Sailor · 2009–2025

Robert Macdonald

sss Handicap Thistle PHRF handicap

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Events: 30
Win rate: 17%
Podium rate: 60%
Typically beats: 52%
Longest win streak: 3

Most successful partnership: Jason Winkel
Biggest lift: Jason Winkel
Nemesis: Wayne Balsiger
Signature result: 1st of 10

Partnerships · 5 sailors

Most successful partnership: Jason Winkel — 1 wins · 3 podiums in 4 events together

Jason Winkel · NINA · Handicap 4events 1 wins together · 3 podiums · 4 events · 1 of 4 races won Beat 63% of the fleet together(+8 vs. without) · best 1st · Mar 2015 – Jun 2023
Walter Macdonald · Peril, Robert MacDonald · Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 31% of the fleet together · best 6th · Aug 2022 – Jul 2023
Henry Veenhoven · enterprise · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 10% of the fleet together · best 12th · Jun 2014 – May 2015
Tom Warren · NINA · Olson 30 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jan 2012 – Jan 2012
Edward Spalina · Fiasco · Hobie 16 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 14th · Sep 2021 – Sep 2021

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

Rating history

— Helm rating, all classes · - - Crew rating, all classes

Event history · 30

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
7 Jun 2025	7th Annual Saratoga Multi-hull Open Regatta (SMOR)	F16	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 4
28 Jul 2023	Sararoga Multi-hull Open Regatta (SMOR)	Peril	Handicap	Skipper	7th / 9
24 Jun 2023	2023 - 44th Annual Doublehanded Farallones Race	NINA	Handicap	Skipper	3rd / 5
13 May 2023	2023 - Singlehanded Farallones Race	NINA	Handicap	Skipper	2nd / 4
26 Aug 2022	Multi-Hull Regatta	Robert MacDonald	Handicap	Skipper	6th / 9
21 May 2022	2022 - Singlehanded Farallones Race	NINA	Handicap	Skipper	2nd / 3
18 Sep 2021	R.P.S.A. 61st Annual Fall Multihull Regatta / Shark US National Championship	Fiasco	Hobie 16	Other	14th / 14
15 May 2021	2021 - Singlehanded Farallones Race	NINA	Handicap	Skipper	2nd / 6
24 Apr 2021	2021 - Singlehanded No Trophy North Bay Race	NINA	Handicap	Skipper	5th / 7
27 Jun 2020	2020 - Singlehanded Farallones Race	NINA	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 9
11 May 2019	2019 - Singlehanded Farallones Race	NINA	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 10
13 Apr 2019	2019 - Round the Rocks	NINA	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 5
19 May 2018	2018 - Singlehanded Farallones Race	NINA	Handicap	Skipper	2nd / 7
24 Mar 2018	2018 - Doublehanded Farallones / 46026 (Lane Splitter) / Sea Buoy / To The Bar / To The Sea races	NINA	Handicap	Skipper	3rd / 7
8 Jul 2017	2017 Thistle PNW District Championship	Rat Race	Thistle	Skipper	6th / 8
20 May 2017	2017 - Singlehanded Farallones Race	NINA	Handicap	Skipper	2nd / 4
18 Mar 2017	2017 - Doublehanded Farallones / Weather Buoy 46026 (Lane Splitter) / To The Bar / To The Sea races	NINA	Handicap	Skipper	8th / 12
24 Sep 2016	2016 - Half Moon Bay Race	NINA	Handicap	Skipper	3rd / 7
27 Aug 2016	2016 Sequim Bay Regatta	Rat Race	Thistle	Skipper	6th / 7
2 Jul 2016	2016 - Singlehanded Trans Pacific Race (TransPac)	NINA	Handicap	Skipper	3rd / 8
14 May 2016	2016 - Singlehanded Farallones Race	NINA	Handicap	Skipper	2nd / 8
9 Jul 2015	2015 - Great Pacific Longitude Race (LongPac)	NINA	Handicap	Skipper	4th / 8
31 May 2015	2015 Lake Ontario Short-Handed Racing Series	enterprise	PHRF handicap	Main Trimmer	13th / 16
28 Mar 2015	2015 - Doublehanded Farallones Race	NINA	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 5
21 Mar 2015	2015 - Corinthian	NINA	Handicap	Skipper	2nd / 3

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Adj. ±
All classes Helm	68 provisional	#38411 band 24797–54627	—

4 more classes, not yet ranked

Thistle · Helm · 17 races, 2 events · rating -68
All classes · Crew · 5 races, 2 events · rating -102
Hobie 16 · Helm · 1 race, 1 event · rating -55
Olson 30 · Helm · 1 race, 1 event · rating 11

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	28 events	5 wins	beats 59%
As crew	2 events	0 wins	beats 10%

Positions: Main Trimmer (2)

How they race

Closer	+10 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−17 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	39%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets (<12)	62%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Wayne Balsiger	17	6–11

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	1	1	100%
2023	3	0	47%
2022	2	0	44%
2021	3	0	38%
2020	1	1	100%
2019	2	2	100%
2018	2	0	75%
2017	3	0	44%
2016	4	0	60%
2015	5	1	60%
2014	1	0	0%
2013	1	0	0%
2012	1	0	50%
2009	1	0	66%

Boats

NINA · Handicap, Olson 30 · 22 events · 2009–2023
Rat Race · Thistle · 2 events · 2016–2017
enterprise · PHRF handicap · 2 events · 2014–2015
F16 · Handicap · 1 events · 2025
Peril · Handicap · 1 events · 2023
Robert MacDonald · Handicap · 1 events · 2022
Fiasco · Hobie 16 · 1 events · 2021

Where they race

Singlehanded Sailing Society · 15 events
Bay Area Multihull Association · 4 events
Ballston Spa, NY · 3 events
Sequim, WA · 2 events
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada · 2 events
JACKY · 2 events

Is this you?

Claim it to merge duplicates and remove results that aren’t yours. Changes apply at the nightly rebuild.

Helm rating across all classes: 68 (±176), #38,411.Crew rating across all classes: -102 (±235). Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.