Sailor · 2014–2026

Gordon Rustin

bssc Cockle Stiffkey Cockle

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Events: 14
Win rate: 36%
Podium rate: 64%
Typically beats: 79%
Best class ranking: #2
Longest win streak: 3

Most successful partnership: David Wakefield
Biggest lift: David Wakefield
Longest-running crew: David Wakefield
Nemesis: Bill Andrews
Rival: Anthony Keeling
Best day: 1 Jan 2019
Signature result: 1st of 13

Partnerships · 4 sailors

Most successful partnership: David Wakefield — 5 wins · 7 podiums in 9 events together · 56% win rate

David Wakefield · 68 · Cockle, Stiffkey Cockle 9events 5 wins together · 7 podiums · 56% win rate · 7 of 24 races won Beat 86% of the fleet together(+22 vs. without) · best 1st · Jan 2016 – Jan 2024
James Greening · 68 · Cockle, Stiffkey Cockle 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together · best 4th · Jan 2025 – Jan 2026
Edward Rustin · 68 · Cockle 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events Beat 60% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jan 2015 – Jan 2015
David Wakefield or Edward Rustin · 68 · Cockle 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together · best 5th · Jan 2018 – Jan 2018

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

Rating history

Event history · 14

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
1 Jan 2026	Harbour Fleets Sailing Week	68	Stiffkey Cockle	Skipper	6th / 15
1 Jan 2025	Harbour Fleets Sailing Week	68	Cockle	Skipper	4th / 11
1 Jan 2024	Brancaster Staithe Sailing Club Sailing Week	68	Cockle	Skipper	4th / 11
1 Jan 2023	Brancaster Staithe Sailing Club Sailing Week	68	Cockle	Skipper	5th / 9
1 Jan 2022	BSSC Sailing Week Harbour Fleet	68	Cockle	Skipper	1st / 13
1 Jan 2022	BSSC Sailing Week Harbour Fleet	68	Cockle	Skipper	1st / 13
8 Nov 2021	Brancaster Week 2021	68	Cockle	Skipper	2nd / 10
1 Jan 2019	Brancaster Week 2019	68	Cockle	Skipper	1st / 11
1 Jan 2018	Brancaster Week 2018 Harbour Fleets	68	Cockle	Skipper	5th / 11
1 Jan 2017	Brancaster Week 2017	68	Cockle	Skipper	3rd / 7
1 Jan 2017	Provisional Results as of 16:46 on August 14, 2017	68	Cockle	Skipper	1st / 7
1 Jan 2016	Brancaster Week 2016	68	Stiffkey Cockle	Skipper	1st / 6
1 Jan 2015	Brancaster Week 2015	68	Cockle	Skipper	3rd / 6
1 Jan 2014	Provisional Results as of 14:07 on August 15, 2014	68	Stiffkey Cockle	Skipper	2nd / 4

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Helm	177 provisional	#28732 band 16276–47969	—
Cockle Helm	135 provisional	#2 band 1–5	+8.3

1 more class, not yet ranked

Stiffkey Cockle · Helm · 8 races, 3 events · rating 77

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	14 events	5 wins	beats 78%
As crew	0 events	0 wins	beats —

How they race

Closer	+4 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−9 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	64%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	76%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Anthony Keeling	31	18–13
Richard Jewson	25	17–6
David Brooksbank	25	20–5
David Hill	20	13–7
Wayne Ducharme	17	13–3
Duncan Boughton	16	5–11
Paul Norris	16	3–13
Richard Gurney	16	10–5
Bill Andrews	13	1–12

Most-beaten opponent: David Brooksbank (20–5).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	1	0	64%
2025	1	0	70%
2024	1	0	70%
2023	1	0	50%
2022	2	2	100%
2021	1	0	89%
2019	1	1	100%
2018	1	0	60%
2017	2	1	83%
2016	1	1	100%
2015	1	0	60%
2014	1	0	67%

Boats

68 · Stiffkey Cockle, Cockle · 14 events · 2014–2026

Where they race

Brancaster Staithe Sailing Club · 10 events
Unknown · 4 events

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Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 177, #28,732. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.