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Buzz Ballenger

scyc Flying DutchmanFDHandicap

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Events
22

130 races · 43 race wins

Win rate
32%

32% win rate · 7 of 22

Podium rate
68%

15 top-three finishes

Typically beats
62%

of boats faced (90%: 56%–67%, 188 boats)

Best class ranking
#20

Helm in Flying Dutchman · rating 315

Longest win streak
6

race wins in a row

Nemesis
Paul Scoffin

1–29 head to head in 30 races

Rival
Zhenya Kirueshkin-Stepanoff

46–44 in 90 races

Best day
2 Aug 2013

3-1-1-1-2-1-1-3-1-2 · 2013 Columbia Gorge One Design Regatta · about 1 in 2,263 by chance

Signature result
1st of 9

2012-2013 Small Boat Midwinters -Sundays · Handicap · 2 Dec 2012

Partnerships · 0 sailors

No crew lists in the archive name anyone sailing with Buzz Ballenger.

Rating history

0164327200920112013201520172019Helm rating, all classes

Event history · 22

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
20 Sep 2019Totally Dinghy Regatta 2019US1453Flying DutchmanSkipper1st / 5
29 Jul 20162016 Columbia Gorge One Design RegattaFD US 1453Flying DutchmanSkipper4th / 6
6 Dec 20152015-2016 Small Boat Midwinters -Sundays1453HandicapSkipper5th / 15
17 Apr 2015Flying Dutchman North American Championship at Coronado Yacht Club301Flying DutchmanSkipper2nd / 8
7 Dec 20142014-2015 Small Boat Midwinters -Sundays1453FDSkipper1st / 3
26 Sep 20142014 Flying Dutchman North American Championship1453Flying DutchmanSkipper2nd / 9
8 Dec 20132013-2014 Small Boat Midwinters -SundaysNZL145FDSkipper1st / 3
2 Aug 20132013 Columbia Gorge One Design RegattaNo Boat For Old MenFlying DutchmanSkipper1st / 7
2 Dec 20122012-2013 Small Boat Midwinters -Sundays1444HandicapSkipper1st / 9
25 Sep 20122012 International Flying Dutchman Open World ChampionshipBuzz BallengerInternational Flying DutchmanSkipper35th / 45
2 Aug 20122012 Flying Dutchman North American ChampionshipBuzz BallengerFlying DutchmanSkipper4th / 9
25 May 20122012 FD National Championship1444Flying DutchmanSkipper5th / 12
5 Dec 20102010-2011 Small Boat Midwinters1444Flying DutchmanSkipper2nd / 5
23 Oct 2010Fall Dinghy & Olympic Classes Regatta1444Flying DutchmanSkipper1st / 3
25 Sep 2010Totally Dinghy Regatta 20101444FDSkipper1st / 4
17 Apr 2010Big Dinghy Saturday 20101444FDSkipper2nd / 6
6 Dec 20092009-2010 Small Boat MidwintersFD US 1444Flying DutchmanSkipper2nd / 5
29 Mar 2009Big Dinghy Sunday 20091444Long CourseSkipper13th / 37
28 Mar 2009Big Dinghy Saturday 20091444FDSkipper2nd / 4
1 Feb 2009Small Boat Midwinters Feb. 1, 20091444Flying DutchmanSkipper2nd / 6
7 Dec 2008Small Boat Midwinters Dec. 7, 20081444Flying DutchmanSkipper4th / 4
7 Dec 2008Small Boat Midwinters Series1444Flying DutchmanSkipper3rd / 5

Helm rating across all classes: 298 (±108), #10,098. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.