Sailor · 2017–2026

Charlie Mueller

eldean s PHRF handicap Handicap

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Events: 20
Win rate: 20%
Podium rate: 50%
Typically beats: 52%
Longest win streak: 5

Most successful partnership: Curt VanDuren
Best trio: Bruce Wickmann & Curt VanDuren
Biggest lift: Patrick Nowak
Longest-running crew: Bruce Wickmann
Signature result: 1st of 7

Partnerships · 19 sailors

Most successful partnership: Curt VanDuren — 3 wins · 4 podiums in 6 events together · 50% win rate

Bruce Wickmann · Blue Jay, Nancy Anne · Handicap, PHRF handicap 7events 3 wins together · 4 podiums · 43% win rate · 20 of 50 races won Beat 72% of the fleet together(+29 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2017 – Aug 2026
Paul Smucker · Blue Jay, Nancy Anne · Handicap, PHRF handicap 6events 2 wins together · 2 podiums · 33% win rate · 19 of 49 races won Beat 66% of the fleet together(+18 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2023 – Aug 2026
Chris Cronin · Blue Jay, Nancy Anne · Handicap, PHRF handicap 6events 2 wins together · 2 podiums · 33% win rate · 19 of 49 races won Beat 66% of the fleet together(+18 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2023 – Aug 2026
Curt VanDuren · Blue Jay, Nancy Anne · Handicap, PHRF handicap 6events 3 wins together · 4 podiums · 50% win rate · 20 of 47 races won Beat 82% of the fleet together(+40 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2017 – Sep 2025
Jay Smucker · Blue Jay · Handicap, PHRF handicap 5events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 20% win rate · 10 of 32 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together(+8 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2024 – Aug 2026
Dave Hupe · Blue Jay, Nancy Anne · Handicap, PHRF handicap 5events 2 wins together · 2 podiums · 40% win rate · 19 of 46 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together(+34 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2023 – Aug 2026
Patrick Nowak · Nancy Anne · PHRF handicap 3events 2 wins together · 3 podiums · 3 events · 10 of 19 races won Beat 92% of the fleet together(+45 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2017 – May 2023
Bill Parks · Blue Jay, Nancy Anne · Handicap, PHRF handicap 3events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 3 races won Beat 81% of the fleet together(+32 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2017 – Sep 2025
Matt Brady · Blue Jay · Handicap, PHRF handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 49% of the fleet together(−5 vs. without) · best 5th · Sep 2025 – Aug 2026
Grant Boven · Blue Jay · Handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 41% of the fleet together · best 5th · May 2026 – Aug 2026

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

Rating history

— Helm rating, all classes · - - Crew rating, all classes

Event history · 20

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
7 Aug 2026	2026 Lake Michigan Clipper Cup	Blue Jay	PHRF handicap	Floater	5th / 22
30 May 2026	South Haven Yacht Club - Invitational 2026	Blue Jay	Handicap	Crew	6th / 6
6 Sep 2025	2025 Anchorage Cup	Blue Jay	Handicap	Crew	8th / 22
7 May 2025	Big Red Racing Series	Blue Jay	PHRF handicap	Floater	9th / 17
22 May 2024	2024 Bayshore Wednesday Night Series	Blue Jay	PHRF handicap	Switch Flipper	1st / 4
3 May 2023	2023 Bayshore Wednesday Night Series	Nancy Anne	PHRF handicap	Other	1st / 7
19 Sep 2020	Lake Erie Challenge, Race #6 - Ullman Cup	ZELDA	PHRF handicap	Skipper	7th / 13
4 Sep 2020	2020 Tri-State Fly-By Distance(d) Race	Vivace'	PHRF handicap	Other	3rd / 3
5 Aug 2020	2020 100 Boats on a Beercan	Vivace'	PHRF handicap	Other	8th / 9
1 Sep 2019	2019 Bi State: St Joe to Chicago - CASRA	Vivace'	PHRF handicap	Other	2nd / 5
30 Aug 2019	2019 Tri State: Chicago to St. Joe - CASRA	Vivace'	PHRF handicap	Other	4th / 6
23 Aug 2019	2019 Columbia Y.C. Leukemia Cup Regatta	Vivace'	PHRF handicap	Other	1st / 2
17 Aug 2019	2019 Lake Erie Solo Challenge	Zelda	PHRF handicap	Captain	2nd / 4
7 Aug 2019	100 Boats on a Beercan	Vivace'	PHRF handicap	Other	3rd / 14
8 Sep 2018	2018 Anchorage Cup	Nancy Anne	PHRF handicap	Main Trimmer	1st / 5
2 Sep 2018	2018 Tri State: St. Joe - Michigan City - CASRA	Vivace'	PHRF handicap	Other	5th / 6
31 Aug 2018	2018 Tri State: Chicago to St. Joe - CASRA	Vivace'	PHRF handicap	Other	7th / 8
15 Jul 2018	2018 Casual Race - CASRA	Vivace'	PHRF handicap	Other	20th / 21
23 Jun 2018	2018 Port Huron and Chicago Mackinac Solo Challenges	Vivace'	PHRF handicap	Other	3rd / 4
9 Sep 2017	2017 Anchorage Cup	Nancy Anne	PHRF handicap	Main Trimmer	2nd / 5

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Crew	239 provisional	#11631 band 7120–18317	—
All classes Helm	-28 provisional	#57143 band 38889–71379	—

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	1 wins	beats 42%
As crew	8 events	3 wins	beats 72%

Positions: Floater (2) · Main Trimmer (2) · Switch Flipper (1) · Captain (1)

How they race

Closer	−17 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−27 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	30%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	53%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Douglas Wachter	27	22–3
Robert Johnson	24	22–1
Anthony Lund	16	15–1
Tom Slanec	15	8–7
Dennis Hendricks	12	11–1

Most-beaten opponent: Robert Johnson (22–1).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	2	0	41%
2025	2	0	58%
2024	1	1	100%
2023	1	1	100%
2020	3	0	21%
2019	5	1	73%
2018	5	1	35%
2017	1	0	75%

Boats

Vivace' · PHRF handicap · 10 events · 2018–2020
Blue Jay · PHRF handicap, Handicap · 5 events · 2024–2026
Nancy Anne · PHRF handicap · 3 events · 2017–2023
ZELDA · PHRF handicap · 2 events · 2019–2020

Where they race

Chicago, IL, USA · 6 events
Chicago, Illinois, USA · 2 events
Holland, MI, USA · 2 events
Holland, MI, United States · 2 events
South Haven Yacht Club · 1 events
Lake Erie - · 1 events

Is this you?

Claim it to merge duplicates and remove results that aren’t yours. Changes apply at the nightly rebuild.

Crew rating across all classes: 239, #11,631.Helm rating across all classes: -28, #57,143. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.