Sailor · 2014–2025

Jeff Schmahl

wawasee yacht club Lightning Sunfish

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Events: 6
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 0%
Typically beats: 37%
Best class ranking: #366

Nemesis: Steven Davis
Best day: 8 Aug 2015
Signature result: 12th of 35

Partnerships · 8 sailors

Michael Schmahl · Coyote, Coyote (supergenius) · Lightning 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 10 races won Beat 48% of the fleet together · best 12th · Aug 2014 – Sep 2025
Andrew Schmahl · Coyote, Super Genius · Lightning 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 11 races won Beat 30% of the fleet together · best 16th · Aug 2019 – Aug 2021
Stuart Webster · Super Genius · Lightning 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 19% of the fleet together · best 30th · Aug 2019 – Aug 2019
Morgan Alderman · Coyote · Lightning 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 29% of the fleet together · best 36th · Sep 2025 – Sep 2025
Julia Shannon-Grillo · Coyote · Lightning 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 40% of the fleet together · best 16th · Aug 2021 – Aug 2021
David Schmahl · Coyote (supergenius) · Lightning 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 68% of the fleet together · best 12th · Aug 2014 – Aug 2014
Billy Allen · Golden Harvest · Lightning 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 54% of the fleet together · best 12th · Aug 2015 – Aug 2015
CJ Zseplaki · Golden Harvest · Lightning 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 54% of the fleet together · best 12th · Aug 2015 – Aug 2015

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

Rating history

Event history · 6

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
23 Sep 2025	Lightning NAs 2025 Carolina Yacht Club Wrightsville Beach NC	Coyote	Lightning	Skipper	36th / 50
13 Aug 2021	2021 Lightning North American Championship (ILCA)	Coyote	Lightning	Other	16th / 26
11 Sep 2020	Sunfish® 2020 U.S. Masters Championship	Jeff Schmahl	Sunfish	Skipper	32nd / 42
14 Aug 2019	2019 ILCA Lightning North American Championship	Super Genius	Lightning	Other	30th / 37
7 Aug 2015	2015 Lightning Womens, Junior and Masters North American Championship	Golden Harvest	Lightning	Spinnaker trimmer	12th / 25
14 Aug 2014	2014 Lightning North American Championships	Coyote (supergenius)	Lightning	Other	12th / 35

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Helm	-5 provisional	#52593 band 31314–70902	—
Lightning Helm	-5 provisional	#366 band 214–466	−1.9

3 more classes, not yet ranked

All classes · Crew · 6 races, 1 event · rating 28
Sunfish · Helm · 6 races, 1 event · rating -22
Lightning · Crew · 6 races, 1 event · rating 27

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	0 wins	beats 36%
As crew	1 events	0 wins	beats 54%

Positions: Spinnaker trimmer (1)

How they race

Closer	+7 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	±0 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Big fleets	39%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Edward B. Wagnon	23	8–15
William Cabrall	17	8–9
James Elder	15	10–5
Steven Davis	12	2–10
Gary Hurban	12	6–6
Stuart Webster	12	11–1

Most-beaten opponent: Stuart Webster (11–1).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2025	1	29%
2021	1	40%
2020	1	24%
2019	1	19%
2015	1	54%
2014	1	68%

Boats

Coyote · Lightning · 2 events · 2021–2025
Jeff Schmahl · Sunfish · 1 events · 2020
Super Genius · Lightning · 1 events · 2019
Golden Harvest · Lightning · 1 events · 2015
Coyote (supergenius) · Lightning · 1 events · 2014

Where they race

Syracuse, IN · 1 events
Wrightsville Beach, NC · 1 events
East Tawas, MI, USA · 1 events
Cleveland, OH, USA · 1 events
Ridgeway, Point Abino, Ontario, Canada · 1 events
Sheboygan, WI, USA · 1 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: -5, #52,593.Crew rating across all classes: 28. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.