Sailor · 2009–2026

Rob Marsh

north shrewsbury iceboat yacht club J/105 PHRF handicap

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Events: 18
Win rate: 6%
Podium rate: 22%
Typically beats: 50%
Best class ranking: #103

Most successful partnership: Peter Sterflinger
Best trio: Thomas Pluchino & Peter Sterflinger
Biggest lift: Peter Sterflinger
Longest-running crew: Thomas Pluchino
Nemesis: Bill Zartler
Best day: 17 Sep 2022
Signature result: 1st of 19

Partnerships · 16 sailors

Most successful partnership: Peter Sterflinger — 1 wins · 1 podiums in 4 events together

Thomas Pluchino · Blow Boat!!, Blowboat!! · J/105, PHRF handicap 12events 1 wins together · 3 podiums · 8% win rate · 3 of 57 races won Beat 59% of the fleet together(+17 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2022 – Oct 2024
Randall Dickerson · Blow Boat!!, Blowboat!! · J/105, PHRF handicap 11events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 0% win rate · 3 of 55 races won Beat 56% of the fleet together(+5 vs. without) · best 2nd · May 2022 – May 2024
Owen Zimmermann · Blow Boat!!, Blowboat!! · J/105, PHRF handicap 8events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 0% win rate · 3 of 38 races won Beat 55% of the fleet together(+3 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jul 2022 – Apr 2024
Brenin Ford · Blow Boat!!, Blowboat!! · J/105, PHRF handicap 7events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 0% win rate · 3 of 35 races won Beat 53% of the fleet together(−1 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jul 2022 – Apr 2024
Peter Sterflinger · Blow Boat!! · J/105 4events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 24 races won Beat 68% of the fleet together(+18 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2023 – Oct 2024
Paul Krzenski · Blow Boat!!, Blowboat!, Blowboat!! · J/105 4events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 3 of 25 races won Beat 68% of the fleet together(+18 vs. without) · best 2nd · Oct 2009 – Sep 2022
Javier Amezcua · Blow Boat!! · J/105, PHRF handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 10 races won Beat 37% of the fleet together(−20 vs. without) · best 6th · Oct 2022 – Apr 2024
Scott Carlsen · Blow Boat!! · J/105 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 57% of the fleet together · best 11th · May 2024 – May 2024
Liam Murphy · Blow Boat!! · J/105 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 64% of the fleet together · best 9th · May 2023 – May 2023
Randy Dickerson · Blowboat! · J/105 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 11 races won Beat 64% of the fleet together · best 11th · Oct 2009 – Oct 2009

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

Rating history

Event history · 18

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
22 Jul 2026	2026 AYC Wednesday Night - Series 3	Blow Boat!!	J/105	Skipper	29th / 30
3 Jun 2026	2026 AYC Wednesday Night - Series 2	Blow Boat!!	J/105	Skipper	26th / 29
19 Oct 2024	2024 J/105 Chesapeake Bay Championship	Blow Boat!!	J/105	Other	1st / 19
2 May 2024	2024 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series - Annapolis	Blow Boat!!	J/105	Other	11th / 24
19 Apr 2024	2024 Charleston Race Week at Patriots Point	Blow Boat!!	J/105	Other	6th / 11
5 Oct 2023	The British Virgin Islands 2023 J/105 North American Championship	Blow Boat!!	J/105	Helm	15th / 31
30 Sep 2023	2023 American Yacht Club Fall Regatta, J/88 Long Island Sound Championship and J/109 East Coast Championship	Blow Boat!!	J/105	Other	7th / 12
19 Jun 2023	2023 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race Week presented by Margaritaville	Blow Boat!!	J/105	Other	10th / 25
10 Jun 2023	169th NYYC Annual Regatta	Blow Boat!!	PHRF handicap	Other	16th / 16
9 Jun 2023	169th NYYC Annual Regatta - Friday (Around-the-Island Race)	Blow Boat!!	PHRF handicap	Skipper	7th / 14
5 May 2023	2023 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series - Annapolis	Blow Boat!!	J/105	Other	9th / 23
21 Apr 2023	2023 Charleston Race Week	Blow Boat!!	J/105	Other	3rd / 10
23 Oct 2022	2022 J/105 Chesapeake Bay Championship	Blow Boat!!	J/105	Skipper	10th / 24
24 Sep 2022	2022 American Yacht Club Fall Regatta, Leukemia Cup, and J/105 New England Championship	Blow Boat!!	J/105	Other	12th / 17
17 Sep 2022	2022 Long Island Sound Championship	Blow Boat!!	J/105	Autopilot	2nd / 10
28 Jul 2022	2022 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series - Marblehead	Blowboat!!	J/105	Captain	2nd / 8
13 May 2022	2022 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series - Annapolis	Blowboat!!	J/105	Helm	10th / 23
29 Oct 2009	2009 J105 North American Championship Regatta	Blowboat!	J/105	Other	11th / 29

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Helm	254 provisional	#13345 band 8080–21012	—
J/105 Helm	248 provisional	#103 band 56–178	+5.9

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	18 events	1 wins	beats 54%
As crew	0 events	0 wins	beats —

Positions: Autopilot (1) · Captain (1)

How they race

Closer	−4 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−6 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	46%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	39%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets	76%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Bruce Stone	37	10–27
Bill Zartler	37	3–34
Damian Emery	31	8–23
Ray Wulff	31	4–27
Donald Santa	30	20–10
Ben duPont	30	9–21
Peter Bowe	29	7–22
Paul Beaudin	26	10–16
Kevin Fitzgerald	25	24–1
Cedric Lewis	24	6–18
Jody Kjoller	24	17–7
Richie Palmer	24	23–1

Most-beaten opponent: Kevin Fitzgerald (24–1).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	2	0	7%
2024	3	1	69%
2023	7	0	51%
2022	5	0	65%
2009	1	0	64%

Boats

Blow Boat!! · J/105, PHRF handicap · 15 events · 2022–2026
Blowboat!! · J/105 · 2 events · 2022
Blowboat! · J/105 · 1 events · 2009

Where they race

Annapolis, MD, USA · 7 events
Rye, NY, USA · 4 events
Newport, RI, USA · 2 events
Charleston, SC, USA · 2 events
Marblehead, MA, USA · 1 events
Riverside, CT, USA · 1 events

Is this you?

Claim it to merge duplicates and remove results that aren’t yours. Changes apply at the nightly rebuild.

Helm rating across all classes: 254, #13,345. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.