Sailor · 2014–2024

Rob Franks

Possibly the same person: Robert Franks (1993, 1 events). SailDex keeps these apart until the evidence or a claim says otherwise.

Events: 8
Win rate: 25%
Podium rate: 50%
Typically beats: 78%
Longest win streak: 4

Most successful partnership: David Hodges
Best trio: Lance Berc & Jeffrey Lawson
Biggest lift: David Hodges
Nemesis: Andy Smith
Best day: 20 Aug 2014
Signature result: 5th of 37

Partnerships · 37 sailors

Most successful partnership: David Hodges — 2 wins · 3 podiums in 3 events together

Stacey Vrolyk · Mayan · Handicap 4events 2 wins together · 4 podiums · 4 events · 7 of 16 races won Beat 84% of the fleet together(+23 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2021 – Sep 2024
Lance Berc · Mayan · Handicap 4events 2 wins together · 4 podiums · 4 events · 7 of 16 races won Beat 84% of the fleet together(+23 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2021 – Sep 2024
Synthia Petroka · Mayan · Handicap 4events 2 wins together · 4 podiums · 4 events · 7 of 16 races won Beat 84% of the fleet together(+23 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2021 – Sep 2024
Matthew Coale · Mayan · Handicap 4events 2 wins together · 4 podiums · 4 events · 7 of 16 races won Beat 84% of the fleet together(+23 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2021 – Sep 2024
Beau Vrolyk · Mayan · Handicap 4events 2 wins together · 4 podiums · 4 events · 7 of 16 races won Beat 84% of the fleet together(+23 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2021 – Sep 2024
Nadine Franczyk · Mayan · Handicap 4events 2 wins together · 4 podiums · 4 events · 7 of 16 races won Beat 84% of the fleet together(+23 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2021 – Sep 2024
Tom Lewin · Mayan · Handicap 4events 2 wins together · 4 podiums · 4 events · 7 of 16 races won Beat 84% of the fleet together(+23 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2021 – Sep 2024
Chris Lewis · Mayan · Handicap 3events 1 wins together · 3 podiums · 3 events · 5 of 12 races won Beat 78% of the fleet together(+10 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2022 – Sep 2024
David Hodges · Mayan · Handicap 3events 2 wins together · 3 podiums · 3 events · 6 of 12 races won Beat 92% of the fleet together(+31 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2021 – Sep 2024
Bill Lee · Mayan · Handicap 3events 1 wins together · 3 podiums · 3 events · 5 of 12 races won Beat 78% of the fleet together(+10 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2022 – Sep 2024

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

Rating history

Event history · 8

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
12 Sep 2024	2024 Rolex Big Boat Series	Mayan	Handicap	Headsail Trimmer	1st / 3
14 Sep 2023	2023 Rolex Big Boat Series	Mayan	Handicap	Headsail Trimmer	3rd / 6
23 Jan 2023	505 AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023	Soaked	Handicap	Crew	5th / 37
15 Sep 2022	2022 Rolex Big Boat Series	Mayan	Handicap	Headsail Trimmer	2nd / 5
16 Sep 2021	2021 Rolex Big Boat Series	Mayan	Handicap	Other	1st / 5
24 Sep 2017	SAP 2017 International 5O5 World Championship	Soaked	505	Other	24th / 87
21 Sep 2014	2014 Jack & Jill Regatta	Iris	PHRF handicap	Skipper	4th / 4
16 Aug 2014	SAP 505 World Championship	Sweaty Betty	505	Crew	33rd / 155

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Adj. ±
All classes Crew	242 provisional	#11376 band 5886–20601	—

2 more classes, not yet ranked

505 · Crew · 14 races, 2 events · rating 47
All classes · Helm · 1 race, 1 event · rating -25

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	1 events	0 wins	beats 0%
As crew	7 events	2 wins	beats 82%

Positions: Headsail Trimmer (3)

How they race

Closer	−26 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	+4 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	40%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets (25+)	81%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets (<12)	67%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Mark Sanders	16	16–0
Ian Pinnell	14	1–13
Howard Hamlin	14	4–10
Roger Deane	14	12–2
Alexander Earle	14	13–0
Jens Findel	14	4–9
Tudor Owen	14	11–3
Tyler Moore	14	3–11
Georg Mittermayer	14	13–1
Philippe Boite	14	5–9
Brett Bowden	14	13–1
Kai Bertallot	14	6–8

Most-beaten opponent: Mark Sanders (16–0).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2024	1	1	100%
2023	2	0	74%
2022	1	0	75%
2021	1	1	100%
2017	1	0	73%
2014	2	0	40%

Boats

Mayan · Handicap · 4 events · 2021–2024
Soaked · Handicap, 505 · 2 events · 2017–2023
Iris · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2014
Sweaty Betty · 505 · 1 events · 2014

Where they race

San Francisco, CA, USA · 4 events
Santa Cruz, CA · 1 events
Unknown · 1 events
505 Australian Section · 1 events
Annapolis, MD, USA · 1 events

Is this you?

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Crew rating across all classes: 242 (±200), #11,376.Helm rating across all classes: -25 (±244). Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.