Sailor · 2013–2025

John Welch

muskegon yacht club Handicap Flying Scot IRC handicap

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Events: 10
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 0%
Typically beats: 23%
Best class ranking: #437

Nemesis: Frank Gerry
Signature result: 10th of 27

Partnerships · 9 sailors

Allison Varley · Kismet · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 15% of the fleet together · best 30th · Aug 2025 – Aug 2025
Joanni Lewis · Liberty One · Flying Scot 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 12% of the fleet together · best 24th · Aug 2013 – Aug 2013
Abby O'Rourke · Liberty One · Flying Scot 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 12% of the fleet together · best 24th · Aug 2013 – Aug 2013
Penny Fulford · Phoenix · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 13th · Jun 2014 – Jun 2014
Bobby Collins · Liberty One · Flying Scot 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 65% of the fleet together · best 10th · Aug 2015 – Aug 2015
Nancy Welch · Mischief · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 35% of the fleet together · best 25th · Oct 2016 – Oct 2016
Ryan Mock · Kismet · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 15% of the fleet together · best 30th · Aug 2025 – Aug 2025
Joani Lewis · Liberty One · Flying Scot 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 65% of the fleet together · best 10th · Aug 2015 – Aug 2015
Dennis Varley · Kismet · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 15% of the fleet together · best 30th · Aug 2025 – Aug 2025

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

Rating history

Event history · 10

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
8 Aug 2025	The 2025 Lake Michigan Clipper Cup	Kismet	Handicap	Crew	30th / 35
11 Jun 2025	MYC 2025 PHRF Season Series	Kismet	Handicap	Skipper	22nd / 22
13 Oct 2016	30th Annual Lakewood Yacht Club Harvest Moon Regatta® and Sailathon	Mischief	Handicap	Skipper	25th / 38
11 Sep 2016	2016 GBCA Mixed Doubles Regatta	Mischief	Handicap	Skipper	8th / 8
1 Aug 2015	110th Annual Ephraim Regatta	Liberty One	Flying Scot	Skipper	10th / 27
22 Jul 2015	2015 Grand Traverse Yacht Club - Wednesday Night Series	Mystere 20 XL	PHRF handicap	Skipper	15th / 15
2 Aug 2014	109th Annual Ephraim Regatta	Liberty One	Flying Scot	Skipper	18th / 27
15 Jun 2014	IRC National Championship 2014	Phoenix	IRC handicap	Owner	13th / 13
20 Apr 2014	RORC Easter Challenge 2014	Phoenix	IRC handicap	Skipper	14th / 18
3 Aug 2013	108th Annual Ephraim Regatta	Liberty One	Flying Scot	Other	24th / 27

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Helm	-265 provisional	#80736 band 75567–82116	—
Flying Scot Helm	-44 provisional	#437 band 286–537	—

1 more class, not yet ranked

All classes · Crew · 1 race, 2 events · rating -41

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	8 events	0 wins	beats 21%
As crew	2 events	0 wins	beats 7%

Positions: Owner (1)

How they race

Closer	−1 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−9 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	59%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	32%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Delaney Dykman	12	8–4
Dan Mielke	12	3–9
Anton Johansen	12	6–6
Roger Waleffe	12	3–9
Jay Lott	12	1–11
Frank Gerry	12	0–12
Jason Brown	12	3–9
Isak Peterson	12	2–10
Ben Williams	12	1–11
Michael Faugust	12	3–9

Most-beaten opponent: Delaney Dykman (8–4).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2025	2	7%
2016	2	18%
2015	2	33%
2014	3	19%
2013	1	12%

Boats

Liberty One · Flying Scot · 3 events · 2013–2015
Kismet · Handicap · 2 events · 2025
Mischief · Handicap · 2 events · 2016
Phoenix · IRC handicap · 2 events · 2014
Mystere 20 XL · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2015

Where they race

Ephraim, WI, USA · 3 events
Unknown · 2 events
Muskegon Yacht Club · 1 events
Muskegon, MI · 1 events
Seabrook, TX · 1 events
Traverse City, MI, USA · 1 events

Is this you?

Claim it to merge duplicates and remove results that aren’t yours. Changes apply at the nightly rebuild.

Helm rating across all classes: -265, #80,736.Crew rating across all classes: -41. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.