Sailor · 2015–2025

Michael Simms

rnsys PHRF handicap J/105 ORC handicap

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Events: 6
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 50%
Typically beats: 61%

Signature result: 2nd of 11

Partnerships · 34 sailors

John Sapp · VTack · J/105 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 15 races won Beat 40% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Aug 2020 – Oct 2024
Warren Brodie · Illicit · IRC handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 45% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2015 – Jul 2017
James Rafuse · Illicit · IRC handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 45% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2015 – Jul 2017
Graham Roy · Rampage · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 77% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jul 2025 – Aug 2025
James Luther · Illicit · IRC handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 45% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2015 – Jul 2017
Alexander Sapp · VTack · J/105 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 15 races won Beat 40% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Aug 2020 – Oct 2024
Cathy Sapp · VTack · J/105 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 15 races won Beat 40% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Aug 2020 – Oct 2024
Charlie Underwood · Rampage · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 77% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jul 2025 – Aug 2025
Ed Steeves · Illicit · IRC handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 45% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2015 – Jul 2017
Richard Rafuse · Illicit · IRC handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 45% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2015 – Jul 2017

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Rating history

Event history · 6

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
13 Aug 2025	Atlantic Yacht Sales Chester Race Week 2025	Rampage	PHRF handicap	Bow	3rd / 13
6 Jul 2025	2025 Marblehead-to-Halifax Ocean Race	Rampage	ORC handicap	Bow	4th / 11
4 Oct 2024	BBYC Fall One Design Regatta	VTack	J/105	Crew	5th / 5
21 Aug 2020	Lunenburg Yacht Club Welcome Back Regatta 2020	VTack	J/105	Tactician	2nd / 6
9 Jul 2017	2017 Marblehead-to-Halifax Ocean Race	Illicit	PHRF handicap	Navigator	2nd / 11
5 Jul 2015	2015 Marblehead-to-Halifax Ocean Race	Illicit	IRC handicap	Crew	9th / 9

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Crew	-41 provisional	#49481 band 35478–58701	—

1 more class, not yet ranked

J/105 · Crew · 15 races, 2 events · rating -94

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	0 events	0 wins	beats —
As crew	6 events	0 wins	beats 54%

Positions: Bow (2) · Tactician (1) · Navigator (1)

How they race

Closer	+3 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−31 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Small fleets	48%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Carl Davis	15	10–5

Most-beaten opponent: Carl Davis (10–5).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2025	2	77%
2024	1	0%
2020	1	80%
2017	1	90%
2015	1	0%

Boats

Rampage · PHRF handicap, ORC handicap · 2 events · 2025
VTack · J/105 · 2 events · 2020–2024
Illicit · PHRF handicap, IRC handicap · 2 events · 2015–2017

Where they race

Marblehead, MA, USA · 3 events
Chester, Nova Scotia, Canada · 1 events
Hermans Island, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada · 1 events
Bedford, NS · 1 events

Is this you?

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Crew rating across all classes: -41, #49,481. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.