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Sailor · 2009–2025

Paul Wurtzebach

chicago corinthian Laser

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Events
53

537 races · 36 race wins

Win rate
6%

6% win rate · 3 of 53

Podium rate
19%

10 top-three finishes

Typically beats
44%

of boats faced (90%: 42%–46%, 1,677 boats)

Best class ranking
#626

Helm in Laser · rating 212

Longest win streak
7

race wins in a row

Nemesis
Roman Plutenko

14–277 head to head in 293 races

Rival
Andrew Aronson

87–75 in 162 races

Best day
3 Oct 2016

2-3-1-2-1-3-4-3-1-3-1-5-4-5-2 · 2016 Fall Frostbite Series · about 1 in 8,668 by chance

Signature result
1st of 21

2015 Fall Frostbite Series · Laser · 4 Oct 2015

Partnerships · 0 sailors

No crew lists in the archive name anyone sailing with Paul Wurtzebach.

Rating history

0170340201020132016201920222025Helm rating, all classes

Event history · 53

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
20 Jun 20252025 ILCA US Masters ChampionshipRehabLaserSkipper25th / 30
13 Jul 2023ILCA Great Lakes Master ChampionshipLuckyLaserSkipper23rd / 43
17 Jul 20212021 Great Lakes Laser Championship175521LaserSkipper13th / 17
31 Mar 20192019 Spring Frostbite Series175529LaserSkipper5th / 8
12 Mar 2019Laser Masters Midwinters175529LaserSkipper37th / 54
8 Mar 2019Laser Masters Florida Championship for the Jack Swenson Memorial Trophy175529LaserSkipper34th / 42
26 Dec 20182018 OPEN ORANGE BOWL REGATTA175529LaserSkipper8th / 13
26 Dec 20182018 OPEN ORANGE BOWL REGATTA - LASER MASTERS175529LaserSkipper5th / 11
31 Mar 20182018 Spring Frostbite SeriesHuge BoatLaserSkipper1st / 7
6 Feb 2018Laser Masters Midwinters175529LaserSkipper36th / 55
2 Feb 2018Laser Masters Florida Championship for the Jack Swenson Memorial Trophy175529LaserSkipper40th / 53
13 Jan 2018LYC OLYMPIC CLASS REGATTA/LASER ATLANTIC COAST CHAMPIONSHIP/2018 FINN MIDWINTERSpaul wurtzebachLaserSkipper42nd / 44
27 Dec 20172017 OPEN ORANGE BOWL - LASER MASTERS175529LaserSkipper5th / 9
26 Dec 20172017 OPEN ORANGE BOWL REGATTA175529LaserSkipper9th / 15
7 Oct 20172017 Fall Frostbite SeriesPARTY BOATLaserSkipper1st / 15
25 Aug 20172017 Laser Masters North American Championships175529LaserSkipper25th / 56
29 Jul 2017Hobelman One Designvigor and vimLaserSkipper5th / 15
11 Feb 20172017 Florida Laser Masters Championship for the Jack Swenson Memorial Trophy175529LaserSkipper34th / 46
2 Oct 20162016 Fall Frostbite Serieshands offLaserSkipper2nd / 18
20 Mar 20162016 Spring Frostbite SeriesotherLaserSkipper3rd / 13
13 Feb 20162016 Florida Laser Masters Championship for the Jack Swenson Memorial Trophy175529LaserSkipper25th / 47
6 Feb 2016Laser Masters Midwinters175529LaserSkipper39th / 58
4 Oct 20152015 Fall Frostbite Seriescoco valleyLaserSkipper1st / 21
22 May 20152015 NORTH AMERICAN LASER MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIP175529LaserSkipper24th / 35
22 Mar 20152015 Spring Frostbite SeriesGo FurtherLaserSkipper5th / 13

Helm rating across all classes: 230 (±102), #15,611. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.