Sailor · 2019–2026

Nicola Palmer

RS 400 Fast Handicap

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Events: 18
Win rate: 33%
Podium rate: 67%
Typically beats: 61%
Best class ranking: #16
Longest win streak: 7

Most successful partnership: Michael Copeman
Biggest lift: Michael Copeman
Longest-running crew: Michael Copeman
Best day: 1 Jan 2026
Signature result: 5th of 25

Partnerships · 5 sailors

Most successful partnership: Michael Copeman — 5 wins · 11 podiums in 14 events together · 36% win rate

Michael Copeman · 865, The Joker · Fast, Handicap, RS 400 14events 5 wins together · 11 podiums · 36% win rate · 18 of 21 races won Beat 70% of the fleet together(+1 vs. without) · best 1st · Jan 2019 – Jan 2026
M Coleman · 865 · RS 400 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 3 of 3 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jan 2019 – Jan 2019
K Palmer · The Joker · RS 400 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 4 of 5 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jan 2019 – Jan 2019
B Palmer · The Joker · RS 400 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 4 of 5 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jan 2019 – Jan 2019
Bob Palmer · 3571 · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 1 race won Beat 46% of the fleet together · best 7th · Jan 2026 – Jan 2026

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

Rating history

Event history · 18

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
1 Jan 2026	2026 Early May Series Results	865	Fast	Skipper	3rd / 14
1 Jan 2026	2026 Sunday Series Results	3571	Handicap	Crew	7th / 12
1 Jan 2026	2026 Sunday Series Results	865	Fast	Skipper	17th / 23
1 Jan 2026	Early May Series Results (provisional)	865	Fast	Skipper	3rd / 14
1 Jan 2025	August Short Series Summary	865	Fast	Skipper	8th / 16
1 Jan 2025	Brass Monkey 2025 Summary	865	Fast	Skipper	8th / 12
1 Jan 2025	Chartity Race Series Results 2025	865	Handicap	Skipper	5th / 25
1 Jan 2025	Summer Series races 1-7	865	RS 400	Skipper	1st / 2
1 Jan 2024	Early May Short	865	RS 400	Skipper	1st / 2
1 Jan 2022	Early May Short Series 2022	865	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 3
1 Jan 2022	Easter Egg Series 2022	865	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 3
1 Jan 2022	Spring Series 2022	865	Fast	Skipper	3rd / 9
1 Jan 2019	Class Cups 2019	865	RS 400	Skipper	1st / 4
1 Jan 2019	Easter Egg 2019	865	RS 400	Skipper	3rd / 4
1 Jan 2019	Easter Egg 2019	865	RS 400	Skipper	3rd / 5
1 Jan 2019	Summer Series 2019	314	Handicap	Skipper	7th / 12
1 Jan 2019	Summer Series 2019	865	RS 400	Skipper	3rd / 4
1 Jan 2019	Sunday Series 2019	The Joker	RS 400	Skipper	1st / 4

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Helm	271 provisional	#14677 band 7816–25648	—
RS 400 Helm	244 provisional	#16 band 7–30	+5.9

1 more class, not yet ranked

Fast · Helm · 6 races, 6 events · rating 87

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	17 events	6 wins	beats 71%
As crew	1 events	0 wins	beats 46%

How they race

Closer	+5 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	+18 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	45%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	79%	of the fleet beaten

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	4	0	61%
2025	4	1	68%
2024	1	1	100%
2022	3	2	92%
2019	6	2	60%

Boats

865 · Fast, Handicap, RS 400 · 15 events · 2019–2026
3571 · Handicap · 1 events · 2026
314 · Handicap · 1 events · 2019
The Joker · RS 400 · 1 events · 2019

Where they race

Bexhill Sailing Club · 16 events

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Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 271, #14,677. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.