Sailor · 2010–2025

David Steichen

ryc ORC handicap Handicap PHRF handicap

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Events: 17
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 0%
Typically beats: 50%

Biggest lift: Greg Rohde
Longest-running crew: Reuben Rocci
Nemesis: Peter Wagner
Rival: Romeo Uriarte
Best day: 18 Sep 2010
Signature result: 6th of 31

Partnerships · 25 sailors

Reuben Rocci · Swift Ness, SWIFT NESS · Handicap, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 12events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 2 of 68 races won Beat 37% of the fleet together(−13 vs. without) · best 4th · Sep 2017 – Sep 2025
Ralph Wedge · Swift Ness · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 11events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 2 of 67 races won Beat 35% of the fleet together(−17 vs. without) · best 4th · Sep 2017 – Sep 2025
Nesrin Basoz · Swift Ness · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 11events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 2 of 67 races won Beat 35% of the fleet together(−17 vs. without) · best 4th · Sep 2017 – Sep 2025
Greg Rohde · SIRENA, Swift Ness · Handicap, ORC handicap 10events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 1 of 45 races won Beat 41% of the fleet together(±0 vs. without) · best 4th · Jan 2016 – Sep 2023
Jack Feller · Swift Ness · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 9events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 2 of 53 races won Beat 36% of the fleet together(−10 vs. without) · best 4th · Sep 2017 – Sep 2025
Marcus Canestra · Swift Ness · ORC handicap 7events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 2 of 45 races won Beat 35% of the fleet together(−10 vs. without) · best 4th · Sep 2017 – Sep 2022
Mark Warren · Swift Ness · ORC handicap 7events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 2 of 50 races won Beat 38% of the fleet together(−5 vs. without) · best 4th · Sep 2018 – Sep 2023
Stefano Lindt · Swift Ness · ORC handicap 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 2 of 29 races won Beat 41% of the fleet together(±0 vs. without) · best 4th · Sep 2019 – Aug 2022
Garrett Koontz · Swift Ness · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 15 races won Beat 39% of the fleet together(−3 vs. without) · best 4th · Sep 2024 – Sep 2025
Chase VanDerveer · Swift Ness · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 40% of the fleet together · best 4th · May 2025 – Sep 2025

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

Rating history

— Helm rating, full-size sailing · - - Crew rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 17

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
11 Sep 2025	2025 Rolex Big Boat Series	Swift Ness	ORC handicap	Crew	8th / 9
24 May 2025	2025 California Offshore Race Week Series - Spinnaker Cup	Swift Ness	PHRF handicap	Bow	4th / 10
12 Sep 2024	2024 Rolex Big Boat Series	Swift Ness	ORC handicap	Bow	6th / 9
14 Sep 2023	2023 Rolex Big Boat Series	Swift Ness	ORC handicap	Bow	5th / 6
28 Jan 2023	2023 - Three Bridge Fiasco	SWIFT NESS	Handicap	Skipper	13th / 33
15 Sep 2022	2022 Rolex Big Boat Series	Swift Ness	ORC handicap	Bow	7th / 10
19 Aug 2022	2022 Aldo Alessio Race & Phyllis Kleinman Swiftsure Regatta	Swift Ness	ORC handicap	Bow	5th / 10
16 Sep 2021	2021 Rolex Big Boat Series	Swift Ness	ORC handicap	Bow	4th / 9
20 Aug 2021	2021 Aldo Alessio; Phyllis Kleinman Swiftsure Cup; Santa Cruz 27 National Championship	Swift Ness	ORC handicap	Bow	8th / 9
12 Sep 2019	2019 Rolex Big Boat Series	Swift Ness	ORC handicap	Bow	5th / 7
13 Sep 2018	2018 Rolex Big Boat Series	Swift Ness	ORC handicap	Bow	7th / 13
14 Sep 2017	2017 Rolex Big Boat Series	Swift Ness	ORC handicap	Bow	9th / 9
15 Apr 2017	2017 - Round the Rocks	SIRENA	Handicap	Skipper	9th / 10
25 Mar 2017	2017 - Corinthian	SIRENA	Handicap	Skipper	7th / 12
19 Mar 2016	2016 - Corinthian	SIRENA	Handicap	Skipper	5th / 9
30 Jan 2016	2016 - Three Bridge Fiasco	SIRENA	Handicap	Skipper	6th / 31
15 Sep 2010	2010 Rolex Big Boat Series	Business Time	J/105	Mast	10th / 24

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	262 provisional	#10229 band 6010–16560	—

2 more classes, not yet ranked

J/105 · Crew · 7 races, 1 event · rating 38
Full-size sailing · Helm · 5 races, 5 events · rating 42

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	5 events	0 wins	beats 51%
As crew	12 events	0 wins	beats 37%

Positions: Bow (10) · Mast (1)

How they race

Closer	+6 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−9 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	54%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	33%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Gregory Dorn	31	20–11
Thomas Furlong	27	9–18
Mark Kennedy	25	18–7
David Halliwill	24	6–18
Barry Lewis	24	4–20
Romeo Uriarte	24	13–11
Peter Wagner	23	2–21
John Clauser	20	19–0
Nicholas Grebe	19	18–1
Paul Dorsey	18	4–14
Mark Dowdy	14	14–0
Bernard Girod	14	0–14

Most-beaten opponent: John Clauser (19–0).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2025	2	40%
2024	1	38%
2023	2	41%
2022	2	44%
2021	2	38%
2019	1	33%
2018	1	50%
2017	3	19%
2016	2	67%
2010	1	61%

Boats

Swift Ness · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap, Handicap · 12 events · 2017–2025
SIRENA · Handicap · 4 events · 2016–2017
Business Time · J/105 · 1 events · 2010

Where they race

San Francisco, CA, USA · 10 events
Singlehanded Sailing Society · 5 events
San Francisco, CA · 1 events
California, USA · 1 events

Is this you?

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Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 262, #10,229.Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 42. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.