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Ben Brown

hobie division 3 Hobie 16

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Events
23

196 races · 75 race wins

Win rate
48%

48% win rate · 11 of 23

Podium rate
70%

16 top-three finishes

Typically beats
84%

of boats faced (range 81%–87%, 358 boats)

Best class ranking
#2

Helm in Hobie 16 · rating 752

Longest win streak
7

race wins in a row

Nemesis
Enrique Figueroa

5–31 head to head in 36 races

Rival
Jeffrey Newsome

39–31 in 71 races

Best day
21 Aug 2023

6-1-1-1-2-2-1-2-1-1-1-5-2-2 · 2023 Hobie Cat 16 North America Championship

Signature result
1st of 33

2023 Hobie Cat 16 North America Championship · Hobie 16 · 21 Aug 2023

Partnerships · 1 sailors

  • Casey Brown · Ben Brown · Hobie 16 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 9 of 11 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jul 2023 – Jul 2024

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

Rating history

-1223257722012201420162018202020222024Helm rating, all classes

Event history · 23

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
6 Sep 2025RYC Multihull Invitational Regatta 2025115411Hobie 16Skipper4th / 4
16 Sep 2024Hobie 16 North American Championships17Hobie 16Skipper2nd / 48
12 Jul 2024Santa Cruz Multihull RegattaBen BrownHobie 16Skipper4th / 7
9 Sep 2023RYC Multihull Invitational Regatta 202317Hobie 16Skipper1st / 6
21 Aug 20232023 Hobie Cat 16 North America Championship17Hobie 16Skipper1st / 33
14 Jul 2023Summer Hobie and Multihull RegattaBen BrownHobie 16Skipper1st / 9
2 Oct 2021RYC Multihull Invitational Regatta 202117Hobie 16Skipper1st / 7
28 Aug 2021Moss Landing Challenge17Hobie 16Skipper2nd / 10
5 Jun 20212021 Hobie 16 North American Championships17Hobie 16Skipper3rd / 45
3 Oct 2020Multihull Invitational17Hobie 16Skipper1st / 6
5 Oct 2019Multihull Invitational17Hobie 16Skipper2nd / 7
24 Aug 2019Moss Landing Challenge17Hobie 16Skipper1st / 9
22 Jun 20192019 Commodore's Classic Open Regatta at Huntington Lake, CA17Hobie 16Skipper1st / 7
6 Oct 2018Multihull Invitational17Hobie 16Skipper6th / 11
22 Sep 2018Shark Feed17Hobie 16Skipper1st / 10
2 Mar 20182018 Hobie Midwinter East17Hobie 16Skipper1st / 16
2 Feb 2018Charlotte Harbor Regatta17Hobie 16Skipper1st / 13
19 Jun 20172017 Hobie 16 and 20 North American Championships17Hobie 16Skipper2nd / 53
10 Jul 2014Hobie Youth, Wave and 14 North American ChampionshipsTBDHobie 16Skipper1st / 10
4 Sep 20132013 U.S. Multihull Championship for the Hobie Alter Trophy113813Hobie 16Skipper9th / 21
22 Sep 2012Multihull Invitational05Hobie 16Skipper7th / 7
16 Jun 20122012 Hobie 16 / Hobie 20 North American Championships05Hobie 16Skipper21st / 34
8 Oct 20112011 5o5 & Multhull Fall Regatta05Hobie 16Skipper6th / 8

Helm rating across all classes: 757, #205. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.