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Sailor · 2013–2025

Ben Appel

sss PHRF handicapHandicapMulti-hull

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Events
20

63 races · 1 race win

Win rate
5%

5% win rate · 1 of 20

Podium rate
20%

4 top-three finishes

Typically beats
17%

of boats faced (90%: 12%–23%, 130 boats)

Best class ranking
#5

Helm in Stiletto · rating -143

Nemesis
Bill Johnsen

1–41 head to head in 43 races

Signature result
2nd of 6

Great Pumpkin Race · Handicap · 31 Oct 2020

Partnerships · 1 sailors

  • linda Powell · Botanica · Stiletto 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 25% of the fleet together · best 7th · Oct 2014 – Oct 2014

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

Rating history

-225-9927201420162018202020222024Helm rating, all classes

Event history · 20

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
1 Feb 20252024 Buzzelli Multihull Regatta/ Nacra 15 North AmericansRipplePHRF handicapSkipper13th / 14
15 Mar 20242024 Sarasota Bay Multihull RegattaBotanicaPHRF handicapSkipper8th / 9
13 Oct 20232023 Buzzelli Multihull Regatta/ Nacra 15 North AmericansBotanicaPHRF handicapSkipper11th / 11
3 Mar 20232023 Sarasota Bay Multihull Regattaben appelPHRF handicapSkipper13th / 14
18 Feb 20232023 Cherry Pie Regatta SBYA EventBotanicaPHRF handicapSkipper6th / 6
21 Jan 20232023 Snowbird RegattaBotanicaPHRF handicapSkipper4th / 6
12 Feb 2022Cherry Pie RegattaBotanicaHandicapSkipper5th / 5
1 Jan 2022Hangover Regatta 202277MultiSkipper1st / 3
5 Nov 202140th Annual Sarasota Yacht Club InvitationalBotanicaHandicapSkipper3rd / 4
5 Mar 20212021 Sarasota Bay Multihull RegattaBotanicaPHRF handicapSkipper11th / 11
12 Dec 2020Commodore's Cup010Multi-hullSkipper5th / 5
31 Oct 2020Great Pumpkin RaceBotanicaHandicapSkipper2nd / 6
22 Feb 20192019 Sarasota Bay Multihull RegattaBotanicePHRF handicapSkipper11th / 12
20 Oct 20172017 Buzzelli Multi Hull RendezvousBotanicaStilettoSkipper5th / 6
2 Sep 201771st Annual Labor Day RegattaBotanicaPHRF handicapSkipper5th / 5
22 Apr 2017Sarasota Bay Cup: The Mote Marine Laboratory RegattaBotanicaPHRF handicapSkipper6th / 6
30 Jan 2016Windjammer Regatta 2016BotanicaMulti-hullSkipper3rd / 4
25 Apr 201515th Annual Sarasota Bay Cup 2015BotanicaMulti-hullSkipper5th / 7
17 Oct 20142014 Buzzelli Multi Hull RendezvousBotanicaStilettoSkipper7th / 9
18 Oct 2013Buzzelli Multi Hull Rendezvous 2013BontanicaStilettoSkipper4th / 7

Helm rating across all classes: -216 (±159), #78,980. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.