Sailor · 2017–2025

Simon Spraggs

royal thames yacht club Etchells J/70 Epoque Marconi (EMA)

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Events: 16
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 13%
Typically beats: 34%
Best class ranking: #547

Biggest lift: Matt Reid
Longest-running crew: Matt Reid
Nemesis: Patrick Liardet
Rival: Rob Goddard
Best day: 24 Sep 2022
Signature result: 3rd of 14

Partnerships · 27 sailors

Nicholas Stagg · China Wight · Etchells 8events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 2 of 48 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together(+24 vs. without) · best 2nd · Aug 2020 – Sep 2022
Matt Reid · China Wight, Jackal · Etchells, J/70 5events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 1 of 32 races won Beat 58% of the fleet together(+29 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jun 2017 – Jun 2021
Harry Blowers · China Wight · Etchells 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 19 races won Beat 37% of the fleet together(−1 vs. without) · best 9th · Oct 2021 – Sep 2022
Ridge Spraggs · Jackal · J/70 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 13 races won Beat 16% of the fleet together · best 6th · Jun 2017 – Sep 2017
Lucinda Spraggs · Jackal, Jackall · J/70 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 19 races won Beat 12% of the fleet together · best 32nd · Jun 2017 – Jul 2018
Kim Spraggs · Jackal · J/70 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 13 races won Beat 16% of the fleet together · best 6th · Jun 2017 – Sep 2017
Kim Ridge · Jackal · J/70 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 13 races won Beat 16% of the fleet together · best 6th · Jun 2017 – Sep 2017
Christopher Preston · Stormy Weather · Epoque Marconi (EMA) 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 85% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Sep 2025 – Sep 2025
Tarquin Place · Stormy Weather · Epoque Marconi (EMA) 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 85% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Sep 2025 – Sep 2025
Graham Sunderland · Stormy Weather · Epoque Marconi (EMA) 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 85% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Sep 2025 – Sep 2025

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

Rating history

— Helm rating, all classes · - - Crew rating, all classes

Event history · 16

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
23 Sep 2025	REGATES ROYALES 2025	Stormy Weather	Epoque Marconi (EMA)	Crew	3rd / 14
21 Sep 2022	2022 International Etchells Worlds	China Wight	Etchells	Bow	19th / 42
14 May 2022	2022 International Etchells Bedrock Trophy	China Wight	Etchells	Main Trimmer	9th / 14
16 Oct 2021	2021 International Etchells Ice Bucket	China Wight	Etchells	Main Trimmer	15th / 18
26 Jun 2021	2021 International Etchells South Coast Championships	China Wight	Etchells	Main Trimmer	5th / 17
29 May 2021	2021 International Etchells Red Funnel Regatta	China Wight	Etchells	Main Trimmer	4th / 11
5 Sep 2020	2020 International Etchells Bedrock Trophy	China Wight	Etchells	Main Trimmer	13th / 15
23 Aug 2020	2020 Sir Kenneth Preston Trophy	China Wight	Etchells	Other	7th / 12
8 Aug 2020	2020 Charity Cup Regatta	China Wight	Etchells	Main Trimmer	2nd / 8
18 Jul 2019	2019 J/70 UK Class Training Event	Jackal	J/70	Other	11th / 15
1 Jun 2019	J 70 Southern Area Championship 2019	Jackall	J/70	Other	15th / 18
10 May 2019	RORC Vice Admiral's Cup 2019	Jackal	J/70	Skipper	13th / 15
20 Jul 2018	2018 J 70 Class National Championship	Jackall	J/70	Helm	32nd / 35
9 Sep 2017	2017 Royal Southern Summer Series	Jackal	J/70	Other	6th / 7
7 Jun 2017	2017 J/70 European Championship	Jackal	J/70	Co-Skipper	36th / 42
14 Apr 2017	RORC Easter Challenge 2017	Jackal	IRC handicap	Skipper	14th / 18

Titles

2022 Etchells Worlds — Race 8 Trophy crew

From the class's honour rolls.

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Crew	154 provisional	#19917 band 11189–33110	—
Etchells Crew	101 provisional	#547 band 303–891	+5.1
All classes Helm	-132 provisional	#72485 band 57113–79813	—
J/70 Helm	-169 provisional	#1213 band 1026–1299	−10.9

1 more class, not yet ranked

Epoque Marconi (EMA) · Crew · 4 races, 1 event · rating 62

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	7 events	0 wins	beats 18%
As crew	9 events	0 wins	beats 54%

Positions: Main Trimmer (6) · Bow (1) · Co-Skipper (1)

How they race

Closer	−3 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−9 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	47%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	27%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets	58%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Ante Razmilovic	42	11–31
Shaun Frohlich	42	16–26
Patrick Liardet	40	2–38
Rob Goddard	31	16–15
Paul Ward	30	3–27
Tim Collins	30	1–28
Clive Bush	28	1–27
Jon Warwick	28	12–16
Andrew Barraclough	28	9–19
David McLeman	28	4–24
Adam Munday	28	3–25
Bobby Orr	27	19–8

Most-beaten opponent: Richard White (15–1).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2025	1	85%
2022	2	47%
2021	3	54%
2020	3	49%
2019	3	20%
2018	1	9%
2017	3	18%

Boats

China Wight · Etchells · 8 events · 2020–2022
Jackal · J/70, IRC handicap · 5 events · 2017–2019
Jackall · J/70 · 2 events · 2018–2019
Stormy Weather · Epoque Marconi (EMA) · 1 events · 2025

Where they race

Hamble, Hampshire, UK · 5 events
Cowes, UK · 5 events
Unknown · 3 events
Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK · 1 events
Cowes, Cowes, UK · 1 events
UK · 1 events

Is this you?

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

Crew rating across all classes: 154, #19,917.Helm rating across all classes: -132, #72,485. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.