Sailor · 2019–2022

Rafa Sala

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Events: 15
Win rate: 7%
Podium rate: 20%
Typically beats: 69%

Most successful partnership: Nathalie Birt
Best trio: Kate Robertson & Nathalie Birt
Biggest lift: Nathalie Birt
Longest-running crew: Hans-Peter Bichelmeier
Nemesis: Michel Glaus
Rival: Patrick Ducluzaux
Best day: 26 May 2019
Signature result: 1st of 44

Partnerships · 12 sailors

Most successful partnership: Nathalie Birt — 1 wins · 1 podiums in 4 events together

Hans-Peter Bichelmeier · Melges24 · Handicap 15events 1 wins together · 3 podiums · 7% win rate · 5 of 41 races won Beat 74% of the fleet together · best 1st · May 2019 – May 2022
Etienne Pfenninger · Melges24 · Handicap 9events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 0% win rate · 1 of 16 races won Beat 66% of the fleet together(−19 vs. without) · best 2nd · May 2019 – Sep 2020
Aurélien Hivernat · Melges24 · Handicap 7events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 14% win rate · 5 of 28 races won Beat 77% of the fleet together(+7 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2019 – Jul 2021
Alexis Bernard-bruls · Melges24 · Handicap 7events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 15 races won Beat 77% of the fleet together(+6 vs. without) · best 2nd · May 2019 – May 2022
Nathalia Weil · Melges24 · Handicap 6events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 1 of 10 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together(−22 vs. without) · best 3rd · Jun 2019 – Aug 2019
Nathalie Birt · Melges24 · Handicap 4events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 4 of 23 races won Beat 86% of the fleet together(+18 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2021 – Jul 2021
Kate Robertson · Melges24 · Handicap 4events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 4 of 23 races won Beat 86% of the fleet together(+18 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2021 – Jul 2021
Jean Girardon · Melges24 · Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together · best 10th · Jun 2021 – Jun 2021
Simone Muller · Melges24 · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 88% of the fleet together · best 5th · May 2022 – May 2022
Thierry Meier · Melges24 · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together · best 10th · Jun 2021 – Jun 2021

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

Rating history

Event history · 15

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
14 May 2022	Ouverture Championnat du Petit Lac	Melges24	Handicap	Crew	5th / 34
13 Jul 2021	Régates Delen du mardi- Coupe d'été Europ'Sails	Melges24	Handicap	Crew	1st / 44
28 Jun 2021	Semaine de la Voile du CVSNG	Melges24	Handicap	Crew	10th / 37
12 Jun 2021	Bol d'Or Mirabaud	Melges24	Handicap	Crew	92nd / 425
5 Jun 2021	Genève-Rolle-Genève 2021	Melges24	Handicap	Crew	46th / 185
18 May 2021	Régates Delen du mardi - Coupe du Printemps Europ'Sails	Melges24	Handicap	Crew	5th / 52
5 Sep 2020	Le Joran	Melges24	Handicap	Crew	4th / 8
31 Aug 2019	Le Joran	Melges24	Handicap	Crew	4th / 6
23 Aug 2019	Belle Etoile 2019	Melges24	Handicap	Crew	3rd / 36
17 Aug 2019	Régate des Châteaux 2019	Melges24	Handicap	Crew	4th / 7
1 Jul 2019	Semaine de la Voile du CVSNG	Melges24	Handicap	Crew	16th / 36
15 Jun 2019	Bol d'Or Mirabaud	Melges24	Handicap	Crew	263rd / 461
8 Jun 2019	Genève-Rolle-Genève 2019	Melges24	Handicap	Crew	48th / 207
26 May 2019	Critérium CVSNG	Melges24	Handicap	Crew	2nd / 25
25 May 2019	Coupe du Petit Lac	Melges24	Handicap	Crew	11th / 52

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Adj. ±
All classes Crew	189 provisional	#16066 band 7739–30392	—

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	0 events	0 wins	beats —
As crew	15 events	1 wins	beats 74%

How they race

Closer	+6 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−1 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	62%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets (25+)	80%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets (<12)	49%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Philippe de Weck	31	19–8
Martine Caffier	31	21–10
Patrick Ducluzaux	30	14–14
Thomas Früh	30	22–6
Christophe Amberger	30	24–5
Jean Psarofaghis	29	20–8
Mikis Psarofaghis	28	19–8
Jean-Marc Deryng	27	14–12
Cyrus Golchan	27	16–9
Daniel Huber	27	19–8
Thierry Bottge	26	12–13
Nicolas Groux	22	16–6

Most-beaten opponent: Christophe Amberger (24–5).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2022	1	0	88%
2021	5	1	84%
2020	1	0	57%
2019	8	0	67%

Boats

Melges24 · Handicap · 15 events · 2019–2022

Where they race

Unknown · 15 events

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Crew rating across all classes: 189 (±232), #16,066. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.