Sailor · 2006–2025

Steve Birbeck

Etchells Handicap

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Events: 3
Win rate: 0
Podium rate: 0
Typically beats: 37%

Nemesis: Andy Beadsworth
Signature result: 41st of 69

Partnerships · 7 sailors

Jonathon Mortimer · GBR 1329, Selection Box! · Etchells 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 14 races won Beat 38% of the fleet together · best 34th · Nov 2006 – Nov 2006
Martin Payne · GBR 1329, Selection Box! · Etchells 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 14 races won Beat 38% of the fleet together · best 34th · Nov 2006 – Nov 2006
Ben Browse · AFT BACKWARDS · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 22% of the fleet together · best 8th · Apr 2025 – Apr 2025
Tom Birbeck · AFT BACKWARDS · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 22% of the fleet together · best 8th · Apr 2025 – Apr 2025
Lewis Browse · AFT BACKWARDS · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 22% of the fleet together · best 8th · Apr 2025 – Apr 2025
Tom Duffy Tom · AFT BACKWARDS · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 22% of the fleet together · best 8th · Apr 2025 – Apr 2025
Ross Birbeck · AFT BACKWARDS · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 22% of the fleet together · best 8th · Apr 2025 – Apr 2025

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Rating history

Event history · 3

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
26 Apr 2025	2025 Antigua Sailing Week	AFT BACKWARDS	Handicap	Crew	8th / 10
18 Nov 2006	2006 Etchells World Championship	GBR 1329	Etchells	Crew	41st / 69
10 Nov 2006	2006 Etchells Australian Championship	Selection Box!	Etchells	Crew	34th / 51

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Adj. ±
All classes Crew	-46 provisional	#50179 band 33390–60203	—

1 more class, not yet ranked

Etchells · Crew · 14 races, 2 events · rating -5

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	0 events	0 wins	beats —
As crew	3 events	0 wins	beats 33%

How they race

Closer	+1 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	±0 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Gary Smith	14	4–10
Grantham Kitto	14	9–5
Michael Jones	14	7–6
Alastair McMichael	14	6–8
Mark Bradford	14	1–13
Andy Beadsworth	14	0–14
John Bertrand	14	1–13
Rod Jones	14	3–11
John St Clair Brown	14	12–2
Mark Johnson	14	3–11
Doug Kerr	14	10–3
Skip Lissiman	14	1–13

Most-beaten opponent: Peter Godley (13–0).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	1	0	22%
2006	2	0	38%

Boats

AFT BACKWARDS · Handicap · 1 events · 2025
GBR 1329 · Etchells · 1 events · 2006
Selection Box! · Etchells · 1 events · 2006

Where they race

English Harbour, Antigua · 1 events
Royal Prince Alfred YC, Pittwater · 1 events
Perth, Western Australia, Australia · 1 events

Is this you?

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Crew rating across all classes: -46 (±228), #50,179. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.