Sailor · 2019–2025

Matthew Semaan

duluth yacht club apostle island yacht club PHRF handicap ORC handicap Handicap

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Events: 8
Win rate: 13%
Podium rate: 13%
Typically beats: 53%

Most successful partnership: Eric Dexter
Best trio: Tim Miller & Tim Buck
Biggest lift: Eric Dexter
Longest-running crew: Jesse Ferguson
Signature result: 1st of 7

Partnerships · 30 sailors

Most successful partnership: Eric Dexter — 1 wins · 1 podiums in 3 events together

Jesse Ferguson · Break Away, Narwhal · Handicap, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 7events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 14% win rate · 1 of 9 races won Beat 47% of the fleet together · best 1st · Aug 2021 – Aug 2025
Tim Buck · Narwhal · Handicap, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 6events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 17% win rate · 1 of 8 races won Beat 54% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jul 2023 – Aug 2025
Dan Wallerstein · Narwhal · Handicap, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 4events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 1 of 4 races won Beat 55% of the fleet together(+22 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2023 – Aug 2025
Tim Miller · Narwhal · Handicap, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 4events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 1 of 4 races won Beat 55% of the fleet together(+22 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2023 – Aug 2025
Gini Breidenbach · Narwhal · Handicap, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 4events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 1 of 4 races won Beat 55% of the fleet together(+22 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2023 – Aug 2025
Emma Felton · Narwhal · Handicap, PHRF handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 63% of the fleet together(+30 vs. without) · best 5th · Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Eric Dexter · Narwhal, Northern Harrier · PHRF handicap 3events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 5 races won Beat 68% of the fleet together(+38 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2019 – Sep 2023
Mark Darby · Narwhal · Handicap, ORC handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 40% of the fleet together(−7 vs. without) · best 5th · Jun 2025 – Aug 2025
EmmaGrace Felton · Narwhal · ORC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 19% of the fleet together · best 5th · Jul 2025 – Aug 2025
Alexander Gutterman · Narwhal, Northern Harrier · PHRF handicap 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 2 races won Beat 64% of the fleet together · best 1st · Aug 2019 – Aug 2023

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

Rating history

Event history · 8

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
2 Aug 2025	2025 Trans Superior International Yacht Race	Narwhal	ORC handicap	Pro Bowler	5th / 5
25 Jul 2025	2025 Little Traverse Yacht Club Regatta - Ugotta Regatta	Narwhal	ORC handicap	Pro Bowler	6th / 9
28 Jun 2025	AIS Around the Islands 2025	Narwhal	Handicap	Crew	5th / 24
2 Sep 2023	2023 WYC/AIS Labor Day / Fall Series	Narwhal	PHRF handicap	Pro Bowler	5th / 17
5 Aug 2023	2023 Trans Superior International Yacht Race	Narwhal	PHRF handicap	Other	1st / 7
1 Jul 2023	2023 WYC/AIS Around the Islands Race	Narwhal	PHRF handicap	Main Trimmer	17th / 24
6 Aug 2021	2021 Biennial Trans Superior International Yacht Race	Break Away	PHRF handicap	Headsail Trimmer	6th / 6
2 Aug 2019	2019 Biennial Trans Superior International Yacht Race	Northern Harrier	PHRF handicap	Headsail Trimmer	6th / 8

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact

1 more class, not yet ranked

Full-size sailing · Crew · 8 races, 8 events · rating 12

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	8 events	1 wins	beats 44%

Positions: Pro Bowler (3) · Headsail Trimmer (2) · Main Trimmer (1)

How they race

Closer	−14 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	+18 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	30%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	33%	of the fleet beaten

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	3	0	40%
2023	3	1	69%
2021	1	0	0%
2019	1	0	29%

Boats

Narwhal · ORC handicap, Handicap, PHRF handicap · 6 events · 2023–2025
Break Away · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2021
Northern Harrier · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2019

Where they race

Duluth, MN, USA · 4 events
Bayfield, WI, USA · 2 events
Wayzata Yacht Club · 1 events
Harbor Springs, MI, USA · 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, Full-size sailing: 12. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.