Sailor · 2025–2026

Vanessa Mellinger

san diego yacht club 29er 420 Laser Radial

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Events: 7
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 0%
Typically beats: 44%

Biggest lift: Sean Kaseburg
Nemesis: Olympia Barelli
Best day: 13 Sep 2025
Signature result: 6th of 33

Partnerships · 5 sailors

Sean Kaseburg · Sean Kaseburg · 29er, 420, Handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 48 races won Beat 71% of the fleet together(+43 vs. without) · best 5th · Aug 2025 – Jan 2026
Lauren Howe · Sean Kaseburg · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 30 races won Beat 84% of the fleet together · best 6th · Aug 2025 – Aug 2025
Kaya Hancock · Kaya Hancock · 420 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 34% of the fleet together · best 28th · Jan 2025 – Jan 2025
Isabella Cason · Vanessa Mellinger · 29er 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 12% of the fleet together · best 16th · Mar 2026 – Mar 2026
Julia Stewart · Julia Stewart · 29er 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 64% of the fleet together · best 5th · Oct 2025 – Oct 2025

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

Rating history

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

Event history · 7

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
9 Oct 2026	2026 US Youth Championship	Vanessa Mellinger	Laser Radial	Skipper	58th / 60
20 Mar 2026	2026 High Performance Midwinters	Vanessa Mellinger	29er	Skipper	16th / 18
10 Jan 2026	SCYYRA Hamlin Series #2	Sean Kaseburg	29er	Crew	5th / 9
25 Oct 2025	2025 Fall Dinghy & RS Tera North American Championship	Julia Stewart	29er	Crew	5th / 12
13 Sep 2025	2025 C420 Pacific Coast Championship and Perry Series #1	Sean Kaseburg	420	Crew	12th / 54
15 Aug 2025	2025-2026 SCYYRA Series	Sean Kaseburg	Handicap	Crew	6th / 33
25 Jan 2025	2024-25 SCYYRA Perry Series #3	Kaya Hancock	420	Crew	28th / 42

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Adj. ±
All classes Crew	128 provisional	#23311 band 12658–38597	—

5 more classes, not yet ranked

All classes · Helm · 17 races, 2 events · rating -140
29er · Crew · 16 races, 2 events · rating 62
420 · Crew · 16 races, 2 events · rating 16
29er · Helm · 9 races, 1 event · rating -100
Laser Radial · Helm · 8 races, 1 event · rating -136

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	2 events	0 wins	beats 8%
As crew	5 events	0 wins	beats 62%

How they race

Closer	+6 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−13 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Big fleets (25+)	50%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Olympia Barelli	41	6–35
Theo Goodman	27	9–16
Braden Ozarski	27	9–18
Taylor Escola	24	6–18
Fenton Wallace	22	12–10
Vesper Gronborg	20	13–6
Julia Stewart	19	0–19
Noah Nelken	16	15–1
Vance Khamsi	16	9–7
Wyatt Kelly	16	2–14
Nick Lech	16	2–14
Katlia Sherman	16	4–12

Most-beaten opponent: Noah Nelken (15–1).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	3	0	22%
2025	4	0	65%

Boats

Sean Kaseburg · 29er, 420, Handicap · 3 events · 2025–2026
Vanessa Mellinger · Laser Radial, 29er · 2 events · 2026
Julia Stewart · 29er · 1 events · 2025
Kaya Hancock · 420 · 1 events · 2025

Where they race

Long Beach, CA · 3 events
San Pedro, CA · 1 events
SCYYRA · 1 events
Coronado, CA · 1 events
San Francisco, CA · 1 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: 128 (±208), #23,311.Helm rating across all classes: -140 (±226). Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.