Sailor · 2018–2026

John Scharer

oyc Handicap PHRF handicap

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Events: 13
Win rate: 8%
Podium rate: 31%
Typically beats: 53%
Longest win streak: 3

Most successful partnership: MaryBeth Scharer
Biggest lift: MaryBeth Scharer
Longest-running crew: MaryBeth Scharer
Nemesis: Robert Davis
Best day: 7 Apr 2019
Signature result: 1st of 8

Partnerships · 1 sailors

Most successful partnership: MaryBeth Scharer — 1 wins · 2 podiums in 5 events together · 20% win rate

MaryBeth Scharer · Just Right, Tenacious · Handicap, PHRF handicap 5events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 20% win rate · 6 of 26 races won Beat 66% of the fleet together(+22 vs. without) · best 1st · Apr 2018 – Apr 2024

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

Rating history

Event history · 13

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
8 Apr 2026	OYC Wednesday Night Series 2026	Just Right	Handicap	Skipper	2nd / 12
3 Oct 2025	2025 Peninsula Cup Regatta	Just Right	PHRF handicap	Skipper	3rd / 10
17 Apr 2024	Wednesday Night series 2024	Just Right	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 8
13 Oct 2023	2023 Peninsula Cup Regatta	Just Right	PHRF handicap	Skipper	5th / 6
11 Sep 2022	2022 Fall Fellowship Series	Just Right	Handicap	Skipper	12th / 12
12 Sep 2021	2021 Fall Fellowship Series	Just Right	Handicap	Skipper	10th / 12
11 Apr 2021	2021 Spring Fellowship Series	Tenacious	Handicap	Skipper	7th / 9
13 Sep 2020	2020 Fall Fellowship Series	Tenacious	Handicap	Skipper	7th / 15
20 Sep 2019	2019 Peninsula Cup Regatta	Tenacious	PHRF handicap	Skipper	7th / 10
7 Apr 2019	2019 Spring Fellowship Series	Tenacious	Handicap	Skipper	2nd / 13
21 Sep 2018	2018 Peninsula Cup Regatta	Tenacious	Handicap	Skipper	6th / 11
18 Apr 2018	2018 Wednesday Night Series	Tenacious (Pearson 28-2)	Handicap	Skipper	6th / 14
8 Apr 2018	PYC Fellowship Race Series 2018	Tenacious	Handicap	Skipper	8th / 16

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Helm	70 provisional	#38927 band 23538–57960	—

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	13 events	1 wins	beats 52%
As crew	0 events	0 wins	beats —

How they race

Closer	−14 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	+6 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	39%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	51%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Robert Davis	17	4–13
John Guthrie	12	3–9
Shari Marcus	12	7–5
Steve Holbrook	12	8–4

Most-beaten opponent: Steve Holbrook (8–4).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	1	0	91%
2025	1	0	78%
2024	1	1	100%
2023	1	0	20%
2022	1	0	0%
2021	2	0	22%
2020	1	0	57%
2019	2	0	63%
2018	3	0	55%

Boats

Just Right · Handicap, PHRF handicap · 6 events · 2021–2026
Tenacious · Handicap, PHRF handicap · 6 events · 2018–2021
Tenacious (Pearson 28-2) · Handicap · 1 events · 2018

Where they race

Cornelius, NC · 8 events
Lake Norman, NC · 2 events
Cornelius , NC · 2 events
Outrigger Yacht Club · 1 events

Is this you?

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Helm rating across all classes: 70, #38,927. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.