Sailor · 2016–2018

Kurt Vanderwal

J/70

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Events: 5
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 0%
Typically beats: 21%
Best class ranking: #3163

Longest-running crew: Al Poindexter
Nemesis: Will Welles
Signature result: 31st of 60

Partnerships · 7 sailors

Al Poindexter · USA 241, USA 98 · J/70 5events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 34 races won Beat 21% of the fleet together · best 31st · Feb 2016 – Feb 2018
Blake Caskey · USA 241, USA 98 · J/70 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 25 races won Beat 26% of the fleet together · best 31st · Feb 2016 – Feb 2018
Ann Graham · USA 241 · J/70 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 15 races won Beat 11% of the fleet together · best 42nd · Jan 2018 – Feb 2018
Eric Simonson · USA 241 · J/70 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 2% of the fleet together · best 60th · Feb 2018 – Feb 2018
Melissa Gorchynsky · USA 241 · J/70 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 15% of the fleet together · best 45th · Dec 2017 – Dec 2017
Martin Kullman · USA 241 · J/70 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 49% of the fleet together · best 31st · Feb 2018 – Feb 2018
Susan Johnson · USA 98 · J/70 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 17% of the fleet together · best 41st · Feb 2016 – Feb 2016

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Rating history

Event history · 5

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
23 Feb 2018	2018 J 70 Midwinter Championship	USA 241	J/70	Spinnaker trimmer	60th / 61
10 Feb 2018	2017/2018 Quantum J 70 Winter Series 3	USA 241	J/70	Spinnaker trimmer	31st / 60
6 Jan 2018	2017/2018 Quantum J 70 Winter Series 2	USA 241	J/70	Spinnaker trimmer	42nd / 53
9 Dec 2017	2017/2018 Quantum J 70 Winter Series 1	USA 241	J/70	Spinnaker trimmer	45th / 53
26 Feb 2016	2016 Quantum J 70 Midwinter Championship	USA 98	J/70	Spinnaker trimmer	41st / 49

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Crew	-171 provisional	#62122 band 52638–65211	—
J/70 Crew	-200 provisional	#3163 band 2720–3321	−0.8

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 21%

Positions: Spinnaker trimmer (5)

How they race

Closer	−4 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−1 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Big fleets	21%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Alex Meleney	34	6–28
Frank McNamara	34	3–31
Will Welles	34	0–34
Andrew Fisher	34	5–29
James Prendergast	30	1–29
John Brim	28	1–27
Joel Ronning	27	1–26
Douglas Strebel	26	3–23
Bob Willis	26	3–23
Bruno Pasquinelli	26	3–23
Glenn Gault	26	4–22
Doug Clark	26	1–25

Most-beaten opponent: Richard Wagner (20–0).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2018	3	24%
2017	1	15%
2016	1	17%

Boats

USA 241 · J/70 · 4 events · 2017–2018
USA 98 · J/70 · 1 events · 2016

Where they race

Tampa, FL, USA · 3 events
St. Petersburg, FL, USA · 1 events
Miami, FL, USA · 1 events

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Crew rating across all classes: -171, #62,122. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.