Sailor · 2017–2023

Kit Fortescue

diyc Portsmouth handicap Handicap Fireball

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Events: 19
Win rate: 5%
Podium rate: 47%
Typically beats: 42%

Nemesis: Patrick Crump
Rival: Charlie Cushing
Signature result: 2nd of 14

Partnerships · 13 sailors

Heidi Brown · Southern Cross · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 25% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Feb 2022 – Mar 2022
Stephen Hunter · Southern Cross · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 25% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Feb 2022 – Mar 2022
Cameron Smith · Southern Cross · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 25% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Feb 2022 – Mar 2022
Tom Barry · Southern Cross · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 25% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Feb 2022 – Mar 2022
Thomas Conwell · Southern Cross · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 25% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Feb 2022 – Mar 2022
Brad Collins · Southern Cross · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 25% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Feb 2022 – Mar 2022
Ryan Novak-Smith · Southern Cross · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 25% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Feb 2022 – Mar 2022
Becca Hofmeister · Banana Hammock · J/70 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 17% of the fleet together · best 46th · Feb 2023 – Feb 2023
Ali Kurban · Banana Hammock · J/70 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 17% of the fleet together · best 46th · Feb 2023 – Feb 2023
Chris Strukus · Southern Cross · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Feb 2022 – Feb 2022

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

Rating history

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

Event history · 19

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
10 Mar 2023	2023 Fireball & Friends Regatta	Tbd	Fireball	Skipper	1st / 2
4 Feb 2023	2022/2023 DIYC J 70 Winter Series 3	Banana Hammock	J/70	Floater	46th / 55
26 Mar 2022	40th Annual SPYC Invitational Pusser’s Rum Cup / Ted Irwin Memorial	Southern Cross	ORC handicap	Other	7th / 7
18 Feb 2022	2022 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series - St. Petersburg	Southern Cross	PHRF handicap	Other	3rd / 5
18 Mar 2021	2021 DIYC Thursday Night Season Series & Full Moon Series	49er	Handicap	Skipper	3rd / 8
15 Nov 2020	2020-21 DIYC Portsmouth Winter Series	Tbd	Portsmouth handicap	Skipper	16th / 24
12 Mar 2020	2020 DIYC Thurs Night Races	Gimme a break	Portsmouth handicap	Skipper	2nd / 7
18 Jul 2019	2019 DIYC Thurs Night Summer B Series	Gimmie a Break	Portsmouth handicap	Skipper	2nd / 6
21 Mar 2019	2019 DIYC Thurs Night Fall	Gimmie a Break	Portsmouth handicap	Skipper	4th / 5
21 Mar 2019	2019 DIYC Thurs Night Series (GF)	Gimmie a Break	Portsmouth handicap	Skipper	4th / 10
21 Mar 2019	2019 DIYC Thurs Night Spring Series	Gimmie a Break	Portsmouth handicap	Skipper	2nd / 6
21 Mar 2019	2019 DIYC Thurs Night Summer A Series	Gimmie a Break	Portsmouth handicap	Skipper	2nd / 8
19 Jan 2019	Flying Scot Florida Circuit Race #4	kits and giggles	Flying Scot	Skipper	24th / 28
2 Aug 2018	DIYC Thurs Night Series 2018 - Summer B	Gimmie a Break	Portsmouth handicap	Skipper	3rd / 9
29 Mar 2018	DIYC Thurs Night Series 2018 - Green Flash	Gimmie a Break	Portsmouth handicap	Skipper	4th / 8
29 Mar 2018	DIYC Thurs Night Series 2018 - Spring	Gimmie a Break	Handicap	Skipper	7th / 10
29 Mar 2018	DIYC Thurs Night Series 2018 - Summer A	Gimmie a Break	Portsmouth handicap	Skipper	5th / 11
29 Mar 2018	DIYC Thurs Night Series 2018 - fall	Gimmie a Break	Portsmouth handicap	Skipper	2nd / 14
16 Mar 2017	DIYC Thurs Night Series 2017 - Green Flash	Gimme a Break	Handicap	Skipper	7th / 12

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Helm	80 provisional	#36019 band 23998–50812	—

4 more classes, not yet ranked

All classes · Crew · 7 races, 3 events · rating -54
J/70 · Crew · 5 races, 1 event · rating -31
Flying Scot · Helm · 4 races, 1 event · rating -66
Fireball · Helm · 1 race, 1 event · rating 26

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	16 events	1 wins	beats 63%
As crew	3 events	0 wins	beats 22%

Positions: Floater (1)

How they race

Closer	−8 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−9 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	43%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	62%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Patrick Crump	31	0–29
Antolin Rivera	29	21–5
Charlie Cushing	24	11–10
Robert Bilthouse	14	5–9

Most-beaten opponent: Antolin Rivera (21–5).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2023	2	1	58%
2022	2	0	25%
2021	1	0	71%
2020	2	0	59%
2019	6	0	59%
2018	5	0	64%
2017	1	0	46%

Boats

Gimmie a Break · Portsmouth handicap, Handicap · 10 events · 2018–2019
Tbd · Fireball, Portsmouth handicap · 2 events · 2020–2023
Southern Cross · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap · 2 events · 2022
Gimme a break · Portsmouth handicap, Handicap · 2 events · 2017–2020
Banana Hammock · J/70 · 1 events · 2023
49er · Handicap · 1 events · 2021
kits and giggles · Flying Scot · 1 events · 2019

Where they race

Tampa, FL · 15 events
St. Petersburg, FL, USA · 2 events
Tampa, FL, USA · 1 events
Tampa · 1 events

Is this you?

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

Helm rating across all classes: 80, #36,019.Crew rating across all classes: -54. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.