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Sailor · 2021–2026

Hamish Watkins

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Events
50

150 races · 49 race wins

Win rate
18%

18% win rate · 9 of 50

Podium rate
38%

19 top-three finishes

Typically beats
44%

of boats faced (range 40%–47%, 562 boats)

Best class ranking
#1481

Helm in Optimist · rating 324

Longest win streak
7

race wins in a row

Most successful partnership
Xavier Leach

1 wins · 2 podiums in 7 events together · 14% win rate

Biggest lift
Xavier Leach

+6 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
Xavier Leach

Jan 2024 – Jan 2026 · 7 events

Nemesis
Ryan O'Neill

10–30 head to head in 40 races

Rival
Amelie Staunstrup-Moore

40–27 in 72 races

Best day
1 Jan 2023

1-1-1-1-2-1-1-2 · Championship Series 2023 2024

Signature result
1st of 8

Club Series 2024 2025 · Four20 Fleet · 1 Jan 2024

Partnerships · 3 sailors

Most successful partnership: Xavier Leach — 1 wins · 2 podiums in 7 events together · 14% win rate
  • Xavier Leach · 5, Xavier · Four20 Fleet 7events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 14% win rate · 2 of 19 races won Beat 64% of the fleet together(+6 vs. without) · best 1st · Jan 2024 – Jan 2026
  • Elyssa Bil · 6 · Four20 Fleet 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 20% of the fleet together · best 5th · Jan 2023 – Jan 2023
  • Ethan Withers · Hamish · Four20 Fleet 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 1 race won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jan 2026 – Jan 2026

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

Rating history

015130220222023202420252026Helm rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 50

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
1 Jan 20262026 NPYC Landmark Homes Regatta2165StarlingSkipper1st / 5
1 Jan 20262026 Optimist & Starling Auckland Championship2165StarlingSkipper59th / 62
1 Jan 20262026 Optimist & Starling Auckland Championship2165StarlingSkipper62nd / 62
1 Jan 2026Championship Series 2026 20272165StarlingSkipper1st / 5
1 Jan 2026Championship Series 2026 2027HamishILCA (rig not given)Skipper6th / 11
1 Jan 2026Championship Series 2026 2027XavierFour20 FleetSkipper6th / 10
1 Jan 2026Championship Series 2026 2027HamishFarr 3.7 FleetSkipper12th / 13
1 Jan 2026Club Series 2026 2027HamishFour20 FleetSkipper1st / 5
1 Jan 2026Club Series 2026 20272165StarlingSkipper1st / 5
1 Jan 2026Sprint Series 2026 2027XavierFour20 FleetSkipper5th / 10
1 Jan 2026Sprint Series 2026 20272165StarlingSkipper1st / 7
1 Jan 2026Sprint Series 2026 2027HamishILCA (rig not given)Skipper8th / 14
1 Jan 2026Sprint Series 2026 2027HamishFarr 3.7 FleetSkipper7th / 12
2 Jan 2025Championship Series 2025 2026HamishILCA (rig not given)Skipper11th / 14
1 Jan 2025Bayleys Taupo Centreboard Regatta2165Starling Yacht ClassSkipper10th / 30
1 Jan 2025Championship Series 2025 2026XavierFour20 FleetSkipper4th / 10
1 Jan 2025Championship Series 2025 20262165StarlingSkipper2nd / 8
1 Jan 2025Club Series 2025 20262165StarlingSkipper1st / 7
1 Jan 2025Club Series 2025 2026HamishILCA (rig not given)Skipper5th / 12
1 Jan 2025Club Series 2025 2026XavierFour20 FleetSkipper3rd / 8
1 Jan 2025NPYC Junior Regatta 20252165StarlingSkipper1st / 6
1 Jan 2025Primary Intermediate Secondary School Championships 20252165Secondary Starling FleetSkipper4th / 4
1 Jan 2025Sprint Series 2025 20262165StarlingSkipper4th / 8
1 Jan 2025Sprint Series 2025 2026HamishILCA (rig not given)Skipper5th / 10
1 Jan 20242024 Optimist North Island Championships4489HandicapSkipper25th / 28

Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 285, #13,348. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.