Sailor · 2018–2025

Martin Cross

rpayc 5.5 Metre IRC handicap Handicap

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Events: 17
Win rate: 12%
Podium rate: 29%
Typically beats: 46%
Best class ranking: #26

Longest-running crew: Bob Stoddard
Nemesis: Jürg Menzi
Rival: Max Müller
Best day: 31 Jul 2019
Signature result: 1st of 8

Partnerships · 15 sailors

Bob Stoddard · Alpha Crucis, Beta Crucis · 5.5 Metre, 5.5mR 5events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 2 of 23 races won Beat 41% of the fleet together(−18 vs. without) · best 6th · Mar 2018 – May 2025
Mark Griffiths · Beta Crucis · 5.5 Metre - Berliner Bär (Bestenermittlung), 5.5 Metre - Willi Lehmann Preis 2events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 2 of 7 races won Beat 94% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jul 2019 – Jul 2019
Simon Reffold · Beta Crucis · 5.5 Metre, 5.5mR 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 6 races won Beat 31% of the fleet together · best 7th · Jun 2022 – May 2025
Richard Schilling · Beta Crucis · 5.5 Metre - Berliner Bär (Bestenermittlung), 5.5 Metre - Willi Lehmann Preis 2events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 2 of 7 races won Beat 94% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jul 2019 – Jul 2019
John Cross · Transcendence Crento (TH), Transcendence Rudy Project (DH) · IRC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 36% of the fleet together · best 50th · Dec 2022 – Dec 2024
Anna Cross · Alpha Crucis · 5.5 Metre 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 17% of the fleet together · best 6th · Mar 2018 – Mar 2018
Richard Powell · Beta Crucis · 5.5 Metre 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 57% of the fleet together · best 7th · Jun 2019 – Jun 2019
Matt Bergmann-smith · Alpha Crucis · 5.5mR - Berliner Bestenermittlung 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 3 of 6 races won Beat 86% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2018 – Jul 2018
Joachim Fluhrer · Alpha Crucis · 5.5mR - Berliner Bestenermittlung 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 3 of 6 races won Beat 86% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2018 – Jul 2018
Matt Baldwin · Alpha Crucis · 5.5 Metre 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 25% of the fleet together · best 10th · Oct 2018 – Oct 2018

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

Rating history

Event history · 17

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
29 May 2025	German Open 5.5	Beta Crucis	5.5mR	Skipper	10th / 18
26 Dec 2024	Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2024	Transcendence Rudy Project (DH)	IRC handicap	Owner	57th / 78
9 Feb 2024	ORC NSW State Championship 2024	TRANSCENDENCE	Handicap	Owner	7th / 11
26 Dec 2022	Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2022	Transcendence Crento (TH)	IRC handicap	Owner	50th / 91
1 Jul 2022	5.5 World Championship 2022	Beta Crucis	5.5 Metre	Skipper	8th / 23
27 Jun 2022	Grundig Hankø Race Week Classic (5.5 Tune-up)	Beta Crucis	5.5 Metre	Skipper	7th / 8
29 Jul 2019	5.5m Class World Championship	Beta Crucis	5.5 Metre	Skipper	10th / 24
20 Jul 2019	Airisto Classic regatta 2019 – Baltic Classic Masters	Beta Crucis	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 8
18 Jul 2019	Airisto Classic regatta 2019 – Baltic Classic Masters	Beta Crucis	6mR	Skipper	2nd / 6
6 Jul 2019	Edelholz 2019	Beta Crucis	5.5 Metre - Berliner Bär (Bestenermittlung)	Skipper	2nd / 9
5 Jul 2019	Edelholz 2019	Beta Crucis	5.5 Metre - Willi Lehmann Preis	Skipper	1st / 7
28 Jun 2019	Championnat Suisse de 5.5mJI	Beta Crucis	5.5 Metre	Skipper	7th / 15
19 Apr 2019	Osterregatta	Beta Crucis	5.5 Metre	Skipper	7th / 9
12 Oct 2018	Herbstpreis	Alpha Crucis	5.5 Metre	Skipper	10th / 13
26 Jul 2018	129. Travemünder Woche 2018	Alpha Crucis	Int. 5.5m German & Dutch Open	Skipper	10th / 16
7 Jul 2018	Edelholz 2018	Alpha Crucis	5.5mR - Berliner Bestenermittlung	Skipper	2nd / 8
30 Mar 2018	Osterregatta	Alpha Crucis	5.5 Metre	Crew	6th / 7

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Adj. ±
All classes Helm	213 provisional	#17272 band 9932–28472	—
5.5 Metre Helm	87 provisional	#26 band 13–38	−4.7

8 more classes, not yet ranked

Int. 5.5m German & Dutch Open · Helm · 9 races, 1 event · rating -2
5.5mR - Berliner Bestenermittlung · Helm · 6 races, 1 event · rating 118
5.5 Metre - Berliner Bär (Bestenermittlung) · Helm · 6 races, 1 event · rating 105
6mR · Helm · 5 races, 1 event · rating 95
All classes · Crew · 3 races, 1 event · rating -19
5.5 Metre · Crew · 3 races, 1 event · rating -27
5.5mR · Helm · 3 races, 1 event · rating 46
5.5 Metre - Willi Lehmann Preis · Helm · 1 race, 1 event · rating 25

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	16 events	2 wins	beats 57%
As crew	1 events	0 wins	beats 17%

Positions: Owner (3)

How they race

Closer	−6 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−18 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	44%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets (<12)	61%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Wolf-Eberhard Richter	39	25–14
Max Müller	31	15–16
Jürg Menzi	29	5–24
Bernard Haissly	28	5–23
Bent Christian Wilhelmsen	26	12–14
John Bacon	23	13–10
Mark Holowesko	22	2–20
Falk Einecke	22	14–8
Arend Jan Pasman	22	12–10
Gavin McKINNEY	17	6–11
Thies Först	14	12–2
Hans-Peter Schmid	14	4–10

Most-beaten opponent: Edmund H J Berndt (13–0).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	1	0	47%
2024	2	0	34%
2022	3	0	43%
2019	7	2	73%
2018	4	0	42%

Boats

Beta Crucis · 5.5mR, 5.5 Metre, Handicap, 6mR, 5.5 Metre - Berliner Bär (Bestenermittlung), 5.5 Metre - Willi Lehmann Preis · 10 events · 2019–2025
Alpha Crucis · 5.5 Metre, Int. 5.5m German & Dutch Open, 5.5mR - Berliner Bestenermittlung · 4 events · 2018
Transcendence Rudy Project (DH) · IRC handicap · 1 events · 2024
TRANSCENDENCE · Handicap · 1 events · 2024
Transcendence Crento (TH) · IRC handicap · 1 events · 2022

Where they race

Unknown · 13 events
Sydney to Hobart, Australia · 2 events

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Helm rating across all classes: 213 (±185), #17,272.Crew rating across all classes: -19 (±237). Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.