Sailor · 2019–2024

Zach Buczkowski

hampton yc Lightning

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Events: 12
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 8%
Typically beats: 35%
Best class ranking: #564

Longest-running crew: Joe Buczkowski
Nemesis: Justin Coplan
Rival: James Elder
Best day: 12 Jun 2021
Signature result: 3rd of 13

Partnerships · 3 sailors

Joe Buczkowski · 15084, Irie, IRIE · Lightning 12events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 2 of 63 races won Beat 41% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jan 2019 – Jan 2024
Ed Lane · 15084, Irie, IRIE · Lightning 11events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 2 of 60 races won Beat 44% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jan 2019 – Jan 2024
Jeff whitten · IRIE · Lightning 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 13% of the fleet together · best 15th · Jan 2023 – Jan 2023

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

Rating history

Event history · 12

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
1 Jan 2024	2024 Lightning Frigid Digit	15084	Lightning	Crew	14th / 18
24 Jun 2023	2023 Dixie District Championship	Irie	Lightning	Skipper	3rd / 13
1 Jan 2023	2023 Lightning Frigid Digit	IRIE	Lightning	Crew	15th / 17
16 Sep 2022	2022 International Lightning Class North American Championship	Irie	Lightning	Spinnaker trimmer	40th / 47
15 Jul 2022	2022 Lightning Atlantic Coast Championship	Irie	Lightning	Crew	31st / 44
18 May 2022	2022 Lightning World Championships	Irie	Lightning	Spinnaker trimmer	43rd / 50
13 Aug 2021	2021 Lightning North American Championship (ILCA)	Irie	Lightning	Other	13th / 26
12 Jun 2021	Dixie Districts	15084	Lightning	Skipper	4th / 17
1 Jan 2020	2020 Lightning Frigid Digit	15084	Lightning	Crew	7th / 13
1 Jan 2020	2020 Lightning Frigid Digit WEATHER MARK CHALLENGE	15084	Lightning	Crew	12th / 17
14 Aug 2019	2019 ILCA Lightning North American Championship	IRIE	Lightning	Other	17th / 37
1 Jan 2019	2019 Lightning Frigid Digit	15084	Lightning	Crew	15th / 25

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Lightning Crew	-108 provisional	#564 band 460–623	−6.9
Full-size sailing Crew	-86 provisional	#55738 band 41527–62921	—

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	2 events	0 wins	beats 82%
As crew	10 events	0 wins	beats 33%

Positions: Spinnaker trimmer (2)

How they race

Closer	−5 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−5 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	53%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	35%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
James Elder	35	17–18
Trevor Prior	35	13–22
Gary Hurban	34	11–23
Justin Coplan	25	0–25
Thomas Allen	24	3–21
David Starck	24	1–23
Brian Hayes	22	1–21
Ian Moriarty	21	3–18
Craig Cobbum	21	5–16
Hugh Hutchison	20	11–9
Francesco Rulli	20	8–12
Ched Rogan	19	18–1

Most-beaten opponent: Ched Rogan (18–1).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2024	1	24%
2023	2	48%
2022	3	20%
2021	2	67%
2020	2	41%
2019	2	49%

Boats

Irie · Lightning · 7 events · 2019–2023
15084 · Lightning · 5 events · 2019–2024

Where they race

Severn Sailing Association · 5 events
Ridgeway, Point Abino, Ontario, Canada · 1 events
Wrightsville, PA · 1 events
Metedeconk River Yacht Club · 1 events
Cleveland, OH, USA · 1 events
Blue Point, NY, USA · 1 events

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Crew rating, Full-size sailing: -86, #55,738. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.