Sailor · 2009–2024

John Pytlak

ryc Handicap ORC handicap IRC handicap

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Events: 17
Win rate: 35%
Podium rate: 53%
Typically beats: 66%
Longest win streak: 3

Most successful partnership: Jasper Van Vliet
Biggest lift: Jasper Van Vliet
Longest-running crew: Bryan Wade
Nemesis: Daniel Thielman
Best day: 18 Oct 2024
Signature result: 1st of 13

Partnerships · 60+ sailors

Most successful partnership: Jasper Van Vliet — 2 wins · 3 podiums in 3 events together

Bryan Wade · MAX · Handicap 7events 3 wins together · 4 podiums · 43% win rate · 3 of 8 races won Beat 79% of the fleet together(+25 vs. without) · best 1st · Jan 2012 – Sep 2018
Chip Merlin · Merlin · ORC handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 19 races won Beat 23% of the fleet together(−50 vs. without) · best 4th · Sep 2019 – Sep 2022
Kip Wanaselja · Merlin · ORC handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 19 races won Beat 23% of the fleet together(−50 vs. without) · best 4th · Sep 2019 – Sep 2022
Jasper Van Vliet · Evil Octopus, EVIL OCTOPUS · Handicap, J/24 3events 2 wins together · 3 podiums · 3 events · 4 of 6 races won Beat 91% of the fleet together(+32 vs. without) · best 1st · Apr 2016 – Oct 2024
Ryan Kern · Merlin · ORC handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 19 races won Beat 23% of the fleet together(−50 vs. without) · best 4th · Sep 2019 – Sep 2022
Chris Watts · Merlin · ORC handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 19 races won Beat 23% of the fleet together(−50 vs. without) · best 4th · Sep 2019 – Sep 2022
Brian Malone · Merlin · ORC handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 19 races won Beat 23% of the fleet together(−50 vs. without) · best 4th · Sep 2019 – Sep 2022
Orlando Montalvan · Merlin · ORC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 14 races won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 6th · Sep 2021 – Sep 2022
Karen Loutzenheiser · Merlin · ORC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 13 races won Beat 35% of the fleet together · best 4th · Sep 2019 – Sep 2021
John Hayes · Merlin · ORC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 13 races won Beat 35% of the fleet together · best 4th · Sep 2019 – Sep 2021

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

Rating history

Event history · 17

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
18 Oct 2024	2024 Fall Invitational	Evil Octopus	J/24	Crew	1st / 5
15 Sep 2022	2022 Rolex Big Boat Series	Merlin	ORC handicap	Mast	6th / 6
16 Sep 2021	2021 Rolex Big Boat Series	Merlin	ORC handicap	Mast	9th / 9
29 Aug 2020	2020 - YRA Summer Series Island Tour Regatta	EVIL OCTOPUS	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 8
12 Sep 2019	2019 Rolex Big Boat Series	Merlin	ORC handicap	Mast	4th / 11
15 Sep 2018	2018 - Half Moon Bay Race	MAX	Handicap	Skipper	6th / 8
16 Sep 2017	2017 - Half Moon Bay Race	MAX	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 6
22 Oct 2016	2016 - Vallejo 1-2	MAX	Handicap	Skipper	2nd / 14
23 Apr 2016	2016 - Round the Rocks	EVIL OCTOPUS	Handicap	Skipper	3rd / 8
18 Jan 2016	Quantum Key West Race Week 2016	Double Trouble	IRC handicap	Mast	3rd / 5
26 Sep 2013	2013 Rolex Big Boat Series	Hawkeye	IRC handicap	Mast	4th / 6
26 Jan 2013	2013 - Three Bridge Fiasco	ALWAYS FRIDAY	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 5
1 Jan 2012	2012 - Corinthian	MAX	Handicap	Skipper	9th / 18
1 Jan 2012	2012 - Half Moon Bay	MAX	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 5
1 Jan 2012	2012 - Three Bridge Fiasco	MAX	Handicap	Skipper	9th / 36
1 Jan 2012	2012 - Vallejo 1-2	MAX	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 13
22 Jun 2009	2009 Block Island Race Week XXIII	Promise Kept	IRC handicap	Mast	9th / 10

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Crew	-121 provisional	#58928 band 51123–63221	—

1 more class, not yet ranked

J/24 · Crew · 4 races, 1 event · rating 67

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	10 events	5 wins	beats 82%
As crew	7 events	1 wins	beats 39%

Positions: Mast (6)

How they race

Closer	+13 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−21 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	28%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	59%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Dave MacEwen	19	3–16
Daniel Thielman	14	0–14
Andrew Picel	14	0–14
Paul Dorsey	14	0–14

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2024	1	1	100%
2022	1	0	0%
2021	1	0	0%
2020	1	1	100%
2019	1	0	70%
2018	1	0	29%
2017	1	1	100%
2016	3	0	71%
2013	2	1	70%
2012	4	2	83%
2009	1	0	11%

Boats

MAX · Handicap · 7 events · 2012–2018
Evil Octopus · J/24, Handicap · 3 events · 2016–2024
Merlin · ORC handicap · 3 events · 2019–2022
Double Trouble · IRC handicap · 1 events · 2016
Hawkeye · IRC handicap · 1 events · 2013
ALWAYS FRIDAY · Handicap · 1 events · 2013
Promise Kept · IRC handicap · 1 events · 2009

Where they race

JACKY · 5 events
Singlehanded Sailing Society · 4 events
San Francisco, CA, USA · 4 events
Block Island, RI, USA · 1 events
Key West, FL, USA · 1 events
San Francisco, CA · 1 events

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Crew rating across all classes: -121, #58,928. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.