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Sailor · 2019–2025

Luca LaRosa

riverside yacht club 420HandicapPHRF handicap

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Events
28

172 races · 26 race wins

Win rate
25%

25% win rate · 7 of 28

Podium rate
36%

10 top-three finishes

Typically beats
71%

of boats faced (90%: 68%–73%, 1,048 boats)

Best class ranking
#148

Helm in 420 · rating 450

Longest win streak
7

race wins in a row

Most successful partnership
Michael Donovan

5 wins · 7 podiums in 22 events together · 23% win rate

Biggest lift
Michael Donovan

+6 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
Michael Donovan

Jun 2021 – Aug 2024 · 22 events

Nemesis
Helena Borcherding

6–39 head to head in 45 races

Rival
Matthew Black

19–23 in 42 races

Best day
3 Aug 2022

1-2-2-1-1 · Shelter Island 420/Laser/Feva Invitational · about 1 in 63,341 by chance

Signature result
1st of 51

2023 Larchmont Jr Race Week and Feva North Americans · 420 · 16 Jul 2023

Partnerships · 8 sailors

Most successful partnership: Michael Donovan — 5 wins · 7 podiums in 22 events together · 23% win rate
  • Michael Donovan · Luca LaRosa, Luca LaRosa /Mikey Donovan · 420, Feva 22events 5 wins together · 7 podiums · 23% win rate · 18 of 146 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together(+6 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2021 – Aug 2024
  • Adam LaRosa · Blue Chip · PHRF handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 1 race won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Oct 2025 – Oct 2025
  • Thomas Sahrbeck · Blue Chip · PHRF handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 1 race won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Oct 2025 – Oct 2025
  • Drew Foster · Blue Chip · PHRF handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 1 race won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Oct 2025 – Oct 2025
  • David Kubik · Blue Chip · PHRF handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 1 race won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Oct 2025 – Oct 2025
  • William Whidden · William Whidden · RS Feva 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 7 of 9 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jul 2021 – Jul 2021
  • Tom Rein · Blue Chip · PHRF handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 1 race won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Oct 2025 – Oct 2025
  • Jeffrey Sahrbeck · Blue Chip · PHRF handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 1 race won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Oct 2025 – Oct 2025

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

Rating history

0285570202020212022202320242025Helm rating, all classesCrew rating, all classes

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

Event history · 28

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
11 Oct 202570th Annual Indian Harbor Stratford Shoal Race - the GearbusterBlue ChipPHRF handicapCrew1st / 6
9 Aug 20242024 C420 South Shore ChampionshipLuca LaRosa420Skipper53rd / 78
5 Aug 20242024 C420 US NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPLuca LaRosa420Skipper13th / 129
24 Jul 20242024 New Jersey State C420 ChampionshipLuca LaRosa420Skipper7th / 29
25 Jun 2024Club 420 Association New England ChampionshipLuca LaRosa420Skipper18th / 80
4 Aug 20232023 South Shore ChampionshipLuca LaRosa /Mikey Donovan420Skipper56th / 88
16 Jul 20232023 Larchmont Jr Race Week and Feva North AmericansLuca LaRosa420Skipper1st / 51
28 Jun 20232023 JSA Eastern Districts c420Luca LaRosa420Skipper1st / 20
25 Jun 2023Commodore Law Trophy 2023Luca LaRosa420Skipper1st / 8
14 Oct 20222022 i420 Atlantic Coast ChampionshipLuca LaRosa420Skipper14th / 18
7 Oct 20222022 High Performance RegattaLuca LaRosa420Skipper10th / 10
3 Aug 2022Shelter Island 420/Laser/Feva InvitationalLuca LaRosa420Skipper1st / 30
23 Jul 20222022 JSA Race Week at Cedar PointLuca LaRosa420Skipper3rd / 41
17 Jul 20222022 Larchmont Jr Race WeekLuca LaRosa420Skipper9th / 57
6 Jul 2022Pequot Invitational - 2022Luca LaRosa420Skipper4th / 27
28 Jun 20222022 Captain's CupLuca LaRosa420Skipper1st / 5
26 Jun 2022Commodore Law Trophy 2022Luca LaRosa420Skipper3rd / 13
18 Sep 20212021 Ideal 18 North American ChampionshipGracieIdeal 18Other30th / 32
11 Sep 20212021 USS America RegattaRYC 1HandicapOther3rd / 10
31 Jul 2021JSA Laser/420 Champs and JSA Girls ChampsLuca LaRosa420Skipper8th / 30
28 Jul 20212021 RS Feva North American's & JSA LIS ChampsLuca LaRosaFevaSkipper7th / 32
12 Jul 20212021 Larchmont Junior Race WeekLuca LaRosa420Skipper5th / 45
9 Jul 20212021 JSA Race Week at Cedar Point YCLuca LaRosa420Skipper10th / 31
7 Jul 20212021 Pequot InvitationalLuca LaRosa420Skipper8th / 26
4 Jul 2021Commodore Law Trophy 2021William WhiddenRS FevaCrew1st / 3

Helm rating across all classes: 570 (±184), #1,257.Crew rating across all classes: 224 (±207). Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.