Skip to content

Sailor · 2014–2026

Jim Crossman

bssc HandicapHawkHawk20

Search sailors · About these ratings

Events
38

124 races · 10 race wins

Win rate
8%

8% win rate · 3 of 38

Podium rate
21%

8 top-three finishes

Typically beats
47%

of boats faced (range 43%–50%, 646 boats)

Best class ranking
#4

Crew in Hawk · rating 294

Longest win streak
2

race wins in a row

Most successful partnership
Sam Neal

2 wins · 2 podiums in 4 events together

Biggest lift
Jonathan Groome

+34 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
Charlie Bennion

Jan 2017 – Jan 2026 · 6 events

Nemesis
Paddy Spink

4–38 head to head in 42 races

Rival
Chris Spink

26–23 in 49 races

Best day
1 Jan 2024

4-5-2-5-2-2-1-2-2-1 · Brancaster Staithe Sailing Club Sailing Week

Signature result
2nd of 16

Brancaster Staithe Sailing Club Sailing Week · Hawk · 1 Jan 2024

Partnerships · 16 sailors

Most successful partnership: Sam Neal — 2 wins · 2 podiums in 4 events together
  • Jonathan Groome · 200 · Handicap, Hawk, Hawk20 7events 1 wins together · 3 podiums · 14% win rate · 5 of 46 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together(+34 vs. without) · best 1st · Jan 2023 – Jan 2026
  • Charlie Bennion · 102, Finch, Kelpie · Handicap 6events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 16 races won Beat 31% of the fleet together(−19 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jan 2017 – Jan 2026
  • Jim Blades · 118 · Handicap, Hawk 5events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 13 races won Beat 26% of the fleet together(−24 vs. without) · best 5th · Jan 2017 – Jan 2022
  • Sam Neal · 1340 · Handicap 4events 2 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 5 of 9 races won Beat 73% of the fleet together(+30 vs. without) · best 1st · Jan 2014 – Jan 2017
  • Sally Groome · 200 · Handicap, Hawk20 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 21 races won Beat 56% of the fleet together(+10 vs. without) · best 5th · Jan 2023 – Jan 2023
  • Rob Rowley · 118 · Handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 28% of the fleet together(−20 vs. without) · best 5th · Jan 2017 – Jan 2018
  • Chris Spink · 285 · Handicap 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 66% of the fleet together(+21 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jan 2018 – Jan 2019
  • Ben Stocks · 275 · Handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 32% of the fleet together(−16 vs. without) · best 7th · Jan 2024 – Jan 2024
  • Rex Elliot · Vixen · Handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 14 races won Beat 36% of the fleet together(−12 vs. without) · best 9th · Jan 2015 – Jan 2018
  • Alice Vaughan-Jones · 209 · Handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 21% of the fleet together(−28 vs. without) · best 6th · Jan 2018 – Jan 2019

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

Rating history

0138275201520172019202120232025Crew rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 38

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
1 Jan 2026Commodores CupFinchHandicapSkipper2nd / 6
1 Jan 2026Robin Rowley Trophy200HandicapCrew1st / 6
1 Jan 2026Sea Fleets Sailing Week200Hawk20Crew4th / 11
1 Jan 2025Sea Fleets Sailing Week 2025200HawkCrew2nd / 13
1 Jan 20242024 Typhoon Trophy Series275HandicapCrew7th / 45
1 Jan 2024Brancaster Staithe Sailing Club Sailing Week200HawkCrew2nd / 16
1 Jan 2024Hawk Spring Series275HandicapCrew11th / 12
1 Jan 2024Robin Rowley Trophy275HandicapCrew9th / 9
1 Jan 2023Brancaster Staithe Sailing Club Sailing Week200Hawk20Crew6th / 14
1 Jan 2023Brancaster Staithe Sailing Club Sailing Week200HandicapCrew31st / 53
1 Jan 2023Hawk Island Series200HandicapCrew5th / 12
1 Jan 2022W H Loose Challenge Trophy118HandicapSkipper9th / 9
1 Jan 2021British Sharpie Championship 2021KelpieHandicapCrew16th / 18
1 Jan 2021Les Dye TrophyKelpieHandicapCrew8th / 11
1 Jan 2019David Johnson Plate285HandicapCrew2nd / 13
1 Jan 2019Hawk Last on Water Series209HandicapCrew6th / 6
1 Jan 2019W H Loose Challenge Trophy285HandicapCrew6th / 14
1 Jan 20182018 Typhoon Trophy Series209HandicapCrew28th / 59
1 Jan 2018British Sharpie Championship 2018KelpieHandicapCrew16th / 22
1 Jan 2018David Johnson PlateRoohHawkCrew14th / 23
1 Jan 2018Hawk Autumn Points285HandicapCrew7th / 12
1 Jan 2018Hawk May Day Series209HandicapCrew11th / 12
1 Jan 2018Hawk Summer Points118HandicapCrew5th / 13
1 Jan 2018Les Dye Trophy102HandicapCrew12th / 13
1 Jan 2018Lester Southerland Tiller for SharpiesVixenHandicapCrew9th / 12

Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 275, #10,353.Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 21. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.