Sailor · 2017–2025

Paul Kersten

wsv bru J/80 Class 40

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Events: 5
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 20%
Typically beats: 30%
Best class ranking: #247

Nemesis: Jacques Lemaire
Signature result: 25th of 43

Partnerships · 7 sailors

Evert Pierson · Baby J, BabyJ · J/80 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 33 races won Beat 35% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jun 2017 – Jul 2021
Umberto Cornelis · Baby J, BabyJ · J/80 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 33 races won Beat 35% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jun 2017 – Jul 2021
Jeroen van Overdijk · Baby J, BabyJ · J/80 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 19 races won Beat 31% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jun 2017 – Jul 2017
Femke Kersten · ooJee · Class 40, J/80 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 14 races won Beat 19% of the fleet together · best 16th · May 2025 – Jul 2025
Otte Jan Golverdingen · BabyJ, ooJee · J/80 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 27 races won Beat 35% of the fleet together · best 25th · Jul 2021 – Jul 2025
Fannie Klijn · ooJee · J/80 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 13 races won Beat 26% of the fleet together · best 43rd · Jul 2025 – Jul 2025
Janneke Kersten · ooJee · J/80 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 13 races won Beat 26% of the fleet together · best 43rd · Jul 2025 – Jul 2025

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

Rating history

Event history · 5

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
8 Jul 2025	J/80 Worlds 2025	ooJee	J/80	Skipper	43rd / 58
24 May 2025	40 mijl van Bru	ooJee	Class 40	Skipper	16th / 18
5 Jul 2021	J/80 Worlds 2021	BabyJ	J/80	Skipper	25th / 43
10 Jul 2017	2017 J/80 World Championships	BabyJ	J/80	Pit	35th / 48
24 Jun 2017	Deltaweekend 2017	Baby J	J/80	Skipper	3rd / 4

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Helm	-21 provisional	#57392 band 36974–73745	—
J/80 Helm	2 provisional	#247 band 170–299	—

1 more class, not yet ranked

Class 40 · Helm · 1 race, 1 event · rating -42

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	5 events	0 wins	beats 28%
As crew	0 events	0 wins	beats —

Positions: Pit (1)

How they race

Closer	−4 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−1 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Big fleets	32%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Esther Hillebrand	28	7–21
Jacques Hubert	27	7–20
Jacques Lemaire	27	0–27
Peru Múgica Elorza	27	0–27
Patrick Bot	26	1–25
Simon Moriceau	26	0–26
Rémy Hurdiel	26	3–23
Louis Kanters	20	14–6
Edwin Spaans	17	7–10
Keld Kofoed Nielsen	14	11–3
Niels Knudsen	14	13–1
Torsten Rasmussen	14	11–3

Most-beaten opponent: Pascal Decoussemaeker (13–0).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2025	2	19%
2021	1	43%
2017	2	31%

Boats

ooJee · J/80, Class 40 · 2 events · 2025
BabyJ · J/80 · 2 events · 2017–2021
Baby J · J/80 · 1 events · 2017

Where they race

Unknown · 4 events
Hamble, Hampshire, UK · 1 events

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Helm rating, Full-size sailing: -21, #57,392. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.