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Sailor · 1998–2025

Mark Bradford

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Events
53

249 races · 11 race wins

Win rate
4%

4% win rate · 2 of 53

Podium rate
17%

9 top-three finishes

Typically beats
68%

of boats faced (90%: 67%–70%, 3,149 boats)

Best class ranking
#65

Helm in Etchells · rating 457

Longest win streak
2

race wins in a row

Biggest lift
Graeme Taylor

+21 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
Anthony Nossiter

Dec 2008 – Mar 2024 · 10 events

Nemesis
Peter Merrington

22–64 head to head in 88 races

Rival
David Clark

55–78 in 135 races

Best day
3 Nov 2002

1-1-13-11-5-22-38-1-3 · 2002 Etchells World Championship · about 1 in 60,226,658 by chance

Signature result
1st of 98

2002 Etchells World Championship · Etchells · 3 Nov 2002

Partnerships · 60+ sailors

  • Peter Harburg · Black Jack · Handicap, IRC handicap 15events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 15 races won Beat 68% of the fleet together(−4 vs. without) · best 3rd · Dec 2008 – Dec 2022
  • Darren Hutchison · Black Jack, Log, LOG · Etchells, Handicap, IRC handicap 15events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 45 races won Beat 73% of the fleet together(+3 vs. without) · best 3rd · Dec 2008 – Dec 2022
  • Vaughan Prentice · Black Jack, BOOTROSS, Log, LOG · Etchells, Handicap, IRC handicap 13events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 61 races won Beat 68% of the fleet together(−3 vs. without) · best 8th · Jan 2016 – Dec 2025
  • Anthony Nossiter · Black Jack, Pie · Etchells, Handicap, IRC handicap 10events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 18 races won Beat 73% of the fleet together(+2 vs. without) · best 8th · Dec 2008 – Mar 2024
  • Will McCarthy · Black Jack, Bootross, Pie, PIE · Etchells, Handicap, IRC handicap 9events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 29 races won Beat 76% of the fleet together(+6 vs. without) · best 3rd · Jan 2014 – Mar 2024
  • Alex Nolan · Black Jack · Handicap, IRC handicap 9events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 9 races won Beat 65% of the fleet together(−7 vs. without) · best 8th · Dec 2013 – Dec 2022
  • Chris Anderson · Black Jack · Handicap, IRC handicap 8events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 8 races won Beat 66% of the fleet together(−5 vs. without) · best 8th · Dec 2014 – Dec 2022
  • Bruce Clark · Black Jack · Handicap, IRC handicap 7events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 7 races won Beat 82% of the fleet together(+13 vs. without) · best 8th · Dec 2008 – Dec 2022
  • Gary Van Lunteren · Black Jack, BOOTROSS · Etchells, IRC handicap 7events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 19 races won Beat 64% of the fleet together(−8 vs. without) · best 3rd · Dec 2008 – Dec 2016
  • Dean Phipps · Black Jack, LUCKY · Handicap, IRC handicap 5events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 5 races won Beat 83% of the fleet together(+13 vs. without) · best 2nd · Dec 2017 – Feb 2025

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

Rating history

-142204531999200320072011201520192023Helm rating, all classesCrew rating, all classes

— Helm rating, all classes · - - Crew rating, all classes

Event history · 53

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
26 Dec 2025Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2025SHK Scallywag 100IRC handicapCrew37th / 103
26 Jul 2025Rolex Fastnet RaceSHK SCALLYWAGIRC handicapCrew224th / 379
24 Feb 2025RORC Caribbean 600 RaceLUCKYHandicapCrew2nd / 31
18 Mar 20242024 Etchells World ChampionshipPieEtchellsSkipper12th / 40
26 Dec 2023Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2023SHK ScallywagIRC handicapCrew72nd / 83
25 Jun 20232023 Dog Days SeriesChiliverdeHandicapCrew2nd / 5
26 Dec 2022Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2022Black JackIRC handicapSkipper17th / 91
26 Dec 2021Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2021Black JackHandicapSkipper8th / 50
10 Jun 20212021 Etchells Australian ChampionshipPIEEtchellsSkipper3rd / 34
19 Feb 20212021 Etchells NSW State ChampionshipAUS947EtchellsSkipper11th / 24
26 Dec 2019Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2019Black JackIRC handicapSkipper28th / 120
13 Jan 20192019 Etchells Australian ChampionshipLogEtchellsSkipper12th / 27
1 Jan 20192019 Etchells Australasian ChampionshipLOGEtchellsSkipper13th / 30
26 Dec 2018Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2018Black JackIRC handicapSailing Master8th / 72
22 Oct 20182018 Etchells World ChampionshipLogEtchellsSkipper32nd / 94
1 Jan 20182018 Etchells Australasian ChampionshipLOGEtchellsSkipper13th / 44
1 Jan 20182018 Etchells QLD State ChampionshipLogEtchellsSkipper12th / 73
26 Dec 2017Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2017Black JackIRC handicapSkipper26th / 81
27 Oct 20172017 Etchells QLD State ChampionshipLOGEtchellsSkipper13th / 37
26 Dec 2016Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2016Black JackIRC handicapSkipper11th / 71
1 Oct 20162016 Etchells QLD State ChampionshipBOOTROSSEtchellsSkipper8th / 18
1 Jan 20162016 Etchells Australasian ChampionshipBOOTROSSEtchellsSkipper16th / 39
26 Dec 2015Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2015Black JackIRC handicapSkipper60th / 84
1 Jan 20152015 Etchells Australasian Winter ChampionshipBOOTROSSEtchellsSkipper18th / 43
26 Dec 2014Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2014Black JackIRC handicapSkipper80th / 91

Helm rating across all classes: 441 (±205), #3,556.Crew rating across all classes: 34 (±250), #37,874. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.