Sailor · 2013–2023

Rafael Acosta

Melges 32 ORC handicap Handicap

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Events: 4
Win rate: 0
Podium rate: 0
Typically beats: 12%

Nemesis: Jaime Torres
Signature result: 5th of 7

Partnerships · 18 sailors

Fernando Padro · Inception, Soca, SOCA · Handicap, Melges 32, ORC handicap 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 30 races won Beat 8% of the fleet together · best 5th · Apr 2013 – Sep 2023
Luis Juarbe · Soca, SOCA · Handicap, Melges 32 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 29 races won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 5th · Apr 2013 – Jan 2019
Pedro Durieux · SOCA · Handicap, Melges 32 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 17 races won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 5th · Apr 2013 – May 2013
Ivan Aponte · SOCA · Handicap, Melges 32 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 17 races won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 5th · Apr 2013 – May 2013
Jose Matos · SOCA · Handicap, Melges 32 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 17 races won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 5th · Apr 2013 – May 2013
Nick Nilsen · Inception · ORC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 33% of the fleet together · best 5th · Sep 2023 – Sep 2023
Leo Vasiliev · Inception · ORC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 33% of the fleet together · best 5th · Sep 2023 – Sep 2023
Jasper Waldman · Inception · ORC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 33% of the fleet together · best 5th · Sep 2023 – Sep 2023
Mariano Richiusa · Soca · Melges 32 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 12 races won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 9th · Jan 2019 – Jan 2019
Kevin Morgan · Inception · ORC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 33% of the fleet together · best 5th · Sep 2023 – Sep 2023

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Rating history

Event history · 4

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
1 Sep 2023	2023 Vineyard Race	Inception	ORC handicap	Grinder	5th / 7
19 Jan 2019	2019 Melges 32 Winter Series	Soca	Melges 32	Pit	9th / 9
25 May 2013	2013 Puerto Rico Heineken International Regatta	SOCA	Handicap	Other	5th / 5
26 Apr 2013	2013 Melges 32 Virgin Island Series : Event 4	SOCA	Melges 32	Other	7th / 7

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	-71 provisional	#54096 band 41959–61255	—

1 more class, not yet ranked

Melges 32 · Crew · 19 races, 2 events · rating -109

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	4 events	0 wins	beats 8%

Positions: Grinder (1) · Pit (1)

How they race

Closer	−6 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	+3 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Small fleets	8%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Jaime Torres	17	0–17
John Poulson	12	1–11
Jeremy Alexis	12	3–9
Kevin Young	12	5–7
George Booker	12	6–6
Jody Abrams	12	4–8
Terry McSweeney	12	3–9

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2023	1	33%
2019	1	0%
2013	2	0%

Boats

Soca · Melges 32, Handicap · 3 events · 2013–2019
Inception · ORC handicap · 1 events · 2023

Where they race

Humacao, PR, USA · 1 events
Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands · 1 events
Stamford, CT, USA · 1 events
Tampa, FL, USA · 1 events

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Crew rating, Full-size sailing: -71, #54,096. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.