Sailor · 2018–2025

Paul van Leynseele

lloyd harbor yacht club centerport yacht club storm trysail club new york yacht club PHRF handicap J/44 ORC handicap

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Events: 7
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 29%
Typically beats: 33%

Biggest lift: Eva Tash
Longest-running crew: Chrissy Besheer
Signature result: 3rd of 7

Partnerships · 42 sailors

Chrissy Besheer · Ghost, Palantir 5 · J/44, PHRF handicap 5events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 0% win rate · 1 of 26 races won Beat 53% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jul 2018 – Jun 2025
Andrew Besheer · Ghost, Palantir 5 · J/44, PHRF handicap 5events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 0% win rate · 1 of 26 races won Beat 53% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jul 2018 – Jun 2025
Eva Tash · Ghost · PHRF handicap 4events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 1 of 16 races won Beat 54% of the fleet together(+30 vs. without) · best 3rd · Jul 2018 – Aug 2022
William Snyder · Ghost · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 55% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jun 2022 – Aug 2022
Christina Besheer · Ghost · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 10 races won Beat 44% of the fleet together · best 6th · Jul 2018 – Jun 2022
Anne-Lise Perrin · Ghost · PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 55% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jun 2022 – Aug 2022
Geoff Van Gorkom · Resolute IV · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 10% of the fleet together · best 7th · Aug 2020 – Jun 2021
Jonathan Whitney · Resolute IV · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 10% of the fleet together · best 7th · Aug 2020 – Jun 2021
John Keogh · Resolute IV · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 10% of the fleet together · best 7th · Aug 2020 – Jun 2021
Terrence Arndt · Resolute IV · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 10% of the fleet together · best 7th · Aug 2020 – Jun 2021

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

Rating history

Event history · 7

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
23 Jun 2025	2025 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race Week	Palantir 5	J/44	Main Trimmer	4th / 7
12 Aug 2022	2022 Safe Harbor Race Weekend	Ghost	PHRF handicap	Alternate	3rd / 6
11 Jun 2022	168th NYYC Annual Regatta	Ghost	PHRF handicap	Alternate	7th / 13
13 Aug 2021	2021 Safe Harbor Race Weekend	Ghost	PHRF handicap	Alternate	3rd / 7
5 Jun 2021	2021 NYYC Leukemia Cup Regatta	Resolute IV	ORC handicap	Main Trimmer	7th / 8
15 Aug 2020	2020 Ida Lewis Distance Race	Resolute IV	PHRF handicap	Main Trimmer	20th / 21
16 Jul 2018	NYYC Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex	Ghost	PHRF handicap	Other	6th / 9

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Crew	98 provisional	#27636 band 16832–41360	—

1 more class, not yet ranked

J/44 · Crew · 10 races, 1 event · rating 0

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	7 events	0 wins	beats 41%

Positions: Main Trimmer (3) · Alternate (3)

How they race

Closer	−1 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−2 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Small fleets	46%	of the fleet beaten

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2025	1	50%
2022	2	55%
2021	2	41%
2020	1	5%
2018	1	38%

Boats

Ghost · PHRF handicap · 4 events · 2018–2022
Resolute IV · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap · 2 events · 2020–2021
Palantir 5 · J/44 · 1 events · 2025

Where they race

Newport, RI, USA · 6 events
Block Island, RI, USA · 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: 98, #27,636. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.