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Sailor · 2016–2026

Richard Holroyd

wmyc dsc HandicapMFOB

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Events
21

89 races · 7 race wins

Win rate
14%

14% win rate · 3 of 21

Podium rate
33%

7 top-three finishes

Typically beats
68%

of boats faced (range 64%–72%, 365 boats)

Longest win streak
2

race wins in a row

Most successful partnership
James Sanderson

3 wins · 4 podiums in 5 events together · 60% win rate

Biggest lift
James Sanderson

+19 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
James Sanderson

Jan 2024 – Sep 2026 · 5 events

Nemesis
Toby Ramsay

2–31 head to head in 33 races

Rival
Ian Vince

21–21 in 42 races

Best day
1 Jan 2020

5-4-2-1-3-1-5 · Mersea Sailing Challenge

Signature result
1st of 7

Mersea Week 2025 Cruisers and Smacks · Handicap · 8 Oct 2025

Partnerships · 2 sailors

Most successful partnership: James Sanderson — 3 wins · 4 podiums in 5 events together · 60% win rate
  • James Sanderson · Tearaway, Vandal · Handicap 5events 3 wins together · 4 podiums · 60% win rate · 4 of 11 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together(+19 vs. without) · best 1st · Jan 2024 – Sep 2026
  • Jane Marr · Bumble · MFOB 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 13% of the fleet together · best 14th · Jan 2016 – Jan 2016

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

Rating history

-593011920172019202120232025Helm rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 21

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
8 Sep 2026Mersea Week 2026 Cruisers and SmacksVandalHandicapSkipper7th / 10
6 May 2026DSC Friday Night Series 2026VandalHandicapSkipper16th / 37
1 Jan 2026DSC Commodores Regatta 2026VandalHandicapSkipper5th / 6
8 Oct 2025Mersea Week 2025 Cruisers and SmacksTearawayHandicapSkipper3rd / 7
8 Oct 2025Mersea Week 2025 Cruisers and SmacksTearawayHandicapSkipper1st / 7
5 Feb 2025Friday Night SeriesTearawayHandicapSkipper10th / 36
1 Jan 2025WMYC Overall results 2025TearawayHandicapSkipper3rd / 6
1 Jan 2024Mersea Week 2024 Cruisers and SmacksTearawayHandicapSkipper1st / 7
1 Jan 2024Mersea Week 2024 Cruisers and SmacksTearawayHandicapSkipper1st / 7
1 Jan 2024Sailwave results for at 2024TearawayHandicapSkipper7th / 33
6 Feb 2023DSC Friday Night Series 2023TearawayHandicapSkipper11th / 21
1 Jan 2023MFOB Summer Evening SeriesMiss XMFOBSkipper14th / 71
1 Jan 2023Mersea Week 2023 Cruisers and SmacksTearawayHandicapSkipper2nd / 4
8 May 2022DSC Friday Night Series 2022TearawayHandicapSkipper4th / 23
10 Jan 2022MFOB Autumn Series - Bens Rum Pot 2022Miss XHandicapSkipper5th / 25
5 Jul 2021Commodores Cup 2022TearawayHandicapSkipper10th / 15
5 Jul 2021DSC Friday night series 2021TearawayHandicapSkipper12th / 23
1 Jan 2020Mersea Sailing ChallengeTearawayHandicapSkipper3rd / 10
1 Jan 2020Mersea Week 2019 Cruisers and SmacksTearawayHandicapSkipper4th / 14
1 Jan 2016Mersea Week 2016 Cruisers OverallTearawayHandicapSkipper4th / 8
1 Jan 2016Mersea Week OverallBumbleMFOBSkipper14th / 16

Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 61, #54,619. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.