4th / 85
10 Jun 2022	2022 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series - Chicago	Scarlet Begonias	PHRF handicap	Mast	5th / 7
11 Jun 2021	2021 Helly Hansen NOOD Regatta Chicago	Scarlet Begonias	PHRF handicap	Mast	2nd / 7
7 Aug 2020	2020 Verve Cup Offshore Regatta	Water Works	ORC handicap	Other	3rd / 7
15 Jul 2020	2020 CYC Belmont Skyline Series	Water Works	Handicap	Other	5th / 5
8 Jun 2019	2019 Helly Hansen NOOD Regatta Chicago	Water Works	Handicap	Other	14th / 20
31 Mar 2019	2019 Spring Frostbite Series	One Ping Only	Sonar	Skipper	6th / 10
24 Aug 2018	2018 Verve Cup Inshore Regatta	Cool Runnings	Sonar	Helm	4th / 5
8 Jun 2018	2018 Helly Hansen NOOD Regatta Chicago	Water Works	Handicap	Other	18th / 22
25 Aug 2017	2017 Verve Cup Inshore Regatta	Cheap Water	Sonar	Main Trimmer	5th / 8
3 Aug 2017	2017 T-10 North American Championship	Water Works	T-10	Other	23rd / 29
9 Jun 2017	2017 Helly Hansen NOOD Regatta Chicago	Water Works	T-10	Other	12th / 24

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Adj. ±
All classes Crew	-14 provisional	#45562 band 33241–55297	—

2 more classes, not yet ranked

Sonar · Crew · 13 races, 2 events · rating -34
T-10 · Crew · 12 races, 2 events · rating -97

Rank among sailors with ten or more rated races over three or more events, all time. In brackets, the ranks this rating cannot be told apart from. Adj. ± is the adjusted plus-minus in points of fleet beaten.

Helm and crew

As helm	3 events	0 wins	beats 73%
As crew	10 events	0 wins	beats 38%

Positions: Mast (2) · Main Trimmer (1)

How they race

Closer	−8 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−3 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	46%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets (25+)	65%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets (<12)	42%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
John Schellenbach	27	2–25
Felicia Platzke	23	12–11
Mark Croll	23	3–20
Nancy Snyder	22	6–16
Brian Kaczor	20	2–18
Brian Kennalley	20	1–19
Amy Cermak	20	0–20
Tim Rathbun	20	3–17
Andrew Fernandez	20	8–12
Andrew Roccasalva	18	13–5
Karen Better	17	7–10
Steven Fink	16	13–3

Most-beaten opponent: Steven Fink (13–3).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2024	2	87%
2022	1	33%
2021	1	83%
2020	2	33%
2019	2	38%
2018	2	22%
2017	3	39%

Boats

Water Works · ORC handicap, Handicap, T-10 · 6 events · 2017–2020
Dynamis · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap · 2 events · 2024
Scarlet Begonias · PHRF handicap · 2 events · 2021–2022
One Ping Only · Sonar · 1 events · 2019
Cool Runnings · Sonar · 1 events · 2018
Cheap Water · Sonar · 1 events · 2017

Where they race

Chicago, IL, USA · 9 events
Milwaukee, WI · 1 events
Chicago, Illinois, USA · 1 events
Chicago, IL · 1 events

Is this you?

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Crew rating across all classes: -14 (±161), #45,562. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.