Sailor · 2007–2026

David Tabb

royal motor yacht club Dragon Dragon (Grand Prix)Match racing

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Events: 7
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 0%
Typically beats: 47%
Best class ranking: #220

Nemesis: Martin Pålsson
Best day: 1 Jul 2026
Signature result: 10th of 62

Partnerships · 9 sailors

John Maddoxs · Storich · Dragon, Dragon (Grand Prix) 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 15 races won Beat 25% of the fleet together(−30 vs. without) · best 15th · Apr 2024 – Aug 2024
Laerke Nørgaard · Storich, True Story * · Dragon 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 13 races won Beat 58% of the fleet together · best 9th · Aug 2022 – Apr 2024
Joao Costa · Send in the Clowns · Dragon 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 85% of the fleet together · best 10th · Jun 2026 – Jun 2026
Oliver Spensley-Corfield · Storich · Dragon (Grand Prix) 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 17% of the fleet together · best 30th · Jul 2024 – Jul 2024
Ollie Spensley-cornfield · Storich · Dragon 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 17% of the fleet together · best 46th · Aug 2024 – Aug 2024
Martin Payne · True Story * · Dragon 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together · best 9th · Aug 2022 – Aug 2022
Martin Westerdahl · Send in the Clowns · Dragon 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 85% of the fleet together · best 10th · Jun 2026 – Jun 2026
John Maddocks · Storich · Dragon 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 56% of the fleet together · best 15th · Aug 2024 – Aug 2024
Ollie Spensley-confield · Storich · Dragon 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 56% of the fleet together · best 15th · Aug 2024 – Aug 2024

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

Rating history

Event history · 7

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
29 Jun 2026	Dragon Europeans 2026	Send in the Clowns	Dragon	Skipper	10th / 62
5 Aug 2024	Dragon European Championship 2024	Storich	Dragon	Skipper	46th / 55
1 Aug 2024	Draakon Klassi Eesti Meistrivõistlused 2024/Dragon Class Estonian Championship 2024	Storich	Dragon	Skipper	15th / 33
20 Jul 2024	135. Travemünder Woche 2024	Storich	Dragon (Grand Prix)	Skipper	30th / 36
4 Apr 2024	Coupe du Commodore JP GAILES Dragon	Storich	Dragon	Skipper	15th / 25
20 Aug 2022	DRAGON GOLD CUP OSTEND	True Story *	Dragon	Skipper	9th / 33
12 Oct 2007	Bermuda Match Cup 2007	No Team	Match racing	Skipper	18th / 19

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Helm	46 provisional	#43646 band 25902–63791	—
Dragon Helm	105 provisional	#220 band 104–354	+2.6

2 more classes, not yet ranked

Dragon (Grand Prix) · Helm · 6 races, 1 event · rating -51
Match racing · Helm · 5 races, 1 event · rating -60

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	7 events	0 wins	beats 43%
As crew	0 events	0 wins	beats —

How they race

Closer	−6 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	+3 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Big fleets	49%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Martin Pålsson	27	7–20
Yevgen Braslavets	22	5–17
Markko Põdra	21	17–4
Graham Bailey	20	5–15
Ilmar Rosme	20	13–7
Christoph Toepfer	20	7–13
Dirk Oldenburg	15	10–5
Jan Secher	15	3–12
Ron James	15	4–11
Nicola Friesen	15	6–9
Xavier Vanneste	15	8–7
Andy Beadsworth	15	3–12

Most-beaten opponent: Andres Aavik (14–0).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2026	1	85%
2024	4	33%
2022	1	75%
2007	1	6%

Boats

Storich · Dragon, Dragon (Grand Prix) · 4 events · 2024
Send in the Clowns · Dragon · 1 events · 2026
True Story * · Dragon · 1 events · 2022
No Team · Match racing · 1 events · 2007

Where they race

Unknown · 6 events
Hamilton, Bermuda · 1 events

Is this you?

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Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 46, #43,646. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.