Sailor · 2017–2025

Bill Sikkema

glyc 210 Handicap

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Events: 8
Win rate: 13%
Podium rate: 25%
Typically beats: 46%
Best class ranking: #10

Most successful partnership: Nora Sikkema
Biggest lift: Nora Sikkema
Nemesis: Jon VanderMolen
Rival: Fred Einspahr
Best day: 16 Jul 2023
Signature result: 1st of 9

Partnerships · 8 sailors

Most successful partnership: Nora Sikkema — 1 wins · 1 podiums in 3 events together

Nora Sikkema · Orange Crate 2.0, Orange Crush · Handicap 3events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 2 of 18 races won Beat 53% of the fleet together(+15 vs. without) · best 1st · Jul 2022 – Jul 2023
TC Belco · Crush · 210 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 10 races won Beat 15% of the fleet together(−44 vs. without) · best 7th · Jun 2025 – Jul 2025
Mike MacQueen · Crush · 210 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 23% of the fleet together · best 7th · Jun 2025 – Jul 2025
Bill English · Corsair II · 210, Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 16 races won Beat 70% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Aug 2017 – Jul 2021
Joe Brogger · Corsair II · 210, Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 16 races won Beat 70% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Aug 2017 – Jul 2021
Steve Klok · Orange Crate 2.0 · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 38% of the fleet together · best 6th · Jul 2022 – Jul 2022
Dave Johnson Jr · Orange Crush · Handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 2 of 6 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jul 2023 – Jul 2023
Dan Gautraud · Orange Crate 2.0 · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 38% of the fleet together · best 6th · Jul 2022 – Jul 2022

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

Rating history

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

Event history · 8

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
19 Jul 2025	2025 210 Midwest Championship	Crush	210	Skipper	7th / 12
28 Jun 2025	Gull Lake YC 210 Season Series	Crush	210	Skipper	9th / 9
11 Jun 2025	Gull Lake YC Wet and Wild Wednesdays	Crush	210	Skipper	9th / 9
15 Jul 2023	2023 International 210 Midwest Championship Regatta	Orange Crush	Handicap	Owner	1st / 9
17 Jun 2023	Gull Lake Summer Series	Orange Crush	Handicap	Other	5th / 6
16 Jul 2022	2022 International 210 Midwest Championship Regatta	Orange Crate 2.0	Handicap	Other	6th / 9
17 Jul 2021	2021 International 210 Midwest Championship Regatta	Corsair II	210	Other	4th / 7
9 Aug 2017	2017 International 210 National Championship	Corsair II	Handicap	Rush Chairman	2nd / 11

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Crew	170 provisional	#18068 band 10541–29448	—
210 Helm	-52 provisional	#10 band 6–10	—
All classes Helm	-23 provisional	#56038 band 36957–71222	—

1 more class, not yet ranked

210 · Crew · 6 races, 1 event · rating 37

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	3 events	0 wins	beats 15%
As crew	5 events	1 wins	beats 60%

Positions: Owner (1) · Rush Chairman (1)

How they race

Closer	−7 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−17 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	30%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	43%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Fred Einspahr	44	18–26
Jon VanderMolen	31	7–24
Joe Brogger	28	8–20
Greg Smith	28	10–18
James Hunt	21	13–8
Steve Parker	16	8–8
James Chadwick	16	14–2
William Hawk	16	8–8
William Uggen	16	13–3
James Babel	14	5–9
Charlie Young	13	10–3

Most-beaten opponent: James Chadwick (14–2).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	3	0	15%
2023	2	1	60%
2022	1	0	38%
2021	1	0	50%
2017	1	0	90%

Boats

Crush · 210 · 3 events · 2025
Orange Crush · Handicap · 2 events · 2023
Corsair II · 210, Handicap · 2 events · 2017–2021
Orange Crate 2.0 · Handicap · 1 events · 2022

Where they race

Richland, MI, USA · 5 events
Richland, MI · 3 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: 170, #18,068.Helm rating across all classes: -23, #56,038. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.