Sailor · 2017–2025

Dave Polzer

sbyc J/105 Handicap J/88

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Events: 12
Win rate: 8%
Podium rate: 17%
Typically beats: 51%
Best class ranking: #847
Longest win streak: 2

Longest-running crew: Sergey Lubarsky
Nemesis: Jeff Littfin
Rival: Charles Pick
Best day: 16 Apr 2021
Signature result: 1st of 8

Partnerships · 28 sailors

William Woodruff · Alchera, Russian Roulette · J/105, PHRF handicap 6events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 31 races won Beat 40% of the fleet together(−17 vs. without) · best 6th · Sep 2017 – May 2023
Sergey Lubarsky · Pelagia, Russian Roulette · J/105, J/88 5events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 1 of 31 races won Beat 38% of the fleet together(−18 vs. without) · best 5th · Sep 2017 – Sep 2025
Christos Karamanolis · Pelagia, PELAGIA, Russian Roulette · Handicap, J/105, J/88 5events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 1 of 25 races won Beat 45% of the fleet together(−5 vs. without) · best 3rd · Sep 2018 – Sep 2025
Elizabeth Zhang · Russian Roulette · J/105 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 16 races won Beat 41% of the fleet together(−10 vs. without) · best 9th · Sep 2019 – Sep 2021
Samuel Heller · Russian Roulette · J/105 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 16 races won Beat 41% of the fleet together(−10 vs. without) · best 9th · Sep 2019 – Sep 2021
Jeff Phillips · Alchera, ALCHERA, Pelagia · Handicap, J/88, PHRF handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 23% of the fleet together(−33 vs. without) · best 5th · Nov 2022 – Sep 2025
Jeremy McCulloch · Pelagia · J/88 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 13 races won Beat 33% of the fleet together · best 5th · Sep 2024 – Sep 2025
Chloe Lepert · Russian Roulette · J/105 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 14 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 13th · Sep 2017 – Sep 2018
Sergey Morozov · Pelagia · J/88 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 13 races won Beat 33% of the fleet together · best 5th · Sep 2024 – Sep 2025
Vadim Peschansky · Russian Roulette · J/105 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 14 races won Beat 59% of the fleet together · best 9th · Sep 2018 – Sep 2021

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

Rating history

— Helm rating, all classes · - - Crew rating, all classes

Event history · 12

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
11 Sep 2025	2025 Rolex Big Boat Series	Pelagia	J/88	Skipper	5th / 7
12 Sep 2024	2024 Rolex Big Boat Series	Pelagia	J/88	Pit	5th / 7
27 May 2023	2023 California Offshore Race Week Series - Spinnaker Cup	Alchera	PHRF handicap	In the way	6th / 7
28 Jan 2023	2023 - Three Bridge Fiasco	L2O	Handicap	Skipper	10th / 33
20 Nov 2022	2022 - 2023 YRA Doublehanded Midwinters	ALCHERA	Handicap	Skipper	5th / 6
16 Sep 2021	2021 Rolex Big Boat Series	Russian Roulette	J/105	Pit	9th / 22
11 Jun 2021	SFYC Knarr and J/105 Regatta	Russian Roulette	J/105	Crew	13th / 20
16 Apr 2021	2021 Friday Night Spring Series	Russian Roulette	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 8
10 Oct 2020	2020 - The YRA Doublehanded Encinal Regatta	PELAGIA	Handicap	Skipper	3rd / 11
12 Sep 2019	2019 Rolex Big Boat Series	Russian Roulette	J/105	Bow	18th / 23
13 Sep 2018	2018 Rolex Big Boat Series	Russian Roulette	J/105	Mast	13th / 28
14 Sep 2017	2017 Rolex Big Boat Series	Russian Roulette	J/105	Pit	14th / 24

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Crew	-97 provisional	#56185 band 43825–62404	—
J/105 Crew	8 provisional	#847 band 495–1098	+5.9

3 more classes, not yet ranked

J/88 · Crew · 7 races, 1 event · rating -88
All classes · Helm · 7 races, 2 events · rating 52
J/88 · Helm · 6 races, 1 event · rating 29

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	5 events	1 wins	beats 61%
As crew	7 events	0 wins	beats 39%

Positions: Pit (3) · In the way (1) · Bow (1) · Mast (1)

How they race

Closer	−10 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−1 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	50%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	47%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Adam Spiegel	30	4–26
Jeff Littfin	30	1–29
Ryan Simmons	30	3–27
Eric Stang	30	21–9
Bruce Stone	30	4–26
Rolf Kaiser	30	8–22
Doug Bailey	30	10–20
Charles Pick	27	16–11
Jason Woodley	26	12–14
Brent Vaughan	26	10–16
Chuck Cihak	25	16–9
Donald Olgado	24	20–2

Most-beaten opponent: Donald Olgado (20–2).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	1	0	33%
2024	1	0	33%
2023	2	0	44%
2022	1	0	20%
2021	3	1	66%
2020	1	0	80%
2019	1	0	23%
2018	1	0	56%
2017	1	0	44%

Boats

Russian Roulette · J/105, Handicap · 6 events · 2017–2021
Pelagia · J/88, Handicap · 3 events · 2020–2025
Alchera · PHRF handicap, Handicap · 2 events · 2022–2023
L2O · Handicap · 1 events · 2023

Where they race

San Francisco, CA, USA · 5 events
San Francisco, CA · 2 events
Yacht Racing Association of San Francisco Bay · 2 events
CA · 1 events
California, USA · 1 events
Singlehanded Sailing Society · 1 events

Is this you?

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

Crew rating across all classes: -97, #56,185.Helm rating across all classes: 52. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.