Sailor · 2011–2025

Robert Lapsley

ahyc stc PHRF handicap ORC handicap Beneteau First 36.7

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Events: 18
Win rate: 11%
Podium rate: 44%
Typically beats: 58%

Most successful partnership: Max Butler
Best trio: Max Butler & Brian Gillen
Biggest lift: Max Butler
Longest-running crew: Stephen Apostolacus
Nemesis: William Purdy
Rival: Alistair Duke
Signature result: 1st of 8

Partnerships · 30 sailors

Most successful partnership: Max Butler — 2 wins · 3 podiums in 6 events together · 33% win rate

Lou Melillo · Latitude, Surface Tension · Beneteau First 36.7, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 16events 2 wins together · 6 podiums · 13% win rate · 2 of 44 races won Beat 59% of the fleet together · best 1st · Apr 2014 – Oct 2025
Dwayne Coneeny · Latitude, Surface Tension · Beneteau First 36.7, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 12events 0 wins together · 4 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 40 races won Beat 56% of the fleet together(−11 vs. without) · best 2nd · Apr 2014 – Oct 2025
Brian Gillen · Latitude, Surface Tension · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 11events 2 wins together · 6 podiums · 18% win rate · 2 of 12 races won Beat 63% of the fleet together(+10 vs. without) · best 1st · Jul 2017 – Jul 2025
Ben Sclarow · Latitude, Surface Tension · Beneteau First 36.7, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 11events 0 wins together · 3 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 39 races won Beat 55% of the fleet together(−10 vs. without) · best 2nd · Apr 2014 – May 2024
Mike Bermann · Latitude, Surface Tension · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 9events 2 wins together · 3 podiums · 22% win rate · 2 of 10 races won Beat 55% of the fleet together(−9 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2018 – Oct 2025
Stephen Apostolacus · Latitude, Moonshine, Surface Tension · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 8events 1 wins together · 5 podiums · 13% win rate · 1 of 8 races won Beat 63% of the fleet together(+6 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2011 – Jul 2025
Ryan Brogan · Latitude, Surface Tension · PHRF handicap 8events 1 wins together · 5 podiums · 13% win rate · 1 of 14 races won Beat 68% of the fleet together(+15 vs. without) · best 1st · Jul 2017 – Jul 2025
Mike Bosi · Latitude, Surface Tension · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 7events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 8 races won Beat 43% of the fleet together(−26 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jul 2018 – Oct 2025
Donna Syers · Surface Tension · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 6events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 17% win rate · 1 of 7 races won Beat 52% of the fleet together(−11 vs. without) · best 1st · Jul 2023 – Oct 2025
Max Butler · Latitude, Surface Tension · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 6events 2 wins together · 3 podiums · 33% win rate · 2 of 7 races won Beat 71% of the fleet together(+17 vs. without) · best 1st · Jul 2016 – May 2024

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

Rating history

Event history · 18

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
11 Oct 2025	70th Annual Indian Harbor Stratford Shoal Race - the Gearbuster	Surface Tension	ORC handicap	Bow	8th / 10
24 Jul 2025	2025 Around Long Island Regatta (48th Annual)	Surface Tension	PHRF handicap	Bow	6th / 8
24 May 2024	2024 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race	Surface Tension	ORC handicap	Bow	6th / 9
4 May 2024	2024 American Yacht Club Spring Regatta	Surface Tension	PHRF handicap	Bow	5th / 8
7 Oct 2023	68th Annual Indian Harbor Stratford Shoal Race - the Gearbuster	Surface Tension	PHRF handicap	Bow	1st / 6
27 Jul 2023	2023 Around Long Island Regatta (46th Annual)	Surface Tension	PHRF handicap	Bow	3rd / 11
28 Jul 2022	2022 Around Long Island Regatta (45th Annual)	Latitude	PHRF handicap	Bow	1st / 8
29 Jul 2021	2021 Around Long Island Regatta (44th Annual)	Latitude	PHRF handicap	Other	3rd / 5
25 Jul 2019	2019 Around Long Island Regatta (43rd Annual)	Surface Tension	PHRF handicap	Bow	8th / 12
22 Sep 2018	2018 Poco Loco Bay Race	Surface Tension	PHRF handicap	Bow	6th / 10
26 Jul 2018	2018 Around Long Island Regatta (42nd Annual)	Surface Tension	PHRF handicap	Bow	2nd / 8
23 Sep 2017	2017 American Yacht Club Fall Regatta & Leukemia Cup	Surface Tension	PHRF handicap	Bow	4th / 9
27 Jul 2017	2017 Around Long Island Regatta (41st Annual)	Surface Tension	PHRF handicap	Bow	2nd / 12
28 Jul 2016	2016 Around Long Island Regatta (40th Annual)	Surface Tension	PHRF handicap	Bow	4th / 9
18 Sep 2014	2014 Beneteau First 36.7 North American Championship	Surface Tension	Beneteau First 36.7	Bow	5th / 12
26 Apr 2014	2014 American Yacht Club Spring Series	Surface Tension	PHRF handicap	Bow	9th / 13
28 Jul 2011	2011 Around Long Island Regatta (35th Annual)	Moonshine	PHRF handicap	Mast	3rd / 7
25 Jun 2011	2011 Stratford Shoal Race	Moonshine	PHRF handicap	Mast	3rd / 6

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	195 provisional	#16391 band 9580–26737	—

1 more class, not yet ranked

Beneteau First 36.7 · Crew · 12 races, 1 event · rating 66

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	18 events	2 wins	beats 59%

Positions: Bow (15) · Mast (2)

How they race

Closer	+12 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−3 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	53%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	60%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
William Purdy	30	4–26
Alistair Duke	27	11–16
Richie Palmer	23	10–13
Ronald Ross	16	10–6
John Hammel	12	2–10
Chuck Norris	12	12–0
Bob McHugh	12	8–4
Junius Brown	12	8–4
Brian Williams	12	9–3
Thomas O'Connell	12	8–4
Richard Reid	12	1–11

Most-beaten opponent: Chuck Norris (12–0).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	2	0	25%
2024	2	0	40%
2023	2	1	90%
2022	1	1	100%
2021	1	0	50%
2019	1	0	36%
2018	2	0	65%
2017	2	0	77%
2016	1	0	63%
2014	2	0	49%
2011	2	0	63%

Boats

Surface Tension · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap, Beneteau First 36.7 · 14 events · 2014–2025
Latitude · PHRF handicap · 2 events · 2021–2022
Moonshine · PHRF handicap · 2 events · 2011

Where they race

Sea Cliff, NY, USA · 9 events
Rye, NY, USA · 3 events
Greenwich, CT, USA · 2 events
Bridgeport, CT, USA · 1 events
Stamford, CT, USA · 1 events
Staten Island, NY, USA · 1 events

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Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 195, #16,391. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.