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Sailor · 2013–2026

Nick Taylor

lsc HandicapFlying FifteenGENERAL

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Possibly the same person: Nicholas Taylor (2024, 1 events), Nicholas Taylor (2020–2024, 53 events). SailDex keeps these apart until the evidence or a claim says otherwise.
Events
52

162 races · 38 race wins

Win rate
10%

10% win rate · 5 of 52

Podium rate
27%

14 top-three finishes

Typically beats
58%

of boats faced (range 55%–60%, 1,041 boats)

Best class ranking
#9

Helm in Flying Fifteen · rating 327

Longest win streak
9

race wins in a row

Most successful partnership
Claire Taylor

5 wins · 14 podiums in 35 events together · 14% win rate

Biggest lift
Claire Taylor

+22 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
Claire Taylor

Jan 2021 – Jan 2026 · 35 events

Nemesis
Mark Orams

0–12 head to head in 12 races

Rival
David Morgan

32–44 in 76 races

Best day
1 Jan 2021

2-1-1-2-1-1 · Dr David McMillan

Signature result
1st of 12

Dr David McMillan · Flying Fifteen · 1 Jan 2021

Partnerships · 2 sailors

Most successful partnership: Claire Taylor — 5 wins · 14 podiums in 35 events together · 14% win rate
  • Claire Taylor · 3784 · Flying Fifteen, GENERAL, Handicap 35events 5 wins together · 14 podiums · 14% win rate · 37 of 104 races won Beat 69% of the fleet together(+22 vs. without) · best 1st · Jan 2021 – Jan 2026
  • Poppy Haslam · 3796 · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 21% of the fleet together · best 12th · Jan 2024 – Jan 2024

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

Rating history

0228456201620182020202220242026Helm rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 52

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
1 Jan 2026Sunday Morning3784Flying FifteenSkipper1st / 4
1 Jan 2025Wednesday Evening C 2025167920HandicapSkipper18th / 18
1 Jan 2024Bert Grant3784HandicapSkipper1st / 10
1 Jan 2024Coronation Cup3784GENERALSkipper4th / 9
1 Jan 2024Flying Fifteen 20243784Flying FifteenSkipper2nd / 12
1 Jan 2024Flying Fifteen 20243784Flying FifteenSkipper2nd / 6
1 Jan 2024Hurn Trophy 20243784Flying FifteenSkipper6th / 6
1 Jan 2024Miracle Northerns 20243796HandicapSkipper12th / 15
1 Jan 2024Sunday Afternoon3784GENERALSkipper6th / 32
1 Jan 2024Sunday Morning3784GENERALSkipper3rd / 34
1 Jan 2024Sunday Morning3784Flying FifteenSkipper3rd / 11
1 Jan 2024Sunday Morning3784GENERALSkipper4th / 34
1 Jan 2024Sunday Morning3784Flying FifteenSkipper6th / 16
1 Jan 2023Spring Afternoon Series3784HandicapSkipper9th / 34
1 Jan 2023Spring Afternoon Series3784Flying FifteenSkipper2nd / 8
1 Jan 2023Spring Afternoon Series3784Flying FifteenSkipper2nd / 13
1 Jan 2023Spring Evening Series3784HandicapSkipper9th / 29
1 Jan 2023Sunday Morning3784HandicapSkipper7th / 40
1 Jan 2022Autumn Afternoon Series3784Flying FifteenSkipper8th / 13
1 Jan 2022Autumn Evening Series3784Flying FifteenSkipper8th / 15
1 Jan 2022Bert Grant Trophy3784Flying FifteenSkipper4th / 9
1 Jan 2022Flying Fifteen 20223784Flying FifteenSkipper1st / 5
1 Jan 2022Flying Fifteen 20223784Flying FifteenSkipper1st / 9
1 Jan 2022Spring Afternoon Series3784Flying FifteenSkipper5th / 13
1 Jan 2022Spring Afternoon Series3784HandicapSkipper2nd / 12

Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 372, #7,164. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.