Buck Rathbun

Rating History

Singlehanded & Keelboat Ratings

DisciplineRating Rank RacesLast raced
Singlehanded1.58unranked (fewer than 10 races or not active)18Fall 2023

Team Race Rating

Rating Rank vs fleet rating Record
1.63 (fleet 2.26) 260 of 331 −0.00 ± 0.16
about what the fleet rating predicts
as skipper 24–48 (33%)
SeasonRegattas Skipper W–LCrew W–L
Fall 202611–9—
Spring 2026517–30—
Spring 202524–6—
Fall 202412–3—
1.31.41.51.61.71.8Spring 2025Spring 2026Fall 2026Mass Maritime Team Race Invite (2025-03-15): rating 1.73, fleet rating alone 1.73, offset -0.01; record 3-5 in this boatMystic Lake Team Race (2025-04-05): rating 1.58, fleet rating alone 1.61, offset -0.04; record 1-1 in this boatMcMerrick Team Race Saturday (2026-02-28): rating 1.53, fleet rating alone 1.55, offset -0.02; record 2-10 in this boatMcMerrick Team Race Sunday (2026-03-01): rating 1.50, fleet rating alone 1.56, offset -0.06; record 0-3 in this boatMcMerrick Team Race Sunday (2026-03-01): rating 1.50, fleet rating alone 1.56, offset -0.06; record 0-4 in this boatGeiger Trophy (2026-03-14): rating 1.46, fleet rating alone 1.54, offset -0.08; record 0-2 in this boatGeiger Trophy (2026-03-14): rating 1.46, fleet rating alone 1.54, offset -0.08; record 1-1 in this boatStaake Trophy (2026-03-21): rating 1.44, fleet rating alone 1.54, offset -0.10; record 2-0 in this boatJumbo Team Race (2026-03-28): rating 1.44, fleet rating alone 1.51, offset -0.07; record 12-10 in this boatNorman Reid Team Race (2026-10-24): rating 1.66, fleet rating alone 1.64, offset +0.02; record 1-9 in this boatTeam race rating

Rating before each regatta driven (solid; dots green when the boat won 60% or more of its matches there, red under 40%) and what the fleet rating alone would give (dashed). The gap is the team race offset as it stood at the time. Hover a dot for the regatta; click to open it.

Team race surprisal: regatta by regatta

Over 7 graded regattas (68 matches) the record is 21–47 against 21.8 wins the pre-event forecasts expected (−0.8). 1 regatta clearly above the rating (P ≤ 20%), 5 clearly below (P ≥ 80%); 15 bits of surprise in all.

DateRegattaRole Value Perf. RecordExp.
wins
Δ Surprise
(bits)
P(this good
or better)
2026-10-24Norman Reid Team Raceskipper2.091.021–92.1−1.080.894%
2026-03-28Jumbo Team Raceskipper1.903.9012–106.5+2.008.2<1%
2026-03-14Geiger Trophyskipper1.931.361–31.5−0.570.284%
2026-03-01McMerrick Team Race Sundayskipper1.87-1.130–71.4≤−3.002.6>99%
2026-02-28McMerrick Team Race Saturdayskipper1.790.232–103.7−1.561.998%
2025-03-15Mass Maritime Team Race Inviteskipper1.810.933–54.4−0.880.993%
2024-10-20Franklin Lane Trophy Team Raceskipper1.701.482–32.2−0.210.077%

Regatta results

Regatta Role Div Races Avg Rating
Fall 2026 Team page Season
Sister Esther Whalen Trophy Skipper B 10 7.9 2.35
Savin Hill Invite Skipper A 8 5.5 3.29
Penobscot Bay Open Skipper A 14 5.9 1.01
Norman Reid Team Race Skipper TR 10 10% —
Mystic Lake Invite Skipper A 8 13.1 —
Moody Trophy Skipper B 12 10.8 1.83
Spring 2026 Team page Season
Staake Trophy Skipper TR 13 31% —
Owen Trophy Skipper B 8 4.8 2.42
Oberg Trophy Skipper B 14 8.7 2.37
McMerrick Team Race Sunday Skipper TR 7 0% —
McMerrick Team Race Saturday Skipper TR 12 17% —
Jumbo Team Race Skipper TR 22 54% —
Geiger Trophy Skipper TR 12 42% —
Fall 2025 Team page Season
Terrier Invite Skipper A 6 9.0 1.70
Penobscot Bay Open Skipper A 8 5.1 1.57
Oberg Trophy Skipper A 5 15.4 0.88
The Hood Trophy Skipper A 4 13.5 1.38
Hewitt Trophy Skipper A 12 7.6 2.38
Hatch Brown Trophy 2025 Skipper C 3 17.0 -0.57
The 34th Captain Hurst Bowl Skipper B 3 10.0 2.11
Spring 2025 Team page Season
Mystic Lake Team Race Skipper TR 8 25% —
Mass Maritime Team Race Invite Skipper TR 10 40% —
Invite Skipper B 4 1.8 3.75
Fall 2024 Team page Season
Salt Pond Invite Skipper B 7 3.3 2.75
Reese's Cup Skipper A 3 2.3 2.44
Nickerson Trophy Skipper B 12 8.2 2.26
Great Herring Pond Open Skipper A 5 2.8 2.65
The George Warren Smith Trophy 24 Skipper B 10 7.2 2.91
Franklin Lane Trophy Team Race Skipper TR 5 40% —
Fall Foliage Skipper B 3 2.0 2.53
Donaghy Bowl Skipper B 2 2.5 2.38
Charles Invitational Skipper B 6 4.0 1.34

Linked Profiles

League Name School Year
ISSA Buck Rathbun Rocky River High SchoolRocky River High School '24
ISSA Buck Rathbun Saint Joseph Academy (OH)Saint Joseph Academy (OH) '24

From the notes

Short write-ups of what the ratings and results show, with the numbers and how they were computed.

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