Sailor · 1978–1980

John Hancock

Etchells

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Events: 4
Win rate: 0
Podium rate: 0
Typically beats: 55%
Best class ranking: #655

Nemesis: David Curtis
Signature result: 11th of 35

Partnerships · 3 sailors

David Griffith · KA69 · Etchells 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 12 races won Beat 51% of the fleet together · best 19th · Aug 1978 – Aug 1979
Andrew Plympton · KA69 · Etchells 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 53% of the fleet together · best 19th · Aug 1978 – Aug 1978
Barry Ravell · KA69 · Etchells 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 23rd · Aug 1979 – Aug 1979

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

Rating history

Event history · 4

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
1 Jan 1980	1980 Etchells World Championship	KA69	Etchells	Skipper	11th / 35
20 Aug 1979	1979 Etchells World Championship	KA69	Etchells	Skipper	23rd / 45
11 Aug 1978	1978 Etchells World Championship	KA69	Etchells	Skipper	19th / 39
11 Jan 1978	1977 Etchells World Championship	KA69	Etchells	Skipper	22nd / 42

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Helm	13 provisional	#50664 band 28852–71270	—
Etchells Helm	13 provisional	#655 band 348–936	—

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	4 events	0 wins	beats 56%
As crew	0 events	0 wins	beats —

How they race

Closer	−7 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−11 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Big fleets	56%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
David Curtis	22	3–19
John Messenger	22	14–8
Louis Piana	21	12–9
John Savage	17	2–14
James Byrne	17	11–6
Noel Brooke	17	5–12
Harry Carr	16	11–5
John Fraser	16	10–6
John Ravizza	15	10–5
Bill Mobbs	15	8–7
Robert Searles	12	8–4
David Taylor	12	7–5

Most-beaten opponent: Harry Carr (11–5).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
1980	1	71%
1979	1	50%
1978	2	51%

Boats

KA69 · Etchells · 4 events · 1978–1980

Where they race

Brighton, Victoria, Australia · 1 events
Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 1 events
Balboa, California, USA · 1 events
Palm Beach, New South Wales, Australia · 1 events

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Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 13, #50,664. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.