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Sailor · 2021–2026

Stephen Smith

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Events
23

93 races · 25 race wins

Win rate
9%

9% win rate · 2 of 23

Podium rate
13%

3 top-three finishes

Typically beats
58%

of boats faced (range 55%–60%, 802 boats)

Longest win streak
4

race wins in a row

Most successful partnership
Matt Butler

2 wins · 3 podiums in 23 events together · 9% win rate

Longest-running crew
Matt Butler

Jan 2021 – Jan 2026 · 23 events

Nemesis
Keith Escritt

7–31 head to head in 38 races

Rival
Neil Ashurst

17–12 in 29 races

Best day
1 Jan 2023

1-3-2-1-1-1-1-1 · Icicle Series

Signature result
1st of 34

Autumn Series Windward/Leeward 2024 · Handicap · 1 Jan 2024

Partnerships · 1 sailors

Most successful partnership: Matt Butler — 2 wins · 3 podiums in 23 events together · 9% win rate
  • Matt Butler · 1281 · Handicap, RS 400 23events 2 wins together · 3 podiums · 9% win rate · 25 of 93 races won Beat 57% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jan 2021 – Jan 2026

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

Rating history

-1216434020222023202420252026Helm rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 23

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
1 Jan 2026Early Summer Series Windward Leeward 20261281HandicapSkipper10th / 31
1 Jan 2026Late Summer Series Windward Leeward 20261281HandicapSkipper15th / 32
1 Jan 2026Short Race Format Day Windward Leeward 20261281HandicapSkipper4th / 6
1 Jan 2026Spring Series Windward Leeward 20261281HandicapSkipper9th / 18
1 Jan 2025Frostbite Series 20251281HandicapSkipper36th / 51
1 Jan 2025Late Summer Series Windward Leeward 20251281HandicapSkipper3rd / 34
1 Jan 2025Spring Series Windward Leeward 20251281HandicapSkipper9th / 27
2 Jan 2024Late Summer Series Windward/Leeward 20241281HandicapSkipper22nd / 41
1 Jan 2024Autumn Series Around the Buoys 20241281HandicapSkipper7th / 38
1 Jan 2024Autumn Series Windward/Leeward 20241281HandicapSkipper1st / 34
1 Jan 2024Early Summer Series Windward/Leeward 20241281HandicapSkipper11th / 41
1 Jan 2024Frostbite1281HandicapSkipper28th / 51
1 Jan 2024Frostbite1281HandicapSkipper13th / 50
1 Jan 2024Frostbite Series 20241281HandicapSkipper40th / 40
1 Jan 2024RS400 First of the Month 20241281RS 400Skipper8th / 12
1 Jan 2024Spring 2024 WL1281HandicapSkipper11th / 59
1 Jan 2024Spring Series Windward/Leeward 20241281HandicapSkipper16th / 21
1 Jan 2024Wednesday Evening Series 20241281HandicapSkipper38th / 64
1 Jan 2023Frostbite1281HandicapSkipper17th / 40
1 Jan 2023Icicle Series1281HandicapSkipper12th / 35
1 Jan 2023Icicle Series1281HandicapSkipper46th / 67
1 Jan 2023Icicle Series1281HandicapSkipper1st / 23
1 Jan 2021Autumn Morning Series Windward Leeward Fleet1281HandicapSkipper7th / 10

Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 285, #14,461. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.