Sailor · 2010–2015

Bob Merrick

pyc Handicap Formula 18 F-18 F-16

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Events: 15
Win rate: 13%
Podium rate: 73%
Typically beats: 89%
Best class ranking: #1
Longest win streak: 8

Most successful partnership: Tyler Burd
Biggest lift: Tyler Burd
Nemesis: Michael Easton
Rival: John Tomko
Best day: 19 Oct 2013
Signature result: 1st of 14

Partnerships · 3 sailors

Most successful partnership: Tyler Burd — 1 wins · 3 podiums in 3 events together

Tyler Burd · Rocket · Handicap 3events 1 wins together · 3 podiums · 3 events · 6 of 17 races won Beat 93% of the fleet together(+5 vs. without) · best 1st · Oct 2011 – Oct 2013
Colin Merrick · Rocket · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 94% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2011 – Jul 2011
Jonathan Farrar · Rocket · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 13 races won Beat 91% of the fleet together · best 6th · Sep 2011 – Sep 2011

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

Rating history

Event history · 15

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
15 Aug 2015	New England 100	Rocket	Formula 18	Skipper	2nd / 12
6 Jun 2015	Wickford Regatta 2015	281	F-18 F-16	Skipper	2nd / 14
7 Jun 2014	Wickford Regatta 2014	Rocket	F-18 F-16	Skipper	5th / 20
19 Oct 2013	2013 F18 Americas Championship Regatta	281	Formula 18	Skipper	6th / 56
12 Oct 2013	2013 Heineken High Performance Dinghy Open	Rocket	Handicap	Other	2nd / 10
24 Aug 2013	2013 NACRA 17, 49er & 49erFX US National Championship	NACRA	Nacra 17	Skipper	7th / 13
18 May 2013	Wickford Regatta 2013	Rocket	F-18 F-16	Skipper	1st / 8
6 Oct 2012	2012 Heineken High Performance Dinghy Open	Rocket	Handicap	Other	1st / 14
19 May 2012	Wickford Regatta 2012	Rocket	Formula 18	Skipper	2nd / 15
7 Oct 2011	2011 Heineken High Performance Dinghy Open	Rocket	Handicap	Other	2nd / 10
20 Sep 2011	2011 North American Formula 18 Championship	Rocket	Handicap	Other	6th / 54
5 Aug 2011	2011 Buzzards Bay Regatta	Rocket	Formula 18	Skipper	2nd / 15
9 Jul 2011	2011 The Newport Regatta®	Rocket	Handicap	Other	2nd / 17
9 Oct 2010	2010 Heineken High Performance Dinghy Open	The New Normal	Handicap	Skipper	2nd / 16
30 Jul 2010	2010 Hyannis Regatta	11	Handicap	Skipper	3rd / 16

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Helm	611 provisional	#929 band 406–1879	—
Formula 18 Helm	364 provisional	#22 band 9–42	—
F-18 F-16 Helm	355 provisional	#1 band 1–2	—

1 more class, not yet ranked

Nacra 17 · Helm · 9 races, 1 event · rating 54

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	15 events	2 wins	beats 89%
As crew	0 events	0 wins	beats —

How they race

Closer	+2 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−7 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	77%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	93%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Michael Easton	88	26–62
Sandra Tartaglino	81	57–24
Todd Riccardi	73	60–13
Blair Toland	66	65–1
Chris Titcomb	66	55–11
Armando Garbero	61	61–0
Brooks Reed	56	43–13
Gregory Vadasdi	47	45–2
Kenneth Madsen	45	41–4
Robert Todd	45	44–1
Joseph Valante	41	40–1
John Giuliano	40	32–8

Most-beaten opponent: Blair Toland (65–1).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2015	2	0	92%
2014	1	0	79%
2013	4	1	82%
2012	2	1	96%
2011	4	0	92%
2010	2	0	90%

Boats

Rocket · Formula 18, F-18 F-16, Handicap · 10 events · 2011–2015
281 · F-18 F-16, Formula 18 · 2 events · 2013–2015
NACRA · Nacra 17 · 1 events · 2013
The New Normal · Handicap · 1 events · 2010
11 · Handicap · 1 events · 2010

Where they race

North Kingstown, RI · 4 events
Rye, NY, USA · 4 events
Hyannis Port, MA, USA · 1 events
Newport, RI, USA · 1 events
Sarasota, FL · 1 events
Hyannis Yacht Club · 1 events

Is this you?

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Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 611, #929. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.