Sailor · 2007–2025

Ronald Weiss

PHRF handicap IRC handicap ORC handicap

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Events: 28
Win rate: 14%
Podium rate: 25%
Typically beats: 40%
Longest win streak: 2

Most successful partnership: Riley Kernan
Biggest lift: Riley Kernan
Signature result: 1st of 7

Partnerships · 60+ sailors

Most successful partnership: Riley Kernan — 1 wins · 1 podiums in 3 events together

Riley Kernan · Ciao Baby, Elena · PHRF handicap 3events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 3 races won Beat 71% of the fleet together(+31 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2019 – Aug 2025
David Yonks · Elena, Jules, Rocinante · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 3events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 6 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together(+8 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2018 – Jun 2021
Mike Chapell · Ciao Baby, Jules · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 38% of the fleet together(−6 vs. without) · best 4th · Jun 2021 – Aug 2025
Steve Minninger · Jules, Pterodactyl · IRC handicap, ORC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 15 races won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 6th · Jun 2015 – Jun 2021
Caitlin Cummings · Ciao Baby, Rocinante · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 4th · Aug 2018 – Aug 2025
Stephen Nosal · Elena, Heart of Gold · PHRF handicap 2events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 2 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together · best 1st · May 2019 – Sep 2023
Daniel McDonald · Elena, Jules · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 5 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 1st · May 2019 – Jun 2021
Chris Kniffin · Jules · ORC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 25% of the fleet together · best 5th · Jun 2021 – Sep 2021
Peter Chirlian · Ciao Baby · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 56% of the fleet together · best 4th · Aug 2024 – Aug 2025
James McBrier · Jules · ORC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 25% of the fleet together · best 5th · Jun 2021 – Sep 2021

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

Rating history

— Helm rating, all classes · - - Crew rating, all classes

Event history · 28

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
29 Aug 2025	2025 Vineyard Race	Ciao Baby	PHRF handicap	Nav/Tac	4th / 7
30 Aug 2024	2024 Vineyard Race	Ciao Baby	PHRF handicap	Nav/Tac	4th / 9
16 Aug 2024	2024 Stamford Overnight Race	Charlotte YCC	PHRF handicap	Main Trimmer	5th / 8
1 Sep 2023	2023 Vineyard Race	Heart of Gold	PHRF handicap	Tactician	2nd / 3
3 Sep 2021	2021 Vineyard Race	Jules	ORC handicap	Tactician	5th / 9
12 Jun 2021	167th NYYC Annual Regatta	Jules	ORC handicap	Tactician	7th / 7
16 Jun 2020	2020 Breakwater Irregulars - Merged Spring/Summer Series	Rocinante	PHRF handicap	Other	6th / 6
24 May 2019	2019 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race	Elena	PHRF handicap	Strategist	1st / 7
31 Aug 2018	2018 Vineyard Race	Rocinante	PHRF handicap	Owner	4th / 7
3 Jun 2018	2018 Stamford Yacht Club Double-Handed Regatta	Rocinante	PHRF handicap	Other	1st / 3
25 May 2018	2018 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race	YYZ	PHRF handicap	Nav/Tac	6th / 7
25 Nov 2017	2017 Huguenot Yacht Club and NYACYC Turkey Day Reach	Rocinante	PHRF handicap	Other	6th / 9
14 Oct 2017	2017 Stamford Yacht Club Cows Race	Rocinante	PHRF handicap	Other	2nd / 4
1 Sep 2017	2017 Vineyard Race	Fortissimo	PHRF handicap	Watch Captain	6th / 6
18 Aug 2017	2017 Stamford Overnight Race	Rocinante	PHRF handicap	Other	1st / 3
12 Jun 2016	2016 31st Annual Mayor's Cup Race	Chicken Wing	PHRF handicap	Other	1st / 5
23 Jun 2015	2015 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race Week XXVI	Pterodactyl	IRC handicap	Runners	6th / 6
17 Aug 2012	2012 Ida Lewis Distance Race	American Girl	IRC handicap	Other	5th / 6
10 Oct 2009	2009 Anniversary Indian Harbor Stratford Shoal Race	Crazy Horse	PHRF handicap	Skipper	6th / 10
13 Sep 2009	2009 Stamford Denmark Friendship Race	Crazy Horse	PHRF handicap	Skipper	3rd / 9
4 Sep 2009	2009 Vineyard Race	Crazy Horse	IRC handicap	Skipper	5th / 10
22 May 2009	2009 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race	Crazy Horse	IRC handicap	Skipper	6th / 7
7 Sep 2008	2008 Stamford Denmark Friendship Race	Crazy Horse	PHRF handicap	Skipper	6th / 13
29 Aug 2008	2008 Vineyard Race	Crazy Horse	IRC handicap	Skipper	8th / 9
23 May 2008	2008 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race	Crazy Horse	IRC handicap	Skipper	6th / 8

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Adj. ±
All classes Crew	-159 provisional	#60525 band 53325–63657	—
All classes Helm	-98 provisional	#68282 band 54958–76684	—

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	17 events	3 wins	beats 48%
As crew	11 events	1 wins	beats 36%

Positions: Nav/Tac (3) · Tactician (3) · Main Trimmer (1) · Strategist (1) · Owner (1) · Watch Captain (1)

How they race

Closer	+39 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−20 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	36%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets (<12)	44%	of the fleet beaten

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	1	0	50%
2024	2	0	53%
2023	1	0	50%
2021	2	0	25%
2020	1	0	0%
2019	1	1	100%
2018	3	1	56%
2017	4	1	51%
2016	1	1	100%
2015	1	0	0%
2012	1	0	20%
2009	4	0	48%
2008	3	0	33%
2007	3	0	22%

Boats

Crazy Horse · PHRF handicap, IRC handicap · 10 events · 2007–2009
Rocinante · PHRF handicap · 6 events · 2017–2020
Ciao Baby · PHRF handicap · 2 events · 2024–2025
Jules · ORC handicap · 2 events · 2021
Charlotte YCC · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2024
Heart of Gold · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2023
Elena · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2019
YYZ · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2018
Fortissimo · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2017
Chicken Wing · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2016

Where they race

Stamford, CT, USA · 23 events
Newport, RI, USA · 2 events
Greenwich, CT, USA · 1 events
New Rochelle, NY, USA · 1 events
Block Island, RI, USA · 1 events

Is this you?

Claim it to merge duplicates and remove results that aren’t yours. Changes apply at the nightly rebuild.

Crew rating across all classes: -159 (±185), #60,525.Helm rating across all classes: -98 (±172), #68,282. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.