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Sailor · 2012–2018

Somers Kempe

Viper 640Match racing

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Events
9

85 races · 3 race wins

Win rate
0%

0% win rate · 0 of 9

Podium rate
0%

0 top-three finishes

Typically beats
74%

of boats faced (range 70%–79%, 268 boats)

Best class ranking
#56

Helm in Viper 640 · rating 288

Biggest lift
Adam Barboza

+16 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Nemesis
Brad Boston

6–48 head to head in 54 races

Rival
Jay Rhame

30–27 in 57 races

Best day
11 Oct 2014

3-8-7-1-3 · 11th Annual American Yacht Club High Performance Dinghy Open sponsored by Heineken

Signature result
4th of 29

AYC HPDO incorporating the 2016 J/70 East Coast Championship<br>2016 International 505 Region One Championship<br>2016 Fireball North American Championship<br>2016 Viper Mid-Atlantic Championship · Viper 640 · 7 Oct 2016

Partnerships · 4 sailors

  • Adam Barboza · Overproof, Smokin · Viper 640 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 38 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together(+16 vs. without) · best 4th · Mar 2015 – Jul 2018
  • Butch Agnew · Overproof · Viper 640 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 1 of 32 races won Beat 77% of the fleet together(+11 vs. without) · best 4th · Oct 2014 – Oct 2016
  • William Thompson · Overproof · Viper 640 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 16 races won Beat 74% of the fleet together · best 5th · Oct 2014 – Apr 2015
  • Debbie Barboza · Smokin · Viper 640 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 22 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together · best 7th · Nov 2016 – Jul 2018

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

Rating history

0102204201320142015201620172018Helm rating, all classes

Event history · 9

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
5 Jul 20182018 Viper 640 North AmericanSmokinViper 640Strategist10th / 36
16 Nov 2016Aspen Viper 640 International Championship presented by EFGSmokinViper 640Other7th / 41
7 Oct 2016AYC HPDO incorporating the 2016 J/70 East Coast Championship<br>2016 International 505 Region One Championship<br>2016 Fireball North American Championship<br>2016 Viper Mid-Atlantic ChampionshipOverproofViper 640Co-Skipper4th / 29
17 Apr 20152015 Sperry Charleston Race WeekOverproofViper 640Co-Skipper5th / 15
4 Mar 20152015 Bacardi Miami Sailing WeekOverproofViper 640Skipper10th / 32
22 Oct 2014Argo Group Gold Cup 2014Raymarine/Ocean ElectronicsMatch racingSkipper17th / 20
11 Oct 201411th Annual American Yacht Club High Performance Dinghy Open sponsored by HeinekenOverproofViper 640Skipper8th / 31
8 Oct 20132013 Viper 640 North American ChampionshipBlack SealViper 640Skipper8th / 29
6 Sep 20122012 Viper 640 North American ChampionshipSmokinViper 640Other9th / 44

Helm rating across all classes: 204, #18,297.Crew rating across all classes: 96. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.