Skip to content
Saildex

Sailor · 2019–2026

Sami Ekblad

naantalin purjehdusseura H-BoatDNH-vene SM

Search sailors · About these ratings

Events
30

200 races · 27 race wins

Win rate
20%

20% win rate · 6 of 30

Podium rate
37%

11 top-three finishes

Typically beats
65%

of boats faced (range 61%–68%, 594 boats)

Best class ranking
#18

Crew in H-Boat · rating 559

Longest win streak
3

race wins in a row

Most successful partnership
Peter Lumme

4 wins · 6 podiums in 8 events together · 50% win rate

Best trio
Peter Lumme & Jari Saarinen

4 wins · 6 podiums in 8 events, all three aboard

Biggest lift
Jari Saarinen

+37 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
Jari Saarinen

Jun 2019 – Jun 2025 · 23 events

Nemesis
Jan Forsbom

11–44 head to head in 55 races

Rival
Jyrki Lindström

77–76 in 154 races

Best day
4 Aug 2024

2-1-1-3 · H-Vene Ranking Rauma

Signature result
1st of 35

Alfons Håkans Hangöregattan Hangon Regatta · H-Boat · 7 Jul 2023

Partnerships · 13 sailors

Most successful partnership: Peter Lumme — 4 wins · 6 podiums in 8 events together · 50% win rate
  • Jari Saarinen · Heikkilä Sailmaker, Huuhka Oy, Jari SAARINEN · H Ranking Tampere, H-Boat, H-SM yhteistulokset, H-vene 23events 6 wins together · 10 podiums · 26% win rate · 27 of 160 races won Beat 77% of the fleet together(+37 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2019 – Jun 2025
  • Teemu Ruusunen · Heikkilä Sailmaker, Huuhka Oy, Jari SAARINEN · H Ranking Tampere, H-Boat, H-SM yhteistulokset, H-vene 10events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 10% win rate · 5 of 66 races won Beat 70% of the fleet together(+3 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2019 – Sep 2021
  • Peter Lumme · Heikkilä Sailmaker · H-Boat, H-vene SM 8events 4 wins together · 6 podiums · 50% win rate · 18 of 55 races won Beat 93% of the fleet together(+34 vs. without) · best 1st · Jul 2023 – Aug 2024
  • Jari Nieminen · Heikkilä Sailmaker · H-Boat 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 3 of 29 races won Beat 57% of the fleet together(−14 vs. without) · best 3rd · May 2022 – Sep 2022
  • Ville Harkke · Trial · 5.5 Metre, Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 12 races won Beat 63% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2019 – Jun 2020
  • Sami Tamminen · HALUAN · ORC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 83% of the fleet together · best 8th · Jul 2021 – Jul 2021
  • Sami Nuopponen · HALUAN · ORC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 83% of the fleet together · best 8th · Jul 2021 – Jul 2021
  • Pete Lindström · Trial · 5.5 Metre 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 35% of the fleet together · best 16th · Jul 2019 – Jul 2019
  • Teuvo Laine · Heikkilä Sailmaker · H-Boat 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 10 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jun 2025 – Jun 2025
  • Petri Lindström · Trial · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 92% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jun 2020 – Jun 2020

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

Rating history

-2011835662020202120222023202420252026Helm rating, all classesCrew rating, all classes

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

Event history · 30

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
7 Mar 2026DN Finnish Nationals 2026Sami EKBLADDNSkipper20th / 34
10 Jan 2026Kahakka Ranking 2026Sami EKBLADDNSkipper20th / 21
28 Jun 2025H-vene lyhytrata SM - H-båt kortbane FMHeikkilä SailmakerH-BoatCrew1st / 14
15 Feb 2025Finnish DN Nationals 2025Sami EKBLADDNSkipper27th / 35
2 Feb 2025HSK Ranking 2025Sami EKBLADDNSkipper45th / 45
30 Aug 2024H-vene SM 2024Heikkilä SailmakerH-vene SMCrew2nd / 17
12 Aug 2024H-boat World Championship 2024Heikkilä SailmakerH-BoatCrew6th / 36
3 Aug 2024H-Vene Ranking RaumaHeikkilä SailmakerH-BoatCrew2nd / 15
5 Jul 2024Alfons Håkans HangöRegattanHeikkilä SailmakerH-BoatCrew9th / 33
15 Jun 2024Helsinki regatta for keelboats 2024Heikkilä SailmakerH-BoatCrew1st / 17
16 Sep 2023H-vene ja 2.4mR RankingHeikkilä SailmakerH-BoatCrew1st / 10
9 Sep 2023H-Vene-Ranking TampereHeikkilä SailmakerH-BoatCrew1st / 15
7 Jul 2023Alfons Håkans Hangöregattan Hangon RegattaHeikkilä SailmakerH-BoatCrew1st / 35
17 Sep 2022H-vene RankingHeikkilä SailmakerH-BoatCrew5th / 8
3 Sep 2022H-vene lyhytrata SM & Lightning lyhytrata-LMHeikkilä SailmakerH-BoatCrew9th / 14
17 Jun 2022Helsinki Regatta 2022Heikkilä SailmakerH-BoatCrew3rd / 12
21 May 2022Kommodori RaceHeikkilä SailmakerH-BoatCrew5th / 12
18 Sep 2021H-vene Lyhytrata LMHeikkilä SailmakerH-BoatCrew3rd / 16
20 Aug 2021H- vene SM Kuopio Sailing WeekendHeikkilä SailmakerH-BoatCrew7th / 18
22 Jul 2021Swan European RegattaHALUANORC handicapCrew8th / 41
5 Sep 2020H ja Lightning Ranking TampereJari SAARINENH Ranking TampereCrew6th / 18
7 Aug 2020H-vene SMJari SAARINENH-BoatCrew4th / 15
7 Aug 2020H-vene SMJari SAARINENH-SM yhteistuloksetCrew4th / 19
27 Jun 2020Helsinki Regatta 2020Jari SAARINENH-BoatCrew7th / 17
2 Jun 2020Viittakari Cup 2020TrialHandicapCrew2nd / 13

Crew rating across all classes: 566, #898.Helm rating across all classes: -166, #75,949. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.