Sailor · 2023–2026

Rich Matzinger

nhyc Harbor 20 PHRF handicap ORC handicap

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Events: 14
Win rate: 29%
Podium rate: 79%
Typically beats: 73%
Best class ranking: #2
Longest win streak: 2

Most successful partnership: Bill Menninger
Best trio: Kenny Kieding & Paul Wolthausen
Biggest lift: Kenny Kieding
Longest-running crew: Kenny Kieding
Nemesis: Nick Madigan
Rival: John Drayton
Best day: 21 Mar 2025
Signature result: 2nd of 27

Partnerships · 31 sailors

Most successful partnership: Bill Menninger — 2 wins · 3 podiums in 4 events together

Kenny Kieding · ARGO 4 · J/125, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 5events 2 wins together · 5 podiums · 40% win rate · 3 of 9 races won Beat 85% of the fleet together(+18 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2025 – Aug 2026
John Vincent · ARGO 4 · J/125, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 5events 2 wins together · 5 podiums · 40% win rate · 3 of 9 races won Beat 85% of the fleet together(+18 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2025 – Aug 2026
Paul Wolthausen · ARGO 4 · J/125, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 5events 2 wins together · 5 podiums · 40% win rate · 3 of 9 races won Beat 85% of the fleet together(+18 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2025 – Aug 2026
William Guilfoyle · ARGO 4 · J/125, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 4events 1 wins together · 4 podiums · 4 events · 1 of 6 races won Beat 81% of the fleet together(+11 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2026 – Aug 2026
Bill Menninger · D'art, DArt, Upbeat · Harbor 20 4events 2 wins together · 3 podiums · 4 events · 11 of 32 races won Beat 78% of the fleet together(+7 vs. without) · best 1st · Nov 2023 – Apr 2026
Bill Blazer · ARGO 4 · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 3events 1 wins together · 3 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 5 races won Beat 86% of the fleet together(+16 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2026 – Aug 2026
Tedd White · ARGO 4 · J/125, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 3events 0 wins together · 3 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together(+2 vs. without) · best 2nd · May 2026 – May 2026
Gary Gordon · ARGO 4 · PHRF handicap 2events 2 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 3 of 6 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Aug 2025 – Aug 2026
Paul Spieler · ARGO 4 · PHRF handicap 2events 2 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 3 of 6 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Aug 2025 – Aug 2026
Carly Kieding · ARGO 4 · J/125, ORC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 71% of the fleet together · best 2nd · May 2026 – May 2026

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

Rating history

— Helm rating, full-size sailing · - - Crew rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 14

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
28 Aug 2026	2026 Long Point Race Week (Invitational)	ARGO 4	PHRF handicap	Other	1st / 10
26 Jul 2026	Harbor 20 Midsummer Regatta	Upbeat	Harbor 20	Skipper	3rd / 8
2 Jul 2026	Twilights July - NHYC	Upbeat	Harbor 20	Skipper	3rd / 13
11 Jun 2026	Twilights June - NHYC	Upbeat	Harbor 20	Skipper	9th / 10
28 May 2026	2026 California Offshore Race Week Series - SoCal 300	ARGO 4	J/125	Other	2nd / 4
25 May 2026	2026 California Offshore Race Week Series - Coastal Cup	ARGO 4	ORC handicap	Other	2nd / 5
23 May 2026	2026 California Offshore Race Week Series - Spinnaker Cup	ARGO 4	PHRF handicap	Other	2nd / 7
26 Apr 2026	2026 Opening Day Bay Regatta	Upbeat	Harbor 20	Skipper	1st / 4
14 Mar 2026	Earl Corkett Regatta	Upbeat	Harbor 20	Skipper	4th / 7
22 Aug 2025	2025 Long Point Race Week (Invitational)	ARGO 4	PHRF handicap	Other	1st / 8
20 Mar 2025	Harbor 20 National Championship	DArt	Harbor 20	Crew	2nd / 27
15 Feb 2025	W.D. Schock Regatta - Feb 15-16, 2025	D'art	Harbor 20	Crew	1st / 6
9 Feb 2024	2024 Islands Race	Grand Illusion	ORC handicap	Other	2nd / 5
4 Nov 2023	NHYC Winter Series - Harbor 20 - 2023/2024	DArt	Harbor 20	Crew	11th / 13

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	490 provisional	#1997 band 909–4143	—
Harbor 20 Crew	374 provisional	#2 band 1–12	+3.6
Harbor 20 Helm	326 provisional	#20 band 5–40	+3.6
Full-size sailing Helm	448 provisional	#4399 band 2356–7894	—

1 more class, not yet ranked

J/125 · Crew · 1 race, 1 event · rating 15

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	5 events	1 wins	beats 63%
As crew	9 events	3 wins	beats 79%

How they race

Closer	−2 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−15 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	43%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	76%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Philip Thompson	56	34–22
John Drayton	35	20–15
Kurt Wiese	34	23–11
Argyle Campbell	30	20–10
Bob Yates	21	18–3
Joshua Legg	19	14–5
Jim Buckingham	18	10–8
Nick Madigan	17	7–10
Tad Springer	17	15–2
Win Fuller	16	14–2
Robert Taylor	16	12–4
Bruce Golison	16	14–2

Most-beaten opponent: Kathy Sangster (16–0).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	9	2	71%
2025	3	2	99%
2024	1	0	75%
2023	1	0	17%

Boats

ARGO 4 · PHRF handicap, J/125, ORC handicap · 5 events · 2025–2026
Upbeat · Harbor 20 · 5 events · 2026
DArt · Harbor 20 · 2 events · 2023–2025
D'art · Harbor 20 · 1 events · 2025
Grand Illusion · ORC handicap · 1 events · 2024

Where they race

Newport Beach, CA · 7 events
California, USA · 2 events
Balboa, CA, United States · 1 events
Corona del Mar, CA, USA · 1 events
San Diego, CA, USA · 1 events
San Diego, California, USA · 1 events

Is this you?

Claim it to merge duplicates and remove results that aren’t yours. Changes apply at the nightly rebuild.

Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 490, #1,997.Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 448, #4,399. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.