Sailor · 2015–2023

Ross Merchant

PHRF handicap

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Events: 4
Win rate: 1
Podium rate: 2
Typically beats: 50%

Most successful partnership: Bart Snow
Best trio: David Forness & Bart Snow
Signature result: 4th of 7

Partnerships · 15 sailors

Most successful partnership: Bart Snow — 1 wins · 2 podiums in 3 events together

Bart Snow · Snow Cat · PHRF handicap 3events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 3 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jul 2015 – Jul 2019
David Forness · Snow Cat · PHRF handicap 3events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 3 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jul 2015 – Jul 2019
Daniel Sherman · Snow Cat · PHRF handicap 3events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 3 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jul 2015 – Jul 2019
Tristan Doherty · Snow Cat · PHRF handicap 3events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 3 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jul 2015 – Jul 2019
Mike Sasco · Sail la Vie · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 38% of the fleet together · best 6th · Jul 2023 – Jul 2023
Louis Bourget · Sail la Vie · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 38% of the fleet together · best 6th · Jul 2023 – Jul 2023
Rob Sasco · Sail la Vie · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 38% of the fleet together · best 6th · Jul 2023 – Jul 2023
Mark McArthur · Sail la Vie · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 38% of the fleet together · best 6th · Jul 2023 – Jul 2023
David Clark · Sail la Vie · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 38% of the fleet together · best 6th · Jul 2023 – Jul 2023
John Hope · Snow Cat · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 4th · Jul 2015 – Jul 2015

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

Rating history

Event history · 4

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
9 Jul 2023	2023 Marblehead-to-Halifax Ocean Race	Sail la Vie	PHRF handicap	Floater	6th / 9
7 Jul 2019	2019 Marblehead-to-Halifax Ocean Race	Snow Cat	PHRF handicap	Navigator	2nd / 3
9 Jul 2017	2017 Marblehead-to-Halifax Ocean Race	Snow Cat	PHRF handicap	Navigator	1st / 3
5 Jul 2015	2015 Marblehead-to-Halifax Ocean Race	Snow Cat	PHRF handicap	Navigator	4th / 7

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact

1 more class, not yet ranked

Full-size sailing · Crew · 4 races, 4 events · rating 44

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	0 events	0 wins	beats —
As crew	4 events	1 wins	beats 59%

Positions: Navigator (3) · Floater (1)

How they race

Small fleets

59%

of the fleet beaten

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2023	1	0	38%
2019	1	0	50%
2017	1	1	100%
2015	1	0	50%

Boats

Snow Cat · PHRF handicap · 3 events · 2015–2019
Sail la Vie · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2023

Where they race

Marblehead, MA, USA · 4 events

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Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 44. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.