Sailor · 2016–2026

Bud Mehm

chyc spectrum sailing J/105 Express 37

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Events: 4
Win rate: 0
Podium rate: 1
Typically beats: 29%

Nemesis: Bill Zartler
Best day: 14 Sep 2017
Signature result: 2nd of 7

Partnerships · 22 sailors

Denis Marriott · Expeditious · Express 37 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 14 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Sep 2016 – Sep 2017
Chris Hackett · Expeditious · Express 37 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 14 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Sep 2016 – Sep 2017
Michael Vergalla · Expeditious · Express 37 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 14 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Sep 2016 – Sep 2017
Andrew Kirsch · Expeditious · Express 37 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 14 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Sep 2016 – Sep 2017
Scott Herman · Gray Matter · J/105 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 14 races won Beat 8% of the fleet together · best 12th · Mar 2026 – Apr 2026
Bartz Schneider · Expeditious · Express 37 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 14 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Sep 2016 – Sep 2017
Marshall Schneider · Expeditious · Express 37 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 14 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Sep 2016 – Sep 2017
Paul Caturegli · Expeditious · Express 37 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 14 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Sep 2016 – Sep 2017
Gordon Stott · Expeditious · Express 37 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 83% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Sep 2016 – Sep 2016
Elizabeth Little · Expeditious · Express 37 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 7 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 4th · Sep 2017 – Sep 2017

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

Rating history

Event history · 4

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
16 Apr 2026	Charleston Race Week at Patriots Point	Gray Matter	J/105	Bow	12th / 13
13 Mar 2026	2026 J/105 Mid-Winter Championship	Gray Matter	J/105	Crew	12th / 13
14 Sep 2017	2017 Rolex Big Boat Series	Expeditious	Express 37	Other	4th / 7
15 Sep 2016	2016 Rolex Big Boat Series	Expeditious	Express 37	Spinnaker trimmer	2nd / 7

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	0 provisional	#44026 band 29527–55888	—

2 more classes, not yet ranked

Express 37 · Crew · 14 races, 2 events · rating 81
J/105 · Crew · 14 races, 2 events · rating -152

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	0 events	0 wins	beats —
As crew	4 events	0 wins	beats 38%

Positions: Bow (1) · Spinnaker trimmer (1)

How they race

Closer	−1 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−11 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Jack Peurach	14	7–7
Paul Jacques	14	12–0
Robert Harford	14	10–4
Bill Zartler	14	0–14
John Wrangle	14	2–12
MarkHeidi Chaffey	14	7–7
Chuck McCarthy	14	4–10
John Polek	14	0–14
Justin Walling	14	1–13
Robert Lugliani	14	14–0
Kristen Robinson	14	0–14

Most-beaten opponent: Robert Lugliani (14–0).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2026	2	8%
2017	1	50%
2016	1	83%

Boats

Gray Matter · J/105 · 2 events · 2026
Expeditious · Express 37 · 2 events · 2016–2017

Where they race

San Francisco, CA, USA · 2 events
Charleston, SC · 1 events
Mount Pleasant, SC, United States · 1 events

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Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 0, #44,026. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.