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Ben Jones

old sigh race league HandicapPHRF handicapIRC handicap

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Possibly the same person: Ben Jones (2025, 1 events), Benjamin Jones (2015, 1 events). SailDex keeps these apart until the evidence or a claim says otherwise.
Events
32

124 races · 0 race wins

Win rate
0%

0% win rate · 0 of 32

Podium rate
9%

3 top-three finishes

Typically beats
32%

of boats faced (90%: 29%–36%, 471 boats)

Biggest lift
Grant Wharington

+25 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
Rich Jones

Jun 2015 – Jun 2024 · 13 events

Nemesis
Kent Nicholas

4–33 head to head in 38 races

Best day
28 Apr 2024

2-2 · 2024 Antigua Sailing Week · about 1 in 3 by chance

Signature result
2nd of 8

BASSACKWARDS RACE 2018 · Handicap · 28 Jul 2018

Partnerships · 60+ sailors

  • Rich Jones · Escape, Meant2Be, spiritSAIL / Zibal, Team Escape ~ Valhalla · Handicap, PHRF handicap 13events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 74 races won Beat 15% of the fleet together(−16 vs. without) · best 5th · Jun 2015 – Jun 2024
  • Jeremy Marsette · Escape, spiritSAIL / Zibal, Team Escape ~ Valhalla · Handicap, PHRF handicap 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 17 races won Beat 16% of the fleet together(−10 vs. without) · best 5th · Aug 2017 – Mar 2019
  • Grant Wharington · Australian Skandia, Skandia, Wild Thing · IRC handicap 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 47% of the fleet together(+25 vs. without) · best 9th · Dec 2000 – Dec 2004
  • Jeremy Rae · Australian Skandia, Skandia, Wild Thing · IRC handicap 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 47% of the fleet together(+25 vs. without) · best 9th · Dec 2000 – Dec 2004
  • Ian Johnson · Australian Skandia, Skandia, Wild Thing · IRC handicap 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 47% of the fleet together(+25 vs. without) · best 9th · Dec 2000 – Dec 2004
  • Graeme Taylor · Australian Skandia, Skandia · IRC handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 42% of the fleet together(+19 vs. without) · best 19th · Dec 2002 – Dec 2004
  • Will Oxley · Australian Skandia, Skandia · IRC handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 42% of the fleet together(+19 vs. without) · best 19th · Dec 2002 – Dec 2004
  • Kendall Jones · Escape, spiritSAIL / Zibal · Handicap, PHRF handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 15 races won Beat 17% of the fleet together(−9 vs. without) · best 5th · Aug 2017 – Aug 2018
  • David Roy · Narwhal 5, Narwhal V · PHRF handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 21 races won Beat 29% of the fleet together(+5 vs. without) · best 5th · Aug 2024 – Aug 2026
  • Laura Roy · Narwhal 5, Narwhal V · PHRF handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 21 races won Beat 29% of the fleet together(+5 vs. without) · best 5th · Aug 2024 – Aug 2026

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

Rating history

-210-491112001200520092013201720212025Helm rating, all classesCrew rating, all classes

— Helm rating, all classes · - - Crew rating, all classes

Event history · 32

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
12 Aug 2026Atlantic Yacht Sales Chester Race Week 2026Narwhal VPHRF handicapMain Trimmer9th / 11
13 Aug 2025Atlantic Yacht Sales Chester Race Week 2025Narwhal VPHRF handicapBow5th / 9
14 Aug 20242024 Helly Hansen Chester Race WeekNarwhal 5PHRF handicapMast6th / 7
5 Jun 2024Old Sigh Race Series 2024EscapeHandicapSkipper8th / 12
28 Apr 20242024 Antigua Sailing WeekCaipirinhaHandicapOther3rd / 7
6 Jun 2023Old Sigh Race Series 2023EscapeHandicapSkipper9th / 13
20 Feb 2023RORC Caribbean 600 RaceMG5HandicapCrew7th / 10
17 Feb 2023Antigua 360DAZEILADHandicapCrew2nd / 2
1 Jun 2022Old Sigh Race Series 2022EscapeHandicapSkipper10th / 13
27 Aug 2021Salty 100EscapePHRF handicapSkipper5th / 11
6 Aug 20212021 Buzzards Bay RegattaEscapePHRF handicapSkipper5th / 5
6 Aug 20212021 Buzzards Bay Regatta - Dick Fontaine Memorial RaceEscapePHRF handicapSkipper6th / 7
2 Jun 2021Old Sigh Race Series 2021EscapeHandicapSkipper16th / 17
22 Aug 20202020 Buzzards Yacht Club PHRF RaceEscapeHandicapSkipper6th / 6
1 Jul 2020Old Sigh Race Series 2020EscapeHandicapSkipper9th / 10
5 Jun 2019Old Sigh Race Series 2019EscapeHandicapSkipper11th / 11
29 Mar 20192019 BVI Spring RegattaTeam Escape ~ ValhallaHandicapCaptain7th / 8
26 Mar 20192019 BVI Sailing Festival - Round Tortola Race for the Nanny Cay CupTeam Escape ~ ValhallaHandicapSkipper9th / 9
26 Dec 2018Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2018URMIRC handicapCrew56th / 72
3 Aug 20182018 Buzzards Bay RegattaEscape.PHRF handicapSkipper6th / 6
3 Aug 20182018 Buzzards Bay RegattaEscapePHRF handicapSkipper6th / 6
28 Jul 2018BASSACKWARDS RACE 2018EscapeHandicapSkipper2nd / 8
30 Mar 20182018 BVI Spring RegattaspiritSAIL / ZibalHandicapTactician5th / 5
27 Aug 2017BASSACKWARDS RACE 2017EscapeHandicapSkipper9th / 14
3 Aug 20172017 Buzzards Bay RegattaEscapePHRF handicapSkipper6th / 11

Helm rating across all classes: -86 (±150), #66,676.Crew rating across all classes: 71 (±178), #31,807. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.