Sailor · 2015–2026

Ellise Smolenyak

sss Melges 24 PHRF handicap Handicap

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Events: 8
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 13%
Typically beats: 41%
Best class ranking: #542

Longest-running crew: Duane Yoslov
Nemesis: John Brown
Rival: Scot Zimmerman
Best day: 13 Apr 2019
Signature result: 18th of 47

Partnerships · 19 sailors

Duane Yoslov · Looper · Melges 24 6events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 53 races won Beat 42% of the fleet together · best 8th · Oct 2016 – Aug 2026
Caleb Yoslov · Looper · Melges 24 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 36 races won Beat 38% of the fleet together(−9 vs. without) · best 8th · Oct 2016 – Jul 2024
Brian Gravenstine · Looper · Melges 24 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 32 races won Beat 39% of the fleet together(−6 vs. without) · best 21st · Oct 2016 – Apr 2019
Ben Landon · Looper · Melges 24 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 22 races won Beat 36% of the fleet together · best 32nd · Oct 2016 – Nov 2016
Matthew Graham · Looper · Melges 24 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 17 races won Beat 28% of the fleet together · best 21st · Apr 2019 – May 2019
James Golden · Looper · Melges 24 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 14 races won Beat 63% of the fleet together · best 8th · Jul 2024 – Aug 2026
Jack Barton · Looper · Melges 24 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 22 races won Beat 36% of the fleet together · best 32nd · Oct 2016 – Nov 2016
Sarah Pirie · RUMbunctious · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Aug 2024 – Aug 2024
Michael Radcliffe · KILO · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 36% of the fleet together · best 8th · Apr 2015 – Apr 2015
Michael Cherry · RUMbunctious · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Aug 2024 – Aug 2024

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

Rating history

Event history · 8

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
14 Aug 2026	2026 Melges 24 U.S. National Championship	Looper	Melges 24	Bow	18th / 47
30 Aug 2024	2024 NUCORE Triangle	RUMbunctious	PHRF handicap	Spinnaker trimmer	2nd / 3
12 Jul 2024	2024 Melges 24 US National Championship	Looper	Melges 24	Other	8th / 20
24 May 2019	2019 Melges 24 U.S. National Championship	Looper	Melges 24	Spinnaker trimmer	31st / 35
12 Apr 2019	2019 Sperry Charleston Race Week	Looper	Melges 24	Other	21st / 37
29 Nov 2016	2016 Melges 24 World Championship	Looper	Melges 24	Spinnaker trimmer	46th / 74
6 Oct 2016	2016 Melges 24 US National Championship presented by Line Honors	Looper	Melges 24	Spinnaker trimmer	32nd / 47
18 Apr 2015	2015 - Round the Rocks	KILO	Handicap	Skipper	8th / 12

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	25 provisional	#39883 band 23397–55060	—
Melges 24 Crew	0 provisional	#542 band 378–679	−4.5

1 more class, not yet ranked

Full-size sailing · Helm · 1 race, 1 event · rating 0

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	1 events	0 wins	beats 36%
As crew	7 events	0 wins	beats 43%

Positions: Spinnaker trimmer (4) · Bow (1)

How they race

Closer	−3 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−7 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	68%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	38%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Steven Boho	40	11–29
John Brown	39	2–37
Wes Whitmyer Jr	39	5–34
Travis Weisleder	39	2–37
Kevin Welch	38	5–33
Scot Zimmerman	34	19–14
Laura Grondin	33	8–25
Brian Porter	30	2–28
Richard Reid	29	2–27
KC Shannon	29	3–26
Bruce Ayres	29	2–27
Megan Ratliff	29	2–27

Most-beaten opponent: Robert Harf (19–1).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2026	1	63%
2024	2	57%
2019	2	28%
2016	2	36%
2015	1	36%

Boats

Looper · Melges 24 · 6 events · 2016–2026
RUMbunctious · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2024
KILO · Handicap · 1 events · 2015

Where they race

Fairhope, AL, USA · 1 events
Santa Barbara, CA, USA · 1 events
TRAVERSE CITY, MI, United States · 1 events
Fontana-On-Geneva Lake, WI, USA · 1 events
Miami, FL, USA · 1 events
Charlevoix, MI, USA · 1 events

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Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 25, #39,883.Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 0. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.