Sailor · 2012–2025

Sam Sakai

Etchells

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Events: 3
Win rate: 1
Podium rate: 1
Typically beats: 53%
Best class ranking: #996

Nemesis: Graeme Taylor
Best day: 2 Jan 2012
Signature result: 1st of 39

Partnerships · 9 sailors

Rachel YIP · Juicette · Etchells 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 66% of the fleet together · best 13th · Jan 2025 – Jan 2025
Bucky Smith · Mark Thornburrow · Etchells 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 5 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jan 2012 – Jan 2012
Elise Kelly · gunga din · Etchells 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 8% of the fleet together · best 47th · Sep 2017 – Sep 2017
Finn Bradley · Juicette · Etchells 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 66% of the fleet together · best 13th · Jan 2025 – Jan 2025
Mark Thornburrow · Mark Thornburrow · Etchells 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 5 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jan 2012 – Jan 2012
Simon Cooke · Mark Thornburrow · Etchells 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 5 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jan 2012 – Jan 2012
Nick Burns · gunga din · Etchells 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 8% of the fleet together · best 47th · Sep 2017 – Sep 2017
Peter Fletcher · gunga din · Etchells 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 8% of the fleet together · best 47th · Sep 2017 – Sep 2017
Andrew PIDDEN · Juicette · Etchells 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 66% of the fleet together · best 13th · Jan 2025 – Jan 2025

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Rating history

Event history · 3

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
3 Jan 2025	2025 Etchells Pre-Worlds Regatta	Juicette	Etchells	Crew	13th / 36
26 Sep 2017	2017 Etchells World Championship	gunga din	Etchells	Crew	47th / 51
1 Jan 2012	2012 Etchells Australasian Winter Championship	Mark Thornburrow	Etchells	Crew	1st / 39

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Adj. ±
All classes Crew	-15 provisional	#45674 band 26828–58837	—
Etchells Crew	-23 provisional	#996 band 563–1255	—

Rank among sailors with ten or more rated races over three or more events, all time. In brackets, the ranks this rating cannot be told apart from. Adj. ± is the adjusted plus-minus in points of fleet beaten.

Helm and crew

As helm	0 events	0 wins	beats —
As crew	3 events	1 wins	beats 58%

How they race

Closer	+9 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−28 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Big fleets (25+)	58%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Jeanne-Claude Strong	18	7–11
Chris Hampton	18	8–10
Graeme Taylor	18	2–16
Scott Kaufman	13	0–13
Jan Muysken	13	5–8
Noel Paterson	13	10–3

Most-beaten opponent: Noel Paterson (10–3).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	1	0	66%
2017	1	0	8%
2012	1	1	100%

Boats

Juicette · Etchells · 1 events · 2025
gunga din · Etchells · 1 events · 2017
Mark Thornburrow · Etchells · 1 events · 2012

Where they race

Brighton, Victoria, Australia · 1 events
San Francisco Yacht Club, Belvedere, CA, United States · 1 events
Unknown · 1 events

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Crew rating across all classes: -15 (±249), #45,674. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.