Sailor · 2019–2026

Michelle Willows

thunder bay yacht club Handicap PHRF handicap B

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Events: 6
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 33%
Typically beats: 54%

Longest-running crew: Bob Vander Ploeg
Best day: 30 Jun 2025
Signature result: 2nd of 12

Partnerships · 21 sailors

Bob Vander Ploeg · Bella, Bobsled · B, C, Handicap, PHRF handicap 6events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 0% win rate · 1 of 14 races won Beat 57% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2019 – Jun 2026
Cam McWhirter · Bella, Bobsled · C, Handicap, PHRF handicap 4events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 1 of 7 races won Beat 70% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Aug 2019 – Jun 2026
Kevin Anderson · Bobsled · B, C, Handicap 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 1 of 10 races won Beat 54% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jun 2025 – Jun 2026
Lindsey MacDonnell · Bobsled · B, C, Handicap 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 1 of 10 races won Beat 54% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jun 2025 – Jun 2026
Caleb Vander Ploeg · Bobsled · B, C, Handicap 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 9 races won Beat 53% of the fleet together(−7 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jun 2025 – Jun 2026
Ben Condon · Bobsled · C, Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 5 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jun 2025 – Jun 2025
Chris Hache · Bella, Bobsled · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 61% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2019 – Aug 2019
Don Mitchell · Bobsled · B, Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 41% of the fleet together · best 7th · Jun 2026 – Jun 2026
Stacy Mckenzie · Bobsled · C, Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 5 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jun 2025 – Jun 2025
Alec Smith · Bella, Bobsled · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 61% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2019 – Aug 2019

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Rating history

Event history · 6

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
29 Jun 2026	AIS Bayfield Race Week 2026	Bobsled	B	Crew	7th / 9
27 Jun 2026	AIS Around the Islands 2026	Bobsled	Handicap	Crew	9th / 20
30 Jun 2025	AIS Bayfield Race Week 2025	Bobsled	C	Crew	2nd / 12
28 Jun 2025	AIS Around the Islands 2025	Bobsled	Handicap	Crew	14th / 24
2 Aug 2019	2019 Biennial Trans Superior International Yacht Race	Bella	PHRF handicap	Other	2nd / 8
1 Jul 2019	2019 WYC/AIS Bayfield Race Week	Bobsled	PHRF handicap	Pit Assist	8th / 12

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Adj. ±
All classes Crew	42 provisional	#36572 band 20848–52320	—

2 more classes, not yet ranked

C · Crew · 4 races, 1 event · rating 71
B · Crew · 4 races, 1 event · rating -6

Rank among sailors with ten or more rated races over three or more events, all time. In brackets, the ranks this rating cannot be told apart from. Adj. ± is the adjusted plus-minus in points of fleet beaten.

Helm and crew

As helm	0 events	0 wins	beats —
As crew	6 events	0 wins	beats 57%

Positions: Pit Assist (1)

How they race

Closer	+7 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−24 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2026	2	41%
2025	2	67%
2019	2	61%

Boats

Bobsled · B, Handicap, C, PHRF handicap · 5 events · 2019–2026
Bella · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2019

Where they race

Wayzata Yacht Club · 4 events
Duluth, MN, USA · 1 events
Bayfield, WI, USA · 1 events

Is this you?

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Crew rating across all classes: 42 (±223), #36,572. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.