Sailor · 2007–2025

Robert Date

syc IRC handicap Handicap Some links uncertain

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Events: 7
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 0%
Typically beats: 46%

Biggest lift: Samantha Chandler
Signature result: 8th of 72

Partnerships · 60+ sailors

Samantha Chandler · Scarlet Runner · IRC handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 55% of the fleet together(+26 vs. without) · best 8th · Dec 2007 – Dec 2025
Stephen Hinton · Scarlet Runner · IRC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 56% of the fleet together · best 8th · Dec 2010 – Dec 2011
Chris Maxted · Scarlet Runner · IRC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 56% of the fleet together · best 8th · Dec 2010 – Dec 2011
Tim Smith · Scarlet Runner · IRC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together · best 28th · Dec 2014 – Dec 2025
Brett Averay · Scarlet Runner · IRC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together · best 8th · Dec 2011 – Dec 2014
David Eickmeyer · Scarlet Runner · IRC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 56% of the fleet together · best 8th · Dec 2010 – Dec 2011
Alex Gilbert · Scarlet Runner · IRC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 37% of the fleet together · best 38th · Dec 2007 – Dec 2025
Grant Wharington · Etihad Stadium · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 4% of the fleet together · best 74th · Dec 2009 – Dec 2009
Dave Haines · Etihad Stadium · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 4% of the fleet together · best 74th · Dec 2009 – Dec 2009
M Bartlett · Etihad Stadium · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 4% of the fleet together · best 74th · Dec 2009 – Dec 2009

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

Rating history

Event history · 7

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
26 Dec 2025	Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2025	Scarlet Runner	IRC handicap	Owner	38th / 103
26 Dec 2014	Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2014	Scarlet Runner	IRC handicap	Skipper	28th / 91
28 Mar 2014	2014 St. Thomas International Regatta	Scarlet Runner	Handicap	Other	5th / 6
26 Dec 2011	Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2011	Scarlet Runner	IRC handicap	Skipper	8th / 72
26 Dec 2010	Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2010	Scarlet Runner	IRC handicap	Skipper	54th / 68
26 Dec 2009	Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2009	Etihad Stadium	IRC handicap	Crew	74th / 77
26 Dec 2007	Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2007	Scarlet Runner	IRC handicap	Skipper	58th / 65

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Helm	-40 provisional	#59272 band 38531–74059	—

1 more class, not yet ranked

All classes · Crew · 1 race, 1 event · rating -25

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	6 events	0 wins	beats 46%
As crew	1 events	0 wins	beats 4%

Positions: Owner (1)

How they race

Closer	+12 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−11 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Big fleets	43%	of the fleet beaten

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2025	1	64%
2014	2	45%
2011	1	90%
2010	1	21%
2009	1	4%
2007	1	11%

Boats

Scarlet Runner · IRC handicap, Handicap · 6 events · 2007–2025
Etihad Stadium · IRC handicap · 1 events · 2009

Where they race

Sydney to Hobart, Australia · 6 events
St. Thomas, USVI, USA · 1 events

Is this you?

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

Helm rating across all classes: -40, #59,272.Crew rating across all classes: -25. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.