Sailor · 2015–2022

Tony Amato

Melges 24

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Events: 9
Win rate: 22%
Podium rate: 22%
Typically beats: 53%
Best class ranking: #538
Longest win streak: 2

Most successful partnership: Michael Lonchar
Best trio: Michael Lonchar & Steve Pirie
Biggest lift: Michael Lonchar
Longest-running crew: Steve Pirie
Nemesis: Travis Weisleder
Signature result: 1st of 11

Partnerships · 9 sailors

Most successful partnership: Michael Lonchar — 1 wins · 1 podiums in 3 events together

Steve Pirie · Rumbunctious, RUMbunctious · Melges 24 9events 2 wins together · 2 podiums · 22% win rate · 3 of 43 races won Beat 58% of the fleet together · best 1st · Apr 2015 – Sep 2022
Luke Whitley · Rumbunctious, RUMbunctious · Melges 24 4events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 2 of 20 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together(−16 vs. without) · best 1st · Apr 2015 – Sep 2016
Michael Lonchar · RUMbunctious · Melges 24 3events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 17 races won Beat 66% of the fleet together(+12 vs. without) · best 1st · Apr 2019 – Sep 2022
Richie Ellis · RUMbunctious · Melges 24 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 19 races won Beat 39% of the fleet together · best 17th · Apr 2016 – Apr 2019
Addison Amstutz · RUMbunctious · Melges 24 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 7 races won Beat 81% of the fleet together · best 1st · Aug 2019 – Sep 2022
Chris Dangles · RUMbunctious · Melges 24 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 2 of 2 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Sep 2016 – Sep 2016
TJ Craig · RUMbunctious · Melges 24 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 25% of the fleet together · best 4th · Sep 2015 – Sep 2015
Matt Henninger · Rumbunctious · Melges 24 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 30% of the fleet together · best 15th · Apr 2015 – Apr 2015
Sarah Pirie · RUMbunctious · Melges 24 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 5th · Sep 2018 – Sep 2018

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

Rating history

Event history · 9

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
2 Sep 2022	2022 NUCORE Triangle	RUMbunctious	Melges 24	Chef	1st / 3
16 Aug 2019	2019 Melges 24 North American Championship	RUMbunctious	Melges 24	Chef	16th / 41
12 Apr 2019	2019 Sperry Charleston Race Week	RUMbunctious	Melges 24	Chef	23rd / 35
1 Sep 2018	2018 Red Fox Regatta	RUMbunctious	Melges 24	Chef	5th / 9
18 Aug 2018	2018 Melges 24 Invitational Regatta - Grand Traverse Yacht Club	RUMbunctious	Melges 24	Chef	6th / 24
3 Sep 2016	2016 Red Fox Regatta	RUMbunctious	Melges 24	Grinder	1st / 11
15 Apr 2016	2016 Sperry Charleston Race Week	RUMbunctious	Melges 24	Chef	17th / 29
4 Sep 2015	2015 NUCORE Triangle	RUMbunctious	Melges 24	Chef	4th / 5
17 Apr 2015	2015 Sperry Charleston Race Week	Rumbunctious	Melges 24	Chef	15th / 21

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Adj. ±
Melges 24 Crew	-2 provisional	#538 band 400–661	−4.6
All classes Crew	55 provisional	#34364 band 19635–50224	—

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	0 events	0 wins	beats —
As crew	9 events	2 wins	beats 58%

Positions: Chef (8) · Grinder (1)

How they race

Closer	+12 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−9 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	46%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets (25+)	47%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets (<12)	69%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
George Haynie	35	21–13
Marty Jensen	33	11–22
Marc Bailey	27	19–8
Chris Field	27	9–18
Tony Stanley	27	17–10
Brent McKenzie	27	8–19
KC Shannon	26	8–18
Travis Weisleder	25	2–23
Wes Whitmyer Jr	25	5–20
Scot Zimmerman	24	14–9
Richard Reid	23	6–17
Megan Ratliff	23	3–20

Most-beaten opponent: Claek Phelps (19–1).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2022	1	1	100%
2019	2	0	49%
2018	2	0	64%
2016	2	1	71%
2015	2	0	28%

Boats

RUMbunctious · Melges 24 · 9 events · 2015–2022

Where they race

Charlevoix, MI, USA · 4 events
North Charleston, SC, USA · 3 events
Traverse City, MI, USA · 2 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: 55 (±216), #34,364. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.