Sailor · 2011–2025

Matt Harper

sfyc J/105 J/24

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Events: 7
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 0%
Typically beats: 49%
Best class ranking: #745

Biggest lift: Herb Menhert
Longest-running crew: Charles Pick
Nemesis: Ryan Simmons
Rival: William Woodruff
Best day: 2 Oct 2022
Signature result: 10th of 28

Partnerships · 17 sailors

Charles Pick · Box of Rain · J/105 6events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 1 of 44 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 10th · Sep 2017 – Sep 2025
Rebecca Scanlon · Box of Rain · J/105 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 1 of 32 races won Beat 56% of the fleet together(+31 vs. without) · best 10th · Sep 2022 – Sep 2025
Herb Menhert · Box of Rain · J/105 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 25 races won Beat 65% of the fleet together(+38 vs. without) · best 10th · Sep 2022 – Sep 2023
Dennis Rowedder · Box of Rain · J/105 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 25 races won Beat 54% of the fleet together(+19 vs. without) · best 10th · Sep 2022 – Sep 2025
James Kammert · Box of Rain · J/105 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 25 races won Beat 65% of the fleet together(+38 vs. without) · best 10th · Sep 2022 – Sep 2023
Laura Graham · Box of Rain · J/105 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 12 races won Beat 34% of the fleet together · best 15th · Sep 2019 – Sep 2025
William Melbostad · Box of Rain · J/105 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 18 races won Beat 66% of the fleet together · best 10th · Sep 2022 – Sep 2022
John Schoenecker · Box of Rain · J/105 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 39% of the fleet together · best 15th · Sep 2017 – Sep 2017
Jay Palace · Box of Rain · J/105 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 36% of the fleet together · best 15th · Sep 2019 – Sep 2019
Caleb Jennings · Box of Rain · J/105 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 36% of the fleet together · best 15th · Sep 2019 – Sep 2019

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

Rating history

Event history · 7

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
11 Sep 2025	2025 Rolex Big Boat Series	Box of Rain	J/105	Crew	19th / 27
14 Sep 2023	2023 Rolex Big Boat Series	Box of Rain	J/105	Headsail Trimmer	12th / 31
29 Sep 2022	2022 J/105 North American Championship	Box of Rain	J/105	Headsail Trimmer	10th / 28
15 Sep 2022	2022 Rolex Big Boat Series	Box of Rain	J/105	Headsail Trimmer	11th / 29
12 Sep 2019	2019 Rolex Big Boat Series	Box of Rain	J/105	Headsail Trimmer	15th / 23
14 Sep 2017	2017 Rolex Big Boat Series	Box of Rain	J/105	Spinnaker trimmer	15th / 24
25 Jun 2011	SPERRY TOP-SIDER SAN FRANCISCO NOOD REGATTA	Cry Havoc	J/24	Skipper	9th / 9

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Crew	47 provisional	#35602 band 19711–51999	—
J/105 Crew	34 provisional	#745 band 432–1048	−1.3

2 more classes, not yet ranked

J/24 · Helm · 5 races, 1 event · rating -165
All classes · Helm · 5 races, 1 event · rating -172

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	1 events	0 wins	beats 0%
As crew	6 events	0 wins	beats 50%

Positions: Headsail Trimmer (4) · Spinnaker trimmer (1)

How they race

Closer	−15 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−12 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Big fleets	56%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Rolf Kaiser	44	13–31
Ryan Simmons	44	5–39
Eric Stang	44	35–9
Bruce Stone	43	8–35
William Woodruff	39	21–18
Doug Bailey	37	13–24
Brent Vaughan	37	16–21
Donald Olgado	37	33–4
Tom Struttmann	37	26–11
Jeff Littfin	37	8–28
Eric Patterson	32	28–4
John Rivlin	32	16–16

Most-beaten opponent: Greg Arkus (31–1).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2025	1	31%
2023	1	63%
2022	2	66%
2019	1	36%
2017	1	39%
2011	1	0%

Boats

Box of Rain · J/105 · 6 events · 2017–2025
Cry Havoc · J/24 · 1 events · 2011

Where they race

San Francisco, CA, USA · 4 events
HOSTED BY ST.FRANCIS YACHT CLUB, San Francisco, CA · 1 events
San Francisco, CA · 1 events
Belvedere, CA, 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 across all classes: 47, #35,602.Helm rating across all classes: -172. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.