Sailor · 2008–2022

James Gale

ayc storm trysail club cca IRC handicap ORC handicap PHRF handicap

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Events: 12
Win rate: 67%
Podium rate: 75%
Typically beats: 89%
Longest win streak: 7

Most successful partnership: Chris Larson
Best trio: Gavin Brady & Chris Cowan
Biggest lift: Gavin Brady
Longest-running crew: Gavin Brady
Best day: 17 Jul 2015
Signature result: 1st of 29

Partnerships · 60+ sailors

Most successful partnership: Chris Larson — 5 wins · 5 podiums in 5 events together · 100% win rate

Gavin Brady · Beau Geste, Q, Team Beau Geste, TEAM BEAU GESTE · IRC handicap, Melges 32, ORC handicap, Pac52 8events 5 wins together · 6 podiums · 63% win rate · 28 of 49 races won Beat 96% of the fleet together(+21 vs. without) · best 1st · Dec 2008 – Jul 2019
Karl Kwok · Beau Geste, Team Beau Geste, TEAM BEAU GESTE · IRC handicap, ORC handicap, Pac52 6events 4 wins together · 4 podiums · 67% win rate · 20 of 32 races won Beat 95% of the fleet together(+13 vs. without) · best 1st · Dec 2016 – Jul 2019
Spencer Loxton · Beau Geste, TEAM BEAU GESTE · IRC handicap, ORC handicap 5events 3 wins together · 3 podiums · 60% win rate · 13 of 25 races won Beat 94% of the fleet together(+9 vs. without) · best 1st · Dec 2016 – Jul 2019
Matt Kelway · Beau Geste, Team Beau Geste, TEAM BEAU GESTE · IRC handicap, ORC handicap, Pac52 5events 3 wins together · 3 podiums · 60% win rate · 13 of 23 races won Beat 94% of the fleet together(+9 vs. without) · best 1st · Dec 2016 – Jul 2019
Chris Larson · Beau Geste, Chessie Racing, Vesper · IRC handicap, PHRF handicap 5events 5 wins together · 5 podiums · 100% win rate · 20 of 25 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together(+19 vs. without) · best 1st · Jul 2015 – Jun 2021
David Brooke · Beau Geste, TEAM BEAU GESTE · IRC handicap, ORC handicap 5events 3 wins together · 3 podiums · 60% win rate · 13 of 25 races won Beat 94% of the fleet together(+9 vs. without) · best 1st · Dec 2016 – Jul 2019
Ian Gordon · Beau Geste, Chessie Racing, Vesper · IRC handicap, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 5events 4 wins together · 4 podiums · 80% win rate · 15 of 21 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together(−15 vs. without) · best 1st · Jul 2015 – Dec 2022
Chris Cowan · Beau Geste, Team Beau Geste · IRC handicap, Pac52 4events 4 wins together · 4 podiums · 4 events · 20 of 22 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together(+17 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2017 – Jul 2019
Matthew Humphries · Beau Geste, TEAM BEAU GESTE · IRC handicap, ORC handicap 4events 3 wins together · 3 podiums · 4 events · 13 of 24 races won Beat 95% of the fleet together(+9 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2018 – Jul 2019
Robert Salthouse · Team Beau Geste, TEAM BEAU GESTE, Vesper · IRC handicap, ORC handicap, Pac52 3events 2 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 13 of 25 races won Beat 93% of the fleet together(+6 vs. without) · best 1st · Jul 2015 – May 2018

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

Rating history

Event history · 12

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
2 Dec 2022	2022 Annual Wirth M. Munroe Miami to Palm Beach Yacht Race	Chessie Racing	ORC handicap	Navigator	1st / 7
5 Jan 2022	2022 Lauderdale to Key West Race	Chessie Racing	ORC handicap	Alternate	7th / 7
4 Jun 2021	2021 Annapolis - Newport Race	Chessie Racing	PHRF handicap	Alternate	1st / 9
21 Jul 2019	2019 NYYC Queen's Cup	Beau Geste	IRC handicap	Pit	1st / 29
24 Jun 2019	2019 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race Week	Beau Geste	IRC handicap	Pit	1st / 3
15 Jun 2019	165th NYYC Annual Regatta	Beau Geste	IRC handicap	Pit	1st / 4
18 May 2018	North Sea Regatta 2018	TEAM BEAU GESTE	ORC handicap	Crew	5th / 21
14 Sep 2017	2017 Rolex Big Boat Series	Team Beau Geste	Pac52	Navigator	1st / 5
26 Dec 2016	Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2016	Beau Geste	IRC handicap	Navigator	8th / 71
16 Jul 2015	2015 IRC East Coast Championship / Swan 42 Nationals	Vesper	IRC handicap	Navigator	1st / 6
15 Sep 2010	2010 Rolex Big Boat Series	Vincitore	IRC handicap	Other	1st / 5
4 Dec 2008	2008 Melges 32 Gold Cup	Q	Melges 32	Other	2nd / 20

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	690 provisional	#301 band 184–570	—

2 more classes, not yet ranked

Melges 32 · Crew · 8 races, 1 event · rating 83
Pac52 · Crew · 7 races, 1 event · rating 179

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	12 events	8 wins	beats 89%

Positions: Navigator (4) · Pit (3) · Alternate (2)

How they race

Closer	−13 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−5 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	45%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	88%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Victor Wild	22	20–2
Tony Langley	15	14–1

Most-beaten opponent: Victor Wild (20–2).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2022	2	1	50%
2021	1	1	100%
2019	3	3	100%
2018	1	0	80%
2017	1	1	100%
2016	1	0	90%
2015	1	1	100%
2010	1	1	100%
2008	1	0	95%

Boats

Beau Geste · IRC handicap · 4 events · 2016–2019
Chessie Racing · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap · 3 events · 2021–2022
TEAM BEAU GESTE · ORC handicap, Pac52 · 2 events · 2017–2018
Vesper · IRC handicap · 1 events · 2015
Vincitore · IRC handicap · 1 events · 2010
Q · Melges 32 · 1 events · 2008

Where they race

Newport, RI, USA · 3 events
San Francisco, CA, USA · 2 events
Unknown · 1 events
Annapolis, MD, USA · 1 events
Palm Beach, FL, USA · 1 events
Block Island, RI, USA · 1 events

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Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 690, #301. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.