Sailor · 2010–2023

Susan Backus Starr

vermilion boat club T-10

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Events: 5
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 60%
Typically beats: 72%
Best class ranking: #89

Longest-running crew: Gretchen Backus Loper
Nemesis: Greg Kinney
Rival: Scott Irwin
Best day: 5 Aug 2010
Signature result: 3rd of 26

Partnerships · 12 sailors

Gretchen Backus Loper · Nuts, NUTS · T-10 5events 0 wins together · 3 podiums · 0% win rate · 4 of 34 races won Beat 71% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Aug 2010 – Sep 2023
Christy Parsons · Nuts, NUTS · T-10 4events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 3 of 22 races won Beat 66% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Aug 2016 – Sep 2023
Amy Backus · Nuts, NUTS · T-10 4events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 3 of 22 races won Beat 66% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Aug 2016 – Sep 2023
Heidi Backus · Nuts, NUTS · T-10 3events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 3 of 23 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Aug 2010 – Jun 2019
Pam Gregory · Nuts, NUTS · T-10 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 2 of 14 races won Beat 58% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jun 2019 – Sep 2023
John Shockey · Nuts, NUTS · T-10 2events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 2 of 20 races won Beat 92% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Aug 2010 – Aug 2016
Heidi Backus Riddle · NUTS · T-10 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 11 races won Beat 65% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Aug 2022 – Sep 2023
Clare Elden · Nuts · T-10 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 3 races won Beat 42% of the fleet together · best 12th · Jun 2019 – Jun 2019
Molly Gregory · NUTS · T-10 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 56% of the fleet together · best 9th · Aug 2022 – Aug 2022
Kelly Disbrow · NUTS · T-10 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 4 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Sep 2023 – Sep 2023

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

Rating history

Event history · 5

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
22 Sep 2023	The 216 Regatta 2023	NUTS	T-10	Crew	2nd / 5
11 Aug 2022	2022 Tartan Ten North American Championship	NUTS	T-10	Pit	9th / 19
14 Jun 2019	2019 Cleveland Race Week - One Design	Nuts	T-10	Pit	12th / 20
12 Aug 2016	2016 Tartan Ten North American Championship	Nuts	T-10	Other	3rd / 23
5 Aug 2010	2010 T-Ten North American Championship	NUTS	T-10	Other	3rd / 26

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Crew	232 provisional	#12373 band 6300–22762	—
T-10 Crew	227 provisional	#89 band 52–135	−0.1

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	5 events	0 wins	beats 71%

Positions: Pit (2)

How they race

Closer	−10 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	+1 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Scott Irwin	30	17–13
Ken Schram	27	24–3
John Barker	23	19–4
Steve Sackett	20	18–2
Jim Ward	20	10–10
Robb Finicle	20	15–5
John Schaeffer	20	20–0
Dave Disbrow	20	16–4
Ted Pinkerton	20	7–13
Doug Scheibner	19	11–8
Hanson Bratton	19	14–5
Greg Kinney	18	6–12

Most-beaten opponent: Ken Schram (24–3).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2023	1	75%
2022	1	56%
2019	1	42%
2016	1	91%
2010	1	92%

Boats

NUTS · T-10 · 5 events · 2010–2023

Where they race

Detroit, MI, USA · 2 events
Cleveland, OH, USA · 1 events
Vermilion, OH, USA · 1 events
Cleveland, OH · 1 events

Is this you?

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Crew rating across all classes: 232, #12,373. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.