Sailor · 2015–2025

Gerd Müller-van Issem

yachtclub ruhrland essen e v Drachen Handicap Dragon

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Events: 17
Win rate: 18%
Podium rate: 41%
Typically beats: 70%
Best class ranking: #73
Longest win streak: 2

Most successful partnership: Thomas Küpper
Best trio: Thomas Küpper & Doris Wilke
Biggest lift: Doris Wilke
Longest-running crew: Thomas Küpper
Nemesis: Ben van Cauwenbergh
Best day: 18 May 2024
Signature result: 1st of 49

Partnerships · 16 sailors

Most successful partnership: Thomas Küpper — 2 wins · 4 podiums in 7 events together · 29% win rate

Doris Wilke · Samtkragen · Drachen, Handicap, Yardstick 9events 2 wins together · 5 podiums · 22% win rate · 5 of 29 races won Beat 76% of the fleet together(+20 vs. without) · best 1st · Oct 2016 – May 2024
Thomas Küpper · Samtkragen, Thomas KÜPPER, Vigueur · Drachen, Dragon, Handicap, Yardstick 7events 2 wins together · 4 podiums · 29% win rate · 2 of 24 races won Beat 76% of the fleet together(+15 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2016 – May 2024
Christoph Falkenberg · Samtkragen · Drachen, Dragon, Handicap 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 2 of 11 races won Beat 61% of the fleet together(−8 vs. without) · best 3rd · Oct 2016 – Sep 2017
Wolfgang Glaser · Samtkragen, Vigueur · Drachen, Handicap 3events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 11 races won Beat 57% of the fleet together(−12 vs. without) · best 1st · Apr 2024 – Apr 2025
Helmut Kraus · Samtkragen · Dragon 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 16% of the fleet together · best 16th · Sep 2017 – Aug 2022
Werner Bredick · Samtkragen · Dragon 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 58% of the fleet together · best 14th · Jul 2015 – Jul 2015
Hans R Behr · don‘t Panic · Dragon 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 40% of the fleet together · best 13th · May 2025 – May 2025
Christian Zinkler · Samtkragen · Handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 2 of 2 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Oct 2017 – Oct 2017
Wolfgang Rosteck · don‘t Panic · Dragon 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 40% of the fleet together · best 13th · May 2025 – May 2025
Axel Wilde · Samtkragen · Drachen 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 44% of the fleet together · best 6th · Apr 2025 – Apr 2025

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

Rating history

— Helm rating, all classes · - - Crew rating, all classes

Event history · 17

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
28 May 2025	Internationale Schweizer Meisterschaft der Drachenklasse	don‘t Panic	Dragon	Skipper	13th / 21
12 Apr 2025	Frühjahrswettfahrten 2025	Samtkragen	Drachen	Skipper	6th / 10
7 Sep 2024	SCR-Herbstregatta 2024	Rheingold	Yardstick	Crew	3rd / 28
18 May 2024	Rheinwoche 2024	Vigueur	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 49
4 May 2024	Mailüftchen 2024	Samtkragen	Drachen	Skipper	3rd / 14
13 Apr 2024	Frühjahrswettfahrten 2024	Samtkragen	Drachen	Skipper	9th / 12
3 Oct 2022	18. Klassiker-Rendezvous Rheinland	Samtkragen	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 11
7 Aug 2022	5th International Dragon Classics	Samtkragen	Dragon	Skipper	16th / 18
30 Oct 2021	Allerheiligenregatta 2021	Samtkragen	Yardstick	Skipper	3rd / 34
24 Sep 2021	Norddeutsche Meisterschaft und LM NRW	Samtkragen	Drachen	Skipper	11th / 23
3 Oct 2017	13. Klassiker-Rendezvous Rheinland	Samtkragen	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 19
10 Sep 2017	Drachen Humpen (50 Jahre Jubiläum)	Samtkragen	Dragon	Skipper	39th / 48
6 May 2017	Mailüftchen 2017	Samtkragen	Drachen	Skipper	6th / 14
22 Apr 2017	Frühjahrswettfahrten	Samtkragen	Drachen	Skipper	4th / 13
3 Oct 2016	12. Klassiker-Rendezvous Rheinland	Samtkragen	Handicap	Skipper	3rd / 19
14 May 2016	Rheinwoche 2016	Thomas KÜPPER	Handicap	Crew	12th / 79
1 Jul 2015	Robbe & Berking Sterling Cup 2015	Samtkragen	Dragon	Skipper	14th / 32

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Adj. ±
All classes Helm	108 provisional	#31418 band 18159–49562	—
Drachen Helm	105 provisional	#73 band 27–127	−1.5
Dragon Helm	-63 provisional	#351 band 233–421	—

3 more classes, not yet ranked

All classes · Crew · 6 races, 2 events · rating 48
Yardstick · Helm · 2 races, 1 event · rating 24
Yardstick · Crew · 1 race, 1 event · rating 13

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	15 events	3 wins	beats 64%
As crew	2 events	0 wins	beats 89%

How they race

Closer	+6 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−19 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	42%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets (25+)	75%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Ben van Cauwenbergh	34	2–32
Hans-Walter Fink	28	10–18
Nils Auhagen	22	17–5
Arnold Dees	21	16–5
Axel Engstfeld	18	8–10
Uwe Lätzsch	17	2–15
Stefan Altenbach	16	16–0
Jürgen Kühn	15	15–0
Ric Stiens	15	12–3
Peter Christian Zinkler	14	5–9
Hans R Behr	14	10–4
René Olivier	14	13–1

Most-beaten opponent: Stefan Altenbach (16–0).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	2	0	42%
2024	4	1	76%
2022	2	1	56%
2021	2	0	74%
2017	4	1	64%
2016	2	0	87%
2015	1	0	58%

Boats

Samtkragen · Drachen, Handicap, Dragon, Yardstick · 13 events · 2015–2025
don‘t Panic · Dragon · 1 events · 2025
Rheingold · Yardstick · 1 events · 2024
Vigueur · Handicap · 1 events · 2024
Thomas KÜPPER · Handicap · 1 events · 2016

Where they race

Unknown · 17 events

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Helm rating across all classes: 108 (±205), #31,418.Crew rating across all classes: 48 (±250). Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.