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Sailor · 2016–2026

John Simms

slyc ruyc Handicap

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Events
32

124 races · 5 race wins

Win rate
0%

0% win rate · 0 of 32

Podium rate
9%

3 top-three finishes

Typically beats
47%

of boats faced (range 45%–50%, 1,473 boats)

Longest win streak
2

race wins in a row

Nemesis
Keith Escritt

3–32 head to head in 35 races

Rival
Dave Baxter

16–13 in 30 races

Best day
1 Jan 2025

3-2-4-2-4 · Late Summer Series Around the Buoys 2025

Signature result
3rd of 41

Late Summer Series Windward/Leeward 2024 · Handicap · 1 Jan 2024

Partnerships · 5 sailors

  • Andrea Dalton · 532, 620 · Handicap 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 18 races won Beat 51% of the fleet together(−2 vs. without) · best 8th · Jan 2025 – Jan 2026
  • Mark Wrigglesworth · 532 · Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 18% of the fleet together · best 75th · Jan 2016 – Jan 2021
  • Simon Byrne · 1363 · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 48% of the fleet together · best 15th · Jan 2025 – Jan 2025
  • Gareth Gibson · Fer Fox Sake · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 58% of the fleet together · best 9th · Jan 2026 – Jan 2026
  • Pete Slingsbury · 532 · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 57% of the fleet together · best 11th · Jan 2025 – Jan 2025

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

Rating history

-586919520172019202120232025Helm rating, full-size sailingCrew rating, full-size sailing

— Helm rating, full-size sailing · - - Crew rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 32

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
24 Jun 2026RYC 2026 Spring Race SeriesSound of SilenceHandicapSkipper11th / 12
1 Jan 2026Autumn Series Around the Buoys 2026197932HandicapSkipper11th / 41
1 Jan 2026Early Summer Series Around the Buoys 2026197932HandicapSkipper27th / 58
1 Jan 2026Early Summer Series Windward Leeward 2026532HandicapSkipper12th / 31
1 Jan 2026Flying Fiftenn National Championship of Ireland 2026Fer Fox SakeHandicapSkipper9th / 20
1 Jan 2026Frostbite Series 2026197932HandicapSkipper3rd / 11
1 Jan 2026Graham Cooke Memorial Pursuit Race 2026532HandicapSkipper16th / 25
1 Jan 2026Late Summer Pursuit 2026197932HandicapSkipper3rd / 10
1 Jan 2026Late Summer Series Around the Buoys 2026197932HandicapSkipper37th / 42
1 Jan 2026Late Summer Series Windward Leeward 2026620HandicapSkipper8th / 32
1 Jan 2026Spring Series Around the Buoys 2026197932HandicapSkipper4th / 23
1 Jan 2025Early Summer Series Windward Leeward 20251363HandicapCrew15th / 28
1 Jan 2025Early Summer Trophy Day Commodore's Weekend 2025197932HandicapSkipper4th / 11
1 Jan 2025Frostbite Series 2025532HandicapSkipper38th / 51
1 Jan 2025Late Summer Series Around the Buoys 2025197932HandicapSkipper4th / 51
1 Jan 2025Spring Pursuit Races 2025532HandicapSkipper11th / 24
1 Jan 2025Spring Series Around the Buoys 2025197932HandicapSkipper13th / 30
1 Jan 2024Late Summer Series Windward/Leeward 2024532HandicapSkipper3rd / 41
1 Jan 2021Autumn Afternoon Series Windward Leeward197932HandicapSkipper6th / 48
1 Jan 2021Final532HandicapCrew75th / 91
1 Jan 2020Autumn AM Cans 2020197932HandicapSkipper51st / 58
1 Jan 2020Autumn PM 2020197932HandicapSkipper55th / 65
1 Jan 2019Spring pm handicap 2019197932HandicapSkipper20th / 39
1 Jan 2019late summer pm cans 2019197932HandicapSkipper14th / 47
1 Jan 2017Late Summer Series197932HandicapSkipper28th / 75

Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 150, #34,020.Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 8. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.