Sailor · 2015–2026

Simon Neale

wells sc Handicap Sharpie

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Events: 18
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 0%
Typically beats: 26%

Biggest lift: Darnell Empson
Longest-running crew: Darnell Empson
Signature result: 17th of 48

Partnerships · 7 sailors

Harvey Gunhouse · 118, Cymba, Rock-a-Bye · Handicap, Sharpie 5events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 23 races won Beat 25% of the fleet together(±0 vs. without) · best 7th · Jan 2015 – Jan 2018
Darnell Empson · Cymba, Liebchen · Handicap 5events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 19 races won Beat 39% of the fleet together(+19 vs. without) · best 6th · Jan 2018 – Jan 2026
Darnel Empson · Cymba · Handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 14 races won Beat 12% of the fleet together(−16 vs. without) · best 7th · Jan 2023 – Jan 2024
Martin Few · 115 · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 33% of the fleet together · best 9th · Jan 2018 – Jan 2018
Darnell Emspon · Liebchien · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 19th · Jan 2026 – Jan 2026
Tim Gibbs · Skybird · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 29% of the fleet together · best 13th · Jan 2021 – Jan 2021
Alan Coe · Cymba · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 13% of the fleet together · best 43rd · Jan 2015 – Jan 2015

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

Rating history

Event history · 18

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
1 Jan 2026	Les Dye Trophy	Liebchen	Handicap	Skipper	8th / 13
1 Jan 2026	Lester Southerland Tiller.	Liebchen	Handicap	Skipper	6th / 14
1 Jan 2026	Sharpie British Championship	Liebchien	Handicap	Skipper	19th / 19
1 Jan 2025	2025 European Sharpie Championship	Liebchen	Handicap	Skipper	43rd / 48
1 Jan 2025	2025 European Sharpie Championship Practice Race	Liebchen	Handicap	Skipper	17th / 48
1 Jan 2025	Les Dye Trophy 2025	Liebchen	Handicap	Skipper	12th / 14
1 Jan 2025	Lester Southerland Tiller	Liebchen	Handicap	Skipper	11th / 14
1 Jan 2024	Les Dye Trophy	Cymba	Handicap	Skipper	7th / 9
1 Jan 2023	British Sharpie Championship 2023	Cymba	Handicap	Skipper	13th / 13
1 Jan 2023	Les Dye Trophy for Sharpies	Cymba	Handicap	Skipper	9th / 10
1 Jan 2021	British Sharpie Championship 2021	Skybird	Handicap	Crew	13th / 18
1 Jan 2018	British Sharpie Championship 2018	Cymba	Handicap	Skipper	19th / 22
1 Jan 2018	Les Dye Trophy	115	Handicap	Crew	9th / 13
1 Jan 2018	Lester Southerland Tiller for Sharpies	Rock-a-Bye	Handicap	Skipper	8th / 12
1 Jan 2016	Lester Southerland Tiller	118	Sharpie	Skipper	7th / 9
1 Jan 2016	Sharpie British Championships 2016	Cymba	Handicap	Skipper	20th / 25
1 Jan 2015	British Sharpie Championships 2015	118	Sharpie	Skipper	14th / 19
1 Jan 2015	Sharpie European Championships 2015	Cymba	Handicap	Skipper	43rd / 49

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact

2 more classes, not yet ranked

Sharpie · Helm · 9 races, 2 events · rating -61
Full-size sailing · Helm · 9 races, 16 events · rating -53

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	16 events	0 wins	beats 24%
As crew	2 events	0 wins	beats 31%

How they race

Closer	+1 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−2 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	65%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	28%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets	20%	of the fleet beaten

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2026	3	34%
2025	4	29%
2024	1	25%
2023	2	6%
2021	1	29%
2018	3	28%
2016	2	23%
2015	2	20%

Boats

Liebchen · Handicap · 6 events · 2025–2026
Cymba · Handicap · 6 events · 2015–2024
118 · Sharpie · 2 events · 2015–2016
Liebchien · Handicap · 1 events · 2026
Skybird · Handicap · 1 events · 2021
115 · Handicap · 1 events · 2018
Rock-a-Bye · Handicap · 1 events · 2018

Where they race

Brancaster Staithe Sailing Club · 16 events
Brancaster Staithe · 2 events

Is this you?

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Helm rating, Full-size sailing: -53. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.