Sailor · 2015–2026

James Russell

dpyc IRC handicap Handicap PHRF handicap

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Events: 8
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 0%
Typically beats: 77%

Nemesis: Peter Cochran
Rival: Graham Forsyth
Signature result: 13th of 103

Partnerships · 24 sailors

Campbell Russell · Dasher + Fisher How Bizarre, QUAILO III · IRC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 86% of the fleet together · best 13th · Jul 2024 – Dec 2025
Ueli Scharer · Trofina 2 · Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 30 races won Beat 55% of the fleet together · best 5th · May 2019 – May 2022
Dan Wagerfield · QUAILO III · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 83% of the fleet together · best 13th · Jul 2024 – Jul 2024
Benjamin Geddes · NZL · Tom 28 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 25% of the fleet together · best 4th · Sep 2015 – Sep 2015
Douglas Russell · Dasher + Fisher How Bizarre · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 88% of the fleet together · best 13th · Dec 2025 – Dec 2025
Rupert Baddeley · QUAILO III · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 83% of the fleet together · best 13th · Jul 2024 – Jul 2024
Sean Supanz · Dasher + Fisher How Bizarre · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 88% of the fleet together · best 13th · Dec 2025 – Dec 2025
Vicky Wiseman · Brizo · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 13% of the fleet together · best 8th · Sep 2019 – Sep 2019
Nigel Bosworth · QUAILO III · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 83% of the fleet together · best 13th · Jul 2024 – Jul 2024
Rachel Shardlow · NZL · Tom 28 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 25% of the fleet together · best 4th · Sep 2015 – Sep 2015

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Rating history

Event history · 8

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
6 Feb 2026	2026 Islands Race	Omura	ORC handicap	Bow	5th / 6
26 Dec 2025	Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2025	Dasher + Fisher How Bizarre	IRC handicap	Crew	13th / 103
5 Jul 2024	Cowes Dinard St Malo Race (IRC 2H Europeans Race 1)	QUAILO III	IRC handicap	Crew	13th / 73
5 May 2022	2022 Thirsty Thursday Series	Trofina 2	Handicap	Skipper	5th / 16
3 Oct 2020	2020 Commonwealth Cup Regatta	Imagine That	PHRF handicap	Skipper	4th / 6
11 Sep 2019	2019 Two Person Race	Brizo	PHRF handicap	Spinnaker trimmer	8th / 9
9 May 2019	2019 Thirsty Thursday Series	Trofina 2	Handicap	Skipper	6th / 9
11 Sep 2015	2015 IFDS Blind Sailing World & International Championship	NZL	Tom 28	Other	4th / 5

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Adj. ±
All classes Crew	-13 provisional	#45351 band 29016–57397	—

2 more classes, not yet ranked

Tom 28 · Crew · 7 races, 1 event · rating 0
All classes · Helm · 1 race, 1 event · rating 3

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	3 events	0 wins	beats 50%
As crew	5 events	0 wins	beats 46%

Positions: Bow (1) · Spinnaker trimmer (1)

How they race

Closer	+3 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−1 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	44%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets (<12)	27%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Graham Forsyth	24	10–14
Bruce Lotz	14	4–10
Rick Caselli	13	7–6
Peter Cochran	13	2–11
Rich Bennett	12	2–10
Robert Walker	12	2–10

Most-beaten opponent: Rick Caselli (7–6).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2026	1	20%
2025	1	88%
2024	1	83%
2022	1	73%
2020	1	40%
2019	2	25%
2015	1	25%

Boats

Trofina 2 · Handicap · 2 events · 2019–2022
Omura · ORC handicap · 1 events · 2026
Dasher + Fisher How Bizarre · IRC handicap · 1 events · 2025
QUAILO III · IRC handicap · 1 events · 2024
Imagine That · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2020
Brizo · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2019
NZL · Tom 28 · 1 events · 2015

Where they race

Dana Point , CA · 2 events
San Diego, CA, USA · 1 events
Chicago, IL, USA · 1 events
Grand Rivers, KY, USA · 1 events
Sydney to Hobart, Australia · 1 events
Barrington, RI, USA · 1 events

Is this you?

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Crew rating across all classes: -13 (±214), #45,351.Helm rating across all classes: 3 (±245). Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.