Sailor · 2018–2025

Will Esseks

shelter island yacht club PHRF handicap Etchells ORC handicap

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Events: 7
Win rate: 14%
Podium rate: 43%
Typically beats: 37%

Most successful partnership: Marc Robert
Best trio: Marc Robert & James Esseks
Biggest lift: Marc Robert
Longest-running crew: David Esseks
Nemesis: Don Brush
Signature result: 1st of 8

Partnerships · 8 sailors

Most successful partnership: Marc Robert — 1 wins · 2 podiums in 4 events together

David Esseks · 1198, David Esseks, Twiga · Etchells, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 7events 1 wins together · 3 podiums · 14% win rate · 1 of 19 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jul 2018 – Oct 2025
James Esseks · 1198, David Esseks, Twiga · Etchells, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 6events 1 wins together · 3 podiums · 17% win rate · 1 of 18 races won Beat 58% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jul 2018 – Oct 2025
Marc Robert · Twiga · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 4events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 1 of 4 races won Beat 56% of the fleet together(+14 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2019 – Jun 2025
Clayton Gates · Twiga · ORC handicap 2events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 2 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Tim House · Twiga · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 31% of the fleet together · best 4th · Jun 2019 – Jun 2021
Chris Jobson · Twiga · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 6th · Jun 2019 – Jun 2019
Kathy Cooper · Twiga · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 89% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2018 – Jul 2018
Michael Califra · Twiga · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 89% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2018 – Jul 2018

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

Rating history

Event history · 7

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
10 Oct 2025	2025 Etchells New England Championship	David Esseks	Etchells	Crew	24th / 27
6 Jun 2025	2025 Annapolis - Newport Race	Twiga	ORC handicap	Medic/Doctor	1st / 8
9 Jul 2023	2023 Marblehead-to-Halifax Ocean Race	Twiga	ORC handicap	Medic/Doctor	3rd / 6
23 Jun 2022	2022 Etchells North American Championship	1198	Etchells	Other	23rd / 30
4 Jun 2021	2021 Annapolis - Newport Race	Twiga	PHRF handicap	Medic/Doctor	4th / 9
7 Jun 2019	2019 Annapolis - Newport Race	Twiga	PHRF handicap	Mast	6th / 6
26 Jul 2018	2018 Around Long Island Regatta (42nd Annual)	Twiga	PHRF handicap	Other	2nd / 10

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	-35 provisional	#49362 band 31647–60569	—

1 more class, not yet ranked

Etchells · Crew · 7 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	1 events	0 wins	beats 24%
As crew	6 events	1 wins	beats 54%

Positions: Medic/Doctor (3) · Mast (1)

How they race

Closer	+29 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−8 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Small fleets	62%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Don Brush	14	4–10

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	2	1	56%
2023	1	0	60%
2022	1	0	24%
2021	1	0	63%
2019	1	0	0%
2018	1	0	89%

Boats

Twiga · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap · 5 events · 2018–2025
David Esseks · Etchells · 1 events · 2025
1198 · Etchells · 1 events · 2022

Where they race

Annapolis, MD, USA · 3 events
Sea Cliff, NY, USA · 1 events
Marblehead, MA · 1 events
Marblehead, MA, USA · 1 events
Shelter Island, NY, USA · 1 events

Is this you?

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

Crew rating, Full-size sailing: -35, #49,362. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.