Sailor · 2018–2025

James Plagenhoef

sausalito yc 12 Metre Handicap PHRF handicap

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Events: 6
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 50%
Typically beats: 36%
Best class ranking: #173

Nemesis: Alexander Auersperg
Signature result: 2nd of 6

Partnerships · 27 sailors

Dick Enersen · Defender · 12 Metre 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 13 races won Beat 7% of the fleet together · best 7th · Jul 2019 – Jul 2019
Paul Cottee · Defender · 12 Metre 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 13 races won Beat 7% of the fleet together · best 7th · Jul 2019 – Jul 2019
Joe Cooper · Defender · 12 Metre 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 13 races won Beat 7% of the fleet together · best 7th · Jul 2019 – Jul 2019
Andrew Macgowan · Defender, Weatherly · 12 Metre, PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 6% of the fleet together · best 7th · Jul 2019 – Aug 2025
Jeff Fisher · Defender · 12 Metre 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 13 races won Beat 7% of the fleet together · best 7th · Jul 2019 – Jul 2019
Duby Joslin · Defender · 12 Metre 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 13 races won Beat 7% of the fleet together · best 7th · Jul 2019 – Jul 2019
Stephen Foraste · Defender · 12 Metre 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 13 races won Beat 7% of the fleet together · best 7th · Jul 2019 – Jul 2019
Mike Camera · Defender · 12 Metre 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 13 races won Beat 7% of the fleet together · best 7th · Jul 2019 – Jul 2019
Gary Jobson · Courageous (M) · 12 Metre, Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 6 races won Beat 78% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2018 – Jun 2022
Mikey Benny · Weatherly · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 13% of the fleet together · best 8th · Aug 2025 – Aug 2025

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

Rating history

Event history · 6

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
8 Aug 2025	2025 Safe Harbor Race Weekend	Weatherly	PHRF handicap	Pit	8th / 9
11 Jun 2022	168th NYYC Annual Regatta	Courageous (M)	Handicap	Other	2nd / 5
10 Jun 2022	168th NYYC Annual Regatta - Friday (Around-the-Island Race)	Courageous (M)	Handicap	Skipper	2nd / 5
9 Jul 2019	2019 International 12 Metre Association World Championship	Defender	12 Metre	Pit	7th / 8
6 Jul 2019	2019 Newport Regatta	Defender	12 Metre	Pit	7th / 7
16 Jul 2018	NYYC Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex	Courageous (M)	12 Metre	Other	2nd / 6

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	-1 provisional	#44253 band 30442–55611	—
12 Metre Crew	-48 provisional	#173 band 142–181	—

1 more class, not yet ranked

Full-size sailing · Helm · 1 race, 1 event · rating 40

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 75%
As crew	5 events	0 wins	beats 36%

Positions: Pit (3)

How they race

Closer	+39 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−12 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Small fleets	43%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Jack LeFort	16	4–12
Alexander Auersperg	13	0–13
Dennis Williams	13	0–13
Charles Robertson	13	2–11
Jack Curtin	13	2–11
Clayton Deutsch	13	0–13

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2025	1	13%
2022	2	75%
2019	2	7%
2018	1	80%

Boats

Courageous (M) · Handicap, 12 Metre · 3 events · 2018–2022
Defender · 12 Metre · 2 events · 2019
Weatherly · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2025

Where they race

Newport, RI, USA · 6 events

Is this you?

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Crew rating, Full-size sailing: -1, #44,253.Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 40. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.