Sailor · 2017–2025

Willis Wendell

chicago yacht club Beneteau First 40.7 Beneteau First 36.7 420

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Events: 5
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 0%
Typically beats: 11%
Best class ranking: #114

Nemesis: Thomas Weber
Signature result: 9th of 12

Partnerships · 31 sailors

Mary Duncan · Rhumb Runner · Beneteau First 40.7 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 18 races won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 5th · Jun 2022 – Jun 2023
Ryan Larson · Rhumb Runner · Beneteau First 40.7 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 18 races won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 5th · Jun 2022 – Jun 2023
Brian Goldman · Rhumb Runner · Beneteau First 40.7 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 18 races won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 5th · Jun 2022 – Jun 2023
Katie Goldman Finnegan · Rhumb Runner · Beneteau First 40.7 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 18 races won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 5th · Jun 2022 – Jun 2023
Lindsey Beukema · Rhumb Runner · Beneteau First 40.7 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 18 races won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 5th · Jun 2022 – Jun 2023
Evan Summers · Rhumb Runner · Beneteau First 40.7 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 18 races won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 5th · Jun 2022 – Jun 2023
Kristy Eriksen · Rhumb Runner · Beneteau First 40.7 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 18 races won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 5th · Jun 2022 – Jun 2023
Kendl Friedman · Rhumb Runner · Beneteau First 40.7 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 18 races won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 5th · Jun 2022 – Jun 2023
Emily Mancewicz · Rhumb Runner · Beneteau First 40.7 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 18 races won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 5th · Jun 2022 – Jun 2023
Dylan Verhoef · Rhumb Runner · Beneteau First 40.7 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 13 races won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 5th · Aug 2022 – Jun 2023

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Rating history

Event history · 5

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
8 Aug 2025	2025 CYC Verve Cup Offshore	Endeavor	Beneteau First 36.7	Crew	11th / 11
9 Jun 2023	2023 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series - Chicago	Rhumb Runner	Beneteau First 40.7	Bow	5th / 5
19 Aug 2022	2022 Verve Cup Offshore Regatta	Rhumb Runner	Beneteau First 40.7	Bow	6th / 6
10 Jun 2022	2022 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series - Chicago	Rhumb Runner	Beneteau First 40.7	Bow	6th / 6
7 Oct 2017	2017 Fall Frostbite Series	WEN	420	Skipper	9th / 12

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	-2 provisional	#44277 band 30715–55460	—
Beneteau First 40.7 Crew	85 provisional	#114 band 80–141	—

1 more class, not yet ranked

Beneteau First 36.7 · Crew · 5 races, 1 event · rating -122

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	1 events	0 wins	beats 27%
As crew	4 events	0 wins	beats 0%

Positions: Bow (3)

How they race

Closer	−4 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	±0 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Small fleets	0%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Ron Buzil	18	4–14
Thomas Weber	18	1–17
Gary Powell	18	1–17
Brian Angioletti	18	9–9
Robert Arzbaecher	12	1–11

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2025	1	0%
2023	1	0%
2022	2	0%
2017	1	27%

Boats

Rhumb Runner · Beneteau First 40.7 · 3 events · 2022–2023
Endeavor · Beneteau First 36.7 · 1 events · 2025
WEN · 420 · 1 events · 2017

Where they race

Chicago, IL, USA · 3 events
Chicago, IL · 2 events

Is this you?

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Crew rating, Full-size sailing: -2, #44,277. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.