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Sailor · 1993–2025

David Turton

cyca EtchellsIRC handicap

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Events
24

120 races · 10 race wins

Win rate
0%

0% win rate · 0 of 24

Podium rate
17%

4 top-three finishes

Typically beats
63%

of boats faced (90%: 60%–65%, 1,347 boats)

Best class ranking
#101

Helm in Etchells · rating 347

Longest win streak
2

race wins in a row

Biggest lift
Rhyce Layton

+28 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
Andrew Turton

Nov 1993 – Dec 2016 · 5 events

Nemesis
Matthew Chew

13–46 head to head in 60 races

Rival
Peter McNeill

41–39 in 81 races

Best day
10 Jan 2018

3-1-7-6-3-2-2 · 2018 Etchells Australian Championship · about 1 in 37,014 by chance

Signature result
3rd of 78

Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2024 · IRC handicap · 26 Dec 2024

Partnerships · 60+ sailors

  • Josh Torpy · Alive, David Turton, EAUS1446, Our Thing · Etchells, IRC handicap 13events 0 wins together · 3 podiums · 0% win rate · 8 of 68 races won Beat 68% of the fleet together(+9 vs. without) · best 2nd · Dec 2013 – Dec 2022
  • Klaus Lorenz · EAUS1446, Our Thing, OUR THING, This Thing of Ours · Etchells 6events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 2 of 44 races won Beat 69% of the fleet together(+6 vs. without) · best 3rd · Oct 2017 – Oct 2018
  • Peter Cosman · Alive, Stefan Racing, Wild Thing, Wild Thing 100 · IRC handicap 6events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 6 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together(+3 vs. without) · best 3rd · Dec 2013 – Dec 2025
  • Andrew Turton · Alive, AUS 1219, David Turton, Etchelence · Etchells, IRC handicap 5events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 22 races won Beat 55% of the fleet together(−12 vs. without) · best 8th · Nov 1993 – Dec 2016
  • Grant Wharington · Stefan Racing, Wild Thing, Wild Thing 100 · IRC handicap 5events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 5 races won Beat 65% of the fleet together(+1 vs. without) · best 3rd · Dec 2013 – Dec 2025
  • Brian Donovan · Alive, Stefan Racing, Wild Thing 100 · IRC handicap 5events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 5 races won Beat 63% of the fleet together(−2 vs. without) · best 3rd · Dec 2014 – Dec 2025
  • Adrian Seiffert · Stefan Racing, Wild Thing 100 · IRC handicap 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 73% of the fleet together(+11 vs. without) · best 3rd · Dec 2022 – Dec 2025
  • Philip Turner · Alive · IRC handicap 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 49% of the fleet together(−18 vs. without) · best 17th · Dec 2014 – Dec 2016
  • Curtis Skinner · Stefan Racing, Wild Thing 100 · IRC handicap 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 73% of the fleet together(+11 vs. without) · best 3rd · Dec 2022 – Dec 2025
  • Theodore Somssich · Stefan Racing, Wild Thing 100 · IRC handicap 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 73% of the fleet together(+11 vs. without) · best 3rd · Dec 2022 – Dec 2025

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

Rating history

-41743511994199920042009201420192024Helm rating, all classesCrew rating, all classes

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

Event history · 24

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
26 Dec 2025Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2025Wild Thing 100IRC handicapNavigator77th / 103
26 Dec 2024Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2024Wild Thing 100IRC handicapCrew3rd / 78
26 Dec 2023Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2023Wild Thing 100IRC handicapNavigator7th / 83
26 Dec 2022Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2022Stefan RacingIRC handicapNavigator22nd / 91
1 Jan 20202020 Etchells QLD State ChampionshipDavid TurtonEtchellsSkipper2nd / 15
13 Jan 20192019 Etchells Australian ChampionshipOur ThingEtchellsSkipper5th / 27
1 Jan 20192019 Etchells Australasian ChampionshipOUR THINGEtchellsSkipper3rd / 30
22 Oct 20182018 Etchells World ChampionshipOur ThingEtchellsSkipper20th / 94
16 Feb 20182018 Etchells NSW State ChampionshipEAUS1446EtchellsCrew20th / 40
9 Jan 20182018 Etchells Australian ChampionshipThis Thing of OursEtchellsSkipper3rd / 32
1 Jan 20182018 Etchells Australasian ChampionshipOUR THINGEtchellsSkipper16th / 44
1 Jan 20182018 Etchells QLD State ChampionshipOur ThingEtchellsSkipper26th / 73
27 Oct 20172017 Etchells QLD State ChampionshipTHIS THING OF OURSEtchellsSkipper16th / 37
26 Dec 2016Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2016AliveIRC handicapNavigator17th / 71
1 Jan 20162016 Etchells Australasian ChampionshipTHIS THING OF OURSEtchellsSkipper28th / 39
26 Dec 2014Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2014AliveIRC handicapNavigator72nd / 91
26 Dec 2013Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2013Wild ThingIRC handicapNavigator53rd / 76
1 Jan 20132013 Etchells Australasian Winter ChampionshipCiaoEtchellsCrew13th / 38
1 Jan 20122012 Etchells Australasian Winter ChampionshipDavid TurtonEtchellsSkipper19th / 39
9 Jun 20112011 Etchells Australasian Winter ChampionshipDavid TurtonEtchellsSkipper21st / 41
10 Jun 20102010 Etchells Australasian Winter ChampionshipDavid TurtonEtchellsSkipper20th / 52
14 Nov 20092009 Etchells QLD State ChampionshipDavid TurtonEtchellsSkipper8th / 14
1 Aug 20042004 Etchells World ChampionshipAUS 1219EtchellsSkipper12th / 85
18 Nov 19931993 Etchells World ChampionshipEtchelenceEtchellsSkipper46th / 78

Helm rating across all classes: 351 (±228), #7,007.Crew rating across all classes: 22 (±250), #39,803. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.