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Sailor · 2021–2024

Paul Atwell

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Events
43

151 races · 21 race wins

Win rate
2%

2% win rate · 1 of 43

Podium rate
42%

18 top-three finishes

Typically beats
74%

of boats faced (range 71%–77%, 645 boats)

Best class ranking
#29

Helm in Flying Fifteen · rating 195

Longest win streak
2

race wins in a row

Most successful partnership
Lyndall Merry

1 wins · 14 podiums in 33 events together · 3% win rate

Biggest lift
Lyndall Merry

+14 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
Lyndall Merry

Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 · 33 events

Nemesis
David Morgan

20–84 head to head in 106 races

Rival
Ben Williams

38–40 in 78 races

Best day
1 Jan 2022

2-2-3-3-2-2 · Spring Afternoon Series

Signature result
3rd of 40

Sunday Morning · Handicap · 1 Jan 2023

Partnerships · 6 sailors

Most successful partnership: Lyndall Merry — 1 wins · 14 podiums in 33 events together · 3% win rate
  • Lyndall Merry · 2734, 3675, 852 · Flying Fifteen, GENERAL, Handicap 33events 1 wins together · 14 podiums · 3% win rate · 21 of 121 races won Beat 70% of the fleet together(+14 vs. without) · best 1st · Jan 2021 – Jan 2024
  • Richard McCulloch · 3675 · Handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 62% of the fleet together(−5 vs. without) · best 4th · Jan 2021 – Jan 2021
  • MERRY Lindall · Days of Future Past · Merlin Rocket 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 14th · Jan 2023 – Jan 2023
  • John Donoghe · 3675 · Flying Fifteen 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 29% of the fleet together · best 6th · Jan 2023 – Jan 2023
  • Ill eligible · 3675 · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 63% of the fleet together · best 4th · Jan 2023 – Jan 2023
  • Ben Westcott · 3675 · Flying Fifteen 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 83% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jan 2023 – Jan 2023

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

Rating history

0146292202220232024Helm rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 43

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
1 Jan 2024Bert Grant3675HandicapSkipper3rd / 10
1 Jan 2024Fastest Lap3675Flying FifteenSkipper4th / 9
1 Jan 2024Fastest Lap3675Flying FifteenSkipper4th / 4
1 Jan 2024Flying Fifteen 20243675Flying FifteenSkipper8th / 12
1 Jan 2024Sunday Afternoon3675GENERALSkipper4th / 32
1 Jan 2024Sunday Morning3675GENERALSkipper5th / 34
1 Jan 2024Sunday Morning3675Flying FifteenSkipper5th / 11
1 Jan 2024Sunday Morning3675GENERALSkipper3rd / 34
1 Jan 2024Sunday Morning3675Flying FifteenSkipper3rd / 16
1 Jan 20232023 MERLIN ROCKET OPEN MIDLAND SERIESDays of Future PastMerlin RocketSkipper14th / 14
1 Jan 2023Spring Afternoon Series852HandicapSkipper10th / 34
1 Jan 2023Spring Afternoon Series3675Flying FifteenSkipper3rd / 13
1 Jan 2023Spring Afternoon Series3675Flying FifteenSkipper6th / 8
1 Jan 2023Spring Afternoon Series3675HandicapSkipper3rd / 6
1 Jan 2023Spring Afternoon Series3675HandicapSkipper3rd / 34
1 Jan 2023Spring Evening Series852HandicapSkipper16th / 29
1 Jan 2023Spring Evening Series3675HandicapSkipper4th / 29
1 Jan 2023Sunday Morning3675HandicapSkipper4th / 9
1 Jan 2023Sunday Morning3675HandicapSkipper3rd / 40
1 Jan 2022Autumn Afternoon Series3675Flying FifteenSkipper3rd / 13
1 Jan 2022Autumn Evening Series3675Flying FifteenSkipper4th / 15
1 Jan 2022Cobweb Cup3675HandicapSkipper4th / 8
1 Jan 2022Flying Fifteen 20223675Flying FifteenSkipper3rd / 5
1 Jan 2022Flying Fifteen 20223675Flying FifteenSkipper3rd / 9
1 Jan 2022Spring Afternoon Series3675Flying FifteenSkipper4th / 13

Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 274, #14,350. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.