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Sailor · 2015–2025

Merle Louwinger

kr en zv de maas ORC handicap49erFX29er

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Events
18

147 races · 5 race wins

Win rate
6%

6% win rate · 1 of 18

Podium rate
17%

3 top-three finishes

Typically beats
29%

of boats faced (range 27%–31%, 1,459 boats)

Best class ranking
#245

Helm in 49erFX · rating -170

Longest win streak
2

race wins in a row

Most successful partnership
Laura van Veen

1 wins · 1 podiums in 4 events together

Best trio
Stan Schouten & Laurine Waller

1 wins · 1 podiums in 3 events, all three aboard

Biggest lift
Pieter Henken

+45 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
Laurien Waller

Sep 2021 – Jul 2025 · 5 events

Nemesis
Mathias Berthet

3–40 head to head in 44 races

Rival
Charlotte Henkel

42–29 in 73 races

Best day
22 Jul 2015

31-1-19 · 126. Travemünder Woche 2015

Signature result
2nd of 128

Myth of Malham Race (R3 Cowes Offshore Racing Series) · IRC handicap · 24 May 2025

Partnerships · 47 sailors

Most successful partnership: Laura van Veen — 1 wins · 1 podiums in 4 events together
  • Laurien Waller · BARAKA GP, Van Uden, Van Uden - ROST · Handicap, IRC handicap, ORC handicap 5events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 0% win rate · 3 of 16 races won Beat 51% of the fleet together(+21 vs. without) · best 2nd · Sep 2021 – Jul 2025
  • Stan Schouten · Van Uden, Van Uden - ROST · Handicap, ORC handicap 5events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 20% win rate · 4 of 30 races won Beat 54% of the fleet together(+25 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2020 – Aug 2022
  • Max Wilmink · Van Uden, Van Uden - ROST · Handicap, ORC handicap 5events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 20% win rate · 4 of 30 races won Beat 54% of the fleet together(+25 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2020 – Aug 2022
  • Laura van Veen · Van Uden · ORC handicap 4events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 1 of 21 races won Beat 44% of the fleet together(+10 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2020 – Sep 2021
  • Dirk Adriaan Berend De Graaf · BARAKA GP · Handicap, IRC handicap 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 37% of the fleet together(+1 vs. without) · best 2nd · May 2025 – Jul 2025
  • Family De Graaf · BARAKA GP · Handicap, IRC handicap 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 37% of the fleet together(+1 vs. without) · best 2nd · May 2025 – Jul 2025
  • Floris van Hemert · BARAKA GP · Handicap, IRC handicap 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 37% of the fleet together(+1 vs. without) · best 2nd · May 2025 – Jul 2025
  • Laurine Waller · Van Uden · ORC handicap 3events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 17 races won Beat 42% of the fleet together(+7 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2020 – Aug 2021
  • Wouter Verbraak · BARAKA GP · Handicap, IRC handicap 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 37% of the fleet together(+1 vs. without) · best 2nd · May 2025 – Jul 2025
  • Olivier De Graaf · BARAKA GP · Handicap, IRC handicap 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 37% of the fleet together(+1 vs. without) · best 2nd · May 2025 – Jul 2025

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

Rating history

-156-2310920162018202020222024Helm rating, full-size sailingCrew rating, full-size sailing

— Helm rating, full-size sailing · - - Crew rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 18

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
26 Jul 2025Rolex Fastnet RaceBARAKA GPIRC handicapCrew365th / 380
19 Jul 2025Admiral's Cup 25BARAKA GPHandicapCrew221st / 240
24 May 2025Myth of Malham Race (R3 Cowes Offshore Racing Series)BARAKA GPIRC handicapCrew2nd / 128
27 May 2023North Sea Regatta 2023Oh Jee!!!ORC handicapCrew17th / 31
25 Aug 2022Damen Breskens Sailing Weekend IRC European Championship 2022Van Uden - ROSTHandicapCrew2nd / 18
7 Sep 2021Kieler Woche 2021Van UdenORC handicapCrew6th / 11
27 Aug 2021Damen Breskens Sailing Weekend 2021Van UdenORC handicapCrew8th / 8
11 Sep 2020100 Mijl Bruine Bank Race 2020Van UdenORC handicapCrew1st / 6
5 Sep 2020Kieler Woche 2020Van UdenORC handicapCrew20th / 27
3 Jul 2019JWC 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 -Risør 2019IPA49erFXSkipper34th / 37
26 Jun 2019Kieler Woche 2019IPA49erFXSkipper51st / 53
9 Jun 2019North Sea Regatta 2019IPA49erFXSkipper8th / 10
2 Apr 201950 Trofeo S.A.R. Princesa Sofía IBEROSTARIPA49erFXSkipper55th / 66
28 Aug 20182018 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17 (U23) Junior World ChapionshipMerle LOUWINGER49erFXSkipper39th / 39
17 Jun 2018Kieler Woche 2018Tess WILSCHUT29erCrew44th / 118
24 Jul 2017128. Travemünder Woche 2017Tjeerd LATHOUWERS29erCrew33rd / 50
17 Jun 2017Kieler Woche 2017merle LOUWINGER29erSkipper80th / 93
20 Jul 2015126. Travemünder Woche 2015FevaRS FevaCrew65th / 162

Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 20, #40,687.Helm rating, Full-size sailing: -149, #76,799. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.