Sailor · 2021–2025

Paul van Laethem

wv vremdijck Spanker Spanker AK04 Spanker AK03

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Events: 13
Win rate: 46%
Podium rate: 85%
Typically beats: 83%
Best class ranking: #2
Longest win streak: 5

Most successful partnership: Veronique Rieff
Biggest lift: Veronique Rieff
Longest-running crew: Veronique Rieff
Nemesis: Jan de Bokx
Best day: 27 Apr 2025
Signature result: 1st of 8

Partnerships · 3 sailors

Most successful partnership: Veronique Rieff — 5 wins · 9 podiums in 10 events together · 50% win rate

Veronique Rieff · Majestic · Spanker, Spanker AK04 10events 5 wins together · 9 podiums · 50% win rate · 16 of 40 races won Beat 88% of the fleet together(+16 vs. without) · best 1st · Apr 2022 – Jul 2025
Jaqueline Rufenacht · Majestic · Spanker 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 3 races won Beat 33% of the fleet together · best 5th · Aug 2021 – Aug 2021
Joris Bracke · Majestic · Spanker AK03 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 3 of 3 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jun 2025 – Jun 2025

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

Rating history

Event history · 13

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
10 Aug 2025	Vremdijck AK05 alle klassen	Majestic	Spanker	Skipper	2nd / 7
19 Jul 2025	Spankercup Braakman	Majestic	Spanker	Skipper	4th / 13
6 Jul 2025	Vremdijck AK04 alle klassen	Majestic	Spanker AK04	Skipper	2nd / 7
8 Jun 2025	Vremdijck AK03 alle klassen	Majestic	Spanker AK03	Skipper	1st / 6
18 May 2025	Vremdijck AK02 alle klassen	Majestic	Spanker	Skipper	1st / 8
27 Apr 2025	Vremdijck AK01 alle klassen	Majestic	Spanker	Skipper	1st / 7
11 Aug 2024	VREMDIJCK AK 05 alle klassen	Majestic	Spanker	Skipper	1st / 7
7 Jul 2024	VREMDIJCK AK 04 Alle klasse	Majestic	Spanker AK04	Skipper	1st / 6
21 Aug 2022	VREMDIJCK alle klassen 05	Majestic	Spanker	Skipper	2nd / 8
5 Jun 2022	VREMDIJCK alle klassen 03	Majestic	Spanker	Skipper	3rd / 5
8 May 2022	VREMDIJCK alle klassen 02	Majestic	Spanker	Skipper	2nd / 9
10 Apr 2022	VREMDIJCK alle klassen 01	Majestic	Spanker	Skipper	1st / 5
22 Aug 2021	VREMDIJCK alle klassen 05	Majestic	Spanker	Skipper	5th / 7

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Helm	357 provisional	#6929 band 3739–12263	—
Spanker Helm	308 provisional	#2 band 1–2	+7.9

2 more classes, not yet ranked

Spanker AK04 · Helm · 8 races, 2 events · rating 147
Spanker AK03 · Helm · 3 races, 1 event · rating 85

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	13 events	6 wins	beats 85%
As crew	0 events	0 wins	beats —

How they race

Closer	−9 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	+21 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	59%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	85%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Jan de Bokx	46	18–28
Mark Willems	42	42–0
Chris Cornelissen	42	33–9
Steven Clemmens	41	33–8
Francis Luca	35	32–3
Jan Zwaenepoel	29	25–4
Ko van den Ouden	19	19–0

Most-beaten opponent: Mark Willems (42–0).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	6	3	90%
2024	2	2	100%
2022	4	1	81%
2021	1	0	33%

Boats

Majestic · Spanker, Spanker AK04, Spanker AK03 · 13 events · 2021–2025

Where they race

Unknown · 13 events

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Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 357, #6,929. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.