Sailor · 2016–2018

Sam Melville

Etchells

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Events: 6
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 17%
Typically beats: 68%
Best class ranking: #186

Biggest lift: Ben Fraser
Longest-running crew: Lincoln Fraser
Nemesis: Matthew Chew
Rival: John Warlow
Best day: 2 Jan 2018
Signature result: 6th of 38

Partnerships · 8 sailors

Lincoln Fraser · Dangerzone, DANGERZONE, DANGERZONE (NZ), NEWBY · Etchells 5events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 37 races won Beat 68% of the fleet together · best 6th · Jan 2016 – Oct 2018
Geoff Woolley · ALLIANCE, Dangerzone, DANGERZONE, NEWBY · Etchells 5events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 1 of 38 races won Beat 69% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jan 2016 – Oct 2018
Ben Fraser · ALLIANCE, DANGERZONE, NEWBY · Etchells 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 22 races won Beat 77% of the fleet together(+13 vs. without) · best 3rd · Jan 2016 – Jan 2018
Thomas Klemens · DANGERZONE (NZ) · Etchells 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 81% of the fleet together · best 8th · Oct 2017 – Oct 2017
Chris Charlwood · DANGERZONE (NZ) · Etchells 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 81% of the fleet together · best 8th · Oct 2017 – Oct 2017
Erica Dawson · DANGERZONE · Etchells 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 44% of the fleet together · best 25th · Jan 2018 – Jan 2018
Paul Snow-hansen · Dangerzone · Etchells 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 68% of the fleet together · best 31st · Oct 2018 – Oct 2018
Lincon Fraser · ALLIANCE · Etchells 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 8 races won Beat 82% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jan 2018 – Jan 2018

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

Rating history

Event history · 6

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
22 Oct 2018	2018 Etchells World Championship	Dangerzone	Etchells	Crew	31st / 94
2 Jan 2018	2018 Etchells New Zealand National Championship	ALLIANCE	Etchells	Crew	3rd / 12
1 Jan 2018	2018 Etchells Australasian Championship	DANGERZONE	Etchells	Crew	25th / 44
27 Oct 2017	2017 Etchells QLD State Championship	DANGERZONE (NZ)	Etchells	Crew	8th / 37
1 Jan 2017	2017 Etchells Australasian Championship	DANGERZONE	Etchells	Crew	6th / 38
1 Jan 2016	2016 Etchells Australasian Championship	NEWBY	Etchells	Crew	15th / 39

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Etchells Crew	270 provisional	#186 band 103–378	+5.1
All classes Crew	283 provisional	#8770 band 3876–18247	—

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	0 events	0 wins	beats —
As crew	6 events	0 wins	beats 71%

How they race

Closer	+4 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−5 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Big fleets	68%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Tom King	37	12–25
Matthew Chew	37	9–28
Peter Conde	37	14–23
David Clark	37	9–28
John Warlow	37	17–20
Paul Minter	37	29–8
Alistair Cowen	37	35–2
Trevor Martin	36	30–6
Steve Billingham	35	24–11
Peter McNeill	35	18–17
Jeanne-Claude Strong	34	14–20
Mark Bradford	30	18–12

Most-beaten opponent: Alistair Cowen (35–2).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2018	3	65%
2017	2	84%
2016	1	63%

Boats

Dangerzone · Etchells · 3 events · 2017–2018
ALLIANCE · Etchells · 1 events · 2018
DANGERZONE (NZ) · Etchells · 1 events · 2017
NEWBY · Etchells · 1 events · 2016

Where they race

Mooloolaba Yacht Club · 3 events
Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron · 1 events
RNZYS, Auckland, New Zealand · 1 events
Manly, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia · 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: 283, #8,770. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.