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Sailor · 2012–2025

Bruce Sampson

asheville sailing club Jet 14HandicapPortsmouth handicap

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Events
19

72 races · 4 race wins

Win rate
5%

5% win rate · 1 of 19

Podium rate
11%

2 top-three finishes

Typically beats
36%

of boats faced (range 31%–41%, 233 boats)

Best class ranking
#16

Helm in Jet 14 · rating 24

Longest win streak
2

race wins in a row

Nemesis
Chris Hennon

6–36 head to head in 42 races

Best day
26 Sep 2020

1-1-3-4 · BOARD BASH 2020

Signature result
1st of 5

BOARD BASH 2020 · Jet 14 · 26 Sep 2020

Partnerships · 3 sailors

  • Tom Cannon · BaNana, Jet-14 · Handicap, Jet 14 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 9 races won Beat 46% of the fleet together · best 4th · Mar 2021 – Apr 2021
  • Lia Sampson · Sassenach · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 8th · Aug 2025 – Aug 2025
  • Ben Sampson · Sassenach · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 8th · Aug 2025 – Aug 2025

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

Rating history

-145-74-420132015201720192021Helm rating, all classes

Event history · 19

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
2 Aug 2025Cow Bay Regatta 2025SassenachPHRF handicapSkipper8th / 8
27 Aug 2023Fall Series 2023BananaPortsmouth handicapSkipper20th / 22
8 Jul 2023Spring Series 2023BananaPortsmouth handicapSkipper15th / 23
23 Jul 2022Fall Series 2022BananaPortsmouth handicapSkipper16th / 31
6 May 2022Southern Comfort Classic 2022BaNanaJet 14Skipper6th / 8
8 Apr 2022Spring Series 2022BananaPortsmouth handicapSkipper18th / 26
26 Sep 2021Points Regatta SeptBruce SampsonHandicapSkipper4th / 13
22 Aug 2021Champagne Points RegattaBannanaHandicapSkipper5th / 11
10 Jul 2021Commodore Points RegattaJet14HandicapSkipper5th / 9
24 Apr 2021Southern Comfort Classic Jet- 14 RegattaBaNanaJet 14Skipper4th / 12
21 Mar 2021Frostbite Fun in Nice WeatherJet-14HandicapSkipper5th / 6
14 Mar 2021Frostbite 2 2021Jet-14HandicapSkipper4th / 8
26 Sep 2020BOARD BASH 2020BaNanaJet 14Skipper1st / 5
31 Aug 2019Labor Day RegattaBananaJet 14Skipper7th / 10
4 May 20192019 Jet-14 Southern Comfort ClassicBaNanaJet 14Skipper3rd / 5
9 Aug 20182018 Jet-14 NationalsBaNanaJet-14/AllSkipper21st / 24
2 Sep 20162016 Labor Day RegattaBaNanaJet 14Skipper4th / 4
7 Aug 20132013 Jet-14 NationalsBaNanaJet-14/AllSkipper19th / 22
16 Jun 201255th NC Governor's Cup RegattaBaNanaJet 14Skipper4th / 5

Helm rating across all classes: -4, #52,564. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.