Sailor · 2024–2026

Clifford Bradford

buzzards yacht club nema PHRF handicap Handicap

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Events: 3
Win rate: 1
Podium rate: 2
Typically beats: 67%
Longest win streak: 2

Nemesis: Sandy Takacs
Best day: 13 Jun 2026
Signature result: 3rd of 8

Partnerships · 6 sailors

Mark Bussard · Mind Bender · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 12 races won Beat 64% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jul 2024 – Aug 2024
Bill Wieler · Mind Bender · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 12 races won Beat 64% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jul 2024 – Aug 2024
Sandy Takacs · Caribbean Dreamin’ · Handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 2 of 5 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jun 2026 – Jun 2026
Sarajane Whitfield · Caribbean Dreamin’ · Handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 2 of 5 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jun 2026 – Jun 2026
Jonathan Whitfield · Caribbean Dreamin’ · Handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 2 of 5 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jun 2026 – Jun 2026
Dan Ryan · Mind Bender · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 56% of the fleet together · best 5th · Aug 2024 – Aug 2024

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Rating history

Event history · 3

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
13 Jun 2026	172nd NYYC Annual Regatta	Caribbean Dreamin’	Handicap	Chef	1st / 4
10 Aug 2024	2024 Newport Unlimited Regatta	Mind Bender	PHRF handicap	Other	5th / 10
26 Jul 2024	2024 Buzzards Bay Multihull Regatta	Mind Bender	PHRF handicap	Bow	3rd / 8

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	122 provisional	#24435 band 14270–38316	—

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	0 events	0 wins	beats —
As crew	3 events	1 wins	beats 76%

Positions: Chef (1) · Bow (1)

How they race

Closer	+5 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−14 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Small fleets	76%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Alessandro Bocconcelli	17	13–4
Jay Spalding	12	6–6
Avram Dorfman	12	9–3
Andrew Houlding	12	10–2
Sandy Takacs	12	0–12

Most-beaten opponent: Alessandro Bocconcelli (13–4).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	1	1	100%
2024	2	0	64%

Boats

Mind Bender · PHRF handicap · 2 events · 2024
Caribbean Dreamin’ · Handicap · 1 events · 2026

Where they race

Newport, RI, United States · 1 events
Marion, MA, United States · 1 events
Newport, RI, USA · 1 events

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Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 122, #24,435. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.