Sailor · 2014–2025

Rainer BlÄß

flensborg yacht club e v J/80 Handicap J/80 (Pre-Worlds) Kiel-Cup Foxtrott

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Events: 16
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 25%
Typically beats: 53%
Best class ranking: #57

Biggest lift: Roland Villasenor
Longest-running crew: Holger Elle
Nemesis: Martin Menzner
Rival: Christian Schuh
Best day: 29 Jun 2019
Signature result: 3rd of 18

Partnerships · 8 sailors

Torsten Voss · Frida · J/80, J/80 (Pre-Worlds) Kiel-Cup Foxtrott 15events 0 wins together · 4 podiums · 0% win rate · 5 of 104 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together · best 2nd · May 2014 – Sep 2020
Holger Elle · Blue2, Frida · Handicap, J/80 9events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 0% win rate · 3 of 59 races won Beat 54% of the fleet together(−6 vs. without) · best 3rd · May 2014 – Sep 2025
Rainer Stiemke · Frida · J/80, J/80 (Pre-Worlds) Kiel-Cup Foxtrott 5events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 1 of 37 races won Beat 62% of the fleet together(+8 vs. without) · best 4th · Jun 2015 – Jun 2017
Roland V Franco · Frida · J/80 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 1 of 19 races won Beat 59% of the fleet together(+4 vs. without) · best 3rd · Apr 2017 – May 2018
Roland Villasenor · Frida · J/80 4events 0 wins together · 3 podiums · 4 events · 2 of 32 races won Beat 77% of the fleet together(+27 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jun 2018 – Sep 2020
Paul Stein · Frida · J/80, J/80 (Pre-Worlds) Kiel-Cup Foxtrott 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 1 of 27 races won Beat 39% of the fleet together(−23 vs. without) · best 7th · May 2014 – Jul 2015
Nico Gebhardt · Frida · J/80 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 2 of 21 races won Beat 55% of the fleet together(−2 vs. without) · best 2nd · Sep 2017 – Jun 2019
Tobias Merkel · Frida · J/80 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 70% of the fleet together · best 4th · Apr 2016 – Apr 2016

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

Rating history

Event history · 16

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
27 Sep 2025	Kalkgrund-Regatta	Blue2	Handicap	Skipper	8th / 9
18 Sep 2020	110. Flensburger Fördewoche 2020	Frida	J/80	Crew	3rd / 7
27 Jun 2019	Kieler Woche 2019	Frida	J/80	Crew	2nd / 12
3 May 2019	Maior - Mai Offshore Regatta 2019	Frida	J/80	Crew	4th / 10
7 Sep 2018	108. Flensburger Fördewoche 2018 + IDM Seesegeln 2018	Frida	J/80	Crew	6th / 14
22 Jun 2018	Kieler Woche 2018	Frida	J/80	Crew	3rd / 18
26 May 2018	Wetterwelt Cup	Frida	J/80	Crew	3rd / 13
8 Sep 2017	107. Flensb. Fördewoche mit GO J/80, GO/DO X-79 (ORCi, ORC-Club, SWAN) u. FSC Club-Cup	Frida	J/80	Crew	13th / 14
22 Jun 2017	Kieler Woche 2017	Frida	J/80	Crew	5th / 21
29 Apr 2017	Maior - Mai Offshore Regatta 2017	Frida	J/80	Crew	5th / 13
9 Sep 2016	106. Flensburger Fördewoche mit German Open J/80 und Deutscher Expressenpokal	Frida	J/80	Crew	9th / 19
29 Apr 2016	Maior - Mai Offshore Regatta 2016	Frida	J/80	Crew	4th / 11
6 Jul 2015	J/80 World Championship 2015	Frida	J/80	Crew	37th / 50
20 Jun 2015	Kieler Woche 2015	Frida	J/80 (Pre-Worlds) Kiel-Cup Foxtrott	Crew	15th / 24
2 May 2015	Maior - Mai Offshore Regatta 2015	Frida	J/80	Crew	14th / 17
2 May 2014	Maior 2014	Frida	J/80	Crew	7th / 22

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	227 provisional	#13334 band 7773–21971	—
J/80 Crew	270 provisional	#57 band 28–115	+3.4

2 more classes, not yet ranked

J/80 (Pre-Worlds) Kiel-Cup Foxtrott · Crew · 6 races, 1 event · rating -26
Full-size sailing · Helm · 1 race, 1 event · rating -39

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	1 events	0 wins	beats 13%
As crew	15 events	0 wins	beats 60%

How they race

Closer	−10 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−8 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	47%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	54%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Martin Menzner	102	11–90
Tim Huemme	81	54–27
Meinhard Braedel	73	45–28
Arne Wilcken	61	15–45
Hauke Krüss	60	13–46
Olav Jansen	57	18–39
Andreas Rose	48	35–13
Dr Matthias Herzberg	39	31–8
Christian Schuh	37	19–17
Maximilian Gebhard	37	29–7
Sven Winterberg	37	35–1
Johannes Müller	37	33–4

Most-beaten opponent: Sven Winterberg (35–1).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2025	1	13%
2020	1	67%
2019	2	79%
2018	3	78%
2017	3	52%
2016	2	63%
2015	3	28%
2014	1	71%

Boats

Frida · J/80, J/80 (Pre-Worlds) Kiel-Cup Foxtrott · 15 events · 2014–2020
Blue2 · Handicap · 1 events · 2025

Where they race

Unknown · 16 events

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Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 227, #13,334.Helm rating, Full-size sailing: -39. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.