Sailor · 2015–2025

Thomas Busch

hkbc Open Skiff Handicap

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Events: 7
Win rate: 14%
Podium rate: 43%
Typically beats: 64%
Best class ranking: #52
Longest win streak: 3

Nemesis: John Lattanzi
Rival: Kona Carle
Best day: 13 Aug 2017
Signature result: 1st of 20

Partnerships · 6 sailors

Jakob Wolf · Fördesprotte · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 26% of the fleet together · best 68th · Jun 2025 – Jun 2025
Robin Brix · Fördesprotte · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 26% of the fleet together · best 68th · Jun 2025 – Jun 2025
Nils Graf · Fördesprotte · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 26% of the fleet together · best 68th · Jun 2025 – Jun 2025
Anton Kneschke · Fördesprotte · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 26% of the fleet together · best 68th · Jun 2025 – Jun 2025
Tobbe Kindermann · Fördesprotte · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 26% of the fleet together · best 68th · Jun 2025 – Jun 2025
Ben Busch · Fördesprotte · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 26% of the fleet together · best 68th · Jun 2025 – Jun 2025

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

Rating history

Event history · 7

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
21 Jun 2025	Kieler Woche 2025	Fördesprotte	Handicap	Crew	68th / 91
5 Oct 2019	2019 Keith Dinsmoor Trophy Regatta	Bic	Open Skiff	Other	3rd / 6
12 Aug 2017	2017 Keith Dinsmoor Trophy Regatta	Bic	Open Skiff	Skipper	1st / 20
15 Mar 2017	2017 O'Pen Bic North American Championhips	Thomas Busch 23	Open Skiff	Skipper	14th / 86
13 Aug 2016	2016 Keith Dinsmoor Trophy Regatta	2494	Handicap	Other	3rd / 18
22 Apr 2016	2016 O’Pen BIC North American Championship	Starboard	Open Skiff	Other	12th / 53
21 Aug 2015	2015 Keith Dinsmoor Trophy Regatta	bic	Open Skiff	Other	11th / 25

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Helm	354 provisional	#7076 band 3485–13549	—
Open Skiff Helm	301 provisional	#52 band 23–96	—

1 more class, not yet ranked

Full-size sailing · Crew · 1 race, 1 event · rating -5

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 78%
As crew	1 events	0 wins	beats 26%

How they race

Closer	−26 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−21 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Big fleets	62%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
John Lattanzi	47	11–36
Kona Carle	46	23–22
Otis Buckingham	41	18–22
Mac Millen	37	18–18
Gavin Parker	29	12–17
Burke Kanemasu	29	21–8
Kelly Holthus	29	15–14
Joseph Marynowski	29	14–15
Walter Blessing	28	16–12
Mason Cogswell	28	27–1
Pierce Olsen	28	28–0
Jr. Clay W Hershey	27	27–0

Most-beaten opponent: Pierce Olsen (28–0).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	1	0	26%
2019	1	0	60%
2017	2	1	92%
2016	2	0	84%
2015	1	0	58%

Boats

Bic · Open Skiff · 3 events · 2015–2019
Fördesprotte · Handicap · 1 events · 2025
Thomas Busch 23 · Open Skiff · 1 events · 2017
2494 · Handicap · 1 events · 2016
Starboard · Open Skiff · 1 events · 2016

Where they race

Lahaina, HI, USA · 4 events
Sarasota, FL · 1 events
Charleston, SC, USA · 1 events
Unknown · 1 events

Is this you?

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Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 354, #7,076.Crew rating, Full-size sailing: -5. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.