Sailor · 2009–2025

Andrew Kirsch

stfyc sfyc tyc Express 37 PHRF handicap J/70

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Events: 19
Win rate: 5%
Podium rate: 37%
Typically beats: 53%
Best class ranking: #16
Longest win streak: 5

Most successful partnership: Sam Gen
Best trio: Sam Gen & Bill Walker
Biggest lift: Michael Vergalla
Longest-running crew: Bartz Schneider
Nemesis: Kame Richards
Best day: 3 Jun 2017
Signature result: 1st of 9

Partnerships · 57 sailors

Most successful partnership: Sam Gen — 1 wins · 1 podiums in 3 events together

Bartz Schneider · Afterglow, Expeditious, EXPEDITIOUS · Express 37, PHRF handicap 12events 0 wins together · 5 podiums · 0% win rate · 7 of 73 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together(+7 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jun 2013 – Sep 2025
Michael Vergalla · Afterglow, Expeditious · Express 37, PHRF handicap 11events 0 wins together · 5 podiums · 0% win rate · 7 of 71 races won Beat 63% of the fleet together(+14 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jun 2013 – Sep 2025
Marshall Schneider · Expeditious · Express 37, PHRF handicap 10events 0 wins together · 4 podiums · 0% win rate · 4 of 63 races won Beat 61% of the fleet together(+7 vs. without) · best 2nd · Sep 2016 – Sep 2025
Elizabeth Little · Expeditious · Express 37, PHRF handicap 9events 0 wins together · 3 podiums · 0% win rate · 4 of 56 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together(+5 vs. without) · best 2nd · Sep 2017 – Sep 2025
Chris Hackett · Expeditious · Express 37 8events 0 wins together · 4 podiums · 0% win rate · 4 of 54 races won Beat 64% of the fleet together(+11 vs. without) · best 2nd · Sep 2016 – Sep 2025
Denis Marriott · Expeditious · Express 37, PHRF handicap 8events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 0% win rate · 3 of 49 races won Beat 57% of the fleet together(±0 vs. without) · best 2nd · Sep 2016 – Sep 2025
Bill Walker · Afterglow, F4WD, Victura · IRC handicap, J/70, PHRF handicap 7events 1 wins together · 3 podiums · 14% win rate · 10 of 37 races won Beat 65% of the fleet together(+13 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2009 – Jun 2017
Paul Caturegli · Expeditious · Express 37, PHRF handicap 7events 0 wins together · 3 podiums · 0% win rate · 2 of 44 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together(+4 vs. without) · best 2nd · Sep 2016 – Sep 2024
Lucy Walker · Afterglow, F4WD · IRC handicap, J/70, PHRF handicap 5events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 20% win rate · 9 of 30 races won Beat 63% of the fleet together(+7 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2009 – May 2014
Phillipe Bellevin · Expeditious · Express 37 4events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 1 of 26 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together(+13 vs. without) · best 2nd · Sep 2019 – Sep 2024

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

Rating history

Event history · 19

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
11 Sep 2025	2025 Rolex Big Boat Series	Expeditious	Express 37	Crew	5th / 9
12 Sep 2024	2024 Rolex Big Boat Series	Expeditious	Express 37	Other	2nd / 5
14 Sep 2023	2023 Rolex Big Boat Series	Expeditious	Express 37	Bow	4th / 8
19 Jun 2023	2023 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race Week presented by Margaritaville	Dawn Treader	Handicap	Nav/Tac	12th / 12
15 Sep 2022	2022 Rolex Big Boat Series	Expeditious	Express 37	Other	2nd / 5
16 Sep 2021	2021 Rolex Big Boat Series	Expeditious	Express 37	Bow	4th / 8
19 Jun 2021	2021 SFYC Club Championship Series	Expeditious	PHRF handicap	Crew	4th / 6
12 Sep 2019	2019 Rolex Big Boat Series	Expeditious	Express 37	Bow	2nd / 6
13 Sep 2018	2018 Rolex Big Boat Series	Expeditious	Express 37	Other	4th / 8
14 Sep 2017	2017 Rolex Big Boat Series	Expeditious	Express 37	Other	4th / 7
3 Jun 2017	2017 Cedar Point One Design Regatta	Victura	J/70	Watch Captain	3rd / 18
15 Sep 2016	2016 Rolex Big Boat Series	Expeditious	Express 37	Other	3rd / 7
30 Jan 2016	2016 - Three Bridge Fiasco	EXPEDITIOUS	Express 37	Skipper	7th / 9
31 May 2014	2014 Cedar Point One Design Regatta	F4WD	J/70	Bow	26th / 37
24 Jun 2013	2013 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race Week XXV	Afterglow	PHRF handicap	Bow	2nd / 9
18 Jun 2012	2012 Block Island Race Week	Afterglow	PHRF handicap	Other	5th / 9
4 Sep 2009	2009 Vineyard Race	Afterglow	IRC handicap	Other	6th / 10
22 May 2009	2009 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race	Afterglow	IRC handicap	Navigator	4th / 8
16 May 2009	2009 The Greenwich Cup - Spring Series	Afterglow	PHRF handicap	Other	1st / 9

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Crew	355 provisional	#5130 band 3135–8274	—
Express 37 Crew	178 provisional	#16 band 9–28	−0.4

3 more classes, not yet ranked

J/70 · Crew · 12 races, 2 events · rating 59
Express 37 · Helm · 2 races, 1 event · rating 5
All classes · Helm · 2 races, 1 event · rating 7

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	1 events	0 wins	beats 25%
As crew	18 events	1 wins	beats 59%

Positions: Bow (5) · Nav/Tac (1) · Watch Captain (1) · Navigator (1)

How they race

Closer	−16 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−14 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	53%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	61%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Robert Lugliani	49	37–12
Jack Peurach	49	30–19
Sandy Andersen Wertanen	38	32–6
Andy Schwenk	33	12–21
Heidi Hall	28	8–20
Shawn Ivie	26	10–16
Kame Richards	20	2–18
Michael Laport	14	6–8
Robert Harford	14	10–4
Brendan Busch	14	5–9
MarkHeidi Chaffey	14	7–7
Gavin Corn	14	12–2

Most-beaten opponent: Sandy Andersen Wertanen (32–6).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	1	0	50%
2024	1	0	75%
2023	2	0	29%
2022	1	0	75%
2021	2	0	49%
2019	1	0	80%
2018	1	0	57%
2017	2	0	69%
2016	2	0	46%
2014	1	0	31%
2013	1	0	88%
2012	1	0	50%
2009	3	1	67%

Boats

Expeditious · Express 37, PHRF handicap · 11 events · 2016–2025
Afterglow · PHRF handicap, IRC handicap · 5 events · 2009–2013
Dawn Treader · Handicap · 1 events · 2023
Victura · J/70 · 1 events · 2017
F4WD · J/70 · 1 events · 2014

Where they race

San Francisco, CA, USA · 8 events
Block Island, RI, USA · 2 events
Stamford, CT, USA · 2 events
Westport, CT, USA · 2 events
RI, 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: 355, #5,130.Helm rating across all classes: 7. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.