Sailor · 2017–2026

Christopher Laing

windjammers sailing club PHRF handicap Lightning S2 7.9

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Events: 18
Win rate: 39%
Podium rate: 72%
Typically beats: 58%
Best class ranking: #492
Longest win streak: 3

Most successful partnership: Scott Shackelford
Best trio: Scott Shackelford & Michael Laing
Biggest lift: Scott Shackelford
Longest-running crew: Michael Laing
Nemesis: Thomas Allen
Signature result: 1st of 7

Partnerships · 16 sailors

Most successful partnership: Scott Shackelford — 2 wins · 4 podiums in 4 events together

Michael Laing · 13901, Audacity, One Too Many · Lightning, PHRF handicap, S2 7.9 18events 7 wins together · 13 podiums · 39% win rate · 7 of 36 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together · best 1st · Mar 2017 – Jul 2026
Scott Shackelford · Audacity · PHRF handicap 4events 2 wins together · 4 podiums · 4 events · 2 of 4 races won Beat 83% of the fleet together(+10 vs. without) · best 1st · Jul 2021 – Jul 2025
Tori Strutz · 13901, Audacity · Lightning, PHRF handicap 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 13 races won Beat 52% of the fleet together(−28 vs. without) · best 3rd · Mar 2017 – Aug 2017
Brian Johnson · Audacity · PHRF handicap 3events 1 wins together · 3 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 3 races won Beat 78% of the fleet together(+3 vs. without) · best 1st · Jul 2022 – Jul 2025
Sheila Laing · Audacity · PHRF handicap 3events 1 wins together · 3 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 3 races won Beat 76% of the fleet together(±0 vs. without) · best 1st · Jul 2022 – Jul 2024
Scott Fruechtl · Audacity · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 63% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2024 – Jul 2024
Angela Laing · 13901, Audacity · Lightning, PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 34% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Feb 2024 – Jul 2024
Andrew Van Sickle · Audacity, One Too Many · PHRF handicap, S2 7.9 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 63% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Aug 2017 – Sep 2021
Gary Kozloski · Audacity · PHRF handicap 2events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 2 races won Beat 83% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jul 2024 – Jul 2025
Mark Adriansen · One Too Many · S2 7.9 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 54% of the fleet together · best 12th · Sep 2021 – Sep 2021

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

Rating history

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

Event history · 18

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
18 Jul 2026	2026 The HOOK Race	Audacity	PHRF handicap	Bow	1st / 3
2 Aug 2025	2025 Trans Superior International Yacht Race	Audacity	PHRF handicap	Bow	2nd / 5
12 Jul 2025	2025 The HOOK Race	Audacity	PHRF handicap	Bow	1st / 6
27 Jul 2024	2024 MMYC 100 Miler	Audacity	PHRF handicap	Spinnaker trimmer	3rd / 6
20 Jul 2024	2024 The HOOK Race	Audacity	PHRF handicap	Co-Skipper	2nd / 4
16 Feb 2024	2024 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series - St. Petersburg	13901	Lightning	Spinnaker trimmer	22nd / 24
15 Jul 2023	2023 The Hook Race	Audacity	PHRF handicap	Bow	1st / 7
30 Jul 2022	2022 MMYC 100 Miler	Audacity	PHRF handicap	Bow	1st / 7
15 Jul 2022	2022 The Hook Race	Audacity	PHRF handicap	Co-Skipper	3rd / 7
17 Sep 2021	2021 S2 7.9 Class Championship Regatta	One Too Many	S2 7.9	Bow	12th / 25
6 Aug 2021	2021 Biennial Trans Superior International Yacht Race	Audacity	PHRF handicap	Other	1st / 4
24 Jul 2021	2021 The Hook Race	Audacity	PHRF handicap	Co-Skipper	1st / 5
2 Aug 2019	2019 Biennial Trans Superior International Yacht Race	Audacity	PHRF handicap	Owner	1st / 4
19 Jul 2019	2019 100 Miler	Audacity	PHRF handicap	Skipper	4th / 19
27 Jul 2018	2018 100 Miler	Audacity	PHRF handicap	Skipper	3rd / 16
5 Aug 2017	2017 Biennial Trans Superior International Yacht Race	Audacity	PHRF handicap	Owner	3rd / 8
23 Mar 2017	59th Annual Lightning Miami Midwinter Regatta	13901	Lightning	Other	16th / 29
19 Mar 2017	2017 Winter Lightning Championship - 70th Annual St. Petersburg Yacht Club	13901	Lightning	Other	25th / 40

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Crew	214 provisional	#13688 band 6865–25416	—
Lightning Crew	-47 provisional	#492 band 322–590	—

2 more classes, not yet ranked

S2 7.9 · Crew · 7 races, 1 event · rating 35
All classes · Helm · 2 races, 2 events · rating 31

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	2 events	0 wins	beats 85%
As crew	16 events	7 wins	beats 74%

Positions: Bow (6) · Co-Skipper (3) · Spinnaker trimmer (2) · Owner (2)

How they race

Closer	+34 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−22 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	49%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	46%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets	87%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Thomas Allen	15	1–14
Ched Proctor	15	2–13
Cristobal Perez	12	0–12
Neal Fowler	12	0–12
Bill Mauk	12	4–8
Josh Goldman	12	2–10
Richard Moyer	12	7–4
Philip Lange	12	7–5
Trevor Prior	12	7–5
Gustavo Tamayo	12	2–10
William Cabrall	12	10–2
John Sawyer	12	6–6

Most-beaten opponent: William Cabrall (10–2).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	1	1	100%
2025	2	1	88%
2024	3	0	45%
2023	1	1	100%
2022	2	1	83%
2021	3	2	85%
2019	2	1	92%
2018	1	0	87%
2017	3	0	52%

Boats

Audacity · PHRF handicap · 14 events · 2017–2026
13901 · Lightning · 3 events · 2017–2024
One Too Many · S2 7.9 · 1 events · 2021

Where they race

Racine, WI, USA · 6 events
Duluth, MN, USA · 4 events
Menominee, MI · 2 events
Menominee, MI, United States · 2 events
St. Petersburg, FL, USA · 2 events
Holland, MI, USA · 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: 214, #13,688.Helm rating across all classes: 31. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.