Sailor · 2017–2023

Gerhard Esterhuizen

sbyc ORC handicap Handicap

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Events: 7
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 0%
Typically beats: 29%

Longest-running crew: Bill Walters
Nemesis: David Halliwill
Signature result: 5th of 9

Partnerships · 15 sailors

Bill Walters · Invictus · Handicap, ORC handicap 6events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 1 of 35 races won Beat 24% of the fleet together · best 4th · Sep 2017 – May 2023
Burak Kocal · Invictus · Handicap, ORC handicap 6events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 1 of 35 races won Beat 24% of the fleet together · best 4th · Sep 2017 – May 2023
Jacques Benkoski · Invictus · Handicap, ORC handicap 6events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 1 of 35 races won Beat 24% of the fleet together · best 4th · Sep 2017 – May 2023
Nicolas Popp · Invictus · Handicap, ORC handicap 5events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 1 of 30 races won Beat 22% of the fleet together · best 4th · Sep 2017 – May 2023
Richard Reitmeyer · Invictus · ORC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 12 races won Beat 28% of the fleet together · best 5th · Sep 2018 – Sep 2019
Nicolas - Jacques Popp - Benkoski · Invictus · ORC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 12 races won Beat 24% of the fleet together · best 5th · Sep 2019 – Sep 2021
Garett Greenhalgh · Invictus · ORC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 13 races won Beat 32% of the fleet together · best 5th · Aug 2021 – Sep 2021
Drew Harper · Invictus · ORC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 13 races won Beat 32% of the fleet together · best 5th · Aug 2021 – Sep 2021
Brian Janney · Invictus · ORC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 33% of the fleet together · best 5th · Sep 2019 – Sep 2019
Nathan De Vries · Invictus · ORC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 14% of the fleet together · best 7th · Sep 2021 – Sep 2021

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

Rating history

Event history · 7

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
25 May 2023	Friday Night Spring Series 2023	Invictus	Handicap	Crew	5th / 5
29 Apr 2023	2023 - Offshore Series	INVICTUS	Handicap	Skipper	6th / 9
16 Sep 2021	2021 Rolex Big Boat Series	Invictus	ORC handicap	Main Trimmer	7th / 8
20 Aug 2021	2021 Aldo Alessio; Phyllis Kleinman Swiftsure Cup; Santa Cruz 27 National Championship	Invictus	ORC handicap	Main Trimmer	5th / 9
12 Sep 2019	2019 Rolex Big Boat Series	Invictus	ORC handicap	Bow	5th / 7
13 Sep 2018	2018 Rolex Big Boat Series	Invictus	ORC handicap	Bow	8th / 10
14 Sep 2017	2017 Rolex Big Boat Series	Invictus	ORC handicap	Bow	4th / 5

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Adj. ±
All classes Crew	-71 provisional	#53254 band 41171–60327	—

1 more class, not yet ranked

All classes · Helm · 1 race, 1 event · rating 5

Rank among sailors with ten or more rated races over three or more events, all time. In brackets, the ranks this rating cannot be told apart from. Adj. ± is the adjusted plus-minus in points of fleet beaten.

Helm and crew

As helm	1 events	0 wins	beats 38%
As crew	6 events	0 wins	beats 24%

Positions: Bow (3) · Main Trimmer (2)

How they race

Closer	−8 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−4 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Small fleets (<12)	26%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
David Halliwill	25	1–24
Barry Lewis	25	3–22
Gerard Sheridan	19	6–13
Bob Novy	19	10–8
Ken Murney	14	3–11
Thomas Furlong	12	1–11

Most-beaten opponent: Bob Novy (10–8).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2023	2	19%
2021	2	32%
2019	1	33%
2018	1	22%
2017	1	25%

Boats

Invictus · Handicap, ORC handicap · 7 events · 2017–2023

Where they race

San Francisco, CA, USA · 5 events
San Francisco, CA · 1 events
Yacht Racing Association of San Francisco Bay · 1 events

Is this you?

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Crew rating across all classes: -71 (±180), #53,254.Helm rating across all classes: 5 (±243). Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.