Sailor · 2007–2015

James Sykes

IRC handicap PHRF handicap

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Events: 29
Win rate: 28%
Podium rate: 69%
Typically beats: 72%
Longest win streak: 4

Most successful partnership: Macrae Sykes
Longest-running crew: Macrae Sykes
Nemesis: John Brim
Best day: 26 Apr 2008
Signature result: 1st of 8

Partnerships · 22 sailors

Most successful partnership: Macrae Sykes — 3 wins · 6 podiums in 11 events together · 27% win rate

Macrae Sykes · Bombardino, Zuma · IRC handicap, PHRF handicap 11events 3 wins together · 6 podiums · 27% win rate · 3 of 18 races won Beat 70% of the fleet together(−3 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2007 – Oct 2015
Peter MacKenzie · Bombardino, Zuma · IRC handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 9 races won Beat 81% of the fleet together · best 1st · Sep 2011 – Jun 2013
Dan Jennings · Bombardino, Zuma · IRC handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 9 races won Beat 81% of the fleet together · best 1st · Sep 2011 – Jun 2013
Chronert Sykes · Zuma · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 63% of the fleet together · best 4th · Jun 2013 – Jun 2013
Tucker Edmundson · Bombardino · IRC handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 1 race won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Sep 2011 – Sep 2011
Jeff Neuberth · Bombardino · IRC handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 1 race won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Sep 2011 – Sep 2011
Carisa Sykes · Zuma · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 63% of the fleet together · best 4th · Jun 2013 – Jun 2013
Marc Malloy · Zuma · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 63% of the fleet together · best 4th · Jun 2013 – Jun 2013
Andree Pruett · Bombardino · IRC handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 1 race won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Sep 2011 – Sep 2011
Richard Sykes · Zuma · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 63% of the fleet together · best 4th · Jun 2013 – Jun 2013

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

Rating history

Event history · 29

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
10 Oct 2015	2015 60th Anniversary Indian Harbor Stratford Shoal Gearbuster Race	Bombardino	PHRF handicap	Other	3rd / 9
4 Sep 2015	2015 Vineyard Race	Bombardino	IRC handicap	Other	4th / 11
22 May 2015	2015 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race	Bombardino	IRC handicap	Other	4th / 6
9 May 2015	2015 60th Edlu Distance Race	Bombardino	IRC handicap	Other	3rd / 9
29 Aug 2014	2014 Vineyard Race	Bombardino	IRC handicap	Other	1st / 7
23 May 2014	2014 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race	Bombardino	IRC handicap	Other	1st / 6
12 Oct 2013	2013 58th Anniversary Indian Harbor Stratford Shoal Race	Bombardino	IRC handicap	Other	1st / 3
30 Aug 2013	2013 Vineyard Race	Bombardino	IRC handicap	Other	3rd / 7
24 Jun 2013	2013 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race Week XXV	Zuma	PHRF handicap	Navigator	4th / 9
24 May 2013	2013 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race	Bombardino	IRC handicap	Other	2nd / 4
6 Oct 2012	2012 57th Anniversary Indian Harbor Stratford Shoal Race	Bombardino	IRC handicap	Other	1st / 4
31 Aug 2012	2012 Vineyard Race	Bombardino	IRC handicap	Other	3rd / 6
25 May 2012	2012 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race	Bombardino	IRC handicap	Other	4th / 8
24 Sep 2011	2011 American Yacht Club Fall Regatta	Bombardino	IRC handicap	Other	2nd / 7
2 Sep 2011	2011 Vineyard Race	Bombardino	IRC handicap	Other	1st / 8
27 May 2011	2011 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race	Bombardino	IRC handicap	Other	1st / 8
9 Oct 2010	2010 55th Anniversary Indian Harbor Stratford Shoal Race	Bombardino	IRC handicap	Skipper	3rd / 7
25 Sep 2010	2010 American Yacht Club Fall Regatta	Bombardino	IRC handicap	Skipper	1st / 3
4 Sep 2010	2010 Vineyard Race	Bombardino	IRC handicap	Skipper	6th / 9
28 May 2010	2010 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race	Bombardino	IRC handicap	Skipper	3rd / 12
19 Sep 2009	2009 American Yacht Club Fall Series	Bombardino	IRC handicap	Skipper	4th / 8
4 Sep 2009	2009 Vineyard Race	Bombardino	IRC handicap	Skipper	5th / 6
22 May 2009	2009 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race	Bombardino	IRC handicap	Skipper	2nd / 7
20 Sep 2008	2008 American Yacht Club Fall Series	Bombardino	IRC handicap	Skipper	3rd / 13
29 Aug 2008	2008 Vineyard Race	Bombardino	IRC handicap	Skipper	1st / 5

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Helm	225 provisional	#21379 band 12841–34142	—

1 more class, not yet ranked

Full-size sailing · Crew · 8 races, 1 event · rating 58

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	28 events	8 wins	beats 72%
As crew	1 events	0 wins	beats 63%

Positions: Navigator (1)

How they race

Closer	+4 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−7 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	47%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	70%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Kenneth Laudon	32	31–1
John Brim	12	4–8

Most-beaten opponent: Kenneth Laudon (31–1).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2015	4	0	65%
2014	2	2	100%
2013	4	1	74%
2012	3	1	72%
2011	3	2	94%
2010	4	1	72%
2009	3	0	54%
2008	4	1	85%
2007	2	0	13%

Boats

Bombardino · PHRF handicap, IRC handicap · 28 events · 2007–2015
Zuma · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2013

Where they race

Stamford, CT, USA · 18 events
Rye, NY, USA · 5 events
Greenwich, CT, USA · 4 events
Larchmont, NY, USA · 1 events
Block Island, RI, USA · 1 events

Is this you?

Claim it to merge duplicates and remove results that aren’t yours. Changes apply at the nightly rebuild.

Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 225, #21,379.Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 58. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.