Sailor · 2015–2025

Ruairi Grimes

royal southern Etchells J/111 Handicap

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Events: 18
Win rate: 17%
Podium rate: 33%
Typically beats: 49%
Best class ranking: #88
Longest win streak: 5

Most successful partnership: Tony Mack
Best trio: Tony Mack & Jeremy Smart
Biggest lift: Cathal Leigh-Doyle
Longest-running crew: Tony Mack
Nemesis: Ante Razmilovic
Rival: Shaun Frohlich
Best day: 4 Sep 2020
Signature result: 1st of 9

Partnerships · 35 sailors

Most successful partnership: Tony Mack — 3 wins · 5 podiums in 7 events together · 43% win rate

Tony Mack · McFly, McFly on El Ocaso · Handicap, IRC handicap, J/111 7events 3 wins together · 5 podiums · 43% win rate · 15 of 58 races won Beat 82% of the fleet together(+41 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2015 – Apr 2024
Jeremy Smart · McFly, McFly on El Ocaso · Handicap, IRC handicap, J/111 7events 3 wins together · 5 podiums · 43% win rate · 15 of 58 races won Beat 82% of the fleet together(+41 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2015 – Apr 2024
Sally Mack · McFly, McFly on El Ocaso · Handicap, IRC handicap, J/111 7events 3 wins together · 5 podiums · 43% win rate · 15 of 58 races won Beat 82% of the fleet together(+41 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2015 – Apr 2024
Cedric Bontemps · Manta, McFly · Etchells, IRC handicap, J/111 7events 2 wins together · 3 podiums · 29% win rate · 7 of 50 races won Beat 65% of the fleet together(+13 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2015 – Sep 2020
David Kitchen · Manta · Etchells 5events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 1 of 29 races won Beat 46% of the fleet together(−16 vs. without) · best 3rd · Jun 2016 – Jun 2017
George Smith · McFly, McFly on El Ocaso · Handicap, IRC handicap 4events 2 wins together · 3 podiums · 4 events · 10 of 31 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together(+30 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2020 – Apr 2024
Nigel Young · BLACK SEAL, Mojo · ClubSwan 36, J/80 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 25 races won Beat 41% of the fleet together(−20 vs. without) · best 7th · Jul 2017 – Oct 2021
Cathal Leigh-Doyle · McFly, McFly on El Ocaso · Handicap, J/111 3events 2 wins together · 3 podiums · 3 events · 10 of 28 races won Beat 97% of the fleet together(+48 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2018 – Apr 2024
Michele Gregoratto · BLACK SEAL · ClubSwan 36 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 11 races won Beat 24% of the fleet together · best 7th · Sep 2021 – Oct 2021
Richard Thompson · BLACK SEAL · ClubSwan 36 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 11 races won Beat 24% of the fleet together · best 7th · Sep 2021 – Oct 2021

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

Rating history

Event history · 18

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
21 Mar 2025	2025 Coral Reef Cup/ Etchells Nationals	ARENA	Etchells	Crew	21st / 35
7 Dec 2024	2024/2025 Etchells Biscayne Bay Series - Louis Piana Cup	ARENA	Etchells	Other	25th / 46
28 Apr 2024	2024 Antigua Sailing Week	McFly on El Ocaso	Handicap	Spinnaker trimmer	1st / 7
31 Mar 2023	50th BVI Spring Regatta	McFly on El Ocaso	Handicap	Bow	2nd / 5
21 Sep 2022	2022 International Etchells Worlds	doris	Etchells	Bow	36th / 42
14 Oct 2021	2021 Swan One Design World Championship	BLACK SEAL	ClubSwan 36	Bow	8th / 10
16 Sep 2021	2021 Swan - The Nations Trophy	BLACK SEAL	ClubSwan 36	Bow	7th / 9
19 Sep 2020	2020 Royal Southern Summer Series – Land Union September Regatta	McFly	IRC handicap	Spinnaker trimmer	9th / 16
3 Sep 2020	2020 Landsail Tyres J Cup	McFly	J/111	Spinnaker trimmer	1st / 7
8 Aug 2020	2020 Charity Cup Regatta	McFly	IRC handicap	Headsail Trimmer	1st / 9
23 Aug 2018	J/111 World Championship 2018	McFly	J/111	Crew	2nd / 12
10 Jul 2017	2017 J/80 World Championships	Mojo	J/80	Other	13th / 48
24 Jun 2017	2017 British Open and National Championship	Manta	Etchells	Other	3rd / 17
27 May 2017	2017 Etchells European Championships	Manta	Etchells	Other	19th / 23
29 Apr 2017	2017 Jud Smith Coaching and Racing Regatta	Manta	Etchells	Other	11th / 17
9 Jul 2016	2016 Etchells Southern Area Championship	Manta	Etchells	Other	10th / 20
24 Jun 2016	2016 Etchells British Open and National Championship	Manta	Etchells	Strategist	24th / 35
16 Jun 2015	2015 J 111 World Championship	McFly	J/111	Mast	10th / 25

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	309 provisional	#7317 band 4402–11778	—
Etchells Crew	11 provisional	#889 band 494–1189	−6.3
J/111 Crew	217 provisional	#88 band 37–148	—

2 more classes, not yet ranked

J/80 · Crew · 14 races, 1 event · rating 91
ClubSwan 36 · Crew · 11 races, 2 events · rating 2

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	0 events	0 wins	beats —
As crew	18 events	3 wins	beats 57%

Positions: Bow (4) · Spinnaker trimmer (3) · Headsail Trimmer (1) · Strategist (1) · Mast (1)

How they race

Closer	−2 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−17 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	42%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	45%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets	70%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Shaun Frohlich	49	22–27
Peter Rogers	38	11–27
Ante Razmilovic	38	4–34
Tom Abrey	38	11–27
Lawrie Smith	35	5–30
Chris Jones	33	21–12
David Franks	33	9–24
Rob Tyrwhitt-Drake	30	10–20
James McHugh	27	8–19
Murray Chapples	26	17–9
Rob Goddard	25	6–19
Ted Blowers	25	12–13

Most-beaten opponent: Anabelle Body (14–0).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	1	0	41%
2024	2	1	73%
2023	1	0	75%
2022	1	0	15%
2021	2	0	24%
2020	3	2	82%
2018	1	0	91%
2017	4	0	54%
2016	2	0	43%
2015	1	0	63%

Boats

McFly · IRC handicap, J/111 · 5 events · 2015–2020
Manta · Etchells · 5 events · 2016–2017
ARENA · Etchells · 2 events · 2024–2025
McFly on El Ocaso · Handicap · 2 events · 2023–2024
BLACK SEAL · ClubSwan 36 · 2 events · 2021
doris · Etchells · 1 events · 2022
Mojo · J/80 · 1 events · 2017

Where they race

Cowes, UK · 5 events
Hamble, Hampshire, UK · 3 events
English Harbour, Antigua, West Indies · 1 events
Saint-Tropez, France · 1 events
Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands · 1 events
Palma, Illes Balears, Spain · 1 events

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Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 309, #7,317. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.