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Sailor · 2011–2018

David Edwards

Etchells

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Possibly the same person: Dave Edwards (2009–2025, 11 events). SailDex keeps these apart until the evidence or a claim says otherwise.
Events
14

87 races · 8 race wins

Win rate
7%

7% win rate · 1 of 14

Podium rate
21%

3 top-three finishes

Typically beats
82%

of boats faced (range 80%–85%, 664 boats)

Best class ranking
#66

Crew in Etchells · rating 494

Most successful partnership
Tom King

1 wins · 3 podiums in 13 events together · 8% win rate

Best trio
Tom King & Ivan Wheen

1 wins · 3 podiums in 13 events, all three aboard

Longest-running crew
Ivan Wheen

Jun 2011 – Oct 2018 · 14 events

Nemesis
Graeme Taylor

19–35 head to head in 55 races

Rival
David Clark

42–37 in 79 races

Best day
2 Jan 2017

2-6-1-5-3 · 2017 Etchells Australasian Championship

Signature result
1st of 73

2018 Etchells QLD State Championship · Etchells · 1 Jan 2018

Partnerships · 8 sailors

Most successful partnership: Tom King — 1 wins · 3 podiums in 13 events together · 8% win rate
  • Ivan Wheen · ALCHEMIST, EAUS1442, Iron Lotus, IRON LOTUS · Etchells 14events 1 wins together · 3 podiums · 7% win rate · 8 of 87 races won Beat 84% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jun 2011 – Oct 2018
  • Tom King · ALCHEMIST, EAUS1442, Iron Lotus, IRON LOTUS · Etchells 13events 1 wins together · 3 podiums · 8% win rate · 7 of 82 races won Beat 83% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jun 2011 – Oct 2018
  • Owen McMahon · EAUS1442, Iron Lotus, IRON LOTUS, Tom King · Etchells 9events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 0% win rate · 3 of 54 races won Beat 81% of the fleet together(−8 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jun 2011 – Feb 2018
  • Michael Coxon · ALCHEMIST, IRON LOTUS · Etchells 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 2 of 12 races won Beat 88% of the fleet together · best 5th · Jan 2016 – Jan 2017
  • Greg O'Shea · Iron Lotus · Etchells 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 2 of 5 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jan 2018 – Jan 2018
  • Cam Hooper · IRON LOTUS · Etchells 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 7 races won Beat 86% of the fleet together · best 7th · Jan 2018 – Jan 2018
  • Greg O’Shea · Iron Lotus · Etchells 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 81% of the fleet together · best 19th · Oct 2018 – Oct 2018
  • Alex Rozenauers · IRON LOTUS · Etchells 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 5 races won Beat 86% of the fleet together · best 7th · Jan 2017 – Jan 2017

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

Rating history

02515012012201320142015201620172018Crew rating, all classes

Event history · 14

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
22 Oct 20182018 Etchells World ChampionshipIron LotusEtchellsCrew19th / 94
16 Feb 20182018 Etchells NSW State ChampionshipEAUS1442EtchellsCrew8th / 40
1 Jan 20182018 Etchells Australasian ChampionshipIRON LOTUSEtchellsCrew7th / 44
1 Jan 20182018 Etchells QLD State ChampionshipIron LotusEtchellsCrew1st / 73
27 Oct 20172017 Etchells QLD State ChampionshipIRON LOTUSEtchellsCrew3rd / 37
1 Jan 20172017 Etchells Australasian ChampionshipIRON LOTUSEtchellsCrew2nd / 38
1 Jan 20172017 Etchells Australian ChampionshipIRON LOTUSEtchellsCrew7th / 45
1 Jan 20162016 Etchells Australasian ChampionshipALCHEMISTEtchellsCrew5th / 39
1 Jan 20142014 Etchells Australasian Winter ChampionshipIron LotusEtchellsCrew9th / 34
1 Jan 20132013 Etchells Australasian Winter ChampionshipIron LotusEtchellsCrew4th / 38
11 Feb 20122012 Etchells Australian ChampionshipIron LotusEtchellsCrew37th / 61
1 Jan 20122012 Etchells Australasian Winter ChampionshipTom KingEtchellsCrew5th / 39
1 Jan 20122012 Etchells NSW State ChampionshipIron LotusEtchellsCrew20th / 55
9 Jun 20112011 Etchells Australasian Winter ChampionshipTom KingEtchellsCrew4th / 41

Crew rating across all classes: 501, #1,586. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.