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Sailor · 2007–2025

Tom Spithill

cyca IRC handicapMatch racingHandicap Some links uncertain

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Events
11

33 races · 11 race wins

Win rate
18%

18% win rate · 2 of 11

Podium rate
27%

3 top-three finishes

Typically beats
65%

of boats faced (90%: 62%–69%, 582 boats)

Longest win streak
3

race wins in a row

Best day
7 Mar 2020

1-1 · 2020 St. Maarten Heineken Regatta · about 1 in 14 by chance

Signature result
4th of 72

Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2018 · IRC handicap · 26 Dec 2018

Partnerships · 60+ sailors

  • Ed Smyth · Louise, Wild Oats X · IRC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together · best 11th · Dec 2014 – Dec 2017
  • Russ Murphy · Pretty Woman · IRC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 63% of the fleet together · best 25th · Dec 2007 – Dec 2007
  • Michael Lockley · Pretty Woman · IRC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 63% of the fleet together · best 25th · Dec 2007 – Dec 2007
  • Richard Hudson · Pretty Woman · IRC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 63% of the fleet together · best 25th · Dec 2007 – Dec 2007
  • Hamish Roughley · Wild Oats X, Winning Appliances · IRC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 92% of the fleet together · best 4th · Dec 2017 – Dec 2018
  • Steve McConaghy · Grace O'Malley, VIKEN · Etchells, Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 3 of 14 races won Beat 79% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Mar 2020 – Jun 2021
  • Cameron Baillie · Bumblebee V, Wild Oats X · IRC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together · best 11th · Dec 2017 – Dec 2023
  • Tom Woodcock · Wild Oats X, Winning Appliances · IRC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 92% of the fleet together · best 4th · Dec 2017 – Dec 2018
  • Troy Tindill · Wild Oats X, Winning Appliances · IRC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 92% of the fleet together · best 4th · Dec 2017 – Dec 2018
  • Charles Duchesne · Pretty Woman · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 63% of the fleet together · best 25th · Dec 2007 – Dec 2007

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

Rating history

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— Helm rating, all classes · - - Crew rating, all classes

Event history · 11

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
26 Dec 2025Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2025Pacific Road XanthusIRC handicapCrew36th / 103
26 Dec 2023Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2023Bumblebee VIRC handicapCrew32nd / 83
10 Sep 2022David Lukins Memorial Regatta 2022Thomas SpithillMatch racingSkipper1st / 2
26 Dec 2021Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2021AliveHandicapCrew29th / 50
10 Jun 20212021 Etchells Australian ChampionshipVIKENEtchellsCrew10th / 34
5 Mar 20202020 St. Maarten Heineken RegattaGrace O'MalleyHandicapOther2nd / 8
29 Mar 20192019 Ficker CupTom SpithillMatch racingSkipper1st / 4
26 Dec 2018Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2018Winning AppliancesIRC handicapCrew4th / 72
26 Dec 2017Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2017Wild Oats XIRC handicapCrew11th / 81
26 Dec 2014Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2014LouiseIRC handicapCrew62nd / 91
26 Dec 2007Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2007Pretty WomanIRC handicapCrew25th / 65

Crew rating across all classes: 171 (±245), #17,967.Helm rating across all classes: 261 (±200). Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.