Skip to content

Sailor · 1979–2026

Will Franklin-Thorpe

byc HandicapSharkEtchells

Search sailors · About these ratings

Events
21

116 races · 5 race wins

Win rate
5%

5% win rate · 1 of 21

Podium rate
19%

4 top-three finishes

Typically beats
47%

of boats faced (range 45%–50%, 798 boats)

Best class ranking
#58

Helm in Shark · rating 26

Biggest lift
Victor Simmesgard

+21 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Nemesis
Peter Van Rossem

4–41 head to head in 45 races

Rival
Jinnie Gordon

23–16 in 39 races

Best day
1 Jan 2026

3-1-3-2-1-8-1-3 · 2026 Soling North American Championship

Signature result
1st of 17

2026 Soling North American Championship · Soling · 1 Jan 2026

Partnerships · 17 sailors

  • Charlie Bilodeau · Selga, Will Franklin-Thorpe · Handicap, Shark 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 21 races won Beat 48% of the fleet together(−8 vs. without) · best 13th · May 2022 – Sep 2023
  • Alec Baird · Selga, SELGA · Handicap, Shark 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 17 races won Beat 66% of the fleet together(+13 vs. without) · best 10th · Aug 2023 – Aug 2025
  • Victor Simmesgard · Selga, SELGA, Will Franklin-Thorpe · Handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 72% of the fleet together(+21 vs. without) · best 10th · Sep 2023 – Aug 2025
  • Chris Klein · US298 · Etchells 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 12 races won Beat 14% of the fleet together · best 38th · Aug 1979 – Sep 1981
  • Peter Hall · Obelix · Soling 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 3 of 8 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jan 2026 – Jan 2026
  • Adrianna Baird · Selga · Shark 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 24% of the fleet together · best 17th · Sep 2023 – Sep 2023
  • Catherine Carigan-Turcotte · ICSA-BUSA Participants (College Sailing 3) · College fleet racing 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 14 races won Beat 83% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Oct 2015 – Oct 2015
  • Laura Mandola · ICSA-BUSA Participants (College Sailing 3) · College fleet racing 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 14 races won Beat 83% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Oct 2015 – Oct 2015
  • Chip Steiber · USA 1007 · Etchells 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 27% of the fleet together · best 73rd · Sep 1998 – Sep 1998
  • Gary Baun · US298 · Etchells 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 12% of the fleet together · best 61st · Sep 1981 – Sep 1981

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

Rating history

-895219319801986199219982004201020162022Helm rating, all classesCrew rating, all classes

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

Event history · 21

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
25 Jul 20262026 Cameron Smith Open RegattaSELGAHandicapCat 3 Cooler Jockey3rd / 8
1 Jan 20262026 Soling North American ChampionshipObelixSolingCrew1st / 17
30 Aug 2025M IMMOBILIER Labour Day Regatta – 2025SelgaHandicapSkipper16th / 55
23 Aug 20252025 Shark 24 Canadian ChampionshipSELGAHandicapAutopilot10th / 38
28 Sep 20242024 Homecomers RegattaToga Party!SharkCat 3 Cooler Jockey6th / 29
31 Aug 2024M IMMOBILIER Labour Day Regatta – 2024SELGAHandicapSkipper42nd / 50
30 Sep 20232023 Homecomers RegattaSelgaSharkOther17th / 22
2 Sep 2023Labour Day Regatta – 2023Will Franklin-ThorpeHandicapSkipper20th / 63
20 Aug 20232023 Shark World Championship RegattaSelgaHandicapSkipper22nd / 48
20 Aug 20232023 Shark World Championship RegattaSelgaSharkOther25th / 48
8 Jul 20232023 Shark 24 Canadian ChampionshipSELGASharkOther22nd / 33
9 Jul 20222022 Shark Gold Cup RegattaSELGAHandicapOther12th / 25
28 May 2022Shark TrilliumWill Franklin-ThorpeSharkSkipper13th / 25
26 May 20172017 Shark TrilliumSelgaSharkOther25th / 36
3 Oct 2015CanAm CupICSA-BUSA Participants (College Sailing 3)College fleet racingB Crew3rd / 13
10 Sep 19981998 Etchells World ChampionshipUSA 1007EtchellsSkipper73rd / 100
31 May 19961996 Etchells Great Lakes 2 Detroit Nood1007EtchellsSkipper2nd / 15
1 Jul 19951995 Etchells Founders CupUSA 1007EtchellsSkipper12th / 28
1 Jan 19951995 Etchells Great Lakes Championship1007EtchellsSkipper18th / 52
5 Sep 19811981 Etchells World ChampionshipUS298EtchellsSkipper61st / 69
20 Aug 19791979 Etchells World ChampionshipUS298EtchellsSkipper38th / 45

Helm rating across all classes: 133, #28,066.Crew rating across all classes: 193, #15,897. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.