Sailor · 2018–2026

Frank Jacobs

royal belgian sailing club IRC handicap Handicap ORC handicap

Search sailors · About these ratings

Events: 12
Win rate: 25%
Podium rate: 33%
Typically beats: 49%
Longest win streak: 5

Most successful partnership: Piet Briels
Best trio: Seppe Claes & Patrick Reubens
Biggest lift: Piet Briels
Longest-running crew: Piet Briels
Nemesis: François Goubau
Best day: 29 Aug 2025
Signature result: 1st of 40

Partnerships · 34 sailors

Most successful partnership: Piet Briels — 2 wins · 3 podiums in 7 events together · 29% win rate

Piet Briels · Antilope, ANTILOPE, Jeronimo, NRJ-BALL · 2. J/24, Handicap, IRC handicap, ORC handicap 7events 2 wins together · 3 podiums · 29% win rate · 10 of 23 races won Beat 70% of the fleet together(+20 vs. without) · best 1st · Jul 2021 – Oct 2025
Luc Feremans · Antilope, ANTILOPE, NRJ-BALL · Handicap, IRC handicap, ORC handicap 6events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 17% win rate · 5 of 18 races won Beat 65% of the fleet together(+7 vs. without) · best 1st · Jul 2021 – Oct 2025
Emile Jacobs · Antilope, NRJ-BALL · Handicap, IRC handicap, ORC handicap 6events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 17% win rate · 2 of 15 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together(−3 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2022 – May 2026
Seppe Claes · NRJ-BALL · IRC handicap, ORC handicap 5events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 20% win rate · 2 of 6 races won Beat 59% of the fleet together(−4 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2025 – May 2026
Nicolas Meeus · NRJ-BALL · IRC handicap, ORC handicap 5events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 20% win rate · 2 of 6 races won Beat 59% of the fleet together(−4 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2025 – May 2026
Bob Vergauwen · NRJ-BALL · IRC handicap, ORC handicap 5events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 20% win rate · 2 of 6 races won Beat 59% of the fleet together(−4 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2025 – May 2026
Patrick van der Wee · Antilope, ANTILOPE · Handicap, IRC handicap, ORC handicap 5events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 20% win rate · 5 of 17 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together(+10 vs. without) · best 1st · Jul 2021 – Oct 2025
Peter van Autryve · NRJ-BALL · IRC handicap, ORC handicap 5events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 20% win rate · 2 of 6 races won Beat 59% of the fleet together(−4 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2025 – May 2026
Gery Lambrechts · Antilope, ANTILOPE · Handicap, IRC handicap, ORC handicap 5events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 20% win rate · 5 of 17 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together(+10 vs. without) · best 1st · Jul 2021 – Oct 2025
Roland Claeys · NRJ-BALL · IRC handicap 4events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 61% of the fleet together(−1 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2025 – May 2026

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

Rating history

Event history · 12

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
15 May 2026	North Sea Race	NRJ-BALL	IRC handicap	Crew	15th / 26
12 May 2026	North Sea Regatta 2026	NRJ-BALL	ORC handicap	Crew	8th / 16
2 May 2026	Cervantes Trophy Race	NRJ-BALL	IRC handicap	Crew	1st / 40
18 Oct 2025	ANTWERP RACE 2025	Antilope	Handicap	Crew	6th / 10
29 Aug 2025	Damen Breskens Sailing Weekend 2025	Antilope	ORC handicap	Crew	1st / 10
26 Jul 2025	Rolex Fastnet Race	NRJ-BALL	IRC handicap	Crew	176th / 380
7 Jun 2025	LOWLANDS CUP 2025	Jeronimo	2. J/24	Crew	1st / 2
3 May 2025	Cervantes Trophy Race (R1 Cowes Offshore Racing Series)	NRJ-BALL	IRC handicap	Crew	50th / 91
19 Oct 2024	ANTWERP RACE 2024	Antilope	Handicap	Crew	2nd / 11
25 Aug 2022	Damen Breskens Sailing Weekend IRC European Championship 2022	Antilope	Handicap	Crew	7th / 18
3 Jul 2021	Light Vessel Race - Shielmartin Race 2021	ANTILOPE	IRC handicap	Crew	6th / 9
1 Dec 2018	43. Regatta der Eisernen	Check-Out	Handicap	Crew	97th / 103

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	242 provisional	#11643 band 5783–21789	—

1 more class, not yet ranked

2. J/24 · Crew · 5 races, 1 event · rating 117

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	3 wins	beats 62%

How they race

Closer	−23 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−2 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	43%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	50%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets	74%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Frans van Cappelle	17	13–4
Gerd-jan Poortman	16	9–7
François Goubau	15	1–9
George Westerkamp	14	12–2

Most-beaten opponent: George Westerkamp (12–2).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	3	1	66%
2025	5	2	69%
2024	1	0	90%
2022	1	0	65%
2021	1	0	38%
2018	1	0	6%

Boats

NRJ-BALL · IRC handicap, ORC handicap · 5 events · 2025–2026
Antilope · Handicap, ORC handicap, IRC handicap · 5 events · 2021–2025
Jeronimo · 2. J/24 · 1 events · 2025
Check-Out · Handicap · 1 events · 2018

Where they race

Unknown · 12 events

Is this you?

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

Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 242, #11,643. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.