Sailor · 2017–2024

Bruce Busbey

wcsc Highlander Handicap Sonar

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Events: 12
Win rate: 33%
Podium rate: 58%
Typically beats: 72%
Best class ranking: #2
Longest win streak: 3

Nemesis: Chris Raab
Rival: Tanner Shultz
Best day: 11 Sep 2020
Signature result: 1st of 10

Partnerships · 2 sailors

Debbie Busbey · Moby Dick · Highlander 2events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 2 of 7 races won Beat 92% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jun 2022 – Oct 2024
Greg Deaves · Bruce Busbey · Highlander 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 6th · Oct 2023 – Oct 2023

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

Rating history

Event history · 12

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
18 Oct 2024	Pipers Regatta	Moby Dick	Highlander	Skipper	1st / 10
20 Oct 2023	Pipers Regatta	Bruce Busbey	Highlander	Skipper	6th / 11
11 Mar 2023	2023 LNYC Midwinters	Moby Dick	Highlander	Skipper	2nd / 9
16 Jun 2022	2022 Highlander Class National Championships	Moby Dick	Highlander	Other	3rd / 14
16 Oct 2021	Pipers & Pluckers Highlander Regatta	Moby Dick	Highlander	Skipper	2nd / 17
17 Sep 2021	21st Annual Lake Norman Hospice Regatta	Moby Dick	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 5
26 Jun 2021	2021 Lowcountry Regatta	500	Highlander	Skipper	1st / 4
13 Mar 2021	Keelboat Midwinter Regatta & Highlander Midwinter Championship	Moby Dick	Highlander	Skipper	5th / 14
17 Oct 2020	Pipers & Pluckers Highlander Regatta	Moby Dick	Highlander	Skipper	4th / 14
11 Sep 2020	20th Annual Lake Norman Hospice Regatta	Moby Dick	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 7
13 Jul 2019	2019 Highlander Class National Championships	Moby Dick	Highlander	Skipper	7th / 17
5 Oct 2017	2017 Championship of Champions	Bruce Busbey	Sonar	Skipper	13th / 13

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Helm	362 provisional	#7040 band 3898–12238	—
Highlander Helm	318 provisional	#2 band 1–7	—

1 more class, not yet ranked

Sonar · Helm · 13 races, 1 event · rating -141

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	12 events	4 wins	beats 77%
As crew	0 events	0 wins	beats —

How they race

Closer	+18 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−32 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	44%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	90%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Tanner Shultz	39	17–22
Steve Hesler	30	28–2
Patrick Rykens	27	26–1
Robert Bouknight	26	18–8
Jason Japikse	20	7–13
Chris Kafsky	15	14–1
Chris Doyne	14	14–0
John Potter	13	5–8
Michael Marshall	13	2–11
Ted Ferrarone	13	4–9
Eugene Schmitt	13	3–10
Jim Ward	13	2–11

Most-beaten opponent: Steve Hesler (28–2).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2024	1	1	100%
2023	2	0	69%
2022	1	0	85%
2021	4	2	91%
2020	2	1	89%
2019	1	0	63%
2017	1	0	0%

Boats

Moby Dick · Highlander, Handicap · 9 events · 2019–2024
Bruce Busbey · Highlander, Sonar · 2 events · 2017–2023
500 · Highlander · 1 events · 2021

Where they race

Mooresville , NC · 4 events
Mooresville, NC · 4 events
Beaufort, SC · 1 events
Sandusky, OH · 1 events
Cleveland, OH, USA · 1 events
Oyster Bay, NY · 1 events

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Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 362, #7,040. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.