Sailor · 2011–2024

Samuel Childs

royal bvi yacht club Optimist Handicap Laser

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Events: 14
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 0%
Typically beats: 49%
Best class ranking: #813

Nemesis: Rayne Duff
Rival: Mia Nicolosi
Best day: 23 Jun 2011
Signature result: 6th of 29

Partnerships · 5 sailors

Paul Fuller · Quokka · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 76% of the fleet together · best 8th · Aug 2024 – Aug 2024
Peter Rutter · Quokka · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 76% of the fleet together · best 8th · Aug 2024 – Aug 2024
William Rayner · Quokka · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 76% of the fleet together · best 8th · Aug 2024 – Aug 2024
Jim Allen · Quokka · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 76% of the fleet together · best 8th · Aug 2024 – Aug 2024
Laura Collister · Quokka · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 76% of the fleet together · best 8th · Aug 2024 – Aug 2024

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

Rating history

Event history · 14

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
5 Aug 2024	Half Ton Classics Cup	Quokka	Handicap	Crew	8th / 30
15 May 2015	BVI Dinghy Championships 2015	9	Laser	Skipper	8th / 9
20 Jun 2014	St. Thomas International Optimist Regatta	IVB955	Optimist	Skipper	24th / 58
16 May 2014	BVI Dinghy Championships 2014	IVB955	Optimist	Skipper	12th / 27
18 Jan 2014	MLK Regatta	IVB955	Optimist	Skipper	5th / 13
12 Oct 2013	Columbus Day Regatta	955	Optimist	Skipper	6th / 15
21 Jun 2013	International Optimist Regatta presented by Glacial Energy	IVB955	Optimist	Skipper	28th / 81
1 Feb 2013	12 International Regatta 2013	IVB955	Optimist	Skipper	20th / 35
6 Oct 2012	Columbus Day Regatta	IVB955	Optimist	Skipper	8th / 19
8 Sep 2012	Royal BVI Yacht Club 'Back to School Regatta'	IVB	Optimist	Skipper	10th / 17
22 Jun 2012	Scotiabank International Optimist Regatta	IVB104	245	Skipper	82nd / 96
5 May 2012	BVI Dinghy Championships	IVB104	Optimist	Skipper	12th / 21
3 Feb 2012	11th International Regatta 2012	IVB104	Optimist Advanced	Skipper	23rd / 29
23 Jun 2011	Scotiabank International Optimist Regatta	IVB108	Optimist	Skipper	6th / 29

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Helm	119 provisional	#29539 band 18566–44137	—
Optimist Helm	372 provisional	#813 band 440–1431	—

4 more classes, not yet ranked

Optimist Advanced · Helm · 12 races, 1 event · rating -96
Laser · Helm · 9 races, 1 event · rating -190
245 · Helm · 8 races, 1 event · rating -23
All classes · Crew · 7 races, 1 event · rating 55

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	13 events	0 wins	beats 49%
As crew	1 events	0 wins	beats 76%

How they race

Closer	−1 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−15 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	58%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	53%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Christopher Sharpless	128	35–92
Julian van den Driessche	118	77–41
Thad Lettsome	118	25–93
Rayne Duff	116	22–94
Mateo Di Blasi	101	65–36
Teddy Nicolosi	86	13–73
Mia Nicolosi	71	42–29
Jack Finley	68	21–47
James Dawson	68	54–14
Maggie Finley	64	47–17
Robert Hunter	63	43–20
Sam Morrell	63	7–56

Most-beaten opponent: Lake Sanford (53–7).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2024	1	76%
2015	1	13%
2014	3	61%
2013	3	58%
2012	5	37%
2011	1	82%

Boats

IVB955 · Optimist · 6 events · 2012–2014
IVB104 · 245, Optimist, Optimist Advanced · 3 events · 2012
Quokka · Handicap · 1 events · 2024
9 · Laser · 1 events · 2015
955 · Optimist · 1 events · 2013
IVB · Optimist · 1 events · 2012
IVB108 · Optimist · 1 events · 2011

Where they race

St. Thomas, VI · 3 events
Charlotte Amalie, VI · 3 events
San Juan, PR · 2 events
Nanny Cay, Tortola · 2 events
St. Thomas Yacht Club - St. Thomas, VI · 1 events
Royal BVI Yacht Club · 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 across all classes: 119, #29,539.Crew rating across all classes: 55. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.