Sailor · 2018–2025

Chris Neuman

royal belgian sailing club IRC handicap ORC handicap Handicap

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Events: 21
Win rate: 48%
Podium rate: 81%
Typically beats: 72%
Longest win streak: 10

Most successful partnership: Sander Vandenberghe
Best trio: Sander Vandenberghe & Jan Haverhals
Biggest lift: Jan Haverhals
Longest-running crew: Iwan Vermeirsch
Nemesis: Alain Rousseau
Rival: Michel Dorsman
Best day: 18 May 2024
Signature result: 1st of 22

Partnerships · 33 sailors

Most successful partnership: Sander Vandenberghe — 3 wins · 3 podiums in 3 events together

Iwan Vermeirsch · Anthea, Zarafa, ZARAFA · Handicap, IRC handicap, ORC handicap 21events 10 wins together · 17 podiums · 48% win rate · 47 of 102 races won Beat 78% of the fleet together · best 1st · Apr 2018 – Aug 2025
Brita van Rossum · Anthea, Zarafa, ZARAFA · Handicap, IRC handicap, ORC handicap 20events 10 wins together · 17 podiums · 50% win rate · 47 of 94 races won Beat 82% of the fleet together · best 1st · Apr 2018 – Aug 2025
Kevin van de Kerckhove · Zarafa, ZARAFA · Handicap, IRC handicap, ORC handicap 13events 7 wins together · 11 podiums · 54% win rate · 34 of 66 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together(+5 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2018 – May 2024
Jan Haverhals · Anthea, Zarafa, ZARAFA · Handicap, IRC handicap, ORC handicap 13events 7 wins together · 12 podiums · 54% win rate · 38 of 66 races won Beat 89% of the fleet together(+30 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2019 – Aug 2025
Xavier Bracke · Zarafa, ZARAFA · Handicap, IRC handicap, ORC handicap 12events 5 wins together · 8 podiums · 42% win rate · 28 of 61 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together(−25 vs. without) · best 1st · Apr 2018 – Aug 2025
Philip Rosseel · Zarafa, ZARAFA · Handicap, IRC handicap, ORC handicap 11events 6 wins together · 10 podiums · 55% win rate · 26 of 49 races won Beat 89% of the fleet together(+22 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2019 – Aug 2025
Wim Raveschot · Anthea, Zarafa · Handicap, IRC handicap, ORC handicap 9events 5 wins together · 9 podiums · 56% win rate · 28 of 44 races won Beat 92% of the fleet together(+25 vs. without) · best 1st · Jul 2021 – May 2025
Maarten Verdoodt · Zarafa, ZARAFA · Handicap, IRC handicap, ORC handicap 9events 5 wins together · 9 podiums · 56% win rate · 23 of 44 races won Beat 91% of the fleet together(+22 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2019 – Sep 2023
Jessie Vander Elst · Anthea, Zarafa · Handicap, IRC handicap, ORC handicap 4events 3 wins together · 4 podiums · 4 events · 18 of 20 races won Beat 97% of the fleet together(+24 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2023 – May 2025
Sander Vandenberghe · Zarafa · IRC handicap, ORC handicap 3events 3 wins together · 3 podiums · 3 events · 12 of 18 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together(+26 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2025 – Aug 2025

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

Rating history

Event history · 21

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
29 Aug 2025	Damen Breskens Sailing Weekend 2025	Zarafa	ORC handicap	Crew	1st / 10
13 Aug 2025	OPEN BELGIAN SAILING WEEK	Zarafa	IRC handicap	Crew	1st / 19
29 May 2025	Dover Strait Race OOSTENDE - RAMSGATE - OOSTENDE	Zarafa	IRC handicap	Crew	1st / 5
19 Oct 2024	ANTWERP RACE 2024	Anthea	Handicap	Crew	3rd / 19
10 May 2024	North Sea Race	ZARAFA	IRC handicap	Crew	16th / 35
7 May 2024	North Sea Regatta 2024	Zarafa	ORC handicap	Crew	1st / 22
23 Sep 2023	ONZK OSTEND SAILING WEEKEND & B.O.C. IRC	Zarafa	IRC handicap	Crew	1st / 11
25 Aug 2022	Damen Breskens Sailing Weekend IRC European Championship 2022	Zarafa	Handicap	Crew	3rd / 9
13 Aug 2022	Nieuwpoort-Oostende-Nieuwpoort Challenge Van de Velde 2022	Zarafa	IRC handicap	Crew	2nd / 6
18 Jun 2022	SCHELDEREGATTA 2022	Zarafa	IRC handicap	Crew	1st / 3
25 Sep 2021	ONZK OSTEND SAILING WEEKEND	Zarafa	Handicap	Crew	2nd / 9
27 Aug 2021	Damen Breskens Sailing Weekend 2021	Zarafa	ORC handicap	Crew	1st / 5
3 Jul 2021	Light Vessel Race - Shielmartin Race 2021	Zarafa	IRC handicap	Crew	1st / 3
28 Sep 2019	AntwerpRace	Zarafa	Handicap	Crew	2nd / 5
14 Sep 2019	ONZK Ostend Sailing Weekend (Open Belgian Ch. IRC)	Zarafa	IRC handicap	Crew	2nd / 5
30 Aug 2019	Damen Breskens Sailing Weekend	Zarafa	ORC handicap	Crew	1st / 8
30 May 2019	Ostend-Ramsgate-Ostend 2019	ZARAFA	IRC handicap	Crew	1st / 5
15 Sep 2018	ONZK Ostend Sailing Weekend	ZARAFA	IRC handicap	Crew	3rd / 8
24 Aug 2018	Damen Breskens Sailing Weekend 2018	ZARAFA	IRC handicap	Crew	5th / 6
8 Jun 2018	Deltaweekend 2018	ZARAFA	ORC handicap	Crew	12th / 12
21 Apr 2018	Van Uden Reco Stellendam Regatta 2018	ZARAFA	Handicap	Crew	17th / 19

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Adj. ±
All classes Crew	518 provisional	#1389 band 673–2701	—

Rank among sailors with ten or more rated races over three or more events, all time. In brackets, the ranks this rating cannot be told apart from. Adj. ± is the adjusted plus-minus in points of fleet beaten.

Helm and crew

As helm	0 events	0 wins	beats —
As crew	21 events	10 wins	beats 78%

How they race

Closer	+2 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−50 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	39%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets (<12)	86%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Bart Wauters	56	35–8
Alain Rousseau	50	10–27
Michel Dorsman	41	23–18
Dimitri Vanvyve	39	20–7
Kees Keetels	33	20–13
Rinus de Jonge	29	22–6
René van Quekelberghe	23	9–8
Laurent Vercammen	21	13–7
Willem Ellemeet	17	11–6
Arjen van Leeuwen	16	16–0
Jeroen Koninkx	16	11–5
Niels Gijzel	14	2–11

Most-beaten opponent: Bart Wauters (35–8).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	3	3	100%
2024	3	1	82%
2023	1	1	100%
2022	3	1	85%
2021	3	2	96%
2019	4	2	88%
2018	4	0	26%

Boats

Zarafa · ORC handicap, IRC handicap, Handicap · 20 events · 2018–2025
Anthea · Handicap · 1 events · 2024

Where they race

Unknown · 21 events

Is this you?

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Crew rating across all classes: 518 (±167), #1,389. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.