Sailor · 2014–2016

Mel Bruce

Handicap

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Events: 8
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 0%
Typically beats: 32%

Biggest lift: John Nassr
Nemesis: Dick Backstrom
Signature result: 4th of 9

Partnerships · 4 sailors

John Nassr · Looby Lou, Tiger Pause, Tiger Pause / ZZ Hull 04 · Handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 11 races won Beat 39% of the fleet together(+13 vs. without) · best 4th · Apr 2014 – Mar 2016
Robert Marie · Looby Lou, Tiger Pause, Tiger Pause / ZZ Hull 04 · Handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 11 races won Beat 39% of the fleet together(+13 vs. without) · best 4th · Apr 2014 – Mar 2016
Pete Paterson · Looby Lou, Tiger Pause, Tiger Pause / ZZ Hull 04 · Handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 11 races won Beat 39% of the fleet together(+13 vs. without) · best 4th · Apr 2014 – Mar 2016
Patrick Blue · Tiger Pause / ZZ Hull 04 · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 40% of the fleet together · best 7th · Apr 2015 – Apr 2015

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

Rating history

Event history · 8

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
1 Apr 2016	2016 BVI Spring Regatta	Team Hudson - Looby Lou	Handicap	Skipper	7th / 8
30 Mar 2016	2016 BVI Sailing Festival - Scrub Island Invitational	Looby Lou	Handicap	Skipper	19th / 22
29 Mar 2016	2016 BVI Sailing Festival - Round Tortola Race for the Nanny Cay Cup	Looby Lou	Handicap	Skipper	12th / 22
3 Apr 2015	2015 BVI Spring Regatta	Tiger Pause / ZZ Hull 04	Handicap	Skipper	7th / 11
31 Mar 2015	2015 BVI Sailing Festival - Round Tortola Race for the Nanny Cay Cup	Team Bruce / ZZ Hull 04	Handicap	Skipper	12th / 15
4 Apr 2014	2014 BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival	Tiger Pause	Handicap	Skipper	4th / 9
2 Apr 2014	2014 BVI Sailing Festival - Caribbean Insurers Island Invitational	Tiger Pause	Handicap	Skipper	8th / 8
1 Apr 2014	2014 BVI Sailing Festival - Round Tortola Race	Tiger Pause	Handicap	Skipper	9th / 16

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Helm	-106 provisional	#71730 band 55002–81015	—

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	8 events	0 wins	beats 31%
As crew	0 events	0 wins	beats —

How they race

Closer	−3 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−10 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	60%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	29%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Dick Backstrom	12	1–11

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2016	3	25%
2015	2	31%
2014	3	36%

Boats

Tiger Pause · Handicap · 3 events · 2014
Looby Lou · Handicap · 2 events · 2016
Team Hudson - Looby Lou · Handicap · 1 events · 2016
Tiger Pause / ZZ Hull 04 · Handicap · 1 events · 2015
Team Bruce / ZZ Hull 04 · Handicap · 1 events · 2015

Where they race

Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands · 8 events

Is this you?

Claim it to merge duplicates and remove results that aren’t yours. Changes apply at the nightly rebuild.

Helm rating across all classes: -106, #71,730. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.