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Sailor · 2007–2015

Roland Van der Meer

edgartown yc ShieldsViper 640Melges 20

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Events
19

136 races · 26 race wins

Win rate
32%

32% win rate · 6 of 19

Podium rate
47%

9 top-three finishes

Typically beats
62%

of boats faced (range 56%–67%, 201 boats)

Best class ranking
#139

Helm in Shields · rating -6

Longest win streak
3

race wins in a row

Nemesis
Tim Bryan

51–66 head to head in 117 races

Rival
Tim Bryan

51–66 in 117 races

Best day
19 Jul 2008

3-2-3-2-1-1-1-2-1 · 2008 JULY SERIES

Signature result
1st of 9

2011 INDEPENDENCE SERIES · Shields · 2 Jul 2011

Partnerships · 3 sailors

  • Phil Barow · Maverick · Melges 20, Viper 640 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 10 races won Beat 26% of the fleet together · best 9th · Mar 2011 – Apr 2011
  • Peter Koar · Maverick · Melges 20 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 14% of the fleet together · best 20th · Apr 2011 – Apr 2011
  • Bobby Koar · Maverick · Viper 640 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 39% of the fleet together · best 9th · Mar 2011 – Mar 2011

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

Rating history

-161042232008201020122014Helm rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 19

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
4 Jul 20152015 JULY SERIESBOLERO IIShieldsSkipper6th / 8
30 Jul 20112011 AUGUST SERIESBOLEROShieldsSkipper8th / 9
9 Jul 20112011 JULY SERIESBOLEROShieldsSkipper4th / 9
2 Jul 20112011 INDEPENDENCE SERIESBOLEROShieldsSkipper1st / 9
15 Apr 20112011 Charleston Race WeekMaverickMelges 20Skipper20th / 23
10 Mar 20112011 EFG Bank Viper 640 Pan American ChampionshipMaverickViper 640Skipper16th / 54
7 Mar 20112011 Bacardi Miami Sailing WeekMaverickViper 640Skipper9th / 14
31 Jul 20102010 AUGUST SERIESBOLEROShieldsSkipper3rd / 8
3 Jul 20102010 INDEPENDENCE SERIESBOLEROShieldsSkipper1st / 9
3 Jul 20102010 JULY SERIESBOLEROShieldsSkipper4th / 9
11 Jul 20092009 JULY SERIESBOLEROShieldsSkipper1st / 8
3 Jul 20092009 Independence SeriesBOLEROShieldsSkipper2nd / 8
2 Aug 20082008 AUGUST SERIESBOLEROShieldsSkipper6th / 7
19 Jul 20082008 JULY SERIESBoleroShieldsSkipper1st / 8
5 Jul 2008Independence SeriesBoleroShieldsSkipper1st / 7
19 Aug 2007Commodore's CupBoleroShieldsSkipper5th / 6
4 Aug 2007August SeriesBoleroShieldsSkipper5th / 7
12 Jul 200784th ANNUAL REGATTA - 2007BoleroShieldsSkipper2nd / 10
7 Jul 2007JULY SERIESBoleroShieldsSkipper1st / 7

Helm rating, Full-size sailing: -16, #56,474. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.