Sailor · 2019–2025

Bernt Helgaas

wayzata yacht club Sonar PHRF handicap ORC handicap

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Events: 9
Win rate: 22%
Podium rate: 44%
Typically beats: 53%
Best class ranking: #155

Most successful partnership: Lizzie Easter
Best trio: Lizzie Easter & Dale Peters
Biggest lift: Lizzie Easter
Nemesis: Brian Doyle
Signature result: 1st of 13

Partnerships · 16 sailors

Most successful partnership: Lizzie Easter — 1 wins · 3 podiums in 3 events together

Lizzie Easter · Andreas, Zig Zag · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 3events 1 wins together · 3 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 3 races won Beat 79% of the fleet together(+34 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2024 – Aug 2025
Dale Peters · Andreas, Zig Zag · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 3events 1 wins together · 3 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 3 races won Beat 79% of the fleet together(+34 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2024 – Aug 2025
Steven Jacobson · Helm's Deep, Helm’s Deep · Sonar 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 24 races won Beat 18% of the fleet together(−56 vs. without) · best 11th · Jun 2022 – Sep 2024
Jim Murphy · Helm's Deep, Helm’s Deep · Sonar 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 24 races won Beat 18% of the fleet together(−56 vs. without) · best 11th · Jun 2022 – Sep 2024
Volker Petersen · Andreas · ORC handicap 2events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 2 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together · best 1st · May 2024 – May 2025
Gary Applebaum · Andreas, Helm’s Deep · ORC handicap, Sonar 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 11 races won Beat 57% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jun 2022 – May 2024
Lisa Skluzacek · Andreas · ORC handicap 2events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 2 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together · best 1st · May 2024 – May 2025
Griffin Bell · Zig Zag · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 86% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Aug 2025 – Aug 2025
Elizabeth Hayes · Andreas · ORC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 2nd · May 2025 – May 2025
Jesse Dummer · Zig Zag · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 86% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Aug 2025 – Aug 2025

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

Rating history

Event history · 9

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
2 Aug 2025	2025 Trans Superior International Yacht Race	Zig Zag	PHRF handicap	Pro Bowler	2nd / 8
29 May 2025	2025 California Offshore Race Week Series - SoCal 300	Andreas	ORC handicap	Other	2nd / 3
10 Sep 2024	2024 Sonar World Championship	Helm’s Deep	Sonar	Skipper	30th / 31
30 May 2024	2024 California Offshore Race Week Series - SoCal 300	Andreas	ORC handicap	Other	1st / 3
26 Apr 2024	2024 Newport Ensenada - SHADOW SCORING	ANDREAS	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 13
26 Apr 2024	76th Newport to Ensenada International Yacht Race	ANDREAS	PHRF handicap	Skipper	15th / 76
14 Sep 2023	2023 Sonar North American Championship	Helm's Deep	Sonar	Skipper	11th / 17
16 Jun 2022	2022 Sonar World Championship	Helm’s Deep	Sonar	Other	19th / 22
18 Sep 2019	2019 Sonar World Championship	Helm's Deep	Sonar	Other	17th / 24

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Helm	-46 provisional	#62201 band 41987–76520	—
Sonar Helm	-131 provisional	#155 band 136–169	—

1 more class, not yet ranked

Full-size sailing · Crew · 1 race, 1 event · rating 23

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	2 wins	beats 52%
As crew	1 events	0 wins	beats 86%

Positions: Pro Bowler (1)

How they race

Closer	+28 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−8 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	30%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	79%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Brian Doyle	36	0–36
Andreas Josenhans	29	1–28
Skip Shumway	29	3–25
Eric Snavely	28	7–21
Eric Voss	22	2–20
Shane Olney	22	4–17
Paul Steinborn	22	1–21
Dawn Shumway	22	6–16
Rick Doerr	19	1–18
John Rainaldi	19	10–9
Hans Dickel	19	5–14
John Twomey	19	8–11

Most-beaten opponent: Cameron Bernabei (11–0).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	2	0	68%
2024	4	2	71%
2023	1	0	38%
2022	1	0	14%
2019	1	0	30%

Boats

Andreas · ORC handicap, Handicap, PHRF handicap · 4 events · 2024–2025
Helm’s Deep · Sonar · 2 events · 2022–2024
Helm's Deep · Sonar · 2 events · 2019–2023
Zig Zag · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2025

Where they race

Sunapee, NH, USA · 1 events
California, USA · 1 events
Rochester, NY, USA · 1 events
Duluth, MN, USA · 1 events
Darien, CT · 1 events
San Diego, California, USA · 1 events

Is this you?

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Helm rating, Full-size sailing: -46, #62,201.Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 23. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.