Sailor · 2013–2025

Conrad Brinkmann

yachtclub strelasund e v Melges 24 Handicap ORC handicap

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Events: 13
Win rate: 23%
Podium rate: 39%
Typically beats: 61%
Best class ranking: #162
Longest win streak: 2

Most successful partnership: Till Zarncke
Best trio: Till Zarncke & Eric Werner
Biggest lift: Till Zarncke
Longest-running crew: Eric Werner
Nemesis: Marc Wain Pedersen
Rival: Jan Hössermann
Best day: 1 Apr 2018
Signature result: 1st of 11

Partnerships · 30 sailors

Most successful partnership: Till Zarncke — 1 wins · 2 podiums in 4 events together

Eric Werner · Conrad BRINKMANN, IMMAC Sputnik, Sputnik, SPUTNIK · Handicap, Melges 24, Melges 24 Kiel-Cup Foxtrott, ORC handicap 10events 1 wins together · 3 podiums · 10% win rate · 2 of 72 races won Beat 69% of the fleet together(−12 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2013 – Aug 2025
Dirk Hoffmann · Conrad BRINKMANN, IMMAC Sputnik, Sputnik · Melges 24, Melges 24 Kiel-Cup Foxtrott 5events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 44 races won Beat 66% of the fleet together(−10 vs. without) · best 2nd · May 2013 – Nov 2016
Till Zarncke · IMMAC Sputnik, SPUTNIK · Handicap, Melges 24, ORC handicap 4events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 2 of 23 races won Beat 73% of the fleet together(+1 vs. without) · best 1st · Mar 2018 – Aug 2025
Rudolf Reiss · Conrad BRINKMANN, IMMAC Sputnik, Sputnik · Melges 24 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 21 races won Beat 72% of the fleet together(−1 vs. without) · best 2nd · May 2013 – Nov 2016
Rudi Reiss · SPUTNIK · ORC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 14 races won Beat 54% of the fleet together · best 5th · Jul 2019 – Sep 2020
Nam Luu Duc · Conrad BRINKMANN, IMMAC Sputnik · Melges 24, Melges 24 Kiel-Cup Foxtrott 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 23 races won Beat 57% of the fleet together · best 4th · Jun 2013 – May 2015
Sven Wegner · IMMAC Sputnik, SPUTNIK · Melges 24, ORC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 21 races won Beat 51% of the fleet together · best 4th · Mar 2018 – Sep 2020
Adrian Helbig · SPUTNIK · Handicap 2events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 95% of the fleet together · best 1st · Aug 2023 – Aug 2025
Paul Schlemminger · SPUTNIK, Trendel · Handicap, ORC handicap 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 2 races won Beat 73% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jul 2021 – Jun 2024
Cara Bell · SPUTNIK · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 90% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Aug 2025 – Aug 2025

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

Rating history

Event history · 13

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
29 Aug 2025	53. Greifswalder Boddenetappen 2025	SPUTNIK	Handicap	Skipper	2nd / 11
1 Jun 2024	Stralsunder Segelwoche 2024	Trendel	Handicap	Skipper	7th / 12
26 Aug 2023	51. Greifswalder Boddenetappen 2023	SPUTNIK	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 11
3 Jul 2021	83. Warnemünder Woche 2021	SPUTNIK	ORC handicap	Skipper	1st / 8
5 Sep 2020	Kieler Woche 2020	SPUTNIK	ORC handicap	Skipper	18th / 27
13 Jul 2019	Warnemünder Woche 2019	SPUTNIK	ORC handicap	Skipper	5th / 16
30 Mar 2018	GB Happy Easter Regatta	IMMAC Sputnik	Melges 24	Skipper	4th / 10
29 Nov 2016	2016 Melges 24 World Championship	IMMAC Sputnik	Melges 24	Helm	37th / 72
29 Apr 2016	Maior - Mai Offshore Regatta 2016	IMMAC Sputnik	Melges 24	Skipper	1st / 6
2 May 2015	Maior - Mai Offshore Regatta 2015	IMMAC Sputnik	Melges 24	Skipper	4th / 10
7 Jun 2014	FSC Pfingst Cup	Sputnik	Melges 24	Skipper	4th / 13
22 Jun 2013	Kieler Woche 2013	Conrad BRINKMANN	Melges 24 Kiel-Cup Foxtrott	Skipper	12th / 22
18 May 2013	FSC Pfingst Cup	Conrad BRINKMANN	Melges 24	Skipper	2nd / 12

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Helm	210 provisional	#17618 band 9919–29550	—
Melges 24 Helm	159 provisional	#162 band 96–237	+4.8

1 more class, not yet ranked

Melges 24 Kiel-Cup Foxtrott · Helm · 15 races, 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	13 events	3 wins	beats 72%
As crew	0 events	0 wins	beats —

How they race

Closer	+2 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−11 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	56%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	87%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Jan Schmidt	48	33–15
Marc Wain Pedersen	35	5–30
Peter Havn	35	22–13
Jan Hössermann	32	17–15
Lennart Burke	28	18–10
Jesper Bendix	24	5–19
Carl-Marcus Scheffler	22	20–2
Stefan Gründler	20	9–11
Jesper Toft	18	13–5
Sönke Boy	17	4–13
Markus Scheel	15	4–11
John den Engelsman	15	2–13

Most-beaten opponent: Jan Schmidt (33–15).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	1	0	90%
2024	1	0	46%
2023	1	1	100%
2021	1	1	100%
2020	1	0	35%
2019	1	0	73%
2018	1	0	67%
2016	2	1	75%
2015	1	0	67%
2014	1	0	75%
2013	2	0	69%

Boats

SPUTNIK · Handicap, ORC handicap, Melges 24 · 6 events · 2014–2025
IMMAC Sputnik · Melges 24 · 4 events · 2015–2018
Conrad BRINKMANN · Melges 24 Kiel-Cup Foxtrott, Melges 24 · 2 events · 2013
Trendel · Handicap · 1 events · 2024

Where they race

Unknown · 12 events
Miami, FL, USA · 1 events

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Helm rating across all classes: 210, #17,618. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.