Sailor · 2021–2025

Mike Hensel

95 H18 H18 Boat class Hobie 18

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Events: 13
Win rate: 8%
Podium rate: 15%
Typically beats: 32%
Best class ranking: #18

Longest-running crew: Rebecca Hensel
Nemesis: John Hoag
Rival: Don Atchley
Signature result: 5th of 13

Partnerships · 3 sailors

Rebecca Hensel · 17126, H18 · H18, H18 Boat class, Hobie 18 8events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 43 races won Beat 26% of the fleet together(−30 vs. without) · best 5th · Jan 2021 – Jan 2025
Eric Bramlet · 15990 · Hobie 18 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jan 2022 – Jan 2022
Nick Rainboth · 15990 · H18 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 15% of the fleet together · best 12th · Jan 2022 – Jan 2022

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

Rating history

Event history · 13

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
1 Jan 2025	Hobie Div 4 Area Championships	H18	H18 Boat class	Skipper	7th / 10
1 Jan 2025	Quinault Regatta #1	17126	H18	Skipper	8th / 10
1 Jan 2025	Sail Sandpoint 2025	17126	H18	Skipper	9th / 10
1 Jan 2024	Division 4 Area Championships	17126	H18	Skipper	5th / 13
1 Jan 2024	Quinault Regatta #1	17126	H18	Skipper	9th / 10
1 Jan 2023	Cultus Lake Hobie Regatta	H18	H18 Boat class	Skipper	12th / 13
1 Jan 2023	H17/ H18 North American Championships	17126	H18	Skipper	16th / 25
1 Jan 2023	Pacific Northwest Area Championships	17126	H18	Skipper	12th / 17
1 Jan 2022	Divison 4 Area Championships	17126	H18	Skipper	5th / 11
1 Jan 2022	Divison 4 Championships	15990	H18	Skipper	12th / 14
1 Jan 2022	Todd Christensen Memorial-Smoke on the Water	15990	Hobie 18	Skipper	2nd / 5
1 Jan 2021	NW Area Championship	17126	Hobie 18	Skipper	8th / 10
1 Jan 2021	Todd Christensen Memorial-Smoke on the Water	63283	Hobie 14	Skipper	1st / 2

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Helm	62 provisional	#54366 band 37644–73359	—
H18 Helm	-6 provisional	#18 band 11–21	−5.9

3 more classes, not yet ranked

H18 Boat class · Helm · 8 races, 2 events · rating 37
Hobie 14 · Helm · 6 races, 1 event · rating 90
Hobie 18 · Helm · 5 races, 2 events · rating -3

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	13 events	1 wins	beats 38%
As crew	0 events	0 wins	beats —

How they race

Closer	−6 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−4 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	45%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	42%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Don Atchley	53	26–27
Jere Bott	51	24–27
John Hoag	34	1–33
Paul Von Stubbe	33	24–9
Paul Evenden	31	4–27
Chris Thorne	30	26–4
Alan Jones	27	13–14
Al Jones	26	9–16
Arden Rathkopf	25	7–18
Philip Smith	23	15–8
Brishen Holmes-Slattery	20	18–2
Laura Sullivan	20	2–18

Most-beaten opponent: Chris Thorne (26–4).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	3	0	22%
2024	2	0	39%
2023	3	0	26%
2022	3	0	50%
2021	2	1	61%

Boats

17126 · H18, Hobie 18 · 8 events · 2021–2025
H18 · H18 Boat class · 2 events · 2023–2025
15990 · H18, Hobie 18 · 2 events · 2022
63283 · Hobie 14 · 1 events · 2021

Where they race

Rain Forest Resort Village · 3 events
Vista Park, Skamokawa WA · 2 events
Harrison Hot Springs · 1 events
Sail Sandpoint · 1 events
Lake Quinault, WA · 1 events
Rain Forest Resort Village, Quinault, WA · 1 events

Is this you?

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Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 62, #54,366. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.