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Sailor · 2015–2023

Martin Koffel

sfyc HandicapBirdPHRF handicap

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Events
42

111 races · 53 race wins

Win rate
29%

29% win rate · 12 of 42

Podium rate
52%

22 top-three finishes

Typically beats
53%

of boats faced (range 48%–58%, 290 boats)

Best class ranking
#5

Helm in Bird · rating 136

Longest win streak
9

race wins in a row

Most successful partnership
Sue Koffel

1 wins · 1 podiums in 3 events together

Biggest lift
Sue Koffel

+2 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Nemesis
Bill Claussen

10–30 head to head in 40 races

Best day
23 Mar 2019

1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3 · 2019 Club Championship Series

Signature result
1st of 12

2019 Club Championship Series · PHRF handicap · 23 Mar 2019

Partnerships · 5 sailors

Most successful partnership: Sue Koffel — 1 wins · 1 podiums in 3 events together
  • Sue Koffel · Kookaburra · Bird, Handicap 3events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 3 of 9 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together(+2 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2015 – Nov 2017
  • Doug Holm · Kookaburra · Bird 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 3 of 12 races won Beat 25% of the fleet together · best 4th · Apr 2016 – Oct 2016
  • Evan Kereiakes · Kookaburra · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 27% of the fleet together · best 9th · Jul 2023 – Jul 2023
  • Malcolm Page · kookaburra · Handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 1 race won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Oct 2019 – Oct 2019
  • Paul Kaplan · Kookaburra · Bird 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 4 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Apr 2017 – Apr 2017

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

Rating history

-481413292016201820202022Helm rating, all classes

Event history · 42

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
15 Jul 2023Great SF Schooner Race & Belvedere ClassicKookaburraHandicapSkipper9th / 12
22 Apr 2023Twin Island SeriesKookaburraHandicapSkipper7th / 8
17 Mar 20232023 SFYC Club Championship SeriesKookaburraHandicapSkipper7th / 23
3 Dec 20222022 - The Manuel Fagundes Seaweed Soup RegattaKOOKABURRAPHRF handicapSkipper2nd / 10
22 Oct 2022SFYC Round the Island RaceKookaburraHandicapSkipper16th / 16
23 Apr 2022Twin Island SeriesKookaburraHandicapSkipper6th / 11
18 Mar 2022SFYC Club Championsnhip SeriesKookaburraPHRF handicapSkipper1st / 8
7 Nov 2021SYC Midwinter Series 2021-2022KookaburraHandicapSkipper10th / 11
23 Oct 2021Round the Island RaceKookaburraHandicapSkipper14th / 17
26 Sep 20212021 SFYC Club Championship SeriesKookaburraPHRF handicapSkipper5th / 8
24 Apr 2021Twin Island SerieskookaburraHandicapSkipper10th / 18
3 Nov 2019SYC Chili Midwinter Series 2019-2020kookaburraHandicapSkipper1st / 3
20 Oct 2019San Francisco Leukemia Cup RegattakookaburraHandicapSkipper1st / 4
12 Oct 2019Round the Island RacekookaburraHandicapSkipper2nd / 6
23 Jul 2019Summer Sunset SeriesKookaburraHandicapSkipper1st / 6
13 Jul 2019The Belvedere Classic Regatta and Great SF Schooner RacekookaburraHandicapSkipper2nd / 8
8 Jun 2019SYC 2019 Classic Boat Invitational Regatta (Bear/Bird/Folkboat/SFBIOD/Knarr)kookaburraBirdSkipper3rd / 3
18 May 20192019 - CBRA SeriesKOOKABURRABirdSkipper2nd / 5
7 May 2019Spring Sunset SeriesKookaburraHandicapSkipper3rd / 7
23 Mar 20192019 Club Championship SeriesKookaburraPHRF handicapSkipper1st / 12
4 Nov 2018SYC Chili Midwinter Series 2018-2019KookaburraHandicapSkipper2nd / 4
3 Nov 20182018 - The 48th Manuel Fagundes Seaweed Soup RegattaKOOKABURRAPHRF handicapSkipper13th / 13
27 Oct 2018Round the Island RaceKookaburraHandicapSkipper5th / 11
21 Oct 2018San Francisco Leukemia Cup RegattaKookaburraHandicapSkipper1st / 5
13 Oct 20182018 Fall Classic Regatta and Easom Founders TrophykookaburraBirdSkipper1st / 2

Helm rating across all classes: 328, #8,490. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.