Sailor · 2025–2026

Ben McElroy

jacobs rock yc Thistle

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Events: 5
Win rate: 20%
Podium rate: 80%
Typically beats: 82%
Best class ranking: #37
Longest win streak: 4

Most successful partnership: Samuel Ingham
Longest-running crew: Samuel Ingham
Nemesis: Brent Barbehenn
Best day: 1 Jan 2026
Signature result: 2nd of 14

Partnerships · 6 sailors

Most successful partnership: Samuel Ingham — 1 wins · 4 podiums in 5 events together · 20% win rate

Samuel Ingham · ING - 2, Ing 2, ING 2, Serenity NOW · Thistle 5events 1 wins together · 4 podiums · 20% win rate · 9 of 23 races won Beat 86% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jan 2025 – Jan 2026
Ryan Barone · Ing 2 · Thistle 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 4 races won Beat 92% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jan 2026 – Jan 2026
LeAnn Myhre · ING - 2 · Thistle 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 3 of 3 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jan 2026 – Jan 2026
Tanya Cuprak · ING 2 · Thistle 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 6 races won Beat 76% of the fleet together · best 7th · Jul 2025 – Jul 2025
, Krysta Zangle · ING 2 · Thistle 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 83% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jan 2025 – Jan 2025
Jonathan Duffett · Serenity NOW · Thistle 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 4 of 7 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jan 2026 – Jan 2026

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

Rating history

Event history · 5

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
1 Jan 2026	2026 Thistle Blue Crab	ING - 2	Thistle	Crew	2nd / 6
1 Jan 2026	2026 Thistle Oyster Roast	Ing 2	Thistle	Crew	2nd / 14
1 Jan 2026	2026 Thistle Spring Regatta	Serenity NOW	Thistle	Skipper	1st / 5
25 Jul 2025	2025 Thistle Great Lakes Championship	ING 2	Thistle	Crew	7th / 26
1 Jan 2025	2025 Thistle Atlantic Coast Championship	ING 2	Thistle	Crew	3rd / 13

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Crew	271 provisional	#9460 band 4120–19635	—
Thistle Crew	260 provisional	#37 band 13–97	+6.6

2 more classes, not yet ranked

All classes · Helm · 7 races, 1 event · rating 188
Thistle · Helm · 7 races, 1 event · rating 184

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	1 wins	beats 100%
As crew	4 events	0 wins	beats 83%

How they race

Closer

+6 pts

last race of an event vs. the rest

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Charles Krafft	17	15–2
Bill Krafft	17	17–0
Brent Barbehenn	13	6–7

Most-beaten opponent: Bill Krafft (17–0).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	3	1	91%
2025	2	0	80%

Boats

Ing 2 · Thistle · 3 events · 2025–2026
ING - 2 · Thistle · 1 events · 2026
Serenity NOW · Thistle · 1 events · 2026

Where they race

Severn Sailing Association · 4 events
Rocky River, OH · 1 events

Is this you?

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Crew rating across all classes: 271, #9,460.Helm rating across all classes: 188. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.