Sailor · 2019–2025

Brian Kelly

grand river sailing club PHRF handicap Handicap S2 7.9

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Events: 14
Win rate: 7%
Podium rate: 43%
Typically beats: 58%

Most successful partnership: Pitsch Kelly
Biggest lift: Pitsch Kelly
Longest-running crew: Chuck Pitsch
Signature result: 19th of 99

Partnerships · 20 sailors

Most successful partnership: Pitsch Kelly — 1 wins · 3 podiums in 5 events together · 20% win rate

Chuck Pitsch · Meistari · Handicap, PHRF handicap 11events 0 wins together · 5 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 11 races won Beat 57% of the fleet together(+13 vs. without) · best 2nd · Sep 2019 – Aug 2025
Dave Morgan · Meistari · Handicap, PHRF handicap 8events 0 wins together · 4 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 8 races won Beat 52% of the fleet together(−6 vs. without) · best 2nd · Sep 2020 – Aug 2025
Mary Kelly · Meistari · Handicap, PHRF handicap 8events 0 wins together · 5 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 8 races won Beat 59% of the fleet together(+10 vs. without) · best 2nd · Sep 2019 – Sep 2024
Brian Pitsch · Meistari · PHRF handicap 5events 0 wins together · 3 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 5 races won Beat 58% of the fleet together(+6 vs. without) · best 2nd · Sep 2019 – Sep 2023
Pitsch Kelly · Meistari · PHRF handicap 5events 1 wins together · 3 podiums · 20% win rate · 1 of 5 races won Beat 65% of the fleet together(+16 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2020 – Aug 2022
Steve VanderLaan · Meistari, Monkey Wrench · Handicap, PHRF handicap, S2 7.9 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 49% of the fleet together(−7 vs. without) · best 3rd · Aug 2020 – Sep 2024
Dave Ball · Meistari, Monkey Wrench · Handicap, PHRF handicap, S2 7.9 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 37% of the fleet together(−24 vs. without) · best 4th · Aug 2023 – Aug 2025
Kevin Galbavi · Meistari · Handicap, PHRF handicap 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 54% of the fleet together(±0 vs. without) · best 3rd · Aug 2023 – Sep 2024
Gretchen Kelly · Meistari · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 25% of the fleet together · best 4th · Aug 2020 – Sep 2023
Chuck Pitch · Monkey Wrench · S2 7.9 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 13% of the fleet together · best 21st · Sep 2024 – Sep 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 · 14

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
8 Aug 2025	The 2025 Lake Michigan Clipper Cup	Meistari	Handicap	Skipper	28th / 36
20 Sep 2024	S2 7.9 Class Championship Regatta	Monkey Wrench	S2 7.9	Other	21st / 24
7 Sep 2024	2024 Anchorage Cup	Meistari	Handicap	Skipper	3rd / 5
9 Aug 2024	The 2024 Lake Michigan Clipper Cup	Meistari	Handicap	Skipper	18th / 39
28 Jun 2024	2024 Queen's Cup Race	Meistari	PHRF handicap	Skipper	19th / 99
9 Sep 2023	2023 Anchorage Cup	Meistari	PHRF handicap	Other	8th / 8
11 Aug 2023	2023 Lake Michigan Clipper Cup	Meistari	PHRF handicap	Other	4th / 8
12 Aug 2022	2022 Lake Michigan Clipper Cup	Meistari	PHRF handicap	Other	3rd / 10
22 Jun 2022	2022 William Tripp Memorial Cup Race	Meistari	PHRF handicap	Other	5th / 6
11 Sep 2021	2021 Anchorage Cup	Meistari	PHRF handicap	Other	2nd / 5
6 Aug 2021	2021 Lake Michigan Clipper Cup	Meistari	PHRF handicap	Other	1st / 5
12 Sep 2020	2020 Anchorage Cup	Meistari	PHRF handicap	Other	2nd / 5
7 Aug 2020	2020 Lake Michigan Clipper Cup	Meistari	PHRF handicap	Other	4th / 7
7 Sep 2019	2019 Anchorage Cup	Meistari	PHRF handicap	Other	2nd / 7

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact

3 more classes, not yet ranked

All classes · Crew · 9 races, 6 events · rating -45
All classes · Helm · 5 races, 8 events · rating 6
S2 7.9 · Crew · 4 races, 1 event · rating -67

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	8 events	1 wins	beats 57%
As crew	6 events	0 wins	beats 51%

How they race

Closer	+33 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−29 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	42%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	53%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets	59%	of the fleet beaten

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	1	0	23%
2024	4	0	50%
2023	2	0	29%
2022	2	0	49%
2021	2	1	88%
2020	2	0	63%
2019	1	0	83%

Boats

Meistari · Handicap, PHRF handicap · 13 events · 2019–2025
Monkey Wrench · S2 7.9 · 1 events · 2024

Where they race

Holland, MI, USA · 5 events
Muskegon, MI, USA · 4 events
Holland, MI · 1 events
Muskegon, MI · 1 events
Grand Haven, MI, USA · 1 events
Milwaukee, WI · 1 events

Is this you?

Claim it to merge duplicates and remove results that aren’t yours. Changes apply at the nightly rebuild.

Crew rating across all classes: -45.Helm rating across all classes: 6. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.