Sailor · 2019–2026

Michael Socha

wyc PHRF handicap Handicap J/70

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Events: 7
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 14%
Typically beats: 63%

Biggest lift: Benjamin Wilson
Longest-running crew: Rich Baker
Signature result: 4th of 24

Partnerships · 18 sailors

Rich Baker · Black Swan, Grey Swan · Handicap, J/70, PHRF handicap 6events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 1 of 11 races won Beat 64% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jul 2019 – Jun 2026
Benjamin Wilson · Black Swan · Handicap, PHRF handicap 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 1 of 9 races won Beat 71% of the fleet together(+29 vs. without) · best 3rd · Jul 2019 – Jun 2026
Byron Lubenkov · Black Swan · Handicap, PHRF handicap 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together(+19 vs. without) · best 4th · Jul 2019 – Jun 2026
Jim Anderson · Black Swan · Handicap, PHRF handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 71% of the fleet together(+22 vs. without) · best 4th · Jun 2025 – Jun 2026
Lexie Baker · Black Swan · Handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 71% of the fleet together · best 4th · Jul 2019 – Jun 2025
Jackson Connell · Black Swan · Handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 65% of the fleet together · best 4th · Jun 2025 – Aug 2025
Tim McKegney · Black Swan · Handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 64% of the fleet together · best 4th · Aug 2025 – Jun 2026
Zac Essig · Black Swan, Grey Swan · Handicap, J/70 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 69% of the fleet together · best 4th · May 2025 – Jun 2026
Greg Burns · Hellfire · J/24 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 29% of the fleet together · best 13th · Sep 2024 – Sep 2024
Merit Lebakken · Black Swan · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 55% of the fleet together · best 6th · Jul 2019 – Jul 2019

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

Rating history

Event history · 7

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
27 Jun 2026	AIS Around the Islands 2026	Black Swan	Handicap	Crew	4th / 20
2 Aug 2025	2025 Trans Superior International Yacht Race	Black Swan	PHRF handicap	Bow	5th / 8
28 Jun 2025	AIS Around the Islands 2025	Black Swan	Handicap	Skipper	4th / 24
26 Jun 2025	2024 Summer Season Championship - Lake Superior Yachting Association (LSYA)	Black Swan	PHRF handicap	Bow	3rd / 6
3 May 2025	2025 Dave Cool Icebreaker	Grey Swan	J/70	Crew	7th / 14
3 Sep 2024	2024 J/24 National Championship	Hellfire	J/24	Crew	13th / 18
1 Jul 2019	2019 WYC/AIS Bayfield Race Week	Black Swan	PHRF handicap	Bow	6th / 12

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	-110 provisional	#58743 band 46530–64609	—

2 more classes, not yet ranked

J/24 · Crew · 8 races, 1 event · rating -61
J/70 · Crew · 1 race, 1 event · rating 4

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 87%
As crew	6 events	0 wins	beats 54%

Positions: Bow (3)

How they race

Closer	+15 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−10 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2026	1	84%
2025	4	61%
2024	1	29%
2019	1	55%

Boats

Black Swan · Handicap, PHRF handicap · 5 events · 2019–2026
Grey Swan · J/70 · 1 events · 2025
Hellfire · J/24 · 1 events · 2024

Where they race

Wayzata Yacht Club · 2 events
Wayzata, MN · 2 events
Duluth, MN, USA · 1 events
Chaska, MN, USA · 1 events
Bayfield, WI, USA · 1 events

Is this you?

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Crew rating, Full-size sailing: -110, #58,743. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.