Sailor · 2019–2025

Christian Buestad

stfyc Knarr Mercury

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Events: 12
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 17%
Typically beats: 40%
Best class ranking: #68
Longest win streak: 2

Biggest lift: John Buestad
Longest-running crew: John Buestad
Nemesis: Don Jesberg
Rival: Chris Kelly
Best day: 19 Oct 2024
Signature result: 2nd of 9

Partnerships · 9 sailors

John Buestad · Alinea, Gator, Serena · Knarr, Mercury 7events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 1 of 38 races won Beat 46% of the fleet together(+7 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jun 2019 – Oct 2024
Steve Taft · Alinea · Knarr 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 14 races won Beat 44% of the fleet together · best 8th · May 2022 – Aug 2022
Shaum Sinawi · Lykken · Knarr 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 25% of the fleet together · best 8th · Oct 2025 – Oct 2025
Michael Stone · Fifty Fifty · Knarr 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 6% of the fleet together · best 16th · Jun 2024 – Jun 2024
Ernesto Perez · Serena · Knarr 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 33% of the fleet together · best 17th · Aug 2024 – Aug 2024
Paul Stone · Fifty Fifty · Knarr 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 6% of the fleet together · best 16th · Jun 2024 – Jun 2024
Michael Johnson · Fifty Fifty · Knarr 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 6% of the fleet together · best 16th · Jun 2024 – Jun 2024
Cam Dales · Fifty Fifty · Knarr 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 6% of the fleet together · best 16th · Jun 2024 – Jun 2024
Jonathan Stewart · Serena · Knarr 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 33% of the fleet together · best 17th · Aug 2024 – Aug 2024

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

Rating history

— Helm rating, all classes · - - Crew rating, all classes

Event history · 12

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
1 Nov 2025	2025 - 2026 - The Manuel Fagundes Seaweed Soup Regatta	LYKKEN	Knarr	Skipper	3rd / 8
18 Oct 2025	2025 Fall Invitational	Lykken	Knarr	Crew	8th / 13
5 Oct 2025	2025 SYC Fall Classic Boat Invitational	Lykken	Knarr	Skipper	12th / 13
2 Nov 2024	2024 - 2025 - The Manuel Fagundes Seaweed Soup Regatta	DA BLUE BOAT	Knarr	Skipper	6th / 16
19 Oct 2024	2024 Joe Logan	Gator	Mercury	Crew	2nd / 9
30 Aug 2024	2024 International Knarr Championship	Serena	Knarr	Crew	17th / 25
27 Jun 2024	2024 Woodies Invitational	Fifty Fifty	Knarr	Crew	16th / 17
9 Sep 2022	Knarr San Francisco Championship	Alinea	Knarr	Crew	9th / 15
7 Aug 2022	52nd International Knarr Championship	Alinea	Knarr	Crew	21st / 33
13 May 2022	Elite Keelboat Regatta	Alinea	Knarr	Crew	8th / 15
8 Jun 2019	SYC 2019 Classic Boat Invitational Regatta (Bear/Bird/Folkboat/SFBIOD/Knarr)	Alinea	Knarr	Skipper	6th / 12
1 Jun 2019	KNARR AND J/105 REGATTA	Alinea	Knarr	Skipper	10th / 12

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Crew	97 provisional	#28136 band 16079–43694	—
Knarr Crew	29 provisional	#116 band 90–150	−7.7
All classes Helm	118 provisional	#30567 band 17649–48820	—
Knarr Helm	85 provisional	#68 band 45–94	−7.7

1 more class, not yet ranked

Mercury · Crew · 4 races, 1 event · rating 64

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 44%
As crew	7 events	0 wins	beats 43%

How they race

Closer	−8 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−6 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	52%	100% = the same result every event

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Chris Kelly	46	23–23
Risley Sams	45	17–28
Mike Ratiani	43	21–22
Don Jesberg	42	6–36
Jon Perkins	34	6–28
Chris Perkins	34	5–29
Mark Dahm	34	11–23
Randy Hecht	33	4–29
Sean Svendsen	29	5–24
Ty Ingram	24	9–15
Ryan Busalacchi	19	16–3
Morten Heldal Haugerud	18	12–6

Most-beaten opponent: Ryan Busalacchi (16–3).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2025	3	41%
2024	4	48%
2022	3	44%
2019	2	36%

Boats

Alinea · Knarr · 5 events · 2019–2022
LYKKEN · Knarr · 3 events · 2025
DA BLUE BOAT · Knarr · 1 events · 2024
Gator · Mercury · 1 events · 2024
Serena · Knarr · 1 events · 2024
Fifty Fifty · Knarr · 1 events · 2024

Where they race

San Francisco, CA · 4 events
Golden Gate Yacht Club · 2 events
Sausalito, CA · 2 events
CA · 2 events
Unknown · 1 events
Belvedere, CA · 1 events

Is this you?

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Crew rating across all classes: 97, #28,136.Helm rating across all classes: 118, #30,567. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.