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Sailor · 2009–2022

Michael Claxton

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Events
7

53 races · 0 race wins

Win rate
0%

0% win rate · 0 of 7

Podium rate
14%

1 top-three finishes

Typically beats
54%

of boats faced (range 47%–61%, 142 boats)

Best class ranking
#341

Crew in Melges 24 · rating 139

Biggest lift
Stefano Cherin

+4 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
Richard Thompson

Oct 2019 – Mar 2022 · 5 events

Nemesis
Bruce Ayres

9–23 head to head in 32 races

Rival
Peter Karrié

14–18 in 32 races

Best day
12 Oct 2019

17-15-6 · 2019 Melges 24 World Championship

Signature result
3rd of 25

2020 Bacardi Invitational Winter Series - Event 2 · Melges 24 · 25 Jan 2020

Partnerships · 33 sailors

  • Richard Thompson · Black Seal, BLACK SEAL · ClubSwan 36, Melges 24 5events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 38 races won Beat 53% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Oct 2019 – Mar 2022
  • Nigel Young · Black Seal, BLACK SEAL · ClubSwan 36, Melges 24 5events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 38 races won Beat 53% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Oct 2019 – Mar 2022
  • Stefano Cherin · Black Seal, BLACK SEAL · ClubSwan 36, Melges 24 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 32 races won Beat 43% of the fleet together(+4 vs. without) · best 7th · Oct 2019 – Mar 2022
  • Jeremy Elliott · BLACK SEAL, Tschüss · ClubSwan 36, IRC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 15 races won Beat 29% of the fleet together · best 4th · Jan 2016 – Aug 2021
  • Catherine Alton · Black Seal · Melges 24 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 16 races won Beat 74% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Oct 2019 – Jan 2020
  • Sara Zuppin · Black Seal, BLACK SEAL · Melges 24 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 16 races won Beat 41% of the fleet together · best 11th · Jan 2022 – Mar 2022
  • Kris Bundy · Braveheart · TP52 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 5th · Sep 2009 – Sep 2009
  • Keith Glynn · Tschüss · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 25% of the fleet together · best 4th · Jan 2016 – Jan 2016
  • Karl Funk · Braveheart · TP52 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 5th · Sep 2009 – Sep 2009
  • Jas Farneti · BLACK SEAL · ClubSwan 36 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 33% of the fleet together · best 7th · Aug 2021 – Aug 2021

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

Rating history

-148-81-152010201220142016201820202022Crew rating, all classes

Event history · 7

Crew rating across all classes: -15, #45,734. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.