Sailor · 2021–2026

Erik Groot

royal north sea yacht club Dragon 1. Dragon Nordic Folkboat

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Events: 6
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 0%
Typically beats: 49%
Best class ranking: #392

Biggest lift: Céleste de Gryse
Nemesis: Ben van Cauwenbergh
Signature result: 4th of 14

Partnerships · 6 sailors

Céleste de Gryse · COGITO, Primrose Cogito · 1. Dragon, Dragon 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 23 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together(+28 vs. without) · best 4th · Aug 2025 – Aug 2026
Peter de Gryse · COGITO, Primrose Cogito · 1. Dragon, Dragon 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 23 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together(+28 vs. without) · best 4th · Aug 2025 – Aug 2026
Arjen van Wijk · Norrtje · Nordic Folkboat 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 28% of the fleet together · best 14th · Sep 2025 – Sep 2025
Joep Moolhuijsen · Norrtje · Nordic Folkboat 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 28% of the fleet together · best 14th · Sep 2025 – Sep 2025
Klaas Ruigewaard · Klaas RUIGEWAARD · Dragon 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together · best 6th · Jul 2021 – Jul 2021
Sicco Hogerbeets · Klaas RUIGEWAARD · Dragon 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together · best 6th · Jul 2021 – Jul 2021

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

Rating history

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

Event history · 6

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
13 Aug 2026	Open Belgian Championship Dragon	Primrose Cogito	Dragon	Crew	8th / 14
23 May 2026	LOWLANDS CUP 2026	COGITO	1. Dragon	Crew	4th / 14
18 Sep 2025	Sessan Cup 2025	Norrtje	Nordic Folkboat	Skipper	14th / 19
9 Aug 2025	INTERNATIONAL BRUGSE ZOT CUP 2025	COGITO	Dragon	Crew	9th / 19
23 Oct 2022	Winterserie Braassemermeer incl Warming Up 2022_2023	Frankie	Handicap	Skipper	8th / 8
11 Jul 2021	Draken POCOCUP	Klaas RUIGEWAARD	Dragon	Crew	6th / 16

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Adj. ±
All classes Crew	118 provisional	#24633 band 12892–41236	—
Dragon Crew	75 provisional	#392 band 181–696	—

3 more classes, not yet ranked

All classes · Helm · 11 races, 2 events · rating 48
Nordic Folkboat · Helm · 7 races, 1 event · rating -22
1. Dragon · Crew · 6 races, 1 event · rating 64

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	2 events	0 wins	beats 14%
As crew	4 events	0 wins	beats 61%

How they race

Closer	+1 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
Ben van Cauwenbergh	23	3–20
Alex Helsen	23	3–20
Luc Springuel	22	21–1
Michel van Cauwelaert	22	18–4
Casper de Wolf	21	13–8
Ivo Kok	20	6–14
Axel Engstfeld	18	16–1
Pierre Cnops	17	11–6
Guy Celis	16	1–15
Xavier Vanneste	16	5–11
Jeroen Leenen	14	6–8
Remy Kok	12	10–2

Most-beaten opponent: Luc Springuel (21–1).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2026	2	62%
2025	2	42%
2022	1	0%
2021	1	67%

Boats

COGITO · 1. Dragon, Dragon · 2 events · 2025–2026
Primrose Cogito · Dragon · 1 events · 2026
Norrtje · Nordic Folkboat · 1 events · 2025
Frankie · Handicap · 1 events · 2022
Klaas RUIGEWAARD · Dragon · 1 events · 2021

Where they race

Unknown · 6 events

Is this you?

Claim it to merge duplicates and remove results that aren’t yours. Changes apply at the nightly rebuild.

Crew rating across all classes: 118 (±222), #24,633.Helm rating across all classes: 48 (±236). Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.