Sailor · 2015–2025

Robert Closter

block island club PHRF handicap Handicap

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Events: 6
Win rate: 17%
Podium rate: 67%
Typically beats: 76%

Nemesis: Robert Closter
Best day: 25 Jun 2021
Signature result: 2nd of 14

Partnerships · 5 sailors

Keegan Closter · Island spirit, Island Spirit · PHRF handicap 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 2 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jun 2023 – Aug 2024
Chris O'Neill · Island Spirit · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 92% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jun 2021 – Jun 2021
Chris Reeves · Finnegan · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 2 of 15 races won Beat 83% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jun 2015 – Jun 2015
Jim Crane · Island Spirit · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 92% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jun 2021 – Jun 2021
Chris O’Neill · Island Spirit · PHRF handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 1 race won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Aug 2024 – Aug 2024

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Rating history

Event history · 6

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
13 Jun 2025	2025 Off Soundings Spring Series	Island spirit	PHRF handicap	Skipper	4th / 12
17 Aug 2024	41st Annual Hal Madison Regatta	Island Spirit	PHRF handicap	Crew	1st / 3
10 Jun 2023	2023 Off Soundings Spring Series	Island spirit	PHRF handicap	Owner	6th / 11
25 Jun 2021	2021 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race Week presented by Margaritaville	Island Spirit	PHRF handicap	Captain	2nd / 14
6 Sep 2020	2020 BIYC Around the Island Pursuit Race	Island Spirit	PHRF handicap	Other	3rd / 10
25 Jun 2015	Block Island Thursday Night Sailing	Finnegan	Handicap	Skipper	3rd / 13

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact

2 more classes, not yet ranked

All classes · Helm · 7 races, 4 events · rating 85
All classes · Crew · 1 race, 1 event · rating 16

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 85%
As crew	1 events	0 wins	beats 50%

Positions: Owner (1) · Captain (1)

How they race

Closer	−1 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−1 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Small fleets	76%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Henry duPont	19	8–11
Champlin Starr	14	9–5
Robert Closter	14	1–13

Most-beaten opponent: Champlin Starr (9–5).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	1	0	73%
2024	1	1	100%
2023	1	0	50%
2021	1	0	92%
2020	1	0	78%
2015	1	0	83%

Boats

Island spirit · PHRF handicap · 5 events · 2020–2025
Finnegan · Handicap · 1 events · 2015

Where they race

Block Island, RI · 2 events
Block Island, RI, USA · 2 events
Noank, CT, USA · 1 events
Stonington, CT, USA · 1 events

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Helm rating across all classes: 85.Crew rating across all classes: 16. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.