Sailor · 2009–2026

Alex Willis

hayling island sc Handicap Osprey

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Events: 70
Win rate: 1%
Podium rate: 23%
Typically beats: 69%
Best class ranking: #8

Most successful partnership: Nick Willis
Biggest lift: Nick Willis
Longest-running crew: Nick Willis
Nemesis: Terry Curtis
Rival: Alan Henderson
Best day: 1 Jan 2025
Signature result: 1st of 43

Partnerships · 6 sailors

Most successful partnership: Nick Willis — 1 wins · 16 podiums in 55 events together · 2% win rate

Nick Willis · 1291, 1360, Alex Willis, Six Pack · Handicap, Osprey 55events 1 wins together · 16 podiums · 2% win rate · 17 of 295 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together(+21 vs. without) · best 1st · Jan 2009 – Jan 2026
Ben Hawkes · Waimanu · Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 12 races won Beat 55% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jan 2018 – Jan 2018
Richard Marshall · Great White · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together · best 7th · Jan 2022 – Jan 2022
Amelia Little · 3707 · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 13th · Jan 2024 – Jan 2024
Philip Meakins · Waimanu · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 9 races won Beat 98% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jan 2018 – Jan 2018
Jerry Dixon · Waimanu · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 97% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jan 2026 – Jan 2026

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

Rating history

Event history · 70

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
1 Jan 2026	Results	WAIMANU	Handicap	Skipper	2nd / 7
1 Jan 2026	Results as of 13:22 on April 13, 2026	Waimanu	Handicap	Skipper	10th / 13
1 Jan 2026	Results as of 13:33 on October 11, 2026	Waimanu	Handicap	Skipper	2nd / 37
1 Jan 2026	Results as of 13:38 on October 11, 2026	1291	Handicap	Skipper	6th / 18
1 Jan 2026	Results as of 15:38 on September 6, 2026	Waimanu	Handicap	Skipper	12th / 45
1 Jan 2025	IOSSC Osprey Open Meeting 2025	Waimanu	Handicap	Crew	7th / 8
1 Jan 2025	Osprey Southern Area Tour 2025	Six Pack	Handicap	Skipper	6th / 12
1 Jan 2025	Osprey Southern Championship & Contender Open 2025	Waimanu	Osprey	Skipper	9th / 15
1 Jan 2025	Results as of 22:10 on July 7, 2025	Waimanu	Handicap	Skipper	10th / 36
1 Jan 2025	Results as of 9:55 on April 16, 2025	Waimanu	Handicap	Skipper	5th / 13
1 Jan 2024	2024 Scottish & Northern Championship	Waimanu	Osprey	Skipper	2nd / 9
1 Jan 2024	2024 Southern Area Championship & Panmorra Cup	Waimanu	Handicap	Skipper	4th / 11
1 Jan 2024	Final Standings	Waimanu	Handicap	Skipper	2nd / 50
1 Jan 2024	MROA 2024 Women's Championship	3707	Handicap	Skipper	13th / 13
1 Jan 2024	Results	Waimanu	Handicap	Skipper	10th / 45
1 Jan 2023	2023 Scottish Tour Kielder Dam to Dam	Waimanu	Handicap	Skipper	5th / 9
1 Jan 2023	2023 Scottish Tour Lochaber Open	Waimanu	Handicap	Skipper	5th / 9
1 Jan 2023	2023 Scottish Tour Royal Tay YC Coronation Regatta	Waimanu	Handicap	Skipper	8th / 9
1 Jan 2023	2023 Wilkinson Sword Trophy	Waimanu	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 43
1 Jan 2023	Final Results	Waimanu	Handicap	Skipper	17th / 49
1 Jan 2022	2022 Hayling Island SC Open	Waimanu	Handicap	Skipper	10th / 11
1 Jan 2022	2022 Inland Championship	Great White	Handicap	Crew	7th / 16
1 Jan 2022	2022 National Championship	Waimanu	Handicap	Skipper	18th / 42
1 Jan 2022	2022 Weymouth Dinghy Regatta	Waimanu	Handicap	Crew	3rd / 10
1 Jan 2022	2022 Wilkinson Sword Trophy	Waimanu	Handicap	Skipper	7th / 50

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Helm	308 provisional	#11329 band 6053–20096	—
Osprey Helm	169 provisional	#8 band 4–19	+3.7

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	66 events	1 wins	beats 64%
As crew	4 events	0 wins	beats 41%

How they race

Closer	−7 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−5 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	53%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	75%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets	55%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Rob Shaw	64	20–44
Viola Scott	54	33–21
Alan Henderson	43	21–22
Alec Mamwell	40	26–14
Paul Heather	37	26–11
Richard Marshall	32	18–14
Russell Wheeler	32	17–14
Terry Curtis	32	2–30
Ros Downs	31	27–4
Martin Cooney	31	4–27
Roger Blake	28	18–10
Chris Gould	27	7–20

Most-beaten opponent: Ros Downs (27–4).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	5	0	70%
2025	5	0	51%
2024	5	0	67%
2023	5	1	56%
2022	7	0	57%
2020	1	0	83%
2019	5	0	66%
2018	10	0	71%
2017	6	0	76%
2016	5	0	53%
2015	2	0	66%
2014	4	0	60%
2013	3	0	59%
2012	2	0	47%
2011	3	0	55%
2010	1	0	50%
2009	1	0	55%

Boats

WAIMANU · Handicap, Osprey · 52 events · 2009–2026
1291 · Handicap, Osprey · 9 events · 2011–2026
Alex Willis · Handicap · 5 events · 2016–2019
Six Pack · Handicap · 1 events · 2025
3707 · Handicap · 1 events · 2024
Great White · Handicap · 1 events · 2022
1360 · Handicap · 1 events · 2020

Where they race

Various · 6 events
Kielder Water SC, Lochaber SC & Royal Tay SC 30th April to 7th May · 3 events
Carsington SC · 3 events
Kielder Water Sailing Club · 3 events
Blithfield SC · 3 events
Poole YC · 2 events

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Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 308, #11,329. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.