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Sailor · 2016–2026

Simon Spolton

parkstone yacht club Flying FifteenHandicap1/2

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Events
40

122 races · 11 race wins

Win rate
8%

8% win rate · 3 of 40

Podium rate
20%

8 top-three finishes

Typically beats
60%

of boats faced (range 56%–63%, 630 boats)

Best class ranking
#27

Helm in Flying Fifteen · rating 210

Longest-running crew
Grant Murphy

Jan 2016 – Jan 2020 · 7 events

Nemesis
Robert Alexander

17–32 head to head in 50 races

Rival
Graham Scroggie

22–21 in 44 races

Best day
1 Jan 2017

4-DNF-1-2-1-4-3-1-3-1-8-10 · adidas Poole Week 2017

Signature result
1st of 19

adidas Poole Week 2017 · Flying Fifteen · 1 Jan 2017

Partnerships · 3 sailors

  • Grant Murphy · 4054, Mowzer · Flying Fifteen, Handicap 7events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 0% win rate · 3 of 28 races won Beat 55% of the fleet together(−2 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jan 2016 – Jan 2020
  • Will Taylor · 4054 · Flying Fifteen 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 71% of the fleet together · best 7th · Jan 2019 – Jan 2019
  • Andrew Simpson · 3407 · Flying Fifteen 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jan 2016 – Jan 2016

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

Rating history

-410421220172019202120232025Helm rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 40

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
1 Jan 2026Autumn Sunday Yacht Series 2026Blue MoonHandicapSkipper5th / 8
1 Jan 2026Spring Monday Yacht Series 2026Blue MoonHandicapSkipper6th / 6
1 Jan 2026Summer Monday Yacht Series 2026Blue MoonHandicapSkipper7th / 7
1 Jan 2026Summer Monday Yacht Series 2026Blue MoonHandicapSkipper5th / 7
1 Jan 2025Spring Yacht Series 2025Blue MoonHandicapSkipper4th / 11
1 Jan 2025Summer Yacht Series 2025Blue MoonHandicapSkipper4th / 8
1 Jan 2025Twilight Yacht Series 2025Blue MoonHandicapSkipper3rd / 8
1 Jan 2024Parkstone Yacht Racing Spring SeriesBlue MoonHandicapSkipper3rd / 7
1 Jan 2024Parkstone Yacht Racing Summer SeriesBlue MoonHandicapSkipper5th / 10
1 Jan 2024Parkstone Yacht Racing Twilight SeriesBlue MoonHandicapSkipper5th / 10
1 Jan 2023Results as of 10:25 on September 19, 2023Boobytrap1/2Skipper10th / 14
1 Jan 2023Results as of 10:25 on September 19, 2023BoobytrapHandicapSkipper8th / 12
1 Jan 2023Results as of 11:14 on April 20, 2023BoobytrapHandicapSkipper5th / 14
1 Jan 2023Results as of 11:14 on April 20, 2023Boobytrap1/2Skipper6th / 17
1 Jan 2023Results as of 22:53 on August 7, 2023Boobytrap1/2Skipper10th / 15
1 Jan 2023Results as of 22:53 on August 7, 2023BoobytrapHandicapSkipper7th / 13
1 Jan 2022Results as of 11:17 on August 2, 2022Boobytrap1/2Skipper15th / 18
1 Jan 2022Results as of 20:25 on September 12, 2022BoobytrapHandicapSkipper8th / 15
1 Jan 2022Results as of 20:25 on September 12, 2022Boobytrap1/2Skipper11th / 18
1 Jan 20202019 Saturday Autumn F154054Flying FifteenSkipper9th / 22
1 Jan 20202020 Saturday Summer F154054Flying FifteenSkipper2nd / 17
1 Jan 20202020 Wednesday Summer F154054Flying FifteenSkipper14th / 15
1 Jan 20202020 Winter Saturday4054Flying FifteenSkipper5th / 16
1 Jan 20192019 Friday Spring F154054Flying FifteenSkipper7th / 22
1 Jan 20192019 Mini Series 1 F154054Flying FifteenSkipper2nd / 14

Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 69, #48,069. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.