Sailor · 2022–2025

Gary Van Berk

mbsc Sandhopper

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Events: 9
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 44%
Typically beats: 57%
Best class ranking: #7
Longest win streak: 4

Nemesis: Phil Spillane
Rival: Tom Dayes
Best day: 1 Jan 2023
Signature result: 2nd of 9

Partnerships · 8 sailors

P Gray · Whisper · Sandhopper 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 5th · Jan 2025 – Jan 2025
P Gray · Whisper · Sandhopper 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 2 of 6 races won Beat 86% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jan 2022 – Jan 2022
P Gray · Whisper · Sandhopper 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 5th · Jan 2025 – Jan 2025
P Gray · Whisper · Sandhopper 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 33% of the fleet together · best 7th · Jan 2025 – Jan 2025
P Gray · Whisper · Sandhopper 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 2 of 6 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jan 2023 – Jan 2023
P Gray · Whisper · Sandhopper 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 71% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jan 2022 – Jan 2022
P Gray · Whisper · Sandhopper 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 3 races won Beat 56% of the fleet together · best 5th · Jan 2025 – Jan 2025
P Gray · Whisper · Sandhopper 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 2 of 7 races won Beat 88% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jan 2023 – Jan 2023

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

Rating history

Event history · 9

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
1 Jan 2025	Frank Levy Trophy	Whisper	Sandhopper	Skipper	5th / 5
1 Jan 2025	John Primett Trophy	Whisper	Sandhopper	Skipper	5th / 5
1 Jan 2025	Keelboat Summer 2025	Whisper	Sandhopper	Skipper	5th / 10
1 Jan 2025	Sailwave results for at 2025	Whisper	Sandhopper	Skipper	7th / 10
1 Jan 2023	Kellboat Autumn 2023	Whisper	Sandhopper	Skipper	2nd / 6
1 Jan 2023	Kellboat Summer 2023	Whisper	Sandhopper	Skipper	2nd / 9
1 Jan 2022	Keelboat Spring 2022	40	Sandhopper	Skipper	4th / 8
1 Jan 2022	Keelboat Summer 2022	Whisper	Sandhopper	Skipper	2nd / 8
1 Jan 2022	Keelboat Summer series 2022	Whisper	Sandhopper	Skipper	3rd / 8

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Helm	65 provisional	#49083 band 34070–66123	—
Sandhopper Helm	76 provisional	#7 band 5–10	−3.3

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	9 events	0 wins	beats 52%
As crew	0 events	0 wins	beats —

How they race

Closer	−31 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−4 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	36%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	52%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Tom Dayes	28	14–13
Phil Spillane	25	10–15
Peter Freshwater	17	10–6
Bill Wriight	15	7–8

Most-beaten opponent: Peter Freshwater (10–6).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2025	4	22%
2023	2	84%
2022	3	71%

Boats

Whisper · Sandhopper · 8 events · 2022–2025
40 · Sandhopper · 1 events · 2022

Where they race

Unknown · 9 events

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Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 65, #49,083. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.