Sailor · 2017–2026

René Naef

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Events: 40
Win rate: 5%
Podium rate: 15%
Typically beats: 45%
Best class ranking: #15
Longest win streak: 2

Most successful partnership: Rolf Frefel
Best trio: Urs Keller & Rolf Frefel
Biggest lift: Urs Keller
Longest-running crew: Urs Keller
Nemesis: Corinne Meyer
Rival: Florian Gaiser
Best day: 7 May 2017
Signature result: 1st of 11

Partnerships · 26 sailors

Most successful partnership: Rolf Frefel — 2 wins · 4 podiums in 14 events together · 14% win rate

Urs Keller · Mehphisto, Mephisto · Handicap, Lacustre, Oldtimer 17events 2 wins together · 4 podiums · 12% win rate · 2 of 53 races won Beat 59% of the fleet together(+28 vs. without) · best 1st · Jul 2017 – Jun 2025
Rolf Frefel · Mehphisto, Mephisto · Lacustre, Oldtimer 14events 2 wins together · 4 podiums · 14% win rate · 2 of 39 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together(+27 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2017 – Aug 2024
Sven Heusser · Gaggenau, GAGGENAU, l'essenza, L'ESSENZA · Esse 850, Onyx 9events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 55 races won Beat 27% of the fleet together(−20 vs. without) · best 5th · Apr 2017 – Jun 2024
Dolores Heusser · Gaggenau, GAGGENAU, l'essenza, L'Essenzia · Esse 850, Onyx 6events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 35 races won Beat 23% of the fleet together(−23 vs. without) · best 5th · Apr 2017 – Jul 2022
Thomas Hegi · Gaggenau, GAGGENAU, Schweizer Weinbaumanufaktur · Onyx 5events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 1 of 27 races won Beat 28% of the fleet together(−17 vs. without) · best 4th · Jun 2018 – May 2024
Yvonne Scheidegger · Gaggenau, Schweizer Weinbaumanufaktur · Onyx 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 23 races won Beat 44% of the fleet together(+1 vs. without) · best 4th · Jul 2020 – May 2025
Philipp Eckert · Mephisto · Handicap, Lacustre 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 11 races won Beat 23% of the fleet together(−22 vs. without) · best 11th · May 2024 – May 2026
Goris Verburg · Gaggenau, Schweizer Weinbaumanufaktur · Onyx 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 19 races won Beat 52% of the fleet together(+9 vs. without) · best 2nd · May 2022 – May 2025
May Truong · L'ESSENZA, Mehphisto, Mephisto · Esse 850, Lacustre 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 14 races won Beat 49% of the fleet together(+6 vs. without) · best 4th · Jul 2017 – Jun 2024
Peter Fischer · Gaggenau, Schweizer Weinbaumanufaktur, Schweizer Weinmanufaktur · Onyx 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 23 races won Beat 25% of the fleet together(−20 vs. without) · best 4th · Jun 2018 – May 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 · 40

