Sailor · 2022–2026

Michael Butcher

grosse ile yacht club junior sailing PHRF handicap 420 ORC handicap

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Events: 12
Win rate: 25%
Podium rate: 42%
Typically beats: 39%
Best class ranking: #1486
Longest win streak: 4

Most successful partnership: Alec Chabalowski
Best trio: Alec Chabalowski & Anita Bersie-Chabalowski
Biggest lift: Alec Chabalowski
Nemesis: Buck Rathbun
Rival: Henry Fritts
Best day: 1 Aug 2025
Signature result: 1st of 7

Partnerships · 27 sailors

Most successful partnership: Alec Chabalowski — 2 wins · 3 podiums in 3 events together

Adnan Medic · Merak · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 34% of the fleet together(−30 vs. without) · best 3rd · May 2024 – May 2025
Alec Chabalowski · Family Truckster · PHRF handicap 3events 2 wins together · 3 podiums · 3 events · 4 of 7 races won Beat 94% of the fleet together(+53 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2025 – Jun 2026
Jeff Wittstoock · Merak · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 33% of the fleet together(−28 vs. without) · best 3rd · May 2024 – May 2025
Bailey Yildiz · Merak · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 41% of the fleet together(−18 vs. without) · best 3rd · May 2024 – May 2025
Anita Bersie-Chabalowski · Family Truckster · PHRF handicap 3events 2 wins together · 3 podiums · 3 events · 4 of 7 races won Beat 94% of the fleet together(+53 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2025 – Jun 2026
Kevin Porter · Family Truckster · PHRF handicap 2events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 2 races won Beat 91% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jun 2025 – Jun 2026
Alvin Fick · Merak · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 43% of the fleet together · best 3rd · May 2024 – Jun 2024
Matt Bizer · Merak · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 43% of the fleet together · best 3rd · May 2024 – Jun 2024
Edan Oviedo · Edan Oviedo · 420 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 5% of the fleet together · best 26th · Jun 2022 – Jul 2022
Cortney McCarthy · Family Truckster · PHRF handicap 2events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 2 races won Beat 91% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jun 2025 – Jun 2026

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

Rating history

Event history · 12

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
5 Jun 2026	2026 Invitational Mills Trophy Race	Family Truckster	PHRF handicap	Headsail Trimmer	3rd / 12
1 Aug 2025	2025 I-LYA BAYWEEK SAIL REGATTA	Family Truckster	PHRF handicap	Headsail Trimmer	1st / 5
6 Jun 2025	2025 Invitational Mills Trophy Race	Family Truckster	PHRF handicap	Headsail Trimmer	1st / 7
30 May 2025	2025 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series - Detroit	Merak	ORC handicap	Bow	7th / 8
28 Sep 2024	2024 Bayview North Channel Race	Merak	PHRF handicap	Mid Bow	8th / 12
13 Jul 2024	2024 I-LYA Junior Championships	Fleur de L’eau	420	Crew	14th / 28
7 Jun 2024	2024 Invitational Mills Trophy Race	Merak	PHRF handicap	Headsail Trimmer	7th / 8
31 May 2024	2024 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series - Detroit	Merak	ORC handicap	Mid Bow	3rd / 8
4 Aug 2023	2023 I-LYA BAYWEEK SAIL REGATTA	Feisty	PHRF handicap	Mast	1st / 7
16 Jul 2022	2022 I-LYA Junior Championships	Anna McAughey	420	Crew	10th / 31
7 Jul 2022	2022 USA Junior Olympics Sailing Festival - Lake Erie & I-LYA TS 6	Edan Oviedo	420	Crew	26th / 26
4 Jun 2022	2022 I-LYA OVERALL Travelers Series	Edan Oviedo	420	Crew	51st / 57

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Crew	160 provisional	#19256 band 10586–32742	—
420 Crew	-8 provisional	#1486 band 773–1975	—

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	12 events	3 wins	beats 54%

Positions: Headsail Trimmer (4) · Mid Bow (2) · Bow (1) · Mast (1)

How they race

Closer	−4 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−26 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	27%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	33%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets	67%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Kaden Kirby	28	9–18
Buck Rathbun	28	2–26
Liam Rodriguez	27	17–10
Henry Fritts	27	16–11
Riley Gloystein	26	14–12
Jamie Clevenger	24	16–8
Braden Basile	24	17–6
Mia Hristovski	22	7–14
Adam Starck	22	0–22
Jonathan Mack	17	0–17
Jacob Myers	17	1–16
Noah Scholtz	17	17–0

Most-beaten opponent: Noah Scholtz (17–0).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	1	0	82%
2025	3	2	71%
2024	4	0	44%
2023	1	1	100%
2022	3	0	27%

Boats

Merak · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap · 4 events · 2024–2025
Family Truckster · PHRF handicap · 3 events · 2025–2026
Edan Oviedo · 420 · 2 events · 2022
Fleur de L’eau · 420 · 1 events · 2024
Feisty · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2023
Anna McAughey · 420 · 1 events · 2022

Where they race

I-LYA Junior Sailing · 3 events
Detroit, MI, USA · 2 events
Put-In-Bay, OH, USA · 2 events
Toledo, OH, USA · 2 events
Mentor, OH · 1 events
Sylvania, OH, 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: 160, #19,256. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.