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Sailor · 2007–2026

Mark Adams

beverly yacht club H12KnarrHandicap

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Events
113

351 races · 55 race wins

Win rate
10%

10% win rate · 11 of 113

Podium rate
29%

33 top-three finishes

Typically beats
53%

of boats faced (range 51%–55%, 1,589 boats)

Best class ranking
#1

Helm in Stuart Knockabout · rating 285

Longest win streak
3

race wins in a row

Most successful partnership
Steve Adams

1 wins · 1 podiums in 3 events together

Best trio
Steve Adams & Taft Adams

1 wins · 1 podiums in 3 events, all three aboard

Biggest lift
Steve Adams

+29 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Nemesis
Chris Perkins

5–31 head to head in 37 races

Rival
William Tifft

20–23 in 44 races

Best day
5 Aug 2016

4-1-3-5-2-2-2-1-2-1-3 · 2016 Buzzards Bay Regatta - Bullseye/H12

Signature result
1st of 33

2018 - Three Bridge Fiasco · Handicap · 27 Jan 2018

Partnerships · 56 sailors

Most successful partnership: Steve Adams — 1 wins · 1 podiums in 3 events together
  • Sarah Adams · ADAMS FAMILY FIASCO, NUMBER 9, NUMBER 9, RUMOR, RUMOUR · Handicap, J/22, PHRF handicap 4events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 65% of the fleet together(+10 vs. without) · best 1st · Jan 2013 – Jan 2017
  • Steve Taft · Chance, Knooonan, Pinball Wizard, Sauce · Alerion 28, Atlantic, Knarr, PHRF handicap 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 1 of 18 races won Beat 42% of the fleet together(−14 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jun 2013 – Aug 2026
  • Steve Adams · Knoonan, Knooonan · Knarr 3events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 12 races won Beat 84% of the fleet together(+29 vs. without) · best 1st · Mar 2012 – May 2013
  • Mark Lindquist · Raptor, Sterling · J/105, PHRF handicap 3events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 16 races won Beat 79% of the fleet together(+24 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jun 2015 – Jun 2025
  • Elle Smith-troy · ELLES FIASCO, RUMOUR, SNOWY OWL · Handicap, J/22 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 69% of the fleet together(+14 vs. without) · best 3rd · Jan 2019 – Jan 2024
  • Taft Adams · Knoonan, Knooonan · Knarr 3events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 12 races won Beat 84% of the fleet together(+29 vs. without) · best 1st · Mar 2012 – May 2013
  • Kathryn Schmitt · Sterling · J/105 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 15 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jun 2015 – Jun 2016
  • Gary Largess · Sterling · J/105 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 15 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jun 2015 – Jun 2016
  • Luiza Smith · White Rabbit · Shields 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 40% of the fleet together · best 4th · Aug 2018 – Aug 2018
  • Brian O'Neil · Raptor · PHRF handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 86% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jun 2025 – Jun 2025

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

Rating history

-1131444012008201120142017202020232026Helm rating, full-size sailingCrew rating, full-size sailing

— Helm rating, full-size sailing · - - Crew rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 113

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
5 Sep 2026Singlehanded ChallengeMischiefBullseyeSkipper4th / 8
28 Aug 20262026 Long Point Race Week (Invitational)Pinball WizardPHRF handicapIn the way7th / 10
9 Aug 2026IKC 2026BeninoKnarrCrew15th / 18
9 Aug 2026Sunday Afternoon Racing, Series 3 (Bullseye, H12)MischiefBullseyeSkipper3rd / 21
4 Aug 2026Tuesday Twilight Racing, Series 3 (Bullseye, H12)MischiefBullseyeSkipper3rd / 24
5 Jul 2026Sunday Afternoon Racing, Series 2 (Bullseye, H12)MischiefBullseyeSkipper6th / 20
30 Jun 2026Tuesday Twilight Racing, Series 2 (Bullseye, H12)MischiefBullseyeSkipper18th / 20
31 May 2026Sunday Afternoon Racing, Series 1 (Bullseye, H12)MischiefBullseyeSkipper13th / 15
27 May 2026PHRF Wednesday Twilight Series 1, SummerIseultHandicapSkipper7th / 8
26 May 2026Tuesday Twilight Racing, Series 1 (Bullseye, H12)MischiefBullseyeSkipper10th / 16
30 Aug 2025Labor Day SeriesIseultStuart KnockaboutSkipper1st / 6
9 Aug 2025Bill Harding Memorial Regatta 2025IseultStuart KnockaboutSkipper1st / 9
2 Aug 2025One Design: August SeriesIseultStuart KnockaboutSkipper4th / 6
16 Jul 2025PHRF Wednesday Twilight Racing, SummerIseultHandicapSkipper7th / 9
5 Jul 20254th of July SeriesIseultStuart KnockaboutSkipper1st / 5
28 Jun 2025One Design - Summer and July SeriesIseultStuart KnockaboutSkipper4th / 6
7 Jun 20252025 NBYC Whalers RaceRaptorPHRF handicapCrew2nd / 8
28 May 2025PHRF Wednesday Twilight Racing, SpringIseultHandicapSkipper7th / 10
31 Aug 2024Labor Day SeriesIseultStuart KnockaboutSkipper2nd / 8
10 Aug 2024Bill Harding Memorial Regatta 2024IseultStuart KnockaboutSkipper3rd / 9
3 Aug 2024One Design: August SeriesIseultStuart KnockaboutSkipper3rd / 8
17 Jul 2024Series 2 Wednesday Twilight (PHRF)IseultHandicapSkipper3rd / 13
6 Jul 20244th of July SeriesIseultStuart KnockaboutSkipper4th / 7
29 Jun 2024One Design - Summer and July SeriesIseultStuart KnockaboutSkipper5th / 8
27 Jun 20242024 Woodies InvitationalChanceAlerion 28Crew7th / 9

Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 287, #11,169.Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 19, #40,996. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.