Sailor · 2007–2025

Patrick Besancon

IRC handicap

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Events: 8
Win rate: 38%
Podium rate: 50%
Typically beats: 75%
Longest win streak: 2

Signature result: 2nd of 162

Partnerships · 15 sailors

Nicolas Deforges · NEPTUNE · IRC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2025 – Jul 2025
Alain Goux · NEPTUNE · IRC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2025 – Jul 2025
Tanneguy Raffray · NEPTUNE · IRC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2025 – Jul 2025
Ansel Nolwenn · NEPTUNE · IRC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2025 – Jul 2025
Tan Raffray · NEPTUNE · IRC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2025 – Jul 2025
Fred Leclere · L'ESPRIT D'EQUIPE · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 73% of the fleet together · best 13th · Feb 2023 – Feb 2023
Pierre Danus · NEPTUNE · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 99% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2025 – Jul 2025
Les elles du large · NEPTUNE · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 60% of the fleet together · best 154th · Jul 2025 – Jul 2025
Audrey Besançon · LAÏS · IRC handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jul 2024 – Jul 2024
Stephane Gras · NEPTUNE · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 60% of the fleet together · best 154th · Jul 2025 – Jul 2025

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

Rating history

— Helm rating, full-size sailing · - - Crew rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 8

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
26 Jul 2025	Rolex Fastnet Race	NEPTUNE	IRC handicap	Crew	154th / 380
11 Jul 2025	Cowes Dinard St Malo Race (R5 Cowes Offshore Racing Series)	NEPTUNE	IRC handicap	Crew	2nd / 162
5 Jul 2024	Cowes Dinard St Malo Race (IRC 2H Europeans Race 1)	LAÏS	IRC handicap	Skipper	1st / 73
20 Feb 2023	RORC Caribbean 600 Race	L'ESPRIT D'EQUIPE	IRC handicap	Crew	13th / 46
9 Jul 2021	Cowes Dinard St Malo Race 2021	Laïs	IRC handicap	Skipper	4th / 28
10 Jul 2015	Cowes - Dinard - St Malo Race 2015	LaÏs	IRC handicap	Skipper	18th / 44
23 Aug 2008	Cowes - Dieppe 2008	Lais	IRC handicap	Skipper	1st / 7
25 Aug 2007	Cowes - Ouistreham Race 2007	Lais	IRC handicap	Skipper	1st / 5

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact

2 more classes, not yet ranked

Full-size sailing · Helm · 5 races, 5 events · rating 61
Full-size sailing · Crew · 3 races, 3 events · rating -10

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	5 events	3 wins	beats 90%
As crew	3 events	0 wins	beats 77%

How they race

Consistency	66%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	80%	of the fleet beaten

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	2	0	80%
2024	1	1	100%
2023	1	0	73%
2021	1	0	89%
2015	1	0	61%
2008	1	1	100%
2007	1	1	100%

Boats

LAÏS · IRC handicap · 3 events · 2015–2024
NEPTUNE · IRC handicap · 2 events · 2025
Lais · IRC handicap · 2 events · 2007–2008
L'ESPRIT D'EQUIPE · IRC handicap · 1 events · 2023

Where they race

Unknown · 8 events

Is this you?

Claim it to merge duplicates and remove results that aren’t yours. Changes apply at the nightly rebuild.

Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 61.Crew rating, Full-size sailing: -10. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.