Sailor · 2007–2024

Heidi Backus

vermilion boat club T-10 PHRF handicap Tartan Ten

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Events: 29
Win rate: 35%
Podium rate: 62%
Typically beats: 81%
Best class ranking: #10
Longest win streak: 5

Biggest lift: John Shockey
Longest-running crew: Gretchen Backus Loper
Nemesis: Scott Irwin
Rival: Greg Kinney
Best day: 13 Jun 2014
Signature result: 1st of 19

Partnerships · 28 sailors

Gretchen Backus Loper · Gotcha, Nuts, NUTS, She Said Yes · PHRF handicap, T-10 7events 0 wins together · 3 podiums · 0% win rate · 3 of 44 races won Beat 66% of the fleet together(−22 vs. without) · best 2nd · Aug 2010 – Aug 2019
Amy Backus · Nuts, NUTS · T-10 5events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 3 of 39 races won Beat 71% of the fleet together(−14 vs. without) · best 3rd · Jul 2013 – Aug 2019
Christy Parsons · Nuts, NUTS · T-10 5events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 3 of 39 races won Beat 71% of the fleet together(−14 vs. without) · best 3rd · Jul 2013 – Aug 2019
John Shockey · Nuts, NUTS · T-10 3events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 2 of 29 races won Beat 89% of the fleet together(+7 vs. without) · best 3rd · Aug 2010 – Aug 2016
Susan Backus Starr · Nuts, NUTS · T-10 3events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 3 of 23 races won Beat 78% of the fleet together(−6 vs. without) · best 3rd · Aug 2010 – Jun 2019
Tyler Parsons · Nuts · T-10 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 13 races won Beat 57% of the fleet together · best 10th · Jun 2019 – Aug 2019
Kate Keane · Nuts, NUTS · T-10 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 19 races won Beat 74% of the fleet together · best 4th · Jul 2013 – Aug 2019
Kim Disbrow · Gotcha, Gotcha NUTS · PHRF handicap 2events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 2 of 4 races won Beat 92% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jun 2018 – Oct 2024
Susan Backus · Nuts, NUTS · T-10 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 18 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together · best 4th · Jul 2013 – Jun 2017
Colleen Rini · Gotcha · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 83% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jun 2018 – Jun 2018

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

Rating history

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

Event history · 29

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
5 Oct 2024	44th Annual George C. O’Connell Fall Bay Regatta	Gotcha NUTS	PHRF handicap	Skipper	1st / 8
25 Sep 2021	Cleveland Leukemia Cup Regatta 2021	NUTS	T-10	Skipper	1st / 4
3 Oct 2020	2020 216 Regatta	NUTS on your PRIVATEER	T-10	Other	2nd / 7
15 Aug 2019	2019 T10 North American Championship	Nuts	T-10	Skipper	10th / 26
14 Jun 2019	2019 Cleveland Race Week - One Design	Nuts	T-10	Other	10th / 19
6 Oct 2018	Cleveland (216) Regatta	Nuts	T-10	Skipper	1st / 12
3 Aug 2018	2018 I-LYA Bayweek Regatta	Nuts	PHRF handicap	Other	3rd / 6
15 Jun 2018	2018 Cleveland Race Week - One Design	Nuts	T-10	Other	2nd / 18
8 Jun 2018	2018 Invitational Mills Trophy Race	Gotcha	PHRF handicap	Other	2nd / 7
3 Aug 2017	2017 T-10 North American Championship	Nuts	T-10	Other	6th / 29
21 Jul 2017	Cleveland Yachting Club LEUKEMIA CUP REGATTA (Fri-Sun Racing)	Nuts	T-10	Skipper	1st / 6
15 Jun 2017	2017 Cleveland Race Week - One Design	Nuts	T-10	Other	1st / 19
2 Jun 2017	2017 Bayview One Design Regatta	Nuts	T-10	Other	4th / 10
12 Aug 2016	2016 Tartan Ten North American Championship	Nuts	T-10	Other	3rd / 23
21 Jul 2016	LEUKEMIA CUP REGATTA #LCRCLE16	NUTS	T-10	Skipper	1st / 6
17 Jun 2016	Cleveland Race Week 2016 - One Design Regatta	Nuts	Tartan Ten	Skipper	3rd / 18
10 Jun 2016	2016 Invitational Mills Trophy Race	She Said Yes	PHRF handicap	Floater	8th / 8
3 Jun 2016	2016 Bayview One Design Regatta	Nuts	T-10	Other	1st / 8
13 Aug 2015	2015 T-Ten North American Championship	Nuts	T-10	Other	3rd / 21
31 Jul 2015	2015 I-LYA Bayweek Regatta	Nuts	T-10	Other	1st / 3
6 Aug 2014	T-10 North American Championship	NUTS	T-10	Skipper	6th / 33
1 Aug 2014	2014 I-LYA Bayweek Regatta	Nuts	T-10	Other	1st / 7
13 Jun 2014	Cleveland Race Week 2014 - One Design Series	NUTS	T-10	Skipper	4th / 18
2 Aug 2013	2013 I-LYA Bayweek Regatta	Nuts	T-10	Other	1st / 5
26 Jul 2013	2013 T-10 North American Championship	NUTS	T-10	Other	4th / 19

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Adj. ±
All classes Helm	503 provisional	#2150 band 1235–3730	—
T-10 Helm	509 provisional	#10 band 6–13	+16.1

3 more classes, not yet ranked

Tartan 10 · Helm · 6 races, 1 event · rating 36
Tartan Ten · Helm · 5 races, 1 event · rating 73
All classes · Crew · 2 races, 2 events · rating -29

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	27 events	10 wins	beats 86%
As crew	2 events	0 wins	beats 42%

Positions: Floater (1)

How they race

Closer	−1 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	+8 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	57%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets (25+)	81%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets (<12)	84%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Scott Irwin	125	44–81
Greg Kinney	95	38–57
John Barker	85	68–17
Ted Pinkerton	83	40–43
Ken Schram	82	67–15
Robb Finicle	80	56–24
Harald Bransch	79	77–2
Dave Disbrow	76	61–15
Sue McIntyre	76	67–9
John Schaeffer	71	68–3
Hanson Bratton	60	39–21
David Samanich	49	45–3

Most-beaten opponent: Harald Bransch (77–2).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2024	1	1	100%
2021	1	1	100%
2020	1	0	83%
2019	2	0	57%
2018	4	1	84%
2017	4	2	87%
2016	5	2	76%
2015	2	1	95%
2014	3	1	89%
2013	3	1	85%
2010	2	0	71%
2007	1	0	84%

Boats

NUTS · T-10, PHRF handicap, Tartan Ten, Tartan 10 · 25 events · 2007–2021
Gotcha NUTS · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2024
NUTS on your PRIVATEER · T-10 · 1 events · 2020
Gotcha · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2018
She Said Yes · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2016

Where they race

Detroit, MI, USA · 5 events
Cleveland, OH, USA · 4 events
Put-In-Bay, OH, USA · 4 events
Cleveland, OH · 4 events
Rocky River, OH · 3 events
Toledo, OH, USA · 2 events

Is this you?

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Helm rating across all classes: 503 (±146), #2,150.Crew rating across all classes: -29 (±244). Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.