Sailor · 2016–2025

Mark Bussard

buzzards yacht club nema Handicap PHRF handicap

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Events: 12
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 17%
Typically beats: 40%

Biggest lift: Bill Wieler
Nemesis: Sandy Takacs
Rival: Alessandro Bocconcelli
Best day: 28 Jul 2024
Signature result: 2nd of 10

Partnerships · 4 sailors

Bill Wieler · Mind Bender · PHRF handicap 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 18 races won Beat 55% of the fleet together(+32 vs. without) · best 3rd · Jul 2023 – Aug 2024
Clifford Bradford · Mind Bender · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 12 races won Beat 56% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jul 2024 – Aug 2024
Danny Ryan · Mind Bender · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 44% of the fleet together · best 6th · Aug 2024 – Aug 2024
Laurent Apollon · Mind Bender · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 55% of the fleet together · best 6th · Jul 2023 – Jul 2023

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

Rating history

Event history · 12

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
25 Jul 2025	2025 Corsair Nationals & Buzzards Bay Multihull Regatta	Mind Bender	PHRF handicap	Skipper	8th / 11
10 Aug 2024	2024 Newport Unlimited Regatta	Mind Bender	PHRF handicap	Skipper	6th / 10
26 Jul 2024	2024 Buzzards Bay Multihull Regatta	Mind Bender	PHRF handicap	Owner	3rd / 7
28 Jul 2023	2023 Corsair Nationals & Buzzards Bay Multihull Regatta	Mind Bender	PHRF handicap	Helm	6th / 12
6 Aug 2022	2022 Buzzards Bay Regatta	Mind Bender	Handicap	Skipper	4th / 4
5 Aug 2022	2022 Buzzards Bay Regatta - Dick Fontaine Memorial Race	Mind Bender	Handicap	Skipper	4th / 4
6 Aug 2021	2021 Buzzards Bay Regatta	Mind Bender	Handicap	Skipper	4th / 4
6 Aug 2021	2021 Buzzards Bay Regatta - Dick Fontaine Memorial Race	Mind Bender	Handicap	Skipper	4th / 4
2 Aug 2019	2019 Buzzards Bay Regatta	MIND BENDER	Handicap	Skipper	8th / 9
2 Aug 2019	2019 Buzzards Bay Regatta - Dick Fontaine Memorial Race	MIND BENDER	Handicap	Skipper	2nd / 10
5 Aug 2016	2016 Buzzards Bay Regatta - PHRF & Multihulls	STRING_THEORY	Handicap	Skipper	6th / 8
5 Aug 2016	2016 Dick Fontaine Memorial Distance Race	STRING_THEORY	Handicap	Skipper	4th / 7

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Helm	40 provisional	#43694 band 30133–58459	—

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	12 events	0 wins	beats 31%
As crew	0 events	0 wins	beats —

Positions: Owner (1)

How they race

Closer	−12 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−4 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	43%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	29%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Alessandro Bocconcelli	42	21–21
Andrew Houlding	37	19–18
Avram Dorfman	27	21–6
Jay Spalding	25	7–18
Sandy Takacs	24	3–21
Sarajane Whitfield	17	5–12
Bryan Mackey	15	3–12
Jamie Michaels	14	1–13

Most-beaten opponent: Avram Dorfman (21–6).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2025	1	30%
2024	2	56%
2023	1	55%
2022	2	0%
2021	2	0%
2019	2	51%
2016	2	39%

Boats

Mind Bender · PHRF handicap, Handicap · 10 events · 2019–2025
STRING_THEORY · Handicap · 2 events · 2016

Where they race

Dartmouth , MA · 6 events
Marion, MA · 3 events
Marion, MA, United States · 2 events
Newport, RI, United States · 1 events

Is this you?

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Helm rating across all classes: 40, #43,694. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.