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Sailor · 2010–2021

Kevin Merten

coconut grove sailing club ILCA 6 (Laser Radial)OptimistHandicap

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Events
52

303 races · 20 race wins

Win rate
4%

4% win rate · 2 of 52

Podium rate
23%

12 top-three finishes

Typically beats
33%

of boats faced (range 31%–35%, 1,617 boats)

Best class ranking
#1559

Helm in ILCA 6 (Laser Radial) · rating 146

Longest win streak
8

race wins in a row

Nemesis
Connor Nelson

4–73 head to head in 77 races

Rival
Chris Purcell

26–36 in 62 races

Best day
3 Dec 2011

3-1-5-3-6-11-3-3-3-1-6-17 · 2011 USA Junior Olympic Sailing Festival

Signature result
2nd of 36

2011 USA Junior Olympic Sailing Festival · Optimist · 3 Dec 2011

Partnerships · 1 sailors

  • Frank Garcia-Montes · None · 420 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 65% of the fleet together · best 10th · Nov 2019 – Nov 2019

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

Rating history

0129257201120132015201720192021Helm rating, all classes

Event history · 52

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
30 Oct 2021The Great Pumpkin Regatta191992ILCA 6 (Laser Radial)Skipper5th / 11
28 Aug 2021CGSC Dinghy Summer Series - August 28 2021Kevin MertenILCA 7 (Laser)Skipper2nd / 6
30 May 20212021 Goombay One Design Regatta191992ILCA 7 (Laser)Skipper3rd / 6
26 Sep 20202020 CGSC Annual One Design Regatta & BBYRA OD #2 + Flying Scot Fall Series #2191992ILCA (rig not given)Skipper10th / 10
16 Feb 2020George Washington Regatta - Florida East Coast Spring Series, Regatta #17003HandicapSkipper4th / 8
9 Nov 2019Veterans Day Regatta (FEC#3)None420Skipper10th / 27
29 Sep 2019Florida East Coast Series, Regatta #17003420Skipper3rd / 17
20 Feb 20192019 Laser Midwinters East Regatta191992HandicapSkipper57th / 89
11 Jan 2019LASER CLASS US NATIONALS/LOCR - Competitor Registration191992ILCA 6 (Laser Radial)Skipper84th / 89
1 Dec 20182018 Laser District 13 ChampionshipsLaser RadialHandicapOther67th / 70
21 Feb 20182018 Laser Midwinters East Regatta191992HandicapSkipper80th / 96
10 Feb 20182018 Buccaneer Blast Regatta191992ILCA 6 (Laser Radial)Skipper1st / 2
13 Jan 2018LYC OLYMPIC CLASS REGATTA/LASER ATLANTIC COAST CHAMPIONSHIP/2018 FINN MIDWINTERSKevin MertenILCA 6 (Laser Radial)Skipper73rd / 93
26 Dec 20172017 OPEN ORANGE BOWL REGATTA191992ILCA 6 (Laser Radial)Skipper2nd / 3
2 Dec 2017District 13 Laser Championship191992ILCA 6 (Laser Radial)Skipper33rd / 43
4 Nov 201748th Southeast Dinghy Championships191992ILCA 6 (Laser Radial)Skipper4th / 8
8 Apr 2017SailFest Junior Olympics191992ILCA 6 (Laser Radial)Skipper6th / 15
22 Feb 20172017 Laser Midwinters East Regatta191992HandicapSkipper78th / 102
28 Jan 20172017 Boomerang Regatta191992ILCA 6 (Laser Radial)Skipper16th / 18
3 Dec 2016Laser District 13 Championships191992ILCA 6 (Laser Radial)Skipper34th / 47
12 Nov 2016Naples Cup 2016191992ILCA 6 (Laser Radial)Skipper29th / 37
29 Oct 2016Halloween Howler Regatta191992ILCA 6 (Laser Radial)Skipper6th / 9
1 Oct 201647th Southeast Dinghy Championships191992ILCA 6 (Laser Radial)Skipper3rd / 4
6 Feb 20162016 Valentine’s Day Laser Regatta / Florida State Laser ChampsUSAHandicapOther19th / 28
5 Dec 20152015 Laser District 13 Championship (Historic Virginia Key Beach Park)191992ILCA 6 (Laser Radial)Skipper38th / 53

Helm rating across all classes: 162, #23,133. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.