Sailor · 2015–2025

Russ Salzman

PHRF handicap ORC handicap Flying Tiger 7.5

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Events: 16
Win rate: 6%
Podium rate: 19%
Typically beats: 36%
Longest win streak: 2

Most successful partnership: Richard Knorr
Best trio: Matthew Henderson & Patrick Wilson
Biggest lift: Richard Knorr
Nemesis: Thomas Barnes
Best day: 7 Jun 2024
Signature result: 1st of 7

Partnerships · 31 sailors

Most successful partnership: Richard Knorr — 1 wins · 2 podiums in 3 events together

Richard Knorr · Renegade · ORC handicap 3events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 2 of 5 races won Beat 74% of the fleet together(+41 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2023 – Jun 2025
Matthew Henderson · Renegade · ORC handicap 3events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 2 of 5 races won Beat 74% of the fleet together(+41 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2023 – Jun 2025
Thomas Papoutsis · Renegade · ORC handicap 3events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 2 of 5 races won Beat 74% of the fleet together(+41 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2023 – Jun 2025
Larry Kwiat · Renegade · ORC handicap 3events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 2 of 5 races won Beat 74% of the fleet together(+41 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2023 – Jun 2025
George Gelis · Renegade · ORC handicap 3events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 2 of 5 races won Beat 74% of the fleet together(+41 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2023 – Jun 2025
Patrick Wilson · Renegade · ORC handicap 3events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 2 of 5 races won Beat 74% of the fleet together(+41 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2023 – Jun 2025
Philip Homan · Liberty 2 · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 58% of the fleet together · best 7th · Jun 2017 – Jun 2017
Phena Fischer-Klumb · Renegade · ORC handicap 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 2 of 4 races won Beat 71% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jun 2024 – Jun 2025
Thomas Blasco · Liberty 2 · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 58% of the fleet together · best 7th · Jun 2017 – Jun 2017
Sheila Greska · Liberty 2 · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 58% of the fleet together · best 7th · Jun 2017 – Jun 2017

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 · 16

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
6 Jun 2025	2025 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series - Chicago	Renegade	ORC handicap	Helm	9th / 15
7 Jun 2024	2024 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series - Chicago	Renegade	ORC handicap	Helm	1st / 7
9 Jun 2023	2023 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series - Chicago	Renegade	ORC handicap	Main Trimmer	3rd / 10
14 Sep 2019	2019 Chicago Regatta -- Distance Race	Fearless	PHRF handicap	Other	6th / 8
28 Jun 2019	2019 Chicago to Michigan City to Chicago - CASRA	FEARLESS	PHRF handicap	Other	16th / 16
23 Jun 2019	2019 Casual Race - CASRA	FEARLESS	PHRF handicap	Other	30th / 31
29 May 2019	2019 Chicago Beer Can Series	Eclipse	PHRF handicap	Other	18th / 18
29 Jun 2018	2018 Chicago to Michigan City to Chicago - CASRA	Fearless	PHRF handicap	Other	3rd / 15
23 May 2018	2018 Chicago Beer Can Series	Eclipse	PHRF handicap	Other	10th / 20
25 Jun 2017	2017 CASRA Casual Races	Eclipse	PHRF handicap	Other	17th / 21
17 Jun 2017	2017 Chicago - Waukegan - Chicago - CASRA	Liberty 2	PHRF handicap	Watch Captain	7th / 19
9 Jun 2017	2017 Helly Hansen NOOD Regatta Chicago	Liberty 2	ORC handicap	Watch Captain	8th / 15
31 May 2017	2017 The Chicago Beer Can Series	Eclipse	PHRF handicap	Other	11th / 19
17 Jan 2017	Quantum Key West Race Week 2017	06	Flying Tiger 7.5	Other	6th / 7
25 May 2016	2016 The Chicago Beer Can Series	Eclipse	PHRF handicap	Other	16th / 18
27 May 2015	2015 The Chicago Beer Can Series	Eclipse	PHRF handicap	Other	10th / 19

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Helm	-166 provisional	#82626 band 71599–87819	—
Full-size sailing Crew	31 provisional	#39904 band 24131–54482	—

1 more class, not yet ranked

Flying Tiger 7.5 · Crew · 10 races, 1 event · rating -67

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	10 events	0 wins	beats 30%
As crew	6 events	1 wins	beats 59%

Positions: Watch Captain (2) · Main Trimmer (1)

How they race

Closer	+11 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−9 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	40%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	56%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Thomas Barnes	31	2–29
Peter Cooper	30	5–24
Brian Tobin	27	2–23
Stu Friedman	20	2–15
Bill Bartz	19	2–14
Michael Ciechanowski	18	3–12
Loren Thompson	17	5–10
Jay Grizzell	16	2–14
Jim Banovitz	15	7–7
Bob Horenkamp	15	5–9
William Smith	14	2–10
Carl Stineman	13	3–9

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	1	0	43%
2024	1	1	100%
2023	1	0	78%
2019	4	0	8%
2018	2	0	69%
2017	5	0	40%
2016	1	0	12%
2015	1	0	50%

Boats

Eclipse · PHRF handicap · 6 events · 2015–2019
Fearless · PHRF handicap · 4 events · 2018–2019
Renegade · ORC handicap · 3 events · 2023–2025
Liberty 2 · PHRF handicap, ORC handicap · 2 events · 2017
06 · Flying Tiger 7.5 · 1 events · 2017

Where they race

Chicago, IL, USA · 13 events
Unknown · 1 events
Chicago, Illinois, USA · 1 events
Key West, FL, USA · 1 events

Is this you?

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Helm rating, Full-size sailing: -166, #82,626.Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 31, #39,904. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.