Sailor · 2024–2026

Paul Bentham

Handicap

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Events: 12
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 8%
Typically beats: 29%

Biggest lift: Freddie Bentham
Longest-running crew: Freddie Bentham
Nemesis: Thomas Semmens
Signature result: 2nd of 8

Partnerships · 3 sailors

Freddie Bentham · 1364, 21536 · Handicap 8events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 20 races won Beat 31% of the fleet together(+5 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jan 2024 – Jan 2026
single handed PY-30 · 1364 · Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 27% of the fleet together · best 17th · Jan 2025 – Jan 2025
Luca Mitchell · 1364 · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 12% of the fleet together · best 16th · Jan 2025 – Jan 2025

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

Rating history

Event history · 12

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
1 Jan 2026	Round The Bay 2026	21536	Handicap	Skipper	2nd / 8
1 Jan 2025	Early Summer Wednesday Series 2025	1364	Handicap	Skipper	28th / 34
1 Jan 2025	Spring Wednesday Series 2025	1364	Handicap	Skipper	17th / 26
1 Jan 2025	Summer Sunday Series 2025	1364	Handicap	Crew	16th / 18
1 Jan 2024	Early Summer Wednesday	1364	Handicap	Skipper	17th / 35
1 Jan 2024	Harena Series 2024	1364	Handicap	Skipper	15th / 31
1 Jan 2024	Orestone Race 2024	1364	Handicap	Skipper	11th / 12
1 Jan 2024	Prince of Wales 2024	1364	Handicap	Skipper	9th / 9
1 Jan 2024	Spring Sunday Series 2024	1364	Handicap	Skipper	21st / 25
1 Jan 2024	Summer Sunday 2024	1364	Handicap	Skipper	18th / 23
1 Jan 2024	Summer Wednesday	1364	Handicap	Skipper	31st / 32
1 Jan 2024	Twilight Wednesday	1364	Handicap	Skipper	22nd / 33

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Helm	-55 provisional	#85045 band 59163–102595	—

1 more class, not yet ranked

Full-size sailing · Crew · 1 race, 1 event · rating -9

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	11 events	0 wins	beats 30%
As crew	1 events	0 wins	beats 12%

How they race

Closer	+10 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−5 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	52%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	31%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Alan Goule	24	5–18
Mike Holmes	24	7–13
Andy White	22	11–9
Dale Giles	21	5–15
Thomas Semmens	18	1–17
Iain Walker	16	6–10
Tim Morgan	16	5–10
Arthur Phillips	15	7–7
Helen Allen	15	6–9
Elaine Slater	15	2–12
Mark Ripley	13	0–12
Nick Ripley	13	4–8

Most-beaten opponent: Andy White (11–9).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2026	1	86%
2025	3	22%
2024	8	24%

Boats

1364 · Handicap · 11 events · 2024–2025
21536 · Handicap · 1 events · 2026

Where they race

Paignton Sailing Club · 12 events

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Helm rating, Full-size sailing: -55, #85,045.Crew rating, Full-size sailing: -9. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.