Sailor · 2014–2025

Ben Amen

cal yc Handicap ORC handicap Etchells

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Events: 10
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 50%
Typically beats: 57%

Best day: 23 Feb 2025
Signature result: 3rd of 26

Partnerships · 45 sailors

Kat Dippel · Horizon · Handicap, ORC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 70% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Feb 2019 – Jul 2019
Roland Fournier · Horizon · Handicap, ORC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 70% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Feb 2019 – Jul 2019
Craig Chamberlain · Horizon · Handicap, ORC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 70% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Feb 2019 – Jul 2019
Kelsey Tostenson · Horizon · Handicap, ORC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 70% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Feb 2019 – Jul 2019
Len Bose · Horizon · Handicap, ORC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 70% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Feb 2019 – Jul 2019
Andy Dippel · Horizon · Handicap, ORC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 70% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Feb 2019 – Jul 2019
Ian Trotter · Snoopy, Spot · Etchells, ORC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Mar 2020 – Feb 2025
Marilyn Puckett · Amazing Grace · ORC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 70% of the fleet together · best 4th · May 2025 – May 2025
JoAnne Custer · Amazing Grace · ORC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 70% of the fleet together · best 4th · May 2025 – May 2025
John Craig · Blue Blazes · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 75% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Mar 2018 – Mar 2018

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

Rating history

Event history · 10

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
29 May 2025	2025 California Offshore Race Week Series - SoCal 300	Amazing Grace	ORC handicap	Mid Bow	4th / 11
22 Feb 2025	2025 Etchells West Coast Spring Series - Etchells Pacific Coast Championship	Spot	Etchells	Bow	10th / 30
16 May 2020	UCSD Sailing Alumni Regatta	DeezNutz	Handicap	Skipper	3rd / 26
5 Mar 2020	2020 San Diego to Vallarta International Yacht Race	Snoopy	ORC handicap	Bow	2nd / 3
10 Jul 2019	2019 Transpac Honolulu Race	Horizon	Handicap	Bow	2nd / 11
15 Feb 2019	2019 Islands Race	Horizon	ORC handicap	Bow	3rd / 5
1 Mar 2018	2018 San Diego to Vallarta International Yacht Race	Blue Blazes	Handicap	Bow	2nd / 5
13 Mar 2015	Helly Hansen San Diego NOOD Regatta 2015	Blink!	J/105	Chef	5th / 7
28 May 2014	2014 CRA Beer Can Series	Magic Light	Handicap	Skipper	13th / 17
14 Feb 2014	2014 Sperry Top-Sider St. Petersburg NOOD Regatta	Zuni Bear	J/70	Chef	23rd / 28

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Crew	94 provisional	#28515 band 15901–44693	—

4 more classes, not yet ranked

All classes · Helm · 9 races, 2 events · rating -69
Etchells · Crew · 5 races, 1 event · rating 45
J/70 · Crew · 5 races, 1 event · rating -67
J/105 · Crew · 5 races, 1 event · rating 10

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 59%
As crew	8 events	0 wins	beats 57%

Positions: Bow (5) · Chef (2) · Mid Bow (1)

How they race

Closer	+3 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−22 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	51%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	60%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets	61%	of the fleet beaten

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2025	2	70%
2020	2	71%
2019	2	70%
2018	1	75%
2015	1	33%
2014	2	22%

Boats

Horizon · Handicap, ORC handicap · 2 events · 2019
Amazing Grace · ORC handicap · 1 events · 2025
Spot · Etchells · 1 events · 2025
DeezNutz · Handicap · 1 events · 2020
Snoopy · ORC handicap · 1 events · 2020
Blue Blazes · Handicap · 1 events · 2018
Blink! · J/105 · 1 events · 2015
Magic Light · Handicap · 1 events · 2014
Zuni Bear · J/70 · 1 events · 2014

Where they race

San Diego, CA, USA · 4 events
Walnut, CA, USA · 1 events
San Diego, CA · 1 events
USA · 1 events
San Diego, California, USA · 1 events
St. Petersburg, FL, USA · 1 events

Is this you?

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Crew rating across all classes: 94, #28,515.Helm rating across all classes: -69. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.