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Sailor · 2021–2025

Mike Klinkner

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Events
13

176 races · 7 race wins

Win rate
8%

8% win rate · 1 of 13

Podium rate
15%

2 top-three finishes

Typically beats
44%

of boats faced (range 36%–52%, 109 boats)

Best class ranking
#474

Helm in Flying Scot · rating -37

Longest win streak
4

race wins in a row

Most successful partnership
Don Reid

1 wins · 2 podiums in 3 events together

Best trio
Ethan Gustafson & Skip Wilson

1 wins · 2 podiums in 3 events, all three aboard

Biggest lift
Don Reid

+31 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Nemesis
Jim Jilek

1–21 head to head in 22 races

Signature result
2nd of 17

2025 Tuesday Night Keelboat Series · Handicap · 27 May 2025

Partnerships · 8 sailors

Most successful partnership: Don Reid — 1 wins · 2 podiums in 3 events together
  • John Ross · Alacrity · Flying Scot 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 23 races won Beat 25% of the fleet together(−24 vs. without) · best 5th · May 2024 – May 2025
  • Don Reid · Vindaloo · Handicap 3events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 6 of 25 races won Beat 65% of the fleet together(+31 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2023 – May 2025
  • Skip Wilson · Vindaloo · Handicap 3events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 6 of 25 races won Beat 65% of the fleet together(+31 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2023 – May 2025
  • Ethan Gustafson · Vindaloo · Handicap 3events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 6 of 25 races won Beat 65% of the fleet together(+31 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2023 – May 2025
  • Pete Noffke · Vindaloo · Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 2 of 20 races won Beat 47% of the fleet together · best 2nd · May 2023 – May 2025
  • Jeanne Richardson · Vindaloo · Handicap 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 4 of 5 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 1st · May 2023 – Aug 2023
  • Dan Mc Faul · Vindaloo · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 2 of 20 races won Beat 94% of the fleet together · best 2nd · May 2025 – May 2025
  • Dan McFaul · Vindaloo · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 4th · May 2023 – May 2023

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

Rating history

-85-57-292025Helm rating, all classes

Event history · 13

Helm rating across all classes: -29, #57,318. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.