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Sailor · 2009–2025

Colan Cassell

atlantic highlands Beneteau First 36.7PHRF handicap

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Events
16

100 races · 8 race wins

Win rate
6%

6% win rate · 1 of 16

Podium rate
38%

6 top-three finishes

Typically beats
53%

of boats faced (range 45%–61%, 115 boats)

Best class ranking
#182

Crew in Beneteau First 36.7 · rating 153

Longest win streak
2

race wins in a row

Most successful partnership
Max Butler

1 wins · 2 podiums in 3 events together

Best trio
Max Butler & Kerry Brody

1 wins · 2 podiums in 3 events, all three aboard

Biggest lift
Paul Moser

+29 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
Lou Melillo

Jul 2012 – Jun 2025 · 15 events

Nemesis
William Purdy

8–56 head to head in 64 races

Rival
Alistair Duke

25–35 in 60 races

Best day
1 Jun 2019

1-2-3-2 · 2019 Cedar Point One Design Regatta - Keelboat

Signature result
1st of 7

2015 Cedar Point One Design Regatta · Beneteau First 36.7 · 16 May 2015

Partnerships · 27 sailors

Most successful partnership: Max Butler — 1 wins · 2 podiums in 3 events together
  • Lou Melillo · Surface Tension · Beneteau First 36.7, PHRF handicap 15events 1 wins together · 5 podiums · 7% win rate · 8 of 99 races won Beat 54% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jul 2012 – Jun 2025
  • Ben Sclarow · Surface Tension · Beneteau First 36.7, PHRF handicap 15events 1 wins together · 5 podiums · 7% win rate · 8 of 99 races won Beat 54% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jul 2012 – Jun 2025
  • Kerry Brody · Surface Tension · Beneteau First 36.7, PHRF handicap 13events 1 wins together · 4 podiums · 8% win rate · 7 of 88 races won Beat 55% of the fleet together(−3 vs. without) · best 1st · Jul 2012 – Sep 2019
  • Dwayne Coneeny · Surface Tension · Beneteau First 36.7, PHRF handicap 11events 0 wins together · 4 podiums · 0% win rate · 6 of 80 races won Beat 51% of the fleet together(−15 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jun 2013 – Jun 2025
  • Michael Smith · Surface Tension · Beneteau First 36.7, PHRF handicap 10events 1 wins together · 4 podiums · 10% win rate · 3 of 63 races won Beat 62% of the fleet together(+17 vs. without) · best 1st · Jul 2009 – Jun 2018
  • Ryan Brogan · Surface Tension · Beneteau First 36.7, PHRF handicap 6events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 0% win rate · 3 of 32 races won Beat 59% of the fleet together(+6 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jun 2017 – Jun 2025
  • Kevin Wurch · Surface Tension · Beneteau First 36.7, PHRF handicap 5events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 0% win rate · 1 of 36 races won Beat 55% of the fleet together(−1 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jul 2009 – Sep 2014
  • Mike Bermann · Surface Tension · Beneteau First 36.7, PHRF handicap 5events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 0% win rate · 4 of 29 races won Beat 45% of the fleet together(−16 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jun 2018 – Jun 2025
  • Ben Bugbee · Surface Tension · Beneteau First 36.7, PHRF handicap 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 2 of 22 races won Beat 58% of the fleet together(+4 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jun 2016 – Jul 2019
  • Robert Lapsley · Surface Tension · Beneteau First 36.7, PHRF handicap 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 31 races won Beat 51% of the fleet together(−6 vs. without) · best 4th · Apr 2014 – Sep 2018

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

Rating history

095190201020132016201920222025Crew rating, all classes

Event history · 16

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
23 Jun 20252025 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race WeekSurface TensionPHRF handicapMast11th / 14
28 Sep 20192019 American Yacht Club Fall RegattaSurface TensionPHRF handicapMast3rd / 4
13 Jul 20192019 73rd Annual Red Grant RegattaSurface TensionPHRF handicapMast4th / 10
1 Jun 20192019 Cedar Point One Design Regatta - KeelboatSurface TensionBeneteau First 36.7Mast2nd / 7
22 Sep 20182018 Poco Loco Bay RaceSurface TensionPHRF handicapMast6th / 10
1 Jun 20182018 Cedar Point One Design RegattaSurface TensionBeneteau First 36.7Mast4th / 6
23 Sep 20172017 American Yacht Club Fall Regatta & Leukemia CupSurface TensionPHRF handicapMast4th / 9
3 Jun 20172017 Cedar Point One Design RegattaSurface TensionBeneteau First 36.7Mast2nd / 5
4 Jun 20162016 Cedar Point One Design RegattaSurface TensionBeneteau First 36.7Mast5th / 8
16 May 20152015 Cedar Point One Design RegattaSurface TensionBeneteau First 36.7Mast1st / 7
18 Sep 20142014 Beneteau First 36.7 North American ChampionshipSurface TensionBeneteau First 36.7Mast5th / 12
31 May 20142014 Cedar Point One Design RegattaSurface TensionBeneteau First 36.7Mast2nd / 7
26 Apr 20142014 American Yacht Club Spring SeriesSurface TensionPHRF handicapMast9th / 13
1 Jun 20132013 Cedar Point One Design RegattaSurface TensionBeneteau First 36.7Mast5th / 6
19 Jul 2012NYYC Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex - PART III - One-Design and HandicapSurface TensionBeneteau First 36.7Mast5th / 8
25 Jul 20092009 Around Long Island Regatta (33rd Annual)Surface TensionBeneteau First 36.7Mast2nd / 5

Crew rating across all classes: 171, #17,957. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.