Sailor · 2016–2026

Toomas Tõniste

kalevi jahtklubi J/70 Melges 24 Petite Final

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Events: 10
Win rate: 10%
Podium rate: 40%
Typically beats: 72%
Best class ranking: #901
Longest win streak: 3

Most successful partnership: Marko Lilienthal
Best trio: Marko Lilienthal & Tõnu Tõniste
Biggest lift: Marko Lilienthal
Longest-running crew: Tõnu Tõniste
Nemesis: Luis Albert
Rival: Michael Goldfarb
Best day: 4 Jun 2024
Signature result: 2nd of 75

Partnerships · 16 sailors

Most successful partnership: Marko Lilienthal — 1 wins · 2 podiums in 4 events together

Tõnu Tõniste · irrational exhuberance, Lenny, LENNY, SSL TEAM ESTONIA · Handicap, J/70, Melges 24, Petite Final 10events 1 wins together · 4 podiums · 10% win rate · 5 of 86 races won Beat 66% of the fleet together · best 1st · Mar 2016 – Sep 2026
Maiki Saaring · irrational exhuberance, Lenny, LENNY, SSL TEAM ESTONIA · Handicap, J/70, Melges 24, Petite Final 10events 1 wins together · 4 podiums · 10% win rate · 5 of 86 races won Beat 66% of the fleet together · best 1st · Mar 2016 – Sep 2026
Andres Viisemann · irrational exhuberance, Lenny, LENNY · J/70 4events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 39 races won Beat 69% of the fleet together(+5 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jun 2023 – Sep 2026
Marko Lilienthal · Lenny, LENNY · J/70 4events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 4 of 42 races won Beat 69% of the fleet together(+5 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
Tammo Otsasoo · Lenny, SSL TEAM ESTONIA · Handicap, Melges 24, Petite Final 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 18 races won Beat 52% of the fleet together(−21 vs. without) · best 2nd · Oct 2019 – Oct 2021
Ingrid Puusta · SSL TEAM ESTONIA · Handicap, Petite Final 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 33% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Sep 2021 – Oct 2021
Henri Tauts · Lenny · J/70, Melges 24 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 4 of 19 races won Beat 94% of the fleet together · best 1st · Oct 2019 – Sep 2023
Karl Kolk · SSL TEAM ESTONIA · Handicap, Petite Final 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 33% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Sep 2021 – Oct 2021
Mati Sepp · SSL TEAM ESTONIA · Handicap, Petite Final 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 33% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Sep 2021 – Oct 2021
Andres Rohtla · Lenny · Melges 24 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 20 races won Beat 66% of the fleet together · best 7th · Mar 2016 – Nov 2016

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

Rating history

Event history · 10

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
4 Sep 2026	Cascais 2026 J70 World Championship	LENNY	J/70	Crew	51st / 100
4 Jun 2024	J70 Corinthian Worlds 2024	Lenny	J/70	Crew	3rd / 109
21 May 2024	European Championship	Lenny	J/70	Crew	59th / 84
28 Sep 2023	J/70 Klassi Eesti meistrivõistlused 2023	Lenny	J/70	Crew	1st / 6
1 Jun 2023	Corinthian World Cup	irrational exhuberance	J/70	Crew	2nd / 75
3 Oct 2021	SSL Gold Cup Test Event #2	SSL TEAM ESTONIA	Petite Final	Crew	2nd / 4
29 Sep 2021	SSL Gold Cup Test Event #2	SSL TEAM ESTONIA	Handicap	Crew	4th / 4
8 Oct 2019	2019 Melges 24 World Championship	Lenny	Melges 24	Spinnaker trimmer	8th / 61
29 Nov 2016	2016 Melges 24 World Championship	Lenny	Melges 24	Tactician	19th / 74
18 Mar 2016	2016 Melges 24 Madness Regatta	Lenny	Melges 24	Spinnaker trimmer	7th / 15

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Crew	267 provisional	#9839 band 5168–17508	—
J/70 Crew	160 provisional	#901 band 440–1713	+6.1
Melges 24 Crew	189 provisional	#251 band 128–437	—

1 more class, not yet ranked

Petite Final · Crew · 1 race, 1 event · rating 20

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	10 events	1 wins	beats 66%

Positions: Spinnaker trimmer (2) · Tactician (1)

How they race

Closer	−3 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−21 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	37%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	73%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets	56%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Michael Goldfarb	44	26–18
Douglas Rastello	39	17–20
Renato Faria	37	19–17
Frederik HvalsØ	37	20–16
Laura Grondin	32	21–11
Ian Dobson	32	10–22
John Brown	30	9–21
Brian Porter	30	11–19
Richard Thompson	30	17–13
Sam Haynes	29	13–16
Keith Whittemore	29	17–10
Richard Reid	28	19–9

Most-beaten opponent: Jens Altern Wathne (22–0).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	1	0	50%
2024	2	0	64%
2023	2	1	99%
2021	2	0	33%
2019	1	0	88%
2016	2	0	66%

Boats

LENNY · J/70, Melges 24 · 7 events · 2016–2026
SSL TEAM ESTONIA · Petite Final, Handicap · 2 events · 2021
irrational exhuberance · J/70 · 1 events · 2023

Where they race

Unknown · 3 events
Miami, FL, USA · 2 events
Cala Galera · 1 events
Riva del Garda · 1 events
Villasimius, Sardinia, Italy · 1 events
Cascais, Portugal · 1 events

Is this you?

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Crew rating across all classes: 267, #9,839. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.