Sailor · 2018–2023

James Hovark

california yacht club ORC handicap Farr 40

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Events: 7
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 0%
Typically beats: 24%
Best class ranking: #316

Biggest lift: Peter Mathews
Nemesis: Mick Shlens
Signature result: 8th of 13

Partnerships · 30 sailors

James Puckett · Amazing Grace · ORC handicap 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 17% of the fleet together(−13 vs. without) · best 4th · Jun 2021 – Mar 2023
Ronald Agustsson · Amazing Grace · ORC handicap 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 17% of the fleet together(−13 vs. without) · best 4th · Jun 2021 – Mar 2023
Jotham Schwartz · Amazing Grace · ORC handicap 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 17% of the fleet together(−13 vs. without) · best 4th · Jun 2021 – Mar 2023
Carl Sarnoff · Amazing Grace · ORC handicap 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 17% of the fleet together(−13 vs. without) · best 4th · Jun 2021 – Mar 2023
Peter Mathews · Foil · Farr 40 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 23 races won Beat 30% of the fleet together(+13 vs. without) · best 5th · Mar 2018 – Oct 2019
Gordon Leon · Foil · Farr 40 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 23 races won Beat 30% of the fleet together(+13 vs. without) · best 5th · Mar 2018 – Oct 2019
Alan Rosner · Amazing Grace · ORC handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 8% of the fleet together(−25 vs. without) · best 4th · Jun 2021 – Mar 2022
Alec Offenberger · Amazing Grace · ORC handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 8% of the fleet together(−25 vs. without) · best 4th · Jun 2021 – Mar 2022
James Preischel · Amazing Grace · ORC handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 8% of the fleet together(−25 vs. without) · best 4th · Jun 2021 – Mar 2022
Sheri Sanders · Foil · Farr 40 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 23 races won Beat 30% of the fleet together(+13 vs. without) · best 5th · Mar 2018 – Oct 2019

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

Rating history

Event history · 7

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
10 Mar 2023	2023 NHYC Cabo Race	Amazing Grace	ORC handicap	Spinnaker trimmer	5th / 8
10 Mar 2022	2022 San Diego to Vallarta International Yacht Race	Amazing Grace	ORC handicap	Spinnaker trimmer	4th / 5
25 Feb 2022	2022 Islands Race	Amazing Grace	ORC handicap	Spinnaker trimmer	7th / 7
3 Jun 2021	2021 California Offshore Race Week Series - SoCal 300	Amazing Grace	ORC handicap	Spinnaker trimmer	9th / 9
2 Oct 2019	2019 Farr 40 World Championship	Foil	Farr 40	Mast	12th / 14
28 Sep 2019	2019 Farr 40 Pre-Worlds Regatta	Foil	Farr 40	Mast	8th / 13
21 Mar 2018	2018 Farr 40 West Coast Championship	Foil	Farr 40	Pit Assist	5th / 7

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	-39 provisional	#50611 band 36474–60326	—
Farr 40 Crew	-42 provisional	#316 band 258–364	—

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	0 events	0 wins	beats —
As crew	7 events	0 wins	beats 23%

Positions: Spinnaker trimmer (4) · Mast (2) · Pit Assist (1)

How they race

Closer	−2 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	+1 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Small fleets	20%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Mick Shlens	23	0–23
Wolfgang Schaefer	23	1–22
Jeff Carter	16	1–15
Chris Way	16	1–15
Barrington Darcy	16	12–4
Drew Freides	16	1–15
Rick Goebel	16	1–15
Zoltan Katinszky	16	7–9
Martin Meerhoff	16	7–9
John Seitz	13	11–2
Steve Brown	12	1–11

Most-beaten opponent: John Seitz (11–2).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2023	1	43%
2022	2	13%
2021	1	0%
2019	2	29%
2018	1	33%

Boats

Amazing Grace · ORC handicap · 4 events · 2021–2023
Foil · Farr 40 · 3 events · 2018–2019

Where they race

San Diego, CA, USA · 2 events
Newport Beach, CA, USA · 1 events
California, USA · 1 events
Los Angeles, CA, USA · 1 events
San Pedro, CA, USA · 1 events
Long Beach, CA, USA · 1 events

Is this you?

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Crew rating, Full-size sailing: -39, #50,611. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.