Sailor · 2016–2025

Rachel Balaban

ida lewis yacht club Shields IOD Handicap

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Events: 9
Win rate: 78%
Podium rate: 100%
Typically beats: 97%
Best class ranking: #3
Longest win streak: 4

Most successful partnership: Matt Buechner
Best trio: John Burnham & Matt Buechner
Biggest lift: Reed Baer
Longest-running crew: John Burnham
Best day: 12 Jun 2022
Signature result: 1st of 22

Partnerships · 17 sailors

Most successful partnership: Matt Buechner — 3 wins · 3 podiums in 3 events together

John Burnham · Grace, Norwegian Wood, Rogue · Handicap, IOD, Shields 9events 7 wins together · 9 podiums · 78% win rate · 12 of 37 races won Beat 97% of the fleet together · best 1st · Sep 2016 – Aug 2025
Reed Baer · Grace · Shields 5events 4 wins together · 5 podiums · 80% win rate · 9 of 33 races won Beat 99% of the fleet together(+5 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2016 – Sep 2024
Pete Schott · Grace · Shields 5events 4 wins together · 5 podiums · 80% win rate · 9 of 33 races won Beat 99% of the fleet together(+5 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2016 – Sep 2024
Matt Buechner · Grace · Shields 3events 3 wins together · 3 podiums · 3 events · 5 of 21 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together(+4 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2016 – Sep 2024
Jennifer Parsons · Grace, Norwegian Wood · IOD, Shields 3events 2 wins together · 3 podiums · 3 events · 2 of 9 races won Beat 93% of the fleet together(−7 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2022 – Sep 2023
Isabel Burnham · Norwegian Wood, Rogue · Handicap, IOD 3events 2 wins together · 3 podiums · 3 events · 2 of 3 races won Beat 93% of the fleet together(−7 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2016 – Aug 2025
Olivia Burnham · Norwegian Wood, Rogue · Handicap, IOD 3events 2 wins together · 3 podiums · 3 events · 2 of 3 races won Beat 93% of the fleet together(−7 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2016 – Aug 2025
Beth Scholle · Norwegian Wood · IOD 2events 2 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 2 of 2 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Sep 2016 – Sep 2023
Oliver Parsons · Grace, Norwegian Wood · IOD, Shields 2events 2 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 2 of 8 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jun 2023 – Sep 2023
Chris Hufstader · Grace · Shields 2events 2 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 5 of 13 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jun 2022 – Jun 2023

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

Rating history

Event history · 9

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
30 Aug 2025	69th Fishers Island YC 'Round Island Race	Rogue	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 7
19 Sep 2024	Shields 60th National Championship Regatta	Grace	Shields	Crew	1st / 22
2 Sep 2023	67th Fishers Island YC 'Round Island Race	Norwegian Wood	IOD	Other	1st / 9
10 Jun 2023	169th NYYC Annual Regatta	Grace	Shields	Other	1st / 14
8 Sep 2022	2022 Shields Nationals - Newport, RI	Grace	Shields	Pit Assist	2nd / 34
3 Sep 2022	66th Fishers Island YC 'Round Island Race	Norwegian Wood	IOD	Pit	3rd / 10
11 Jun 2022	168th NYYC Annual Regatta	Grace	Shields	Other	1st / 12
28 Sep 2016	The 52nd Shields National Championship Regatta	Grace	Shields	Pit	1st / 17
3 Sep 2016	60th Fishers Island YC 'Round Island Race	Norwegian Wood	IOD	Other	1st / 8

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	560 provisional	#1053 band 391–2755	—
Shields Crew	468 provisional	#3 band 1–5	+6.7

1 more class, not yet ranked

IOD · Crew · 3 races, 3 events · rating 65

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	8 events	6 wins	beats 97%

Positions: Pit (2) · Pit Assist (1)

How they race

Closer	+5 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Consistency	86%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	94%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Richard Robbins	33	33–0
Ron Oard	26	25–1
Ken Deyett	26	22–4
Steve Mettler	19	19–0
Clayton Deutsch	19	13–6
David Bush-Brown	19	19–0
Jonathan Hough	19	17–2
Jonathan Krumeich	13	13–0
Joe Bardenheier	13	11–2
Jim Wirtz	13	13–0
Bill Berry	13	9–4
Dan Ronan	13	12–1

Most-beaten opponent: Richard Robbins (33–0).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	1	1	100%
2024	1	1	100%
2023	2	2	100%
2022	3	1	92%
2016	2	2	100%

Boats

Grace · Shields · 5 events · 2016–2024
Norwegian Wood · IOD · 3 events · 2016–2023
Rogue · Handicap · 1 events · 2025

Where they race

Fishers Island, NY, USA · 3 events
Newport, RI, USA · 3 events
Fishers Island, NY · 1 events
Larchmont, NY, USA · 1 events
Monterey, CA, USA · 1 events

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Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 560, #1,053. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.