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Sailor · 2017–2025

Philippe Gaillard

club de voile de lausanne HandicapLestés AEsse 850

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Events
24

125 races · 55 race wins

Win rate
38%

38% win rate · 9 of 24

Podium rate
58%

14 top-three finishes

Typically beats
68%

of boats faced (90%: 64%–71%, 448 boats)

Best class ranking
#6

Crew in Esse 850 · rating 378

Longest win streak
8

race wins in a row

Most successful partnership
Paul-Ambroise Sevestre

8 wins · 10 podiums in 13 events together · 62% win rate

Best trio
Paul-Ambroise Sevestre & Yvan Staub

8 wins · 10 podiums in 12 events, all three aboard

Biggest lift
Yvan Staub

+28 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
Yvan Staub

Oct 2017 – Jun 2025 · 18 events

Nemesis
Alain Marchand

3–22 head to head in 25 races

Rival
Martin Buck

15–15 in 30 races

Best day
18 Apr 2021

1-1-2-1-1-1-1-DNF · Régates d'entrainement CVL/CVV · about 1 in 27,000 by chance

Signature result
1st of 22

Semaine du soir 2019 · Handicap · 19 Aug 2019

Partnerships · 10 sailors

Most successful partnership: Paul-Ambroise Sevestre — 8 wins · 10 podiums in 13 events together · 62% win rate
  • Yvan Staub · S.A.S., Zebrabox · Esse 850, Handicap, Lestés A, SRS 18events 8 wins together · 13 podiums · 44% win rate · 45 of 98 races won Beat 86% of the fleet together(+28 vs. without) · best 1st · Oct 2017 – Jun 2025
  • Paul-Ambroise Sevestre · S.A.S., Zebrabox · Esse 850, Handicap, Lestés A 13events 8 wins together · 10 podiums · 62% win rate · 38 of 64 races won Beat 86% of the fleet together(+15 vs. without) · best 1st · Jul 2019 – Jun 2025
  • Julien Fornet · ex-ess, S.A.S., Zebrabox · Esse 850, Handicap, J/70, SRS 6events 1 wins together · 3 podiums · 17% win rate · 5 of 31 races won Beat 70% of the fleet together(−13 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2018 – Jun 2025
  • Stéphanie Claude · ex-ess, Zebrabox · Esse 850, Handicap, J/70 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 1 of 24 races won Beat 57% of the fleet together(−26 vs. without) · best 3rd · May 2018 – Jun 2025
  • Mariette Fornet · ex-ess · Handicap, J/70 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 37% of the fleet together · best 9th · Sep 2024 – Jun 2025
  • Pierre Jully · Zebrabox · Esse 850 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 6 of 10 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Sep 2019 – Sep 2019
  • Floriane Moerch · Zebrabox · Esse 850 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 5 races won Beat 83% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Oct 2017 – Oct 2017
  • Michel Vaucher · S.A.S. · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 4 of 5 races won Beat 85% of the fleet together · best 4th · Aug 2018 – Aug 2018
  • Julien Monnier · Zebrabox · Esse 850 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 5 races won Beat 83% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Oct 2017 – Oct 2017
  • Alex Detrey · S.A.S. · Handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 5 of 5 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Aug 2020 – Aug 2020

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

Rating history

02715412018202020222024Helm rating, all classesCrew rating, all classes

— Helm rating, all classes · - - Crew rating, all classes

Event history · 24

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
30 Jun 2025Semaine du soir CVL 2025S.A.S.HandicapCrew5th / 35
17 Jun 2025Semaine du soir de Clarensex-essHandicapCrew9th / 15
6 Sep 2024J70 Swiss Cupex-essJ/70Crew12th / 17
23 Sep 202342ème La Double North SailsS.A.S.HandicapCrew90th / 100
15 Aug 2022Semaine du soir 2022S.A.S.HandicapCrew1st / 18
31 Aug 2021Semaine du Soir MorgesS.A.S.HandicapCrew1st / 12
16 Aug 2021Semaine du soir 2021S.A.S.HandicapCrew1st / 21
14 Apr 2021Régates d'entrainement CVL/CVVS.A.S.HandicapSkipper1st / 19
11 Oct 2020Challenge RippsteinS.A.S.Lestés ACrew4th / 7
17 Aug 2020Semaine du soir 2020S.A.S.HandicapCrew1st / 14
8 Jul 2020Semaine du soirS.A.S.HandicapCrew1st / 12
10 Jun 2020Régates d'entraînement CVL/CVVS.A.S.Lestés ACrew3rd / 14
4 Sep 2019CS Esse 850ZebraboxEsse 850Crew1st / 16
19 Aug 2019Semaine du soir 2019S.A.S.HandicapCrew1st / 22
8 Jul 2019Semaine du Soir CVL - 100 ansS.A.S.HandicapCrew3rd / 16
17 Jun 2019Semaine du SOIR du CVVTS.A.S.SRSSkipper2nd / 10
17 Apr 2019Régates d'entraînement CVL/CVVS.A.S.Lestés ASkipper4th / 18
13 Oct 2018Régate de clôtureS.A.S.Lestés ASkipper1st / 11
20 Aug 2018Semaine du soir 2018S.A.S.HandicapSkipper4th / 21
11 Jul 2018Semaine du Soir CVLS.A.S.HandicapSkipper7th / 10
23 Jun 2018Championnat Esse 850 - Luthi 8.70ZebraboxEsse 850Crew3rd / 13
9 May 2018Internationale Schweizermeisterschaft esse850ICZebraboxEsse 850Crew6th / 19
18 Apr 2018Régates d'entraînement CVL/CVVS.A.S.Lestés ASkipper4th / 19
7 Oct 2017Esse 850IC / Esse 750IC CUP ThalwilZebraboxEsse 850Crew3rd / 13

Crew rating across all classes: 541 (±205), #1,144.Helm rating across all classes: 466 (±215), #2,949. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.