Sailor · 2010–2025

Sergei Lie

PHRF handicap J/70 IRC handicap

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Events: 15
Win rate: 20%
Podium rate: 33%
Typically beats: 65%
Best class ranking: #1150
Longest win streak: 3

Most successful partnership: Phillip Pollard
Best trio: Phillip Pollard & Gary Warner
Biggest lift: Phillip Pollard
Longest-running crew: Bob Pethick
Nemesis: Paul Nuechterlein
Best day: 3 Jun 2016
Signature result: 1st of 14

Partnerships · 47 sailors

Most successful partnership: Phillip Pollard — 2 wins · 3 podiums in 3 events together

Bob Pethick · Bretwalda 3, Bretwalda3, Raedwald · Handicap, IRC handicap, J/70, ORC handicap 8events 2 wins together · 4 podiums · 25% win rate · 10 of 31 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together(+6 vs. without) · best 1st · Jul 2010 – Aug 2017
Gary Warner · Bretwalda 3, Bretwalda3 · Handicap, IRC handicap, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 7events 2 wins together · 4 podiums · 29% win rate · 8 of 21 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together(+5 vs. without) · best 1st · Jul 2010 – Aug 2017
Paul Kerber · Bretwalda 3, Raedwald · Handicap, IRC handicap, J/70, PHRF handicap 5events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 20% win rate · 5 of 21 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together(+5 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2010 – Jun 2016
Tim Warner · Bretwalda 3, Bretwalda3 · Handicap, IRC handicap, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 4events 2 wins together · 4 podiums · 4 events · 8 of 17 races won Beat 90% of the fleet together(+35 vs. without) · best 1st · Jul 2010 – Aug 2017
Ross Nuechterlein · Bretwalda 3 · IRC handicap, PHRF handicap 4events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 3 of 12 races won Beat 66% of the fleet together(+3 vs. without) · best 1st · Jul 2010 – Jun 2012
Phillip Pollard · Bretwalda 3, Bretwalda3 · Handicap, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 3events 2 wins together · 3 podiums · 3 events · 8 of 15 races won Beat 93% of the fleet together(+37 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2010 – Aug 2017
Wallace Cross · Bretwalda 3, Bretwalda3 · Handicap, ORC handicap 3events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 5 of 9 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together(+3 vs. without) · best 1st · Jul 2013 – Aug 2017
Tor Hough · Bretwalda 3 · IRC handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 3 of 9 races won Beat 90% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jul 2010 – Aug 2010
Michael Hoey · Bretwalda3, Raedwald · J/70, ORC handicap 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 7 of 17 races won Beat 85% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jun 2016 – Aug 2017
John OConnor · Bretwalda 3 · IRC handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 3 of 9 races won Beat 90% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jul 2010 – Aug 2010

Lift shows how much better this sailor finishes with that partner aboard.

Rating history

Event history · 15

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
30 May 2025	2025 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series - Detroit	Mary Ann	Melges 24	Bow	5th / 12
26 Aug 2022	2022 Cal 25 National Championship	[Nautical Pun]	Cal 25	Bow	8th / 18
27 Aug 2021	2021 Bayview One Design Regatta	Wicked	Cal 25	Floater	7th / 13
15 Aug 2020	2020 Bayview One Design Regatta	Chico 2	PHRF handicap	Headsail Trimmer	5th / 7
1 Jun 2019	2019 Bayview One Design Regatta	Hoodlum	PHRF handicap	Tactician	1st / 14
16 Sep 2018	2018 J 70 Great Lakes Championship	Vital Signs	J/70	Bow	9th / 19
1 Jun 2018	2018 Bayview One Design Regatta	Vital Signs	J/70	Bow	6th / 15
11 Aug 2017	2017 Verve Cup Offshore Regatta	Bretwalda3	ORC handicap	Bow	1st / 4
3 Jun 2016	2016 Bayview One Design Regatta	Raedwald	J/70	Bow	8th / 25
13 Jul 2015	2015 Transpac Honolulu Race	Bretwalda 3	Handicap	Bow	5th / 6
18 Jul 2013	2013 Transpac Honolulu Race	Bretwalda 3	Handicap	Bow	2nd / 6
9 Jun 2012	158th NYYC Annual Regatta presented by Rolex - SAT/SUN	Bretwalda 3	IRC handicap	Other	5th / 8
8 Jun 2012	158th NYYC Annual Regatta presented by Rolex - FRIDAY (Around-the-Island)	Bretwalda 3	IRC handicap	Other	5th / 8
20 Aug 2010	2010 Verve Cup Offshore Regatta	Bretwalda 3	PHRF handicap	Other	1st / 10
29 Jul 2010	2010 Little Traverse Yacht Club Regatta - Ugotta Regatta	Bretwalda 3	IRC handicap	Other	2nd / 6

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Adj. ±
All classes Crew	352 provisional	#5238 band 2883–9425	—
J/70 Crew	118 provisional	#1150 band 563–2061	—

2 more classes, not yet ranked

Cal 25 · Crew · 16 races, 2 events · rating 53
Melges 24 · Crew · 7 races, 1 event · rating 38

Rank among sailors with ten or more rated races over three or more events, all time. In brackets, the ranks this rating cannot be told apart from. Adj. ± is the adjusted plus-minus in points of fleet beaten.

Helm and crew

As helm	0 events	0 wins	beats —
As crew	15 events	3 wins	beats 64%

Positions: Bow (8) · Floater (1) · Headsail Trimmer (1) · Tactician (1)

How they race

Closer	−2 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−14 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	52%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets (<12)	62%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Jake Christy	17	8–9
Dan Klaasen	17	14–3
Glenn Sheets	17	16–1
Don Glover	17	13–4
Lance Smotherman	16	11–5
Robert Scoville	16	11–5
John McAllister	16	4–12
Paul Nuechterlein	16	1–15
Don Healy	16	15–1
John Harper	16	7–9
Keith Ziegler	16	6–10
Andrew Casazza	15	10–5

Most-beaten opponent: Glenn Sheets (16–1).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	1	0	64%
2022	1	0	59%
2021	1	0	50%
2020	1	0	33%
2019	1	1	100%
2018	2	0	60%
2017	1	1	100%
2016	1	0	71%
2015	1	0	20%
2013	1	0	80%
2012	2	0	43%
2010	2	1	90%

Boats

Bretwalda 3 · Handicap, IRC handicap, PHRF handicap · 6 events · 2010–2015
Vital Signs · J/70 · 2 events · 2018
Mary Ann · Melges 24 · 1 events · 2025
[Nautical Pun] · Cal 25 · 1 events · 2022
Wicked · Cal 25 · 1 events · 2021
Chico 2 · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2020
Hoodlum · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2019
Bretwalda3 · ORC handicap · 1 events · 2017
Raedwald · J/70 · 1 events · 2016

Where they race

Detroit, MI, USA · 6 events
Newport Beach, CA, USA · 2 events
Newport, RI, USA · 2 events
Grosse Pointe, MI, USA · 1 events
Detroit, MI · 1 events
Chicago, Illinois, USA · 1 events

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Crew rating across all classes: 352 (±171), #5,238. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.