Sailor · 2015–2025

Michael Illbruck

yacht club costa smeralda J/70 Melges 20 Star

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Events: 16
Win rate: 31%
Podium rate: 44%
Typically beats: 87%
Best class ranking: #24
Longest win streak: 2

Most successful partnership: John Kostecki
Best trio: Federico Michetti & John Kostecki
Biggest lift: John Kostecki
Longest-running crew: John Kostecki
Nemesis: Guido Miani
Rival: Alessandro Rombelli
Best day: 25 Aug 2016
Signature result: 1st of 56

Partnerships · 11 sailors

Most successful partnership: John Kostecki — 4 wins · 5 podiums in 9 events together · 44% win rate

John Kostecki · MINNA, Pinta, PINTA · ClubSwan 36, J/70, Melges 20 9events 4 wins together · 5 podiums · 44% win rate · 9 of 63 races won Beat 85% of the fleet together(+7 vs. without) · best 1st · Apr 2016 – Jul 2022
Federico Michetti · Pinta, PINTA · J/70, Melges 20 5events 2 wins together · 3 podiums · 40% win rate · 6 of 33 races won Beat 84% of the fleet together(+4 vs. without) · best 1st · Apr 2016 – Dec 2019
Patrick Wilson · Pinta · J/70 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 2 of 16 races won Beat 97% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jul 2021 – Jul 2022
Giulio Desiderato · Pinta · J/70 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 1 race won Beat 44% of the fleet together · best 21st · Dec 2019 – Dec 2019
Stefano Ciampalini · MINNA · ClubSwan 36 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 44% of the fleet together · best 6th · Jun 2021 – Jun 2021
Dimitri Simons · MINNA · ClubSwan 36 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 44% of the fleet together · best 6th · Jun 2021 – Jun 2021
Will Felder · Pinta · J/70 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 2 of 8 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jul 2021 – Jul 2021
Goncalo Ribeiro · Pinta · J/70 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 94% of the fleet together · best 5th · Jul 2022 – Jul 2022
Don Cowie · MINNA · ClubSwan 36 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 44% of the fleet together · best 6th · Jun 2021 – Jun 2021
Matteo Ramain · MINNA · ClubSwan 36 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 44% of the fleet together · best 6th · Jun 2021 – Jun 2021

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

Rating history

Event history · 16

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
8 Nov 2025	2025 STAR DISTRICT 20 CHAMPIONSHIP REGATTA (Blue and Green Star)	SUI 8550	Star	Skipper	5th / 11
15 Jul 2022	J70 Cup - Open Italian Championship Riva del Garda	Pinta	J/70	Skipper	5th / 69
4 Feb 2022	2021/2022 DIYC J 70 Winter Series 3 (2022 Midwinter)	Pinta	J/70	Other	17th / 63
28 Jan 2022	2022 Bacardi Invitational Winter Series - Event 2	Pinta	J/70	Other	4th / 24
5 Dec 2021	2021/2022 DIYC J 70 Winter Series 1 (2021 Midwinter)	Pinta	J/70	Other	2nd / 57
9 Jul 2021	J/70 CUP 2021 Malcesine	Pinta	J/70	Skipper	1st / 53
25 Jun 2021	2021 Swan Sardinia Challenge - The Nations League	MINNA	ClubSwan 36	Helm	6th / 10
22 Jan 2021	2021 Bacardi Invitational Winter Series - Event 2	Pinta	J/70	Other	11th / 20
8 Feb 2020	2019/2020 DIYC J 70 Winter Series 3	Pinta	J/70	Other	1st / 50
14 Dec 2019	2020 Bacardi Invitational Winter Series - Event 1	Pinta	J/70	Other	21st / 37
25 Aug 2016	2016 Melges 20 World Championship	Pinta	Melges 20	Other	1st / 56
1 Jul 2016	2016 Melges 20 Sailing Series // Act 4	PINTA	Melges 20	Other	1st / 50
10 Jun 2016	2016 Melges 20 Sailing Series // Act 3	PINTA	Melges 20	Other	7th / 35
6 May 2016	2016 Melges 20 Sailing Series // Act 2	PINTA	Melges 20	Skipper	1st / 33
15 Apr 2016	2016 Melges 20 Sailing Series // Act 1	PINTA	Melges 20	Other	3rd / 40
1 Oct 2015	2015 Audi Melges 20 World Championship	Pinta	Melges 20	Helm	11th / 39

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Helm	356 provisional	#6763 band 3353–12649	—
Melges 20 Helm	361 provisional	#24 band 12–48	+8.2
J/70 Helm	291 provisional	#191 band 100–376	+9.6

2 more classes, not yet ranked

ClubSwan 36 · Helm · 7 races, 1 event · rating -5
Star · Helm · 4 races, 1 event · rating 51

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	16 events	5 wins	beats 81%
As crew	0 events	0 wins	beats —

How they race

Closer	+2 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−8 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	59%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	89%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Krzysztof Krempec	46	34–12
Achille Onorato	46	29–17
Alessandro Rombelli	46	24–21
Claudio Dutto	46	41–5
Richard Davies	46	30–16
Oleg Evdokimenko	46	40–6
Guido Miani	45	19–26
Dario Levi	44	31–13
Matteo Marenghi Vaselli	44	30–13
Marco Franchini	38	28–10
Manfredi Vianini Tolomei	38	33–5
Igor Rytov	38	28–10

Most-beaten opponent: Claudio Dutto (41–5).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	1	0	60%
2022	3	0	85%
2021	4	1	73%
2020	1	1	100%
2019	1	0	44%
2016	5	3	95%
2015	1	0	74%

Boats

Pinta · J/70, Melges 20 · 14 events · 2015–2022
SUI 8550 · Star · 1 events · 2025
MINNA · ClubSwan 36 · 1 events · 2021

Where they race

Tampa, FL, USA · 3 events
Miami, FL, USA · 3 events
Riva del Garda, Garda, Italy · 1 events
Porto Ercole, Italy · 1 events
Tiburon, CA, USA · 1 events
Talamone, Italy · 1 events

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Helm rating across all classes: 356, #6,763. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.