Sailor · 2019–2024

Johnny Gefaell

weekapaug yacht club 420 Optimist

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Events: 13
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 15%
Typically beats: 66%
Best class ranking: #623

Biggest lift: Zachary Lieberman-Wingerter
Longest-running crew: Zachary Lieberman-Wingerter
Nemesis: Sterling Welsh
Rival: Alexa Lieberman-Wingerter
Best day: 19 Jul 2023
Signature result: 3rd of 26

Partnerships · 2 sailors

Zachary Lieberman-Wingerter · John Gefaell, Johnny Gefaell, TBA, Tbd · 420 10events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 0% win rate · 3 of 62 races won Beat 78% of the fleet together(+34 vs. without) · best 3rd · Jul 2021 – Aug 2024
Alexa Lieberman-Wingerter · Johnny Gefaell · 420 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 6 races won Beat 64% of the fleet together · best 10th · Aug 2022 – Aug 2022

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 · 13

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
7 Aug 2024	Watch Hill Yacht Club c420 Regatta 2024	Johnny Gefaell	420	Skipper	7th / 30
25 Jul 2024	2024 GLPYC 420 Regatta	Johnny Gefaell	420	Skipper	8th / 36
7 Aug 2023	The Dinghy Race 2023	Zachary Lieberman-Wingerter	420	Crew	15th / 36
2 Aug 2023	Watch Hill Yacht Club c420 Regatta	Tbd	420	Skipper	8th / 32
26 Jul 2023	Salle Evelyn 420 Regatta 2023	Johnny Gefaell	420	Skipper	5th / 23
19 Jul 2023	Wad Fun Regatta 2023	TBD	420	Crew	3rd / 26
12 Jul 2023	2023 Larry White Regatta	TBA	420	Other	3rd / 19
8 Aug 2022	Watch Hill Yacht Club c420 Regatta	Johnny Gefaell	420	Skipper	10th / 26
27 Jul 2022	GLPYC 420 Regatta	Whisper	420	Crew	7th / 27
11 Aug 2021	Watch Hill Yacht Club 420 Regatta	John Gefaell	420	Skipper	9th / 23
14 Jul 2021	Larry White Junior Olympic Regatta	Zachary Lieberman-Wingerter	420	Crew	5th / 18
5 Aug 2019	GLPYC Optimist Regatta	Flying Mako	Optimist	Crew	35th / 43
24 Jul 2019	Watch Hill Yacht Club Opti Regatta	Flying Mako	Optimist	Skipper	24th / 46

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Helm	292 provisional	#10813 band 4946–21234	—
420 Helm	290 provisional	#623 band 264–1296	+9.7
420 Crew	197 provisional	#423 band 168–1007	+9.7
Full-size sailing Crew	200 provisional	#15237 band 7029–30098	—

1 more class, not yet ranked

Optimist · Helm · 9 races, 2 events · rating -30

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	9 events	0 wins	beats 67%
As crew	4 events	0 wins	beats 76%

How they race

Closer	−4 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−13 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	63%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	66%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Alice Pray	71	49–22
Sterling Welsh	55	12–43
Alexa Lieberman-Wingerter	51	24–27
Silas Kavanagh	50	39–11
Owen Nicholas	47	14–33
Tyler Hogan	45	10–35
Maxwell Miller	38	20–18
Emily Warn	38	37–1
Kate Van Berkel	33	7–26
Sam Driesch	33	32–1
Annabel Blanchard	33	29–3
Brodie Scala	32	31–1

Most-beaten opponent: Emily Warn (37–1).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2024	2	80%
2023	5	80%
2022	2	71%
2021	2	70%
2019	2	34%

Boats

Johnny Gefaell · 420 · 4 events · 2022–2024
Zachary Lieberman-Wingerter · 420 · 2 events · 2021–2023
Tbd · 420 · 2 events · 2023
Flying Mako · Optimist · 2 events · 2019
TBA · 420 · 1 events · 2023
Whisper · 420 · 1 events · 2022
John Gefaell · 420 · 1 events · 2021

Where they race

Watch Hill Yacht Club · 5 events
Groton, CT · 3 events
Noank, CT · 1 events
Niantic, CT, USA · 1 events
Niantic, CT · 1 events
Stonington, CT · 1 events

Is this you?

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Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 292, #10,813.Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 200, #15,237. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.