Sailor · 2010–2025

Gretchen Backus Loper

hoover sailing club T-10 PHRF handicap Handicap

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Events: 14
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 29%
Typically beats: 61%
Best class ranking: #45

Biggest lift: John Shockey
Longest-running crew: Susan Backus Starr
Nemesis: Greg Kinney
Rival: Gary Disbrow
Best day: 5 Aug 2010
Signature result: 3rd of 26

Partnerships · 35 sailors

Heidi Backus · Gotcha, Nuts, NUTS, She Said Yes · PHRF handicap, T-10 7events 0 wins together · 3 podiums · 0% win rate · 3 of 44 races won Beat 65% of the fleet together(+11 vs. without) · best 2nd · Aug 2010 – Aug 2019
Christy Parsons · Nuts, NUTS · T-10 7events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 0% win rate · 4 of 50 races won Beat 69% of the fleet together(+19 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jul 2013 – Sep 2023
Amy Backus · Nuts, NUTS · T-10 6events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 0% win rate · 3 of 41 races won Beat 69% of the fleet together(+15 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jul 2013 – Sep 2023
Susan Backus Starr · Nuts, NUTS · T-10 5events 0 wins together · 3 podiums · 0% win rate · 4 of 34 races won Beat 71% of the fleet together(+18 vs. without) · best 2nd · Aug 2010 – Sep 2023
Pam Gregory · Nuts, NUTS · T-10 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 2 of 21 races won Beat 53% of the fleet together(−9 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jun 2019 – Sep 2023
John Shockey · Nuts, NUTS · T-10 4events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 3 of 38 races won Beat 85% of the fleet together(+35 vs. without) · best 3rd · Aug 2010 – Aug 2021
Heidi Backus Riddle · NUTS · T-10 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 2 of 27 races won Beat 61% of the fleet together(+2 vs. without) · best 2nd · Aug 2021 – Sep 2023
Tyler Parsons · Nuts, NUTS · T-10 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 2 of 22 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together(±0 vs. without) · best 7th · Jun 2019 – Aug 2021
Susan Backus · NUTS · T-10 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 16 races won Beat 62% of the fleet together · best 4th · Jul 2013 – Jun 2022
Kate Keane · Nuts, NUTS · T-10 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 19 races won Beat 74% of the fleet together · best 4th · Jul 2013 – Aug 2019

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

Rating history

Event history · 14

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
14 Mar 2025	Orange Peel 2025	Alma & Louise	Handicap	Crew	13th / 33
14 Mar 2024	Orange Peel 2024	Alma & Louise	Thistle	Crew	23rd / 36
22 Sep 2023	The 216 Regatta 2023	NUTS	T-10	Crew	2nd / 5
10 Aug 2023	2023 Tartan Ten North American Championship	Gotcha	T-10	Floater	13th / 20
11 Aug 2022	2022 Tartan Ten North American Championship	NUTS	T-10	Floater	9th / 19
3 Jun 2022	2022 Bayview One Design Regatta	NUTS	T-10	Other	7th / 11
19 Aug 2021	2021 T-10 North American Championship	NUTS	T-10	Pit	7th / 23
15 Aug 2019	2019 T10 North American Championship	Nuts	T-10	Pit	10th / 26
14 Jun 2019	2019 Cleveland Race Week - One Design	Nuts	T-10	Offside trimmer	12th / 20
8 Jun 2018	2018 Invitational Mills Trophy Race	Gotcha	PHRF handicap	Other	2nd / 7
12 Aug 2016	2016 Tartan Ten North American Championship	Nuts	T-10	Other	3rd / 23
10 Jun 2016	2016 Invitational Mills Trophy Race	She Said Yes	PHRF handicap	Other	8th / 8
26 Jul 2013	2013 T-10 North American Championship	NUTS	T-10	Other	4th / 19
5 Aug 2010	2010 T-Ten North American Championship	NUTS	T-10	Grinder	3rd / 26

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Crew	361 provisional	#4990 band 2650–9071	—
T-10 Crew	369 provisional	#45 band 31–63	−4.1

1 more class, not yet ranked

Thistle · Crew · 3 races, 1 event · rating 5

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	0 events	0 wins	beats —
As crew	14 events	0 wins	beats 60%

Positions: Floater (2) · Pit (2) · Offside trimmer (1) · Grinder (1)

How they race

Closer	−8 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−12 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	50%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	64%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets	50%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Scott Irwin	65	21–44
Greg Kinney	51	13–38
Ken Schram	50	33–17
Hanson Bratton	43	17–26
Gary Disbrow	42	24–18
Jim Herold	37	35–2
Steve Sackett	37	22–15
Brian Kaczor	33	8–25
John Barker	33	25–8
Ted Pinkerton	30	11–19
Sue McIntyre	30	26–4
Harald Bransch	30	30–0

Most-beaten opponent: Jim Herold (35–2).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2025	1	63%
2024	1	37%
2023	2	56%
2022	2	48%
2021	1	73%
2019	2	53%
2018	1	83%
2016	2	46%
2013	1	83%
2010	1	92%

Boats

NUTS · T-10 · 9 events · 2010–2023
Alma & Louise · Handicap, Thistle · 2 events · 2024–2025
Gotcha · T-10, PHRF handicap · 2 events · 2018–2023
She Said Yes · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2016

Where they race

Detroit, MI, USA · 3 events
Toledo, OH, USA · 2 events
Jacksonville, FL · 2 events
Cleveland, OH, USA · 2 events
LaSalle, MI, USA · 1 events
Cleveland, OH · 1 events

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Crew rating across all classes: 361, #4,990. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.