Sailor · 1978–1988

Steve Wheeler

Etchells

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Events: 5
Win rate: 20%
Podium rate: 20%
Typically beats: 77%
Best class ranking: #525

Nemesis: David Curtis
Best day: 20 Aug 1979
Signature result: 1st of 45

Partnerships · 8 sailors

Michael Coxon · KA 156, KA 210 · Etchells 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 12 races won Beat 69% of the fleet together · best 18th · Nov 1984 – Jan 1988
John Savage · KA118, KA98 · Etchells 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 12 races won Beat 91% of the fleet together · best 1st · Aug 1979 – Sep 1981
Ross MacDonald · KA22 · Etchells 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 68% of the fleet together · best 13th · Aug 1978 – Aug 1978
Gary Grietz · KA118 · Etchells 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 82% of the fleet together · best 13th · Sep 1981 – Sep 1981
Iain Murray · KA 210 · Etchells 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 71% of the fleet together · best 18th · Jan 1988 – Jan 1988
David Forbes · KA 156 · Etchells 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 68% of the fleet together · best 21st · Nov 1984 – Nov 1984
Andrew Buckland · KA98 · Etchells 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Aug 1979 – Aug 1979
Iann Hobbs · KA22 · Etchells 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 68% of the fleet together · best 13th · Aug 1978 – Aug 1978

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

Rating history

Event history · 5

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
11 Jan 1988	1988 Etchells World Championship	KA 210	Etchells	Crew	18th / 59
26 Nov 1984	1984 Etchells World Championship	KA 156	Etchells	Crew	21st / 63
5 Sep 1981	1981 Etchells World Championship	KA118	Etchells	Crew	13th / 69
20 Aug 1979	1979 Etchells World Championship	KA98	Etchells	Crew	1st / 45
11 Aug 1978	1978 Etchells World Championship	KA22	Etchells	Crew	13th / 39

Titles

1979 Etchells World Championship crew

From the class's honour rolls.

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	106 provisional	#26730 band 13085–45862	—
Etchells Crew	106 provisional	#525 band 247–965	+6.6

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	0 events	0 wins	beats —
As crew	5 events	1 wins	beats 78%

How they race

Closer	−5 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−10 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Big fleets	78%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
David Curtis	29	6–22
Barry Nesbitt	23	17–6
Tim Hogan	22	12–10
John Fraser	22	11–11
Dirk Kneulman	18	8–10
Harry Carr	18	17–1
Bill Lynn	18	10–8
Ted Driscoll	17	13–4
John Ravizza	16	12–4
Richard Howard	16	7–9
Jon Standley	16	11–5
John Messenger	16	13–3

Most-beaten opponent: Harry Carr (17–1).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
1988	1	0	71%
1984	1	0	68%
1981	1	0	82%
1979	1	1	100%
1978	1	0	68%

Boats

KA 210 · Etchells · 1 events · 1988
KA 156 · Etchells · 1 events · 1984
KA118 · Etchells · 1 events · 1981
KA98 · Etchells · 1 events · 1979
KA22 · Etchells · 1 events · 1978

Where they race

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 1 events
Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 1 events
Balboa, California, USA · 1 events
Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA · 1 events
Newport, New South Wales, Australia · 1 events

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Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 106, #26,730. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.