Sailor · 2014–2025

Alec Smith

encinal yacht club PHRF handicap Laser Radial 420

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Events: 15
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 27%
Typically beats: 33%
Best class ranking: #4512

Biggest lift: Bob Vander Ploeg
Longest-running crew: Cam McWhirter
Nemesis: Ethan Sargent
Best day: 27 Aug 2021
Signature result: 2nd of 12

Partnerships · 36 sailors

Bob Vander Ploeg · Bella, Bobsled · J/35, PHRF handicap 8events 0 wins together · 4 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 33 races won Beat 59% of the fleet together(+32 vs. without) · best 2nd · Aug 2014 – Aug 2023
Cam McWhirter · Bella, Bobsled · J/35, PHRF handicap 5events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 14 races won Beat 56% of the fleet together(+18 vs. without) · best 2nd · Aug 2014 – Aug 2025
Hugh Briggs · Bobsled · J/35, PHRF handicap 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 27 races won Beat 45% of the fleet together(+2 vs. without) · best 2nd · Aug 2014 – Jul 2019
Morgan Ellis · Bobsled · J/35, PHRF handicap 3events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 18 races won Beat 62% of the fleet together(+23 vs. without) · best 2nd · Aug 2014 – Jul 2018
Shawna Fowlds · Bella, Bobsled · PHRF handicap 3events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together(+21 vs. without) · best 2nd · Aug 2017 – Aug 2025
Chris Hache · Bella, Bobsled · PHRF handicap 3events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 69% of the fleet together(+32 vs. without) · best 2nd · Aug 2017 – Aug 2019
Geoff Hall · Bobsled · PHRF handicap 3events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 11 races won Beat 65% of the fleet together(+26 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jul 2017 – Jul 2019
Nadine Elmehriki · Bella · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 39% of the fleet together · best 4th · Aug 2023 – Aug 2025
Terry Cano · Bella · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 68% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Aug 2019 – Aug 2023
Rowan Seymour · Bobsled · J/35, PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 19 races won Beat 27% of the fleet together · best 6th · Aug 2014 – Jun 2015

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

Rating history

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

Event history · 15

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
2 Aug 2025	2025 Trans Superior International Yacht Race	Bella	PHRF handicap	Watch Captain	6th / 8
5 Aug 2023	2023 Trans Superior International Yacht Race	Bella	PHRF handicap	Watch Captain	4th / 7
8 Jul 2022	C420 US National Championship	Lorenzo Puertas	420	Crew	57th / 86
27 Aug 2021	2021 C420 Pacific Coast Championship	Lorenzo Puertas	420	Crew	4th / 18
15 Jul 2021	2021 ILCA North Americans	Alec Smith	Laser Radial	Skipper	68th / 74
14 Feb 2020	BAYS Winter #3	Alec Smith	Laser Radial	Skipper	19th / 19
15 Nov 2019	BAYS Winter Series #2 @ SCYC	Alec Smith	Laser Radial	Skipper	8th / 8
30 Aug 2019	BAYS Summer #4	Alec Smith	Laser Radial	Skipper	10th / 14
2 Aug 2019	2019 Biennial Trans Superior International Yacht Race	Bella	PHRF handicap	Watch Captain	2nd / 8
1 Jul 2019	2019 WYC/AIS Bayfield Race Week	Bobsled	PHRF handicap	Nav/Tac	8th / 12
2 Jul 2018	2018 WYC/AIS Bayfield Race Week	Bobsled	PHRF handicap	Tactician	3rd / 7
5 Aug 2017	2017 Biennial Trans Superior International Yacht Race	Bobsled	PHRF handicap	Watch Captain	2nd / 8
3 Jul 2017	2017 WYC/AIS Bayfield Race Week	Bobsled	PHRF handicap	Watch Captain	2nd / 12
30 Jun 2015	2015 WYC/AIS Bayfield Race Week	Bobsled	PHRF handicap	Tactician	7th / 9
22 Aug 2014	2014 J 35 North American Championship	Bobsled	J/35	Crew	6th / 8

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Adj. ±
All classes Crew	102 provisional	#26962 band 15977–41155	—
All classes Helm	-154 provisional	#74672 band 63007–80150	—
Laser Radial Helm	-198 provisional	#4512 band 3942–4733	—

2 more classes, not yet ranked

420 · Crew · 15 races, 2 events · rating 44
J/35 · Crew · 10 races, 1 event · rating -41

Rank among sailors with ten or more rated races over three or more events, all time. In brackets, the ranks this rating cannot be told apart from. Adj. ± is the adjusted plus-minus in points of fleet beaten.

Helm and crew

As helm	4 events	0 wins	beats 10%
As crew	11 events	0 wins	beats 56%

Positions: Watch Captain (5) · Tactician (2) · Nav/Tac (1)

How they race

Closer	+9 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−8 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	39%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets (<12)	46%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Ethan Sargent	26	2–24
Keith Stauber	24	5–19
Sam Bonauto	20	10–10
Sean Tolan	18	7–11
Nate Holden	18	3–15
Hailey Thompson	16	0–16
Christopher Tang	15	6–9
Jim Vaudreuil	15	2–13
Kyle Schaefer	15	7–8
Antonio Priskich	15	10–5
Chris Hopkins	15	1–14
Annabelle Brameld	15	4–11

Most-beaten opponent: Adam Kan (15–0).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2025	1	29%
2023	1	50%
2022	1	34%
2021	2	45%
2020	1	0%
2019	4	38%
2018	1	67%
2017	2	88%
2015	1	25%
2014	1	29%

Boats

Bobsled · PHRF handicap, J/35 · 6 events · 2014–2019
Alec Smith · Laser Radial · 4 events · 2019–2021
Bella · PHRF handicap · 3 events · 2019–2025
Lorenzo Puertas · 420 · 2 events · 2021–2022

Where they race

San Francisco, CA · 4 events
Duluth, MN, USA · 4 events
Bayfield, WI, USA · 4 events
CA · 1 events
Long Beach, CA · 1 events
Muskegon, MI, USA · 1 events

Is this you?

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

Crew rating across all classes: 102 (±186), #26,962.Helm rating across all classes: -154 (±195), #74,672. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.