Sailor · 2019–2026

Sammy Semwangu

stfyc J/88 ORC handicap Handicap

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Events: 7
Win rate: 14%
Podium rate: 43%
Typically beats: 28%
Longest win streak: 3

Most successful partnership: Logan Ashcraft
Longest-running crew: Logan Ashcraft
Nemesis: Christos Karamanolis
Best day: 19 Jun 2023
Signature result: 1st of 5

Partnerships · 42 sailors

Most successful partnership: Logan Ashcraft — 1 wins · 2 podiums in 6 events together · 17% win rate

Logan Ashcraft · Bright Hour, Entropy, Hijinks, Paragon · Handicap, J/88, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 6events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 17% win rate · 4 of 29 races won Beat 36% of the fleet together · best 1st · Sep 2019 – Jul 2026
Chris Larose · Bright Hour · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 6 races won Beat 55% of the fleet together · best 1st · Sep 2019 – May 2021
James Espey · Bright Hour · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 6 races won Beat 55% of the fleet together · best 1st · Sep 2019 – May 2021
Chris Hume · Hijinks · J/88 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 13 races won Beat 7% of the fleet together · best 7th · Sep 2022 – Sep 2023
James Bradford · Bright Hour · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 6 races won Beat 55% of the fleet together · best 1st · Sep 2019 – May 2021
Alberto Rivera · Hijinks · J/88 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 13 races won Beat 7% of the fleet together · best 7th · Sep 2022 – Sep 2023
Karen Tara · Bright Hour · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 6 races won Beat 55% of the fleet together · best 1st · Sep 2019 – May 2021
Rich Bowen · Entropy, Hijinks · J/88, ORC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 3 of 13 races won Beat 46% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jun 2023 – Sep 2023
JD Pribor · Paragon · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 16% of the fleet together · best 32nd · Jul 2026 – Jul 2026
Collin Alexander · Paragon · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 16% of the fleet together · best 32nd · Jul 2026 – Jul 2026

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

Rating history

Event history · 7

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
10 Jul 2026	2026 Newport Regatta	Paragon	Handicap	Main Trimmer	32nd / 38
14 Sep 2023	2023 Rolex Big Boat Series	Hijinks	J/88	Pit	7th / 8
19 Jun 2023	2023 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race Week presented by Margaritaville	Entropy	ORC handicap	Bow	3rd / 10
15 Sep 2022	2022 Rolex Big Boat Series	Hijinks	J/88	Pit	7th / 7
29 May 2021	2021 California Offshore Race Week Series - Spinnaker Cup	Bright Hour	PHRF handicap	Mast	1st / 5
19 Mar 2021	J/GO Regatta	Hijinks	J/88	Skipper	2nd / 4
12 Sep 2019	2019 Rolex Big Boat Series	Bright Hour	ORC handicap	Other	10th / 11

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Adj. ±
All classes Crew	-95 provisional	#55761 band 43751–61914	—

3 more classes, not yet ranked

J/88 · Crew · 13 races, 2 events · rating -76
J/88 · Helm · 6 races, 1 event · rating 41
All classes · Helm · 6 races, 1 event · rating 52

Rank among sailors with ten or more rated races over three or more events, all time. In brackets, the ranks this rating cannot be told apart from. Adj. ± is the adjusted plus-minus in points of fleet beaten.

Helm and crew

As helm	1 events	0 wins	beats 67%
As crew	6 events	1 wins	beats 36%

Positions: Pit (2) · Main Trimmer (1) · Bow (1) · Mast (1)

How they race

Closer	+23 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−11 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Small fleets (<12)	45%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Christos Karamanolis	19	3–16
Dave Corbin	19	8–11
Brice Dunwoodie	13	5–8
Jim Hopp	13	4–9
Mark Howe	13	2–11

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	1	0	16%
2023	2	0	46%
2022	1	0	0%
2021	2	1	83%
2019	1	0	10%

Boats

Hijinks · J/88 · 3 events · 2021–2023
Bright Hour · PHRF handicap, ORC handicap · 2 events · 2019–2021
Paragon · Handicap · 1 events · 2026
Entropy · ORC handicap · 1 events · 2023

Where they race

San Francisco, CA, USA · 3 events
California, USA · 1 events
Newport, RI, United States · 1 events
Block Island, RI, USA · 1 events
San Francisco, CA · 1 events

Is this you?

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Crew rating across all classes: -95 (±196), #55,761.Helm rating across all classes: 52 (±214). Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.