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Sailor · 2022–2026

Sam Bourke

cbyc OptimistMain Fleet FleetHandicap

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Events
19

97 races · 9 race wins

Win rate
11%

11% win rate · 2 of 19

Podium rate
26%

5 top-three finishes

Typically beats
48%

of boats faced (range 43%–53%, 274 boats)

Best class ranking
#3600

Helm in Optimist · rating 185

Nemesis
Ayla Griffiths

17–36 head to head in 53 races

Rival
Jack Harding

23–32 in 55 races

Best day
1 Jan 2026

1-1-2-1-1-2-1 · Entry list as of 15:58 on June 21, 2026

Signature result
1st of 18

North Wales OnBoard Festival · Main Fleet Fleet · 1 Jan 2022

Partnerships · 1 sailors

  • Oscar Stephens · 1187 · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 14th · Jan 2025 – Jan 2025

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

Rating history

-54782092023202420252026Helm rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 19

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
1 Jan 2026Entry list as of 15:58 on June 21, 20266692OptimistSkipper1st / 6
1 Jan 2026Main Fleet Optimist Open 20266692Main Fleet FleetSkipper19th / 36
1 Jan 2026RYA Cymru Wales 2026 Junior & Youth Championships6692OptimistSkipper3rd / 6
1 Jan 202513th July6507Main Fleet FleetSkipper12th / 17
1 Jan 2025Welsh Dragon Series Overall Results 2025 SOUTH1187HandicapCrew14th / 14
1 Jan 2025Welsh Youth & Junior Championships 2025 - Single Handers6692OptimistSkipper4th / 7
1 Jan 2024CBYC Winter Series - Halloween 20246507OptimistSkipper3rd / 11
1 Jan 2024RYA Cymru Wales South & West OnBoard Festival 20246507OptimistSkipper5th / 6
1 Jan 2024RYA Cymru Wales Welsh Youth & Junior Championships 20246507OptimistSkipper8th / 12
1 Jan 2024Results as of 15:21 on May 6, 20246507OptimistSkipper22nd / 47
1 Jan 2024South Dragon Series 20246507OptimistSkipper5th / 10
1 Jan 2024South Wales Dragon Series 2024 CBYC6507OptimistSkipper4th / 5
1 Jan 2024Welsh Regional Junior Championships 2024 - Championship Fleet6507OptimistSkipper7th / 12
1 Jan 2023CBYC Christmas Regatta 20236507OptimistSkipper6th / 9
1 Jan 2022North Wales OnBoard FestivalSilverMain Fleet FleetSkipper1st / 18
1 Jan 2022Results6507OptimistSkipper18th / 21
1 Jan 2022Results6507OptimistSkipper18th / 22
1 Jan 2022South Wales Club Youth Racing Circuit (CYRC) Dragon Series 2022Sam BourkeOptimist - Training FleetSkipper3rd / 20
1 Jan 2022The Acorn Llangorse OnBoard Regatta 20226507OptimistSkipper8th / 14

Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 209, #23,632. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.