Sailor · 2015–2024

Ben Ellcome

nyyc cca Handicap Shields PHRF handicap

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Events: 6
Win rate: 17%
Podium rate: 50%
Typically beats: 61%

Signature result: 4th of 12

Partnerships · 30 sailors

Jesse Terry · Abigail, Abigail - SH, Black Watch · Handicap, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 51% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Sep 2015 – Sep 2024
Todd Williams · Sophie · Shields 2events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 4 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together · best 1st · Aug 2021 – Aug 2023
Steve Dluzyn · Abigail · Handicap, ORC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 76% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2023 – Sep 2024
Alan Burnett · Sophie · Shields 2events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 4 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together · best 1st · Aug 2021 – Aug 2023
Melissa Santaniello · Black Watch · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 4th · Sep 2015 – Sep 2015
Lydia Robinson · Black Watch · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 4th · Sep 2015 – Sep 2015
Duncan Smith · Abigail · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 73% of the fleet together · best 4th · Sep 2024 – Sep 2024
Charlotte Smith · Abigail · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 73% of the fleet together · best 4th · Sep 2024 – Sep 2024
Emily Fisher · Black Watch · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 4th · Sep 2015 – Sep 2015
John Melvin · Black Watch · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 4th · Sep 2015 – Sep 2015

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Rating history

Event history · 6

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
14 Sep 2024	IHYC Classic Yacht Regatta	Abigail	Handicap	Spinnaker trimmer	4th / 12
17 May 2024	2024 Sam Wetherill Trophy Race	Abigail - SH	PHRF handicap	Co-Skipper	5th / 5
19 Aug 2023	2023 Mason's Island Regatta	Sophie	Shields	Watch Captain	3rd / 6
9 Jul 2023	2023 Marblehead-to-Halifax Ocean Race	Abigail	ORC handicap	Spinnaker trimmer	2nd / 6
28 Aug 2021	2021 Mason's Island Regatta	Sophie	Shields	Other	1st / 4
5 Sep 2015	Museum of Yachting 36th Annual Classic Yacht Regatta	Black Watch	Handicap	Mast	4th / 7

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Crew	24 provisional	#39959 band 23222–55245	—

1 more class, not yet ranked

Shields · Crew · 4 races, 2 events · rating 13

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	6 events	1 wins	beats 61%

Positions: Spinnaker trimmer (2) · Co-Skipper (1) · Watch Captain (1) · Mast (1)

How they race

Closer	+2 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	+15 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Small fleets	58%	of the fleet beaten

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2024	2	0	36%
2023	2	0	70%
2021	1	1	100%
2015	1	0	50%

Boats

Abigail · Handicap, ORC handicap · 2 events · 2023–2024
Sophie · Shields · 2 events · 2021–2023
Abigail - SH · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2024
Black Watch · Handicap · 1 events · 2015

Where they race

Mystic, CT, USA · 2 events
Greenwich, CT, USA · 1 events
Newport, Rhode Island, USA · 1 events
Essex, CT, USA · 1 events
Marblehead, MA, USA · 1 events

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Crew rating across all classes: 24, #39,959. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.