Sailor · 2019–2025

David Hobbs

rpayc IRC handicap Handicap S2 7.9

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Events: 7
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 0%
Typically beats: 43%

Signature result: 49th of 103

Partnerships · 46 sailors

Chris Berry · Pleione · Handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 10 races won Beat 6% of the fleet together(−36 vs. without) · best 6th · Apr 2019 – May 2022
Roberta Hobbs · Pleione · Handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 10 races won Beat 6% of the fleet together(−36 vs. without) · best 6th · Apr 2019 – May 2022
John Duffy · Pleione · Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 8% of the fleet together · best 6th · Apr 2019 – Apr 2019
Sam Frampton · Pleione · Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 8% of the fleet together · best 6th · Apr 2019 – Apr 2019
Sam Masterman · Pleione · Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 8% of the fleet together · best 6th · Apr 2019 – Apr 2019
Matt Smith · Quantock · IRC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 42% of the fleet together · best 46th · Dec 2022 – Dec 2024
Alison Hobbs · Quantock · IRC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 42% of the fleet together · best 46th · Dec 2022 – Dec 2024
Sarah Masterman · Pleione · Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 8% of the fleet together · best 6th · Apr 2019 – Apr 2019
Ali Miller · Pleione · Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 8% of the fleet together · best 6th · Apr 2019 – Apr 2019
Tomi Kallio · Quantock · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 34% of the fleet together · best 52nd · Dec 2024 – Dec 2024

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Rating history

Event history · 7

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
26 Dec 2025	Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2025	Sticky	IRC handicap	Skipper	49th / 103
18 Oct 2025	2025 Equalizer Regatta for One-Design Cruisers	Bourbon warfare	S2 7.9	Skipper	11th / 15
26 Dec 2024	Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2024	Quantock	IRC handicap	Owner	52nd / 78
26 Dec 2022	Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2022	Quantock	IRC handicap	Skipper	46th / 91
1 May 2022	2022 Antigua Sailing Week	Pleione	Handicap	Other	7th / 7
30 Apr 2019	2019 Antigua Sailing Week	Pleione	Handicap	Skipper	6th / 6
27 Apr 2019	2019 Peters & May Round Antigua Race	Pleione	Handicap	Skipper	6th / 7

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Adj. ±
All classes Helm	-166 provisional	#75627 band 64243–80620	—

1 more class, not yet ranked

S2 7.9 · Helm · 4 races, 1 event · rating -68

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	7 events	0 wins	beats 26%
As crew	0 events	0 wins	beats —

Positions: Owner (1)

How they race

Closer	+5 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−6 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Big fleets (25+)	46%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets (<12)	6%	of the fleet beaten

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2025	2	41%
2024	1	34%
2022	2	25%
2019	2	8%

Boats

Pleione · Handicap · 3 events · 2019–2022
Quantock · IRC handicap · 2 events · 2022–2024
Sticky · IRC handicap · 1 events · 2025
Bourbon warfare · S2 7.9 · 1 events · 2025

Where they race

Sydney to Hobart, Australia · 3 events
English Harbour, Antigua, West Indies · 3 events
Nashville, TN · 1 events

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Helm rating across all classes: -166 (±203), #75,627. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.