Sailor · 1984–1988

Bill Balaam

Skeeter C Skeeter

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Events: 6
Win rate: 17%
Podium rate: 17%
Typically beats: 44%
Best class ranking: #79

Nemesis: Bill Mattison
Best day: 17 Mar 1988
Signature result: 1st of 17

Partnerships · 0 sailors

No crew lists in the archive name anyone sailing with Bill Balaam.

Rating history

Event history · 6

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
17 Mar 1988	1988 ISA Championship Regatta	642	C Skeeter	Skipper	1st / 17
1 Mar 1987	1987 ISA Championship Regatta	M-99	Skeeter	Skipper	18th / 26
1 Jan 1986	1986 Northwest Ice Yachting Association Regatta (NIYA)	M-669	Skeeter	Skipper	22nd / 37
10 Feb 1984	1984 ISA Skeeter Championship Regatta (A, B, C Skeeter and Renegade)	RL-27	C Skeeter	Skipper	9th / 10
10 Feb 1984	1984 ISA Skeeter Championship Regatta (A, B, C Skeeter and Renegade)	M-99	Skeeter	Skipper	14th / 15
21 Jan 1984	1984 NIYA Regatta (A-D stern steerers, DN, E Skeeter, Renegade)	M-669	Skeeter	Skipper	14th / 30

Titles

1988 C Skeeter ISA Championship (C Skeeter) helm

From the class's honour rolls.

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Helm	14 provisional	#50448 band 29542–70346	—
Skeeter Helm	-42 provisional	#79 band 42–100	—

1 more class, not yet ranked

C Skeeter · Helm · 8 races, 2 events · rating 49

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	6 events	1 wins	beats 41%
As crew	0 events	0 wins	beats —

How they race

Closer	−8 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−13 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Big fleets	43%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Bill Dale	19	8–11
Fritz Button	15	3–12
Dave Nelson	15	9–5
Bill Mattison	15	1–14
Bob Intini	15	3–12
Paul Krueger	15	2–13
Stephen Arnold	15	5–10
Charles Miller	14	5–9
Ron Rosten	14	6–7
Ace Whitehorse	13	1–12

Most-beaten opponent: Dave Nelson (9–5).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
1988	1	1	100%
1987	1	0	32%
1986	1	0	42%
1984	3	0	25%

Boats

M-99 · Skeeter · 2 events · 1984–1987
M-669 · Skeeter · 2 events · 1984–1986
642 · C Skeeter · 1 events · 1988
RL-27 · C Skeeter · 1 events · 1984

Where they race

Burlington Bay, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada · 1 events
Madison, Wisconsin, USA · 1 events
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, USA · 1 events
Green Lake, Wisconsin, USA · 1 events
Stoughton, Wisconsin, USA · 1 events

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Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 14, #50,448. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.