Sailor · 2024–2025

Blake van Niekerk

napier sailing club Optimist Open Yacht Class Optimist

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Events: 2
Win rate: 0
Podium rate: 0
Typically beats: 30%

Nemesis: Zac Loader
Signature result: 19th of 28

Partnerships · 0 sailors

No crew lists in the archive name anyone sailing with Blake van Niekerk.

Rating history

Event history · 2

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
1 Jan 2025	Bayleys Taupo Centreboard Regatta	4720	Optimist Open Yacht Class	Skipper	13th / 16
1 Jan 2024	Bayleys Taupo Centreboard Regatta	4720	Optimist	Skipper	19th / 28

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact

3 more classes, not yet ranked

Full-size sailing · Helm · 14 races, 2 events · rating -49
Optimist Open Yacht Class · Helm · 8 races, 1 event · rating -35
Optimist · Helm · 6 races, 1 event · rating 2

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	2 events	0 wins	beats 27%
As crew	0 events	0 wins	beats —

How they race

Closer	+25 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	±0 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Frankie Barker	14	3–11
Zac Loader	14	0–14
Connor Read	14	13–1
Liam Browne	14	2–12
Elizabeth Brunton	14	4–10

Most-beaten opponent: Connor Read (13–1).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	1	0	20%
2024	1	0	33%

Boats

4720 · Optimist Open Yacht Class, Optimist · 2 events · 2024–2025

Where they race

Incorp ILCA North Island Freshwater Championship Lake Taupo Yacht Club. · 2 events

Is this you?

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Helm rating, Full-size sailing: -49. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.