Sailor · 2015–2026

David Heron

royal windermere yacht club Flying Fifteen Handicap

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Events: 8
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 0%
Typically beats: 59%
Best class ranking: #113

Biggest lift: Chris Ducker
Longest-running crew: Chris Ducker
Nemesis: Steve Goacher
Rival: Chris Waples
Signature result: 16th of 59

Partnerships · 4 sailors

Chris Ducker · 4016, Pitch Perfect · Flying Fifteen, Handicap 5events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 37 races won Beat 59% of the fleet together(+7 vs. without) · best 16th · Jan 2019 – Jan 2020
Peter Wright · 4123 · Flying Fifteen 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 69% of the fleet together · best 16th · Jan 2024 – Jan 2024
Michele Kay · 4123 · Flying Fifteen 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 45% of the fleet together · best 17th · Jan 2026 – Jan 2026
Keith Jamieson · 3903 · Flying Fifteen 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 41% of the fleet together · best 11th · Jan 2015 – Jan 2015

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

Rating history

Event history · 8

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
1 Jan 2026	Flying Fifteen National Championships 2026	4123	Flying Fifteen	Skipper	17th / 30
1 Jan 2024	FF15 Northern Championships 2024	4123	Flying Fifteen	Skipper	16th / 50
1 Jan 2020	Results are for illustration only	Pitch Perfect	Handicap	Skipper	32nd / 72
1 Jan 2019	Subaru Flying Fifteen Championship of Ireland - Pre-Worlds	Pitch Perfect	Flying Fifteen	Skipper	16th / 59
1 Jan 2019	Subaru Flying Fifteen World Championship	Pitch Perfect	Flying Fifteen	Skipper	32nd / 72
1 Jan 2019	Subaru Flying Fifteen World Championship	Pitch Perfect	Flying Fifteen	Skipper	32nd / 72
1 Jan 2019	UKFFA National Championships 2019	4016	Handicap	Skipper	23rd / 47
1 Jan 2015	FF Team Racing 2015	3903	Flying Fifteen	Skipper	11th / 18

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Helm	122 provisional	#39792 band 19657–69879	—
Flying Fifteen Helm	99 provisional	#113 band 48–194	+3.6

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	8 events	0 wins	beats 56%
As crew	0 events	0 wins	beats —

How they race

Closer	±0 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−1 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	79%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	59%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Steve Goacher	28	2–26
Charles Apthorp	28	2–26
Alastair Stevenson	28	16–10
Jeremy Arnold	27	19–6
Chris Waples	24	13–9
Justin Waples	23	9–12
Jeremy Davy	23	3–20
David McKee	22	4–18
Andy McKee	22	3–19
Mike Moore	22	20–0
Simon Patterson	19	11–6
Alan Balfe	18	16–0

Most-beaten opponent: Mike Moore (20–0).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2026	1	45%
2024	1	69%
2020	1	56%
2019	4	60%
2015	1	41%

Boats

Pitch Perfect · Handicap, Flying Fifteen · 4 events · 2019–2020
4123 · Flying Fifteen · 2 events · 2024–2026
4016 · Handicap · 1 events · 2019
3903 · Flying Fifteen · 1 events · 2015

Where they race

National Yacht Club · 4 events
Bassenthwaite SC · 2 events
Parkstone Yacht Club · 1 events
Tees & Hartlepool Yacht Club · 1 events

Is this you?

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Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 122, #39,792. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.