Sailor · 2014–2025

Rob Walford

parkstone yc Flying Fifteen F15 Fleet Handicap

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Events: 11
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 18%
Typically beats: 46%
Best class ranking: #57

Nemesis: Crispin Read Wilson
Rival: Steve Randle
Best day: 1 Jan 2025
Signature result: 6th of 24

Partnerships · 5 sailors

Chris Jermyn · 3711, Fifteen love · Flying Fifteen 4events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 15 races won Beat 14% of the fleet together(−35 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jan 2017 – Jan 2017
Steve Randle · 4019 · F15 Fleet, Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 12 races won Beat 42% of the fleet together · best 13th · Jan 2022 – Jan 2024
David Pipe · 3345 · Flying Fifteen 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 22 races won Beat 61% of the fleet together · best 10th · Jan 2022 – Jan 2023
Crispin Read Wilson · Fancy Free · Flying Fifteen 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 2 of 7 races won Beat 78% of the fleet together · best 6th · Jan 2025 – Jan 2025
Geof Gibbons · 4088 · Flying Fifteen 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 43% of the fleet together · best 5th · Jan 2025 – Jan 2025

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

Rating history

Event history · 11

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
1 Jan 2025	Flying Fifteen Last Blast 2025	4088	Flying Fifteen	Crew	5th / 8
1 Jan 2025	Poole Week 2025 Orange Division	Fancy Free	Flying Fifteen	Crew	6th / 24
1 Jan 2024	F15 Saturday Autumn Series 2024	4019	F15 Fleet	Crew	17th / 27
1 Jan 2023	Poole Week 2022	3345	Flying Fifteen	Crew	10th / 24
1 Jan 2022	Autumn Saturday Series 2022	4019	Handicap	Crew	13th / 23
1 Jan 2022	Poole Week 2022	3345	Flying Fifteen	Crew	10th / 24
1 Jan 2017	PYC 1PYC 12May172May17	3711	Flying Fifteen	Crew	2nd / 2
1 Jan 2017	PYC 1PYC 12May172May17	3711	Flying Fifteen	Crew	2nd / 2
1 Jan 2017	adidas Poole Week 2017	Fifteen love	Flying Fifteen	Crew	14th / 19
1 Jan 2017	adidas Poole Week 2017	Fifteen love	Flying Fifteen	Crew	14th / 19
1 Jan 2014	PYC 7th June	8064	Wayfarer	Skipper	15th / 18

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	46 provisional	#39240 band 24080–54374	—
Flying Fifteen Crew	105 provisional	#57 band 24–105	−3

3 more classes, not yet ranked

F15 Fleet · Crew · 7 races, 1 event · rating -87
Full-size sailing · Helm · 2 races, 1 event · rating -65
Wayfarer · Helm · 2 races, 1 event · rating -72

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 18%
As crew	10 events	0 wins	beats 38%

How they race

Closer	−6 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−6 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	52%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	14%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Chris Gorringe	47	16–31
Ian Linder	45	12–32
Steve Randle	42	23–19
Richard Linford	41	23–18
Crispin Read Wilson	40	4–36
Graham Scroggie	40	8–31
Richard Ledger	36	23–13
Geof Gibbons	36	19–17
Robert Alexander	35	4–31
Mervyn Wright	34	23–11
Michael Clapp	33	23–10
Ann Keates	32	20–11

Most-beaten opponent: Neil Bartholomey (26–0).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2025	2	61%
2024	1	39%
2023	1	61%
2022	2	53%
2017	4	14%
2014	1	18%

Boats

4019 · F15 Fleet, Handicap · 2 events · 2022–2024
3345 · Flying Fifteen · 2 events · 2022–2023
3711 · Flying Fifteen · 2 events · 2017
Fifteen love · Flying Fifteen · 2 events · 2017
4088 · Flying Fifteen · 1 events · 2025
Fancy Free · Flying Fifteen · 1 events · 2025
8064 · Wayfarer · 1 events · 2014

Where they race

Parkstone Yacht Club · 11 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: 46, #39,240.Helm rating, Full-size sailing: -65. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.