Sailor · 2017–2023

Bill Spires

none Handicap PHRF handicap Cruising

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Events: 5
Win rate: 20%
Podium rate: 40%
Typically beats: 58%
Longest win streak: 2

Signature result: 1st of 11

Partnerships · 8 sailors

John Nickerson · Exfil · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 33% of the fleet together · best 5th · Apr 2021 – Apr 2021
Roy Bauer · Exfil · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 33% of the fleet together · best 5th · Apr 2021 – Apr 2021
Corey Oliver · Exfil · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 33% of the fleet together · best 5th · Apr 2021 – Apr 2021
Nena Sinclair · Exfil · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 33% of the fleet together · best 5th · Apr 2021 – Apr 2021
Jeff Buchanan · Exfil · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 33% of the fleet together · best 5th · Apr 2021 – Apr 2021
Arthur Sawyer · Exfil · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 33% of the fleet together · best 5th · Apr 2021 – Apr 2021
McQueen Smith · Exfil · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 33% of the fleet together · best 5th · Apr 2021 – Apr 2021
Tonya Wise · Exfil · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 33% of the fleet together · best 5th · Apr 2021 – Apr 2021

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

Rating history

Event history · 5

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
20 May 2023	2023 Fall Series	Jessie's Girl	Handicap	Skipper	13th / 19
9 Apr 2021	2021 Charleston Race Week	Exfil	PHRF handicap	Helm	5th / 7
17 Feb 2018	2018 Spring Series	Jessie's Girl	Handicap	Skipper	3rd / 11
13 Oct 2017	2017 LMYRA Fall Classic Regatta	Jessie's Girl	Cruising	Skipper	1st / 11
9 Sep 2017	2017 Fall Series	Jessie's Girl	D Non-Spinnaker	Skipper	4th / 7

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Helm	41 provisional	#44773 band 28582–62589	—

3 more classes, not yet ranked

D Non-Spinnaker · Helm · 8 races, 1 event · rating 18
Full-size sailing · Crew · 3 races, 1 event · rating -40
Cruising · Helm · 1 race, 1 event · rating 21

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	4 events	1 wins	beats 66%
As crew	1 events	0 wins	beats 33%

How they race

Closer	+27 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−2 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Small fleets	66%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
McQueen Smith	14	9–5
Frank McKinnon	12	6–6

Most-beaten opponent: McQueen Smith (9–5).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2023	1	0	33%
2021	1	0	33%
2018	1	0	80%
2017	2	1	75%

Boats

Jessie's Girl · Handicap, Cruising, D Non-Spinnaker · 4 events · 2017–2023
Exfil · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2021

Where they race

LMYRA · 2 events
North Charleston, SC, USA · 1 events
Columbia, SC · 1 events
Winnsboro, SC · 1 events

Is this you?

Claim it to merge duplicates and remove results that aren’t yours. Changes apply at the nightly rebuild.

Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 41, #44,773.Crew rating, Full-size sailing: -40. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.