Sailor · 2016–2024

Ian Smith

Possibly the same person: Ian Smith (2012–2026, 172 events), Ian Smith (2016–2021, 9 events). SailDex keeps these apart until the evidence or a claim says otherwise.

Events: 35
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 6%
Typically beats: 64%
Longest win streak: 8

Nemesis: Graham Tinsley
Rival: Bill Pickup
Best day: 1 Jan 2019
Signature result: 2nd of 59

Partnerships · 7 sailors

Stephen Smith · 715 · Handicap 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 46% of the fleet together(−19 vs. without) · best 3rd · Jan 2018 – Jan 2018
T Baxter · 715 · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 72% of the fleet together · best 22nd · Jan 2016 – Jan 2016
S Smith · 715 · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events Beat 55% of the fleet together · best 34th · Jan 2021 – Jan 2021
S Smith · 715 · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 90% of the fleet together · best 5th · Jan 2021 – Jan 2021
T Baxter · 715 · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 66% of the fleet together · best 22nd · Jan 2016 – Jan 2016
T Baxter · 715 · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 72% of the fleet together · best 18th · Jan 2016 – Jan 2016
T Baxter · 715 · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 44% of the fleet together · best 26th · Jan 2016 – Jan 2016

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

Rating history

Event history · 35

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
1 Jan 2024	Corrected 12/12/24	824	Handicap	Skipper	17th / 38
1 Jan 2022	Early Summer Afternoon Around the Cans Series	824	Handicap	Skipper	23rd / 28
1 Jan 2021	Early Summer Afternoon Series	715	Handicap	Skipper	34th / 74
1 Jan 2021	Early Summer Morning Series Slow Fleet	824	Handicap	Skipper	26th / 65
1 Jan 2021	Spring Afternoon Series	715	Handicap	Skipper	5th / 39
1 Jan 2020	Autumn AM Cans 2020	824	Handicap	Skipper	16th / 58
1 Jan 2020	Covid 20 cans.	824	Handicap	Skipper	24th / 55
1 Jan 2019	Autumn afternoons handicap 2019	824	Handicap	Skipper	41st / 44
1 Jan 2019	Early summer afternoons handicap 2019	824	Handicap	Skipper	5th / 53
1 Jan 2019	Spring pm handicap 2019	824	Handicap	Skipper	10th / 39
1 Jan 2019	late summer pm cans 2019	824	Handicap	Skipper	11th / 47
1 Jan 2018	Early Summer Afternoon Cans	715	Handicap	Skipper	34th / 47
1 Jan 2018	Frostbite 2018	824	Handicap	Skipper	2nd / 59
1 Jan 2018	Frostbite Series	793	Handicap	Skipper	16th / 70
1 Jan 2018	Late Summer Afternoon Cans	824	Handicap	Skipper	13th / 52
1 Jan 2018	Late summer afternoon cans	824	Handicap	Skipper	14th / 46
1 Jan 2018	Late summer morning W/L	793	Handicap	Skipper	45th / 61
1 Jan 2018	Spring Afternoon Cans	715	Handicap	Skipper	32nd / 53
1 Jan 2018	Spring Trophy Day.	715	Handicap	Skipper	3rd / 72
1 Jan 2018	Sunday Morning Spring Series W/L	715	Handicap	Skipper	52nd / 63
1 Jan 2017	Autumn Series	793	Handicap	Skipper	32nd / 39
1 Jan 2017	Commodore's Weekend	1161	Handicap	Skipper	11th / 33
1 Jan 2017	Early Summer	793	Handicap	Skipper	7th / 43
1 Jan 2017	Late Summer Series	1161	Handicap	Skipper	4th / 75
1 Jan 2017	Mid Summer Series	1161	Handicap	Skipper	15th / 61

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Helm	443 provisional	#4553 band 2317–8598	—

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	35 events	0 wins	beats 62%
As crew	0 events	0 wins	beats —

How they race

Closer	−7 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−20 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	51%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	62%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Mark Wrigglesworth	56	19–37
Bill Pickup	56	32–24
Graham Tinsley	50	7–43
Matt Butler	46	39–7
Lester Mulligan	44	35–9
Ian Escritt	41	21–18
Ian Smith	40	30–10
Mike Saul	40	5–35
Neil Ashurst	38	23–15
Jonathan Lister	35	14–21
Phil Whitehead	34	23–11
Ed Storey	32	9–23

Most-beaten opponent: Matt Butler (39–7).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2024	1	57%
2022	1	19%
2021	3	68%
2020	2	66%
2019	4	64%
2018	9	59%
2017	9	71%
2016	6	57%

Boats

824 · Handicap · 12 events · 2018–2024
715 · Handicap · 10 events · 2016–2021
793 · Handicap · 8 events · 2017–2018
1161 · Handicap · 3 events · 2017
2519 · Handicap · 2 events · 2016

Where they race

YDSC · 21 events
ydsc · 12 events
Yorkshire Dales Sailing Club · 2 events

Is this you?

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Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 443, #4,553. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.