Sailor · 2019–2026

Ove Bessesen

christianssands seilforening Melges 24 Yngling J/70

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Events: 7
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 14%
Typically beats: 51%
Best class ranking: #263

Biggest lift: Terje Antonisen
Longest-running crew: Inge Salvesen
Nemesis: Kristoffer Spone
Best day: 18 Sep 2021
Signature result: 7th of 27

Partnerships · 11 sailors

Inge Salvesen · Spica · Melges 24 5events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 2 of 38 races won Beat 58% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jun 2019 – May 2022
Terje Antonisen · Lady Di, Spica · Melges 24, Yngling 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 2 of 29 races won Beat 68% of the fleet together(+40 vs. without) · best 3rd · Aug 2019 – Jun 2026
Stian Liebermann · Spica · Melges 24 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 2 of 21 races won Beat 70% of the fleet together(+33 vs. without) · best 3rd · Aug 2019 – Sep 2021
Kjetil Høydal · Judas · J/70 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 6% of the fleet together · best 17th · Aug 2025 – Aug 2025
Terje Antoniussen · Spica · Melges 24 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 4th · May 2022 – May 2022
Bård Londal · Spica · Melges 24 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 29% of the fleet together · best 13th · Jun 2019 – Jun 2019
Kjell Eirik Irgens Henanger · Judas · J/70 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 6% of the fleet together · best 17th · Aug 2025 – Aug 2025
Arild Storm Larsen · Lady Di · Yngling 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 63% of the fleet together · best 7th · Jun 2026 – Jun 2026
Terje Antoniusen · Spica · Melges 24 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 29% of the fleet together · best 13th · Jun 2019 – Jun 2019
Cecilia Hensema Andersen · Judas · J/70 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 6% of the fleet together · best 17th · Aug 2025 – Aug 2025

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

Rating history

Event history · 7

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
20 Jun 2026	Norgesmesterskap Yngling	Lady Di	Yngling	Crew	7th / 17
8 Aug 2025	Norgesmesterskap J/70	Judas	J/70	Crew	17th / 18
21 May 2022	Risør season open regatta - Melges 24	Spica	Melges 24	Crew	4th / 7
17 Sep 2021	APL Norgesmesterskap Melges 24	Spica	Melges 24	Crew	6th / 16
30 Aug 2019	Åpent Norgesmesterskap Melges 24	Spica	Melges 24	Crew	7th / 27
3 Aug 2019	APL Race 2019	Spica	Melges 24	Crew	3rd / 7
27 Jun 2019	Grundig Hankø Race Week	Spica	Melges 24	Crew	13th / 18

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Crew	183 provisional	#16669 band 9028–28787	—
Melges 24 Crew	184 provisional	#263 band 143–416	+4.4

2 more classes, not yet ranked

Yngling · Crew · 8 races, 1 event · rating 40
J/70 · Crew · 4 races, 1 event · rating -73

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	0 events	0 wins	beats —
As crew	7 events	0 wins	beats 51%

How they race

Closer	+5 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−8 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Jon Aksel Mortensen	32	8–24
Kristoffer Spone	25	3–22
Peder Jahre	22	2–20
Peder Nergaard	22	7–15
Herman Horn-johannessen	22	4–18
Rolf Anders Stumpf	22	20–2
Jens Altern Wathne	21	12–9
Kristian Nergaard	17	4–13
Mauritz Talseth	17	15–2
Erik Christensen	13	10–3
August Austefjord	13	6–6
Henrik Larsen	13	9–4

Most-beaten opponent: Rolf Anders Stumpf (20–2).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2026	1	63%
2025	1	6%
2022	1	50%
2021	1	67%
2019	3	58%

Boats

Spica · Melges 24 · 5 events · 2019–2022
Lady Di · Yngling · 1 events · 2026
Judas · J/70 · 1 events · 2025

Where they race

Unknown · 7 events

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Crew rating across all classes: 183, #16,669. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.