Sailor · 2008–2025

Ronald Copfer

ewyc J/70 PHRF handicap Handicap

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Events: 12
Win rate: 17%
Podium rate: 58%
Typically beats: 53%
Best class ranking: #223
Longest win streak: 3

Most successful partnership: Wayne Pignolet
Biggest lift: Wayne Pignolet
Best day: 15 May 2013
Signature result: 1st of 10

Partnerships · 21 sailors

Most successful partnership: Wayne Pignolet — 1 wins · 2 podiums in 3 events together

Wayne Pignolet · CloudSourced · J/70 3events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 4 of 17 races won Beat 93% of the fleet together(+26 vs. without) · best 1st · Jul 2013 – Aug 2013
Tom Sessions · CloudSourced · J/70 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 12 races won Beat 89% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Aug 2013 – Aug 2013
Seadon Wijsen · Flat Stanley · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 82% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jun 2008 – Jun 2009
Terry McSweeney · Flat Stanley · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 82% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jun 2008 – Jun 2009
Trey Sheehan · Flat Stanley · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 82% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jun 2008 – Jun 2009
Ted Pinkerton · CloudSourced, Perfect · J/70, T-10 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 2 of 16 races won Beat 85% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Aug 2013 – Aug 2019
Michelle Savage · Flat Stanley · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 82% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jun 2008 – Jun 2009
Steve Peplin · Flat Stanley · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 86% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jun 2008 – Jun 2008
Mike Floyd · Flat Stanley · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 86% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jun 2008 – Jun 2008
Rob Lindley · Flat Stanley · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 78% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jun 2009 – Jun 2009

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

Rating history

— Helm rating, full-size sailing · - - Crew rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 12

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
1 Jul 2025	2025 NCWSA Series	Sunshine	Handicap	Skipper	7th / 8
15 Aug 2019	2019 T10 North American Championship	Perfect	T-10	Pit	6th / 26
11 Apr 2014	2014 Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week	CloudSourced	J/70	Other	77th / 81
24 Aug 2013	2013 Verve Cup Inshore Regatta	CloudSourced	J/70	Owner	3rd / 20
10 Aug 2013	2013 J 70 Great Lakes Championships	CloudSourced	J/70	Owner	4th / 26
20 Jul 2013	2013 Leukemia Cup Regatta	CloudSourced	J/70	Other	1st / 10
12 Jul 2013	Lakeside Regatta/Ruhlman Cup	CloudSourced	J/70	Skipper	1st / 7
20 Jun 2013	Cleveland Race Week 2013 - Offshore PHRF Series & Offshore OD	CloudSourced	PHRF handicap	Skipper	4th / 10
15 Jun 2013	Cleveland Race Week 2013 - One Design Series	CloudSourced	J/70	Skipper	2nd / 14
15 May 2013	Edgewater Yacht Club 2013 Club Racing Series	CloudSourced	J/70	Skipper	3rd / 9
5 Jun 2009	2009 Invitational Mills Trophy Race	Flat Stanley	PHRF handicap	Other	3rd / 10
6 Jun 2008	2008 Invitational Mills Trophy Race	Flat Stanley	PHRF handicap	Skipper	2nd / 8

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Helm	292 provisional	#10862 band 6633–16935	—
J/70 Helm	264 provisional	#223 band 142–356	—
Full-size sailing Crew	140 provisional	#22067 band 10612–40089	—

1 more class, not yet ranked

T-10 · Crew · 10 races, 1 event · rating 110

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	9 events	2 wins	beats 70%
As crew	3 events	0 wins	beats 81%

Positions: Owner (2) · Pit (1)

How they race

Closer	+16 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−18 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	40%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	58%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets	74%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
David Koski	46	32–14
Richard Nesbett	35	26–9
James Hermetet	33	28–5
Debbie Gibbs	27	18–9
Tim Gibbs	26	21–4
Joe Colling	25	19–6
JB Walsh	20	19–1
Lee Wallace	17	13–3
Gregg Mylett	14	11–3
Maegan Ruhlman	12	9–2
John Koten	12	10–2

Most-beaten opponent: James Hermetet (28–5).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	1	0	14%
2019	1	0	80%
2014	1	0	5%
2013	7	2	87%
2009	1	0	78%
2008	1	0	86%

Boats

CloudSourced · J/70, PHRF handicap · 8 events · 2013–2014
Flat Stanley · PHRF handicap · 2 events · 2008–2009
Sunshine · Handicap · 1 events · 2025
Perfect · T-10 · 1 events · 2019

Where they race

Cleveland, OH · 5 events
Toledo, OH, USA · 2 events
North Charleston, SC, USA · 1 events
Mentor on the Lake, OH, USA · 1 events
Cleveland, OH, USA · 1 events
Chicago, IL, USA · 1 events

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Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 292, #10,862.Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 140, #22,067. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.