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Sailor · 2007–2019

Alex Takata

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Events
18

395 races · 21 race wins

Win rate
6%

6% win rate · 1 of 18

Podium rate
6%

1 top-three finishes

Typically beats
39%

of boats faced (90%: 35%–43%, 400 boats)

Best class ranking
#3401

Helm in College fleet racing · rating 129

Longest win streak
5

race wins in a row

Most successful partnership
Billy Rohman

1 wins · 1 podiums in 4 events together

Best trio
Benjmain Berg & Laura Heyl

1 wins · 1 podiums in 3 events, all three aboard

Biggest lift
Caitlin Beach

+10 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
Caitlin Beach

Oct 2008 – Jul 2011 · 5 events

Nemesis
Thomas Barrows

24–119 head to head in 144 races

Rival
Drew Robb

45–58 in 103 races

Best day
10 Apr 2010

1-1-1-3-2-1-1-1-5-1-3-7-1-5-2-1-2-1-1-1-1-1 · New England Dinghy Tournament · about 1 in 124,555,376,837 by chance

Signature result
1st of 11

New England Dinghy Tournament · College fleet racing · 10 Apr 2010

Partnerships · 24 sailors

Most successful partnership: Billy Rohman — 1 wins · 1 podiums in 4 events together
  • Laura Heyl · Bowdoin College (Polar Bears) · College fleet racing 5events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 20% win rate · 15 of 152 races won Beat 32% of the fleet together(−15 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2009 – Apr 2010
  • Caitlin Beach · Bowdoin College (Polar Bears), Disaster Strikes · College fleet racing, Vanguard 15 5events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 20% win rate · 15 of 100 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together(+10 vs. without) · best 1st · Oct 2008 – Jul 2011
  • Peter Wadden · Bowdoin College (Polar Bears) · College fleet racing 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 4 of 139 races won Beat 34% of the fleet together(−11 vs. without) · best 6th · Sep 2008 – Nov 2008
  • Billy Rohman · Bowdoin College (Polar Bears) · College fleet racing 4events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 16 of 132 races won Beat 31% of the fleet together(−15 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2008 – Apr 2010
  • Jeff Goodrich · Bowdoin College (Polar Bears) · College fleet racing 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 92 races won Beat 16% of the fleet together(−32 vs. without) · best 10th · Oct 2009 – May 2010
  • Viktor Bolmgren · Bowdoin College (Polar Bears) · College fleet racing 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 4 of 123 races won Beat 35% of the fleet together(−9 vs. without) · best 6th · Sep 2008 – Nov 2008
  • Benjmain Berg · Bowdoin College (Polar Bears) · College fleet racing 3events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 15 of 96 races won Beat 37% of the fleet together(−6 vs. without) · best 1st · Oct 2009 – Apr 2010
  • Meredith Steck · Bowdoin College (Polar Bears) · College fleet racing 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 4 of 123 races won Beat 35% of the fleet together(−9 vs. without) · best 6th · Sep 2008 – Nov 2008
  • Phoebe Sprague · Bowdoin College (Polar Bears) · College fleet racing 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 4 of 123 races won Beat 35% of the fleet together(−9 vs. without) · best 6th · Sep 2008 – Nov 2008
  • Mae Speight · Bowdoin College (Polar Bears) · College fleet racing 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 56 races won Beat 23% of the fleet together · best 13th · Sep 2009 – Oct 2009

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

Rating history

-17354281200820102012201420162018Helm rating, all classes

Event history · 18

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
12 Jul 2019121st Larchmont Race WeekDisaster StrikesV15Other9th / 20
12 Jul 2014116th Larchmont Race WeekDisaster StrikesVanguard 15Skipper21st / 30
13 Jul 2013115th Larchmont Race WeekDisaster StrikesVanguard 15Skipper12th / 24
13 Jul 2012114th Larchmont Race WeekDisaster StrikesVanguard 15Skipper9th / 28
16 Jul 2011113th Larchmont Race WeekDisaster StrikesVanguard 15Skipper9th / 27
10 Jul 20102010 112th Larchmont Race WeekDisaster StrikesVanguard 15Skipper10th / 24
12 Jun 20102010 Vanguard 15 New England ChampionshipsDisaster StrikesHandicapSkipper5th / 22
1 May 2010George Morris TrophyBowdoin College (Polar Bears)College fleet racingA Skipper (7-9)10th / 15
17 Apr 20102010 New EnglandBowdoin College (Polar Bears)College fleet racingA Skipper (1-4,9-17)16th / 18
10 Apr 2010New England Dinghy TournamentBowdoin College (Polar Bears)College fleet racingA Skipper (1-10)1st / 11
31 Oct 200968th Erwin Schell TrophyBowdoin College (Polar Bears)College fleet racingA Skipper (1-8,11-20)20th / 20
24 Oct 2009Oberg Trophy- Greater BostonBowdoin College (Polar Bears)College fleet racingA Skipper13th / 17
26 Sep 2009Hood TrophyBowdoin College (Polar Bears)College fleet racingA Skipper19th / 24
1 Nov 200868th Professor Schell TrophyBowdoin College (Polar Bears)College fleet racingB Skipper (11-18)14th / 18
25 Oct 2008Oberg TrophyBowdoin College (Polar Bears)College fleet racingC Skipper6th / 17
4 Oct 2008Smith TrophyBowdoin College (Polar Bears)College fleet racingB Skipper19th / 27
20 Sep 2008Hatch BrownBowdoin College (Polar Bears)College fleet racingC Skipper16th / 18
17 Aug 2007THE CLUB 420 ASSOCIATION 2007 NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPAlex Takata420Skipper53rd / 58

Helm rating across all classes: 281 (±174), #11,334. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.