Sailor · 2012–2025

Michael Vergalla

stfyc sfyc tyc Express 37 PHRF handicap Handicap

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Events: 13
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 46%
Typically beats: 60%
Best class ranking: #16

Biggest lift: Phillipe Bellevin
Longest-running crew: Bartz Schneider
Nemesis: Kame Richards
Best day: 26 Jun 2013
Signature result: 2nd of 9

Partnerships · 37 sailors

Bartz Schneider · Afterglow, Asterias, Expeditious, EXPEDITIOUS · Express 37, Handicap, PHRF handicap 13events 0 wins together · 6 podiums · 0% win rate · 7 of 81 races won Beat 61% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jan 2012 – Sep 2025
Marshall Schneider · Asterias, Expeditious · Express 37, Handicap, PHRF handicap 11events 0 wins together · 4 podiums · 0% win rate · 4 of 72 races won Beat 56% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Sep 2016 – Sep 2025
Andrew Kirsch · Afterglow, Expeditious · Express 37, PHRF handicap 11events 0 wins together · 5 podiums · 0% win rate · 7 of 71 races won Beat 61% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jun 2013 – Sep 2025
Chris Hackett · Asterias, Expeditious · Express 37, Handicap 9events 0 wins together · 4 podiums · 0% win rate · 4 of 63 races won Beat 62% of the fleet together(+5 vs. without) · best 2nd · Sep 2016 – Sep 2025
Elizabeth Little · Expeditious · Express 37, PHRF handicap 9events 0 wins together · 3 podiums · 0% win rate · 4 of 56 races won Beat 56% of the fleet together(−16 vs. without) · best 2nd · Sep 2017 – Sep 2025
Denis Marriott · Expeditious · Express 37, PHRF handicap 8events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 0% win rate · 3 of 49 races won Beat 54% of the fleet together(−16 vs. without) · best 2nd · Sep 2016 – Sep 2025
Paul Caturegli · Expeditious · Express 37, PHRF handicap 7events 0 wins together · 3 podiums · 0% win rate · 2 of 44 races won Beat 57% of the fleet together(−8 vs. without) · best 2nd · Sep 2016 – Sep 2024
Phillipe Bellevin · Expeditious · Express 37 4events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 1 of 26 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together(+10 vs. without) · best 2nd · Sep 2019 – Sep 2024
Aaron Stagg · Expeditious · Express 37 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 14 races won Beat 54% of the fleet together · best 4th · Sep 2017 – Sep 2018
Mason Smith · Expeditious · Express 37 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 14 races won Beat 63% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Sep 2024 – Sep 2025

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

Rating history

Event history · 13

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
11 Sep 2025	2025 Rolex Big Boat Series	Expeditious	Express 37	Crew	5th / 9
12 Sep 2024	2024 Rolex Big Boat Series	Expeditious	Express 37	Main Trimmer	2nd / 5
14 Sep 2023	2023 Rolex Big Boat Series	Expeditious	Express 37	Main Trimmer	4th / 8
15 Sep 2022	2022 Rolex Big Boat Series	Expeditious	Express 37	Other	2nd / 5
1 May 2022	2022 Antigua Sailing Week	Asterias	Handicap	Other	7th / 10
16 Sep 2021	2021 Rolex Big Boat Series	Expeditious	Express 37	Main Trimmer	4th / 8
19 Jun 2021	2021 SFYC Club Championship Series	Expeditious	PHRF handicap	Crew	6th / 6
12 Sep 2019	2019 Rolex Big Boat Series	Expeditious	Express 37	Main Trimmer	2nd / 6
13 Sep 2018	2018 Rolex Big Boat Series	Expeditious	Express 37	Other	4th / 8
14 Sep 2017	2017 Rolex Big Boat Series	Expeditious	Express 37	Other	4th / 7
15 Sep 2016	2016 Rolex Big Boat Series	Expeditious	Express 37	Main Trimmer	2nd / 7
24 Jun 2013	2013 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race Week XXV	Afterglow	PHRF handicap	Main Trimmer	2nd / 9
1 Jan 2012	2012 - Three Bridge Fiasco	EXPEDITIOUS	Express 37	Skipper	2nd / 7

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Crew	311 provisional	#7232 band 4389–11517	—
Express 37 Crew	180 provisional	#16 band 9–28	+0.4

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	0 wins	beats 83%
As crew	12 events	0 wins	beats 59%

Positions: Main Trimmer (6)

How they race

Closer	−10 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−12 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	53%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	61%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Robert Lugliani	50	38–12
Jack Peurach	47	30–17
Sandy Andersen Wertanen	38	32–6
Andy Schwenk	33	12–21
Heidi Hall	28	8–20
Shawn Ivie	26	10–16
Kame Richards	19	2–17
Michael Laport	14	6–8
Robert Harford	14	10–4
MarkHeidi Chaffey	14	7–7
Gavin Corn	14	12–2
Laurence Baskin	14	11–3

Most-beaten opponent: Robert Lugliani (38–12).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2025	1	50%
2024	1	75%
2023	1	57%
2022	2	54%
2021	2	29%
2019	1	80%
2018	1	57%
2017	1	50%
2016	1	83%
2013	1	88%
2012	1	83%

Boats

Expeditious · Express 37, PHRF handicap · 11 events · 2012–2025
Asterias · Handicap · 1 events · 2022
Afterglow · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2013

Where they race

San Francisco, CA, USA · 8 events
San Francisco, CA · 1 events
Block Island, RI, USA · 1 events
English Harbour, Antigua, West Indies · 1 events
CA · 1 events
JACKY · 1 events

Is this you?

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Crew rating across all classes: 311, #7,232. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.