Sailor · 2017–2025

Roel van Merkesteyn

yacht club langenargen e v 8 Metre 8mR Klasse ORC handicap

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Events: 11
Win rate: 9%
Podium rate: 36%
Typically beats: 49%
Best class ranking: #34
Longest win streak: 2

Most successful partnership: Friederike Katz
Biggest lift: Moritz Keppler
Longest-running crew: Friederike Katz
Nemesis: Werner Deuring
Best day: 25 Jul 2022
Signature result: 8th of 24

Partnerships · 27 sailors

Most successful partnership: Friederike Katz — 1 wins · 3 podiums in 8 events together · 13% win rate

Friederike Katz · FROYA, Frøya · 8 Metre, 8er Pokal 2018, 8mR Klasse, Eight Metre 8events 1 wins together · 3 podiums · 13% win rate · 2 of 34 races won Beat 51% of the fleet together(−9 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2017 – Jul 2025
Christian Holder · Frøya, HIT · 8 Metre, 8mR Klasse, ORC handicap 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 19 races won Beat 51% of the fleet together(−5 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jul 2022 – Jul 2025
Georg Lichtwald · Frøya, HIT · 8 Metre, 8mR Klasse, ORC handicap 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 19 races won Beat 51% of the fleet together(−5 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jul 2022 – Jul 2025
Moritz Keppler · Frøya · 8 Metre, 8er Pokal 2018, Eight Metre 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 14 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together(+9 vs. without) · best 3rd · Sep 2017 – Jul 2022
Emil Löwe · FROYA · 8 Metre 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 32% of the fleet together · best 19th · Aug 2017 – Aug 2017
Thomas Fürst · Frøya · 8 Metre, 8mR Klasse 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 33% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jun 2023 – Jul 2025
Joachim Warnecke · FROYA · 8 Metre 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 32% of the fleet together · best 19th · Aug 2017 – Aug 2017
Andreas Löwe · FROYA · 8 Metre 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 32% of the fleet together · best 19th · Aug 2017 – Aug 2017
Peter Munz · FROYA · 8 Metre 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 32% of the fleet together · best 19th · Aug 2017 – Aug 2017
Tim Brödermann · FROYA · 8 Metre 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 32% of the fleet together · best 19th · Aug 2017 – Aug 2017

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

Rating history

Event history · 11

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
5 Jul 2025	Werni Hemmeter Pokal	Frøya	8 Metre	Skipper	7th / 7
13 Jun 2025	Internationale Bodenseewoche 2025	Frøya	8mR Klasse	Skipper	3rd / 6
27 Jul 2024	Ost-West Regatta 2024	HIT	ORC handicap	Skipper	7th / 19
2 Jun 2023	Internationale Bodenseewoche 2023	Frøya	8mR Klasse	Skipper	2nd / 4
3 Sep 2022	Überlinger Herbstregatta II 2022	Frøya	Eight Metre	Skipper	1st / 4
25 Jul 2022	International 8 Metre Class World Cup	Frøya	8 Metre	Crew	8th / 24
31 Jul 2021	West - Ost 2021	HIT	ORC handicap	Skipper	6th / 12
6 Oct 2018	8er Pokal 2018	Frøya	8er Pokal 2018	Skipper	4th / 7
9 Sep 2017	Überlinger Herbstregatta II	Frøya	Eight Metre	Skipper	3rd / 6
14 Aug 2017	8mR World Championship	FROYA	8 Metre	Skipper	19th / 28
12 Aug 2017	8mR Régate Annuelle en mer	FROYA	8 Metre	Skipper	20th / 28

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Helm	87 provisional	#34908 band 21337–52164	—
8 Metre Helm	-67 provisional	#34 band 21–39	—

5 more classes, not yet ranked

All classes · Crew · 10 races, 1 event · rating 49
8 Metre · Crew · 10 races, 1 event · rating 37
8mR Klasse · Helm · 7 races, 2 events · rating 47
Eight Metre · Helm · 6 races, 2 events · rating 88
8er Pokal 2018 · Helm · 1 race, 1 event · rating 10

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	10 events	1 wins	beats 52%
As crew	1 events	0 wins	beats 70%

How they race

Closer	−1 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−15 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	51%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	56%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Werner Deuring	30	1–28
Wilhelm Wagner	25	18–6
Eckhard Kaller	22	2–19
Andi Lochbrunner	20	18–1
Raphael Rüdisser	20	10–8
Jan Willem Ypma	19	6–12
Antti Toukolehto	19	14–4
Tom Knutsen	19	6–12
Hanns-Georg Klein	19	10–7
Christopher Courage	19	13–4
Angelo Mazzarella	16	5–10

Most-beaten opponent: Andi Lochbrunner (18–1).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	2	0	30%
2024	1	0	67%
2023	1	0	67%
2022	2	1	85%
2021	1	0	55%
2018	1	0	50%
2017	3	0	41%

Boats

Frøya · 8 Metre, 8mR Klasse, Eight Metre, 8er Pokal 2018 · 7 events · 2017–2025
HIT · ORC handicap · 2 events · 2021–2024
FROYA · 8 Metre · 2 events · 2017

Where they race

Unknown · 11 events

Is this you?

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Helm rating across all classes: 87, #34,908.Crew rating across all classes: 49. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.