Sailor · 2016–2019

Sam Meech

ILCA 7 (Laser)Etchells Match racing

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Events: 12
Win rate: 8%
Podium rate: 42%
Typically beats: 92%
Best class ranking: #55
Longest win streak: 3

Nemesis: Tom Burton
Rival: Matthew Wearn
Best day: 3 Aug 2018
Signature result: 2nd of 101

Partnerships · 2 sailors

Jeremy Scantlebury · Fifteen Plus · Etchells 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 63% of the fleet together · best 35th · Oct 2018 – Oct 2018
Craig Greenwood · Fifteen Plus · Etchells 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 63% of the fleet together · best 35th · Oct 2018 – Oct 2018

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

Rating history

Event history · 12

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
27 Aug 2019	Hempel World Cup Series 2020 \| Enoshima, JPN	Sam MEECH	ILCA 7 (Laser)	Skipper	6th / 51
17 Aug 2019	SOG20 TEV19	MEECH Sam	ILCA 7 (Laser)	Skipper	5th / 35
29 Jan 2019	Hempel World Cup Series 2019 \| Miami, USA	NZL Sailing Team	ILCA 7 (Laser)	Skipper	2nd / 101
22 Oct 2018	2018 Etchells World Championship	Fifteen Plus	Etchells	Crew	35th / 94
11 Sep 2018	World Cup Series \| Enoshima, Japan	NZL Sailing Team	ILCA 7 (Laser)	Skipper	3rd / 59
3 Aug 2018	2018 Hempel Sailing World Championships Aarhus	NZL Sailing Team	ILCA 7 (Laser)	Skipper	4th / 165
24 Apr 2018	2018 World Cup Series \| Hyères, France	Sam MEECH	ILCA 7 (Laser)	Skipper	2nd / 68
23 Jan 2018	2018 World Cup Series \| Miami, USA	Sam MEECH	ILCA 7 (Laser)	Skipper	4th / 70
17 Oct 2017	2018 World Cup Series \| Gamagori, Japan	Sam MEECH	ILCA 7 (Laser)	Skipper	1st / 50
8 Aug 2017	Hempel Sailing World Championships Test Event - Aarhus 2017	Sam MEECH	ILCA 7 (Laser)	Skipper	3rd / 62
25 Apr 2017	World Cup Series \| Hyères 2017	Sam MEECH	ILCA 7 (Laser)	Skipper	9th / 60
16 Oct 2016	New Zealand National Championships 2016	Sam Meech	Match racing	Skipper	4th / 2

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Helm	586 provisional	#1156 band 416–2763	—
ILCA 7 (Laser) Helm	586 provisional	#55 band 18–111	—

3 more classes, not yet ranked

Etchells · Crew · 9 races, 1 event · rating 32
Full-size sailing · Crew · 9 races, 1 event · rating 33
Match racing · Helm · 2 races, 1 event · rating -35

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	11 events	1 wins	beats 68%
As crew	1 events	0 wins	beats 63%

How they race

Closer	−11 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	+6 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	-63%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	92%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Matthew Wearn	103	55–47
Tom Burton	103	48–54
Philipp Buhl	102	67–35
Hermann Tomasgaard	100	60–39
William de Smet	97	80–15
Wannes van Laer	96	77–19
Charlie Buckingham	90	63–26
Stefano Peschiera	90	62–27
Pavlos Kontides	90	44–44
Michael Beckett	89	60–27
Finn Lynch	89	63–26
Eliot Merceron	88	73–15

Most-beaten opponent: William de Smet (80–15).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2019	3	0	92%
2018	5	0	91%
2017	3	1	94%
2016	1	0	-200%

Boats

Sam MEECH · ILCA 7 (Laser), Match racing · 7 events · 2016–2019
NZL Sailing Team · ILCA 7 (Laser) · 3 events · 2018–2019
MEECH Sam · ILCA 7 (Laser) · 1 events · 2019
Fifteen Plus · Etchells · 1 events · 2018

Where they race

Unknown · 11 events
Manly, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia · 1 events

Is this you?

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

Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 586, #1,156.Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 33. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.