Sailor · 2025–2026

Bruce Lotz Paul van Niekerk

dpyc Handicap

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Events: 2
Win rate: 0
Podium rate: 1
Typically beats: 82%

Nemesis: Robert Walker
Signature result: 3rd of 18

Partnerships · 0 sailors

No crew lists in the archive name anyone sailing with Bruce Lotz Paul van Niekerk.

Rating history

Event history · 2

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
7 May 2026	2026 Thirsty Thursday Series	Sedona	Handicap	Skipper	3rd / 18
8 May 2025	2025 Thirsty Thursday Series	Sedona	Handicap	Skipper	5th / 20

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact

1 more class, not yet ranked

Full-size sailing · Helm · 32 races, 2 events · rating 141

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	2 events	0 wins	beats 84%
As crew	0 events	0 wins	beats —

How they race

Closer	+1 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	+6 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Terry Betts	32	29–3
David Matthew	31	9–22
Ueli Scharer	31	21–10
Peter Kornhaber	30	19–11
Robert Walker	27	0–27
Peter Dahlbeck	21	12–9
John Ricker	19	10–9
Jeff Brown	15	11–4
Viggo Torbensen	15	0–15
Eelco Marc Winger Jeff Brown	14	10–4
Norman D Hosford Mike Tomkins	13	2–11

Most-beaten opponent: Terry Betts (29–3).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	1	0	88%
2025	1	0	79%

Boats

Sedona · Handicap · 2 events · 2025–2026

Where they race

Dana Point, CA · 2 events

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Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 141. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.