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
30 May 2026	Internationale Frühlingsregatta YCR	Mephisto	Lacustre	Crew	13th / 14
12 Jun 2025	Internationale Schweizermeisterschaft Lacustre	Mephisto	Lacustre	Crew	16th / 28
3 May 2025	Zürcher Frühlingspreis	Schweizer Weinbaumanufaktur	Onyx	Skipper	5th / 10
24 Aug 2024	Old Fashion Race	Mephisto	Oldtimer	Crew	4th / 13
24 Aug 2024	Old Fashion Race	Mephisto	Lacustre	Crew	2nd / 8
10 Jun 2024	Esse – Cup 2024 “20 Jahre esse 850”	L'ESSENZA	Esse 850	Crew	10th / 25
25 May 2024	Internationale Frühlingsregatta YCR	Mephisto	Lacustre	Crew	11th / 12
18 May 2024	ZSC Pfingstregatta Zürich-Rapperswil	Mephisto	Handicap	Crew	35th / 71
4 May 2024	Mairegatta 2024	Schweizer Weinbaumanufaktur	Onyx	Skipper	4th / 9
20 Apr 2024	Zürcher Frühlingspreis	Schweizer Weinmanufaktur	Onyx	Crew	10th / 10
1 Oct 2023	Zürcher Herbstpreis II	Mephisto	Lacustre	Crew	11th / 12
20 Aug 2023	Old Fashion Race	Mephisto	Lacustre	Crew	6th / 8
20 Aug 2023	Old Fashion Race	Mephisto	Oldtimer	Crew	4th / 12
6 May 2023	Zürcher Frühlingspreis	Gaggenau	Onyx	Crew	10th / 11
8 Oct 2022	Herbstpreis	Gaggenau	Onyx	Skipper	6th / 9
8 Jul 2022	SVT Esse Cup 2022	l'essenza	Esse 850	Crew	5th / 6
14 May 2022	Mairegatta 2022	Gaggenau	Onyx	Crew	2nd / 10
9 Oct 2021	Zürcher Herbstpreis II	Mephisto	Lacustre	Crew	6th / 9
25 Sep 2021	Zürcher Herbstpreis I	Mephisto	Lacustre	Crew	4th / 6
2 Sep 2021	Int. Schweizer Meisterschaft Esse 850	l'essenza	Esse 850	Crew	8th / 13
28 Aug 2021	Yachtweekend Bächau	l'essenza	Esse 850	Crew	6th / 8
21 Aug 2021	Old Fashion Race	Mephisto	Lacustre	Crew	2nd / 5
23 May 2021	Internationale Pfingstregatta	Mephisto	Lacustre	Crew	5th / 13
3 Oct 2020	Zürcher Herbstpreis II	Mephisto	Lacustre	Crew	6th / 11
20 Sep 2020	Zürcher Herbstpreis I	Mephisto	Lacustre	Crew	1st / 11

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Adj. ±
All classes Crew	-80 provisional	#54240 band 45665–59666	—
Lacustre Crew	-58 provisional	#88 band 67–98	−7.3
Esse 850 Crew	19 provisional	#40 band 28–41	−6.7
Onyx Crew	-241 provisional	#76 band 72–77	−14.2
Onyx Helm	54 provisional	#15 band 11–24	−14.2
All classes Helm	59 provisional	#40070 band 23564–59683	—

2 more classes, not yet ranked

Yngling · Crew · 5 races, 1 event · rating 22
Oldtimer · Crew · 4 races, 2 events · rating 52

Rank among sailors with ten or more rated races over three or more events, all time. In brackets, the ranks this rating cannot be told apart from. Adj. ± is the adjusted plus-minus in points of fleet beaten.

Helm and crew

As helm	4 events	0 wins	beats 39%
As crew	36 events	2 wins	beats 43%

How they race

Closer	−2 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−9 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	45%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets (25+)	53%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets (<12)	42%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Thomas Cantz	60	7–43
Karl Nauer	59	14–43
Georg Geyer	55	16–36
Corinne Meyer	55	3–42
Andreas Keller	54	12–39
Daniel Keel	53	4–38
Florian Gaiser	51	20–30
Reto Wettstein	51	14–33
Jan Bachmann	45	8–35
Kaspar Wälti	43	21–19
Nicola Fuso	42	4–38
Roger Kull	40	21–16

Most-beaten opponent: Walter Ingold (33–3).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	1	0	8%
2025	2	0	50%
2024	7	0	50%
2023	4	0	30%
2022	3	0	49%
2021	6	0	48%
2020	3	1	54%
2019	3	0	48%
2018	6	0	22%
2017	5	1	54%

Boats

Mephisto · Lacustre, Oldtimer, Handicap · 17 events · 2019–2026
Gaggenau · Onyx · 8 events · 2017–2023
L'ESSENZA · Esse 850 · 5 events · 2018–2024
Mehphisto · Lacustre · 3 events · 2017
Schweizer Weinbaumanufaktur · Onyx · 2 events · 2024–2025
Schweizer Weinmanufaktur · Onyx · 1 events · 2024
Surprise · Handicap · 1 events · 2019
Little white wonder · Yngling · 1 events · 2018
L'Essenzia · Esse 850 · 1 events · 2018
no name · Esse 850 · 1 events · 2017

Where they race

Unknown · 38 events

Is this you?

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Crew rating across all classes: -80 (±138), #54,240.Helm rating across all classes: 59 (±214), #40,070. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.