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Sailor · 2011–2026

James Sanders

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Events
32

46 races · 11 race wins

Win rate
28%

28% win rate · 9 of 32

Podium rate
50%

16 top-three finishes

Typically beats
67%

of boats faced (range 63%–71%, 361 boats)

Longest win streak
2

race wins in a row

Nemesis
Stephen Guyer

6–10 head to head in 16 races

Best day
6 Aug 2016

3-7-2-1 · 2016 Race Week at Shelter Island

Signature result
1st of 14

2018 Off Soundings Spring Series · PHRF handicap · 8 Jun 2018

Partnerships · 1 sailors

  • Ellen Sanders · Team Tonic · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 45% of the fleet together · best 10th · Oct 2019 – Sep 2025

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

Rating history

012725420122014201620182020202220242026Helm rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 32

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
3 Oct 2026Whitebread 33Team TonicPHRF handicapSkipper5th / 30
18 Sep 20262026 Off Soundings Club Fall SeriesTeam TonicPHRF handicapBoat Captain5th / 14
5 Jun 20262026 Off Soundings Club Spring SeriesTeam TonicPHRF handicapSkipper7th / 13
27 Sep 2025Whitebread 32Team TonicPHRF handicapSkipper10th / 32
13 Jun 20252025 Off Soundings Spring SeriesTeam TonicPHRF handicapSkipper2nd / 7
8 Jun 20242024 Off Soundings Spring SeriesTeam TonicPHRF handicapOther1st / 11
7 Oct 2023Whitebread 30Team TonicPHRF handicapSkipper3rd / 25
10 Jun 20232023 Off Soundings Spring SeriesTeam TonicPHRF handicapOther9th / 11
16 Sep 20222022 Off Soundings Fall SeriesTeam TonicPHRF handicapOther7th / 10
27 Aug 202253rd Lawrence I. Clarke Memorial 'Round Gardiner's Island RaceTeam TonicPHRF handicapOther3rd / 3
10 Jun 20222022 Off Soundings Spring SeriesTeam TonicPHRF handicapOther1st / 13
28 Aug 202152nd Lawrence I. Clarke Memorial 'Round Gardiner's Island RaceTeam TonicPHRF handicapOther1st / 6
5 Oct 2019Whitebread 26Team TonicPHRF handicapSkipper27th / 33
13 Sep 20192019 Off Soundings Fall SeriesTeam TonicPHRF handicapOther4th / 9
24 Aug 201950th Lawrence I. Clarke Memorial 'Round Gardiner's Island RaceTeam TonicPHRF handicapOther1st / 5
6 Oct 2018The Greenport Ocean Race & The Greenport Bay Race 2018Team TonicPHRF handicapOther7th / 12
14 Sep 20182018 Off Soundings Fall SeriesTeam TonicPHRF handicapOther7th / 12
18 Aug 2018Antigua and Barbuda Hamptons Challenge Regatta hosted by PBSATeam TonicHandicapSkipper3rd / 10
8 Jun 20182018 Off Soundings Spring SeriesTeam TonicPHRF handicapOther1st / 14
1 Oct 2016The Greenport Ocean Race & The Greenport Bay Race 2016Team TonicPHRF handicapOther1st / 10
16 Sep 20162016 Off Soundings Fall SeriesTeam TonicPHRF handicapOther7th / 10
6 Aug 20162016 Race Week at Shelter IslandTeam TonicPHRF handicapOther4th / 9
3 Jul 20162016 Heatherton Trophy RaceTeam TonicPHRF handicapOther6th / 9
10 Oct 2015The Greenport Ocean Race & The Greenport Bay Race 2015Team TonicPHRF handicapOther7th / 11
6 Sep 20152015 Poor Memorial RaceTeam TonicPHRF handicapOther6th / 14

Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 196, #19,535. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.