Sailor · 2023–2026

Bob Shaffer

hampton yacht club Melges 24 Handicap

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Events: 3
Win rate: 0
Podium rate: 2
Typically beats: 50%

Nemesis: Maxwell Plarr
Signature result: 3rd of 6

Partnerships · 7 sailors

Rusty Burshell · This is Cool · Handicap, Melges 24 3events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 2 of 24 races won Beat 51% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jun 2023 – Jul 2026
Mike Park · This is Cool · Handicap, Melges 24 3events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 2 of 24 races won Beat 51% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jun 2023 – Jul 2026
Tim Ketten · This is Cool · Melges 24 2events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 2 of 18 races won Beat 63% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jun 2023 – May 2025
Dave Anderson · This is Cool · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 25% of the fleet together · best 4th · Jul 2026 – Jul 2026
Emma Wahab · This is Cool · Melges 24 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together · best 3rd · May 2025 – May 2025
Martin Turner · This is Cool · Melges 24 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 2 of 11 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jun 2023 – Jun 2023
Dan Uptmor · This is Cool · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 25% of the fleet together · best 4th · Jul 2026 – Jul 2026

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Rating history

Event history · 3

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
26 Jul 2026	McCarthy Sprints	This is Cool	Handicap	Crew	4th / 5
30 May 2025	2025 Southern Bay Race Week	This is Cool	Melges 24	Other	3rd / 6
2 Jun 2023	2023 Southern Bay Race Week	This is Cool	Melges 24	Other	2nd / 4

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	221 provisional	#13856 band 7900–23198	—

1 more class, not yet ranked

Melges 24 · Crew · 18 races, 2 events · rating 53

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	0 events	0 wins	beats —
As crew	3 events	0 wins	beats 51%

How they race

Closer	−12 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−10 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Small fleets	51%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Maxwell Plarr	17	4–13

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2026	1	25%
2025	1	60%
2023	1	67%

Boats

This is Cool · Handicap, Melges 24 · 3 events · 2023–2026

Where they race

Hampton, VA, USA · 2 events
HAMPTON, VA · 1 events

Is this you?

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Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 221, #13,856. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.