Sailor · 2021–2026

Lude Smolders

wv wolphaartsdijk RS Feva ORC handicap SW_kerstrace

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Events: 15
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 40%
Typically beats: 60%
Best class ranking: #20
Longest win streak: 2

Biggest lift: Christiaan Johannesma
Longest-running crew: Gijs Regoort
Nemesis: Doeke van Surksum
Rival: Diederik Engler
Best day: 24 Sep 2023
Signature result: 3rd of 29

Partnerships · 14 sailors

Gijs Regoort · L&G, lude SMOLDERS, Lude SMOLDERS, Lude SMOLDERS - Gijs REGOORT · RS Feva, RS500 9events 0 wins together · 4 podiums · 0% win rate · 7 of 61 races won Beat 72% of the fleet together(+10 vs. without) · best 2nd · Nov 2021 – Sep 2024
Willem Johannesma · Xpectation · IRC 2, ORC handicap, SW_kerstrace 5events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 23 races won Beat 70% of the fleet together(+1 vs. without) · best 2nd · Oct 2024 – May 2026
Bart Smolders · Xpectation · IRC 2, ORC handicap, SW_kerstrace 5events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 23 races won Beat 70% of the fleet together(+1 vs. without) · best 2nd · Oct 2024 – May 2026
Christiaan Johannesma · Xpectation · IRC 2, ORC handicap, SW_kerstrace 4events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 16 races won Beat 79% of the fleet together(+14 vs. without) · best 2nd · Oct 2024 – May 2026
Pipi Kramer · Xpectation · ORC handicap, SW_kerstrace 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 22 races won Beat 65% of the fleet together(−4 vs. without) · best 3rd · Aug 2025 – May 2026
Thijs Minderhoud · Xpectation · ORC handicap, SW_kerstrace 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 22 races won Beat 65% of the fleet together(−4 vs. without) · best 3rd · Aug 2025 – May 2026
Rob Verwer · Xpectation · IRC 2, ORC handicap, SW_kerstrace 3events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 71% of the fleet together(+3 vs. without) · best 2nd · Oct 2024 – Dec 2025
Dieuwertje de Groot · Xpectation · ORC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 14 races won Beat 68% of the fleet together · best 6th · May 2026 – May 2026
Timo Claassen · Xpectation · IRC 2, ORC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 10 races won Beat 82% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Oct 2024 – May 2026
Lon de Grunt · Xpectation · IRC 2, ORC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Oct 2024 – Aug 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 · 15

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
12 May 2026	North Sea Regatta 2026	Xpectation	ORC handicap	Crew	6th / 24
2 May 2026	SAILWORKZ-Stellendam Regatta 2026	Xpectation	ORC handicap	Crew	7th / 15
13 Dec 2025	Kerstrace 2025	Xpectation	SW_kerstrace	Crew	3rd / 29
29 Aug 2025	Damen Breskens Sailing Weekend 2025	Xpectation	ORC handicap	Crew	7th / 10
19 Oct 2024	ANTWERP RACE 2024	Xpectation	IRC 2	Crew	2nd / 8
28 Sep 2024	United4 Roompot	Lude SMOLDERS - Gijs REGOORT	RS500	Skipper	4th / 9
29 Jul 2024	RS Feva Worlds 2024 Finals	Lude SMOLDERS	RS Feva	Skipper	146th / 173
28 Jul 2024	RS Feva Worlds 2024 Qualification Series	Lude SMOLDERS	RS Feva	Skipper	21st / 173
9 May 2024	Dutch Youth Regatta 2024	lude SMOLDERS	RS Feva	Skipper	5th / 19
27 Apr 2024	United4 Workum	Lude SMOLDERS - Gijs REGOORT	RS Feva	Skipper	2nd / 18
13 Apr 2024	United4 Medemblik I	Lude SMOLDERS - Gijs REGOORT	RS Feva	Skipper	3rd / 19
2 Dec 2023	RZV Boterletter 2023	Lude SMOLDERS	RS Feva	Skipper	3rd / 16
23 Sep 2023	United4 Medemblik	Lude SMOLDERS	RS Feva	Skipper	3rd / 14
8 Jul 2023	Zeeland Regatta 2023	Milka	RS Feva	Crew	8th / 11
27 Nov 2021	Magic Marine Boterletter 2021	L&G	RS Feva	Skipper	17th / 35

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Adj. ±
All classes Helm	265 provisional	#12519 band 6571–22149	—
RS Feva Helm	294 provisional	#20 band 6–54	+6.2
All classes Crew	152 provisional	#20186 band 10705–34804	—

4 more classes, not yet ranked

RS500 · Helm · 8 races, 1 event · rating 52
RS Feva · Crew · 7 races, 1 event · rating -26
IRC 2 · Crew · 1 race, 1 event · rating 20
SW_kerstrace · Crew · 1 race, 1 event · rating 12

Rank among sailors with ten or more rated races over three or more events, all time. In brackets, the ranks this rating cannot be told apart from. Adj. ± is the adjusted plus-minus in points of fleet beaten.

Helm and crew

As helm	9 events	0 wins	beats 72%
As crew	6 events	0 wins	beats 63%

How they race

Closer	+1 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−21 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	51%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets (25+)	63%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets (<12)	53%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Doeke van Surksum	60	12–47
Veerle Pieters	56	41–15
Toon Sonnenberg	51	41–10
Diederik Engler	50	24–24
Ruben Ooms	49	41–8
Jens Frederick	48	36–12
Charlotte de Groot	40	30–9
Milou van den Top	40	25–14
Bjorn Tollenaar	40	16–24
Bas Regoort	40	31–8
Meike Otte	39	24–15
Willem van Schipstal	36	31–5

Most-beaten opponent: Ruben Ooms (41–8).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2026	2	68%
2025	2	63%
2024	7	73%
2023	3	67%
2021	1	53%

Boats

Xpectation · ORC handicap, SW_kerstrace, IRC 2 · 5 events · 2024–2026
Lude SMOLDERS · RS Feva · 5 events · 2023–2024
Lude SMOLDERS - Gijs REGOORT · RS500, RS Feva · 3 events · 2024
Milka · RS Feva · 1 events · 2023
L&G · RS Feva · 1 events · 2021

Where they race

Unknown · 15 events

Is this you?

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Helm rating across all classes: 265 (±201), #12,519.Crew rating across all classes: 152 (±212), #20,186. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.