Sailor · 2013–2026

William Lankford

columbia PHRF handicap ORC handicap Handicap

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Events: 15
Win rate: 13%
Podium rate: 47%
Typically beats: 61%
Longest win streak: 2

Most successful partnership: Oliver Whybrow
Best trio: Oliver Whybrow & Bryan Sims
Biggest lift: Bryan Sims
Longest-running crew: Oliver Whybrow
Best day: 6 Jun 2025
Signature result: 1st of 12

Partnerships · 59 sailors

Most successful partnership: Oliver Whybrow — 2 wins · 5 podiums in 10 events together · 20% win rate

Oliver Whybrow · Heartbreaker, Sagamore, Suspect · Handicap, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 10events 2 wins together · 5 podiums · 20% win rate · 3 of 18 races won Beat 56% of the fleet together(+4 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2021 – Jun 2026
Bryan Sims · Suspect · Handicap, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 10events 2 wins together · 6 podiums · 20% win rate · 3 of 12 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together(+38 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2023 – Jun 2026
Eric Pace · Suspect · Handicap, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 9events 1 wins together · 5 podiums · 11% win rate · 2 of 11 races won Beat 64% of the fleet together(+22 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2023 – Jun 2026
Hannah Sims · Suspect · Handicap, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 8events 1 wins together · 4 podiums · 13% win rate · 1 of 9 races won Beat 62% of the fleet together(+16 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2023 – Jun 2026
Bernd Ruschmeyer · Suspect · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 7events 1 wins together · 4 podiums · 14% win rate · 2 of 9 races won Beat 65% of the fleet together(+20 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2023 – Jun 2026
William Tait · Suspect · Handicap, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 7events 1 wins together · 4 podiums · 14% win rate · 2 of 9 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together(+37 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2023 – Jun 2026
Mike Kurze · Suspect · Handicap, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 6events 0 wins together · 3 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 7 races won Beat 55% of the fleet together(+1 vs. without) · best 2nd · Aug 2023 – Jun 2026
Ford Dickinson · Suspect · Handicap, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 4events 1 wins together · 3 podiums · 4 events · 2 of 6 races won Beat 76% of the fleet together(+30 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2024 – Jun 2026
Gregg Mrowka · Heartbreaker, Suspect · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 4events 0 wins together · 3 podiums · 4 events · 1 of 11 races won Beat 58% of the fleet together(+4 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jun 2022 – Jul 2025
Gary Daggett · Suspect · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap 4events 0 wins together · 3 podiums · 4 events · 1 of 5 races won Beat 74% of the fleet together(+27 vs. without) · best 2nd · Aug 2023 – Jul 2025

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

Rating history

Event history · 15

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
26 Jun 2026	2026 Chicago - Michigan City - Chicago Race	Suspect	Handicap	Crew	3rd / 5
5 Jun 2026	2026 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series - Chicago	Suspect	ORC handicap	Bow	4th / 7
12 Jul 2025	2025 The HOOK Race	Suspect	PHRF handicap	Bow	2nd / 5
6 Jun 2025	2025 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series - Chicago	Suspect	PHRF handicap	Bow	3rd / 9
1 Jun 2025	COLYC COLORS 2025	Suspect	ORC handicap	Crew	3rd / 11
21 Sep 2024	2024 3 Crib Fiasco	Suspect	Handicap	Stunt Owner	1st / 4
3 Sep 2023	2023 Bi-State: St Joe to Chicago - CASRA	Suspect	PHRF handicap	Bow	1st / 12
1 Sep 2023	2023 Tri-State: Chicago to St. Joe	Suspect	PHRF handicap	Bow	4th / 13
26 Aug 2023	2023 Pursuit of Happiness - CASRA	Suspect	PHRF handicap	Bow	5th / 13
5 Aug 2023	2023 Trans Superior International Yacht Race	Suspect	PHRF handicap	Bow	7th / 7
10 Jun 2022	2022 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series - Chicago	Heartbreaker	ORC handicap	Bow	4th / 4
11 Jun 2021	2021 Helly Hansen NOOD Regatta Chicago	Sagamore	ORC handicap	Bow	7th / 10
28 Jun 2019	2019 Muskegon Yacht Club - TRANS-Michigan Cup Race	Sagamore	PHRF handicap	Bow	3rd / 5
1 Sep 2017	2017 Chicago to St. Joe - Bi-State / Tri-State Regatta - CASRA	Wavedancer	PHRF handicap	Other	5th / 12
24 Aug 2013	2013 Verve Cup Inshore Regatta	Walnut	J/24	Headsail Trimmer	5th / 5

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Crew	-141 provisional	#60266 band 52294–64091	—

2 more classes, not yet ranked

J/24 · Crew · 6 races, 1 event · rating -109
All classes · Helm · 1 race, 1 event · rating 8

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	1 events	0 wins	beats 64%
As crew	14 events	2 wins	beats 54%

Positions: Bow (10) · Stunt Owner (1) · Headsail Trimmer (1)

How they race

Closer	+41 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−16 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	35%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	47%	of the fleet beaten

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	2	0	50%
2025	3	0	77%
2024	1	1	100%
2023	4	1	60%
2022	1	0	0%
2021	1	0	33%
2019	1	0	50%
2017	1	0	64%
2013	1	0	0%

Boats

Suspect · Handicap, ORC handicap, PHRF handicap · 10 events · 2023–2026
Sagamore · ORC handicap, PHRF handicap · 2 events · 2019–2021
Heartbreaker · ORC handicap · 1 events · 2022
Wavedancer · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2017
Walnut · J/24 · 1 events · 2013

Where they race

Chicago, IL, USA · 9 events
Racine, WI, USA · 1 events
Unknown · 1 events
Duluth, MN, USA · 1 events
Columbia Yacht Club · 1 events
Muskegon, MI, USA · 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: -141, #60,266.Helm rating across all classes: 8. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.