Sailor · 2013–2024

Hans Williams

stockton sailing club Knarr Thistle Mercury

Possibly the same person: Hans Williams (1991, 1 events). SailDex keeps these apart until the evidence or a claim says otherwise.

Events: 18
Win rate: 17%
Podium rate: 44%
Typically beats: 64%
Best class ranking: #38
Longest win streak: 3

Biggest lift: Sean Svendsen
Nemesis: Matthew Sessions
Rival: Jon Perkins
Best day: 24 Sep 2016
Signature result: 1st of 16

Partnerships · 4 sailors

Sean Svendsen · Svenkist · Knarr 3events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 17 races won Beat 84% of the fleet together(+20 vs. without) · best 3rd · May 2013 – Aug 2024
Shaum Sinawi · 2020 · Mercury 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 2 of 5 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Aug 2023 – Aug 2023
Robert McIntire · Svenkist · Knarr 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 10 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together · best 7th · Aug 2024 – Aug 2024
Lance Morgan · Svenkist · Knarr 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 10 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together · best 7th · Aug 2024 – Aug 2024

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

Rating history

— Helm rating, full-size sailing · - - Crew rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 18

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
30 Aug 2024	2024 International Knarr Championship	Svenkist	Knarr	Crew	7th / 25
27 Jun 2024	2024 Woodies Invitational	Public Enemy	Knarr	Skipper	12th / 17
25 Aug 2023	72nd Mercury Labor Day Regatta	2020	Mercury	Crew	1st / 11
21 Oct 2018	San Francisco Leukemia Cup Regatta	Boondock Saints	Knarr	Skipper	2nd / 17
13 Oct 2018	2018 Fall Classic Regatta and Easom Founders Trophy	Keawanaku	Knarr	Skipper	1st / 16
9 Jun 2018	SYC 2018 Classic Boat Invitational Regatta (Bear/Bird/Folkboat/SFBIOD/Knarr)	Keawanaku	Knarr	Skipper	5th / 19
12 May 2018	2018 - CBRA Series	KEAWANAKU	Knarr	Skipper	6th / 18
15 Jul 2017	HIGH SIERRA REGATTA WEEKEND 2 Huntington Lake, Calif	Vigilante Justice	Thistle	Skipper	7th / 11
29 Apr 2017	2017 Resin Regatta	Aurora	Knarr	Skipper	17th / 20
8 Apr 2017	SYC 2017 Classic Boat Invitational Regatta (Bear/Bird/Folkboat/IOD/Knarr)	Titaness	Knarr	Skipper	13th / 22
4 Dec 2016	2016-2017 Small Boat Midwinters -Sundays	3995	Thistle	Skipper	1st / 6
24 Sep 2016	Totally Dinghy Regatta 2016	3995	Thistle	Skipper	2nd / 7
9 Apr 2016	Big Dinghy Regatta	1915	Handicap	Skipper	14th / 31
6 Dec 2015	2015-2016 Small Boat Midwinters -Sundays	1915	Thistle	Skipper	2nd / 6
5 Sep 2015	Vanguard 15 National Championship	Boondock Saints	V15	Skipper	19th / 33
7 Dec 2014	2014-2015 Small Boat Midwinters -Sundays	1021	Thistle	Skipper	6th / 8
23 Jun 2013	Knarr Invitational Regatta	Svenkist	Knarr	Skipper	3rd / 20
18 May 2013	Elite Keel Regatta	Svenkist	Knarr	Skipper	3rd / 18

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Helm	258 provisional	#13516 band 8311–20945	—
Knarr Helm	224 provisional	#38 band 14–62	—
Thistle Helm	155 provisional	#114 band 73–167	—

4 more classes, not yet ranked

Full-size sailing · Crew · 15 races, 2 events · rating 166
V15 · Helm · 14 races, 1 event · rating 2
Knarr · Crew · 10 races, 1 event · rating 69
Mercury · Crew · 5 races, 1 event · rating 96

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	2 wins	beats 65%
As crew	2 events	1 wins	beats 88%

How they race

Closer	+4 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−11 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	47%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	59%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets	72%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Jon Perkins	45	24–21
Mark Dahm	44	26–18
Risley Sams	41	30–11
Chris Perkins	38	14–24
Chris Kelly	37	22–15
Graham Green	33	16–17
Sean Svendsen	30	12–18
John Buestad	29	21–8
Donald Nazzal	29	17–12
Knud Wibroe	28	18–10
Dan Clark	26	16–10
Timothy Dowling	26	18–8

Most-beaten opponent: Risley Sams (30–11).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2024	2	0	53%
2023	1	1	100%
2018	4	1	86%
2017	3	0	33%
2016	3	1	80%
2015	2	0	62%
2014	1	0	29%
2013	2	0	89%

Boats

Svenkist · Knarr · 3 events · 2013–2024
Keawanaku · Knarr · 3 events · 2018
Boondock Saints · Knarr, V15 · 2 events · 2015–2018
3995 · Thistle · 2 events · 2016
1915 · Handicap, Thistle · 2 events · 2015–2016
Public Enemy · Knarr · 1 events · 2024
2020 · Mercury · 1 events · 2023
Vigilante Justice · Thistle · 1 events · 2017
Aurora · Knarr · 1 events · 2017
Titaness · Knarr · 1 events · 2017

Where they race

Point Richmond, CA · 5 events
Belvedere, CA · 3 events
Sausalito, CA · 3 events
San Francisco, CA · 3 events
Fresno, CA · 1 events
Tiburon, CA · 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, Full-size sailing: 258, #13,516.Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 166. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.