Sailor · 2015–2024

Pete Balash

san francisco yc TP52 IRC handicap ORC handicap

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Events: 11
Win rate: 36%
Podium rate: 91%
Typically beats: 76%
Best class ranking: #119
Longest win streak: 4

Most successful partnership: Sean Couvreux
Best trio: Henry Vogel & Morgan Larson
Biggest lift: Morgan Trubovich
Longest-running crew: Sean Couvreux
Nemesis: Austin Fragomen
Rival: Austin Fragomen
Best day: 24 Jun 2015
Signature result: 1st of 8

Partnerships · 60+ sailors

Most successful partnership: Sean Couvreux — 4 wins · 4 podiums in 5 events together · 80% win rate

Sean Couvreux · Katana, Vitesse · ORC handicap, TP52 5events 4 wins together · 4 podiums · 80% win rate · 12 of 23 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together(+14 vs. without) · best 1st · Mar 2023 – Sep 2024
Nick Ford · Katana · TP52 4events 3 wins together · 3 podiums · 4 events · 11 of 22 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together(+4 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2024 – Sep 2024
Harry West · Katana · TP52 4events 3 wins together · 3 podiums · 4 events · 11 of 22 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together(+4 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2024 – Sep 2024
Andrew Lewis · Katana · TP52 4events 3 wins together · 3 podiums · 4 events · 11 of 22 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together(+4 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2024 – Sep 2024
John Huhn · Katana · TP52 4events 3 wins together · 3 podiums · 4 events · 11 of 22 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together(+4 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2024 – Sep 2024
Franny Schulte · Katana · TP52 4events 3 wins together · 3 podiums · 4 events · 11 of 22 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together(+4 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2024 – Sep 2024
David Gilmour · Katana · TP52 4events 3 wins together · 3 podiums · 4 events · 11 of 22 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together(+4 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2024 – Sep 2024
Gunther Buerman · Hooligan, HOOLIGAN, Numbers · IRC handicap 4events 0 wins together · 4 podiums · 4 events · 12 of 34 races won Beat 70% of the fleet together(−4 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jan 2015 – Jul 2015
Chris Kam · Hooligan, HOOLIGAN, Numbers · IRC handicap 4events 0 wins together · 4 podiums · 4 events · 12 of 34 races won Beat 70% of the fleet together(−4 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jan 2015 – Jul 2015
Thomas Furlong · Vitesse · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 3events 1 wins together · 3 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 3 races won Beat 72% of the fleet together(±0 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2022 – Mar 2023

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

Rating history

Event history · 11

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
13 Sep 2024	2024 GL52 Macatawa Challenge	Katana	TP52	Boat Captain	5th / 5
9 Aug 2024	2024 GL52 Little Traverse Cup	Katana	TP52	Boat Captain	1st / 6
26 Jul 2024	2024 Little Traverse Yacht Club Regatta - Ugotta Regatta	Katana	TP52	Boat Captain	1st / 8
31 May 2024	2024 GL52 Big Red Regatta	Katana	TP52	Boat Captain	1st / 6
10 Mar 2023	2023 NHYC Cabo Race	Vitesse	ORC handicap	Boat Captain	1st / 4
30 May 2022	2022 California Offshore Race Week Series - Coastal Cup	Vitesse	ORC handicap	Boat Captain	2nd / 4
28 May 2022	2022 California Offshore Race Week Series - Spinnaker Cup	Vitesse	PHRF handicap	Boat Captain	3rd / 5
16 Jul 2015	2015 IRC East Coast Championship / Swan 42 Nationals	HOOLIGAN	IRC handicap	Pit	3rd / 6
23 Jun 2015	2015 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race Week XXVI	Hooligan	IRC handicap	Pit	2nd / 6
13 Jun 2015	161st NYYC Annual Regatta presented by Rolex	HOOLIGAN	IRC handicap	Pit	2nd / 10
21 Jan 2015	Quantum Key West Race Week 2015	Numbers	IRC handicap	Captain	2nd / 3

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Crew	440 provisional	#2698 band 1546–4413	—
TP52 Crew	247 provisional	#119 band 54–230	—

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	0 events	0 wins	beats —
As crew	11 events	4 wins	beats 72%

Positions: Boat Captain (7) · Pit (3) · Captain (1)

How they race

Closer	−1 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−19 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	40%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	72%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Heidi Benjamin	24	16–8
Austin Fragomen	24	11–13
Stephen Murray	23	19–4
Doug DeVos	22	16–6
Chris Duhon	22	19–3
Sharon O'Niel III	22	15–7
Laura Hughes	17	14–3
Charlie Morris	15	14–1
Scott Weisman	15	15–0

Most-beaten opponent: Chris Duhon (19–3).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2024	4	3	75%
2023	1	1	100%
2022	2	0	58%
2015	4	0	70%

Boats

Katana · TP52 · 4 events · 2024
Vitesse · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap · 3 events · 2022–2023
HOOLIGAN · IRC handicap · 3 events · 2015
Numbers · IRC handicap · 1 events · 2015

Where they race

Newport, RI, USA · 2 events
California, USA · 2 events
Harbor Springs, MI, USA · 2 events
Holland, MI, USA · 2 events
Key West, FL, USA · 1 events
Block Island, RI, USA · 1 events

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Crew rating across all classes: 440, #2,698. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.