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Sailor · 2024–2026

Nigel Abbott

cyca EtchellsIRC handicap

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Events
7

40 races · 1 race win

Win rate
0%

0% win rate · 0 of 7

Podium rate
0%

0 top-three finishes

Typically beats
44%

of boats faced (range 40%–48%, 381 boats)

Best class ranking
#264

Helm in Etchells · rating 182

Longest-running crew
Chris Manton

Mar 2024 – May 2026 · 5 events

Nemesis
Peter Merrington

8–26 head to head in 34 races

Rival
Chris Hampton

21–18 in 39 races

Best day
11 Jan 2025

14-1-5-17-31-17-19-26 · 2025 Etchells World Championship

Signature result
5th of 24

Etchells NSW Championship 2024-25 · Etchells · 11 Oct 2024

Partnerships · 23 sailors

  • Chris Manton · Tiger, Tiger 22 · Etchells 5events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 1 of 31 races won Beat 52% of the fleet together · best 11th · Mar 2024 – May 2026
  • Rod Hagebols · Tiger · Etchells 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 13 races won Beat 74% of the fleet together · best 11th · Jan 2025 – Jan 2025
  • Jake Newman · Tiger · Etchells 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 27% of the fleet together · best 36th · Apr 2026 – May 2026
  • Georgia Wharington · Wild Thing 100 · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 26% of the fleet together · best 77th · Dec 2025 – Dec 2025
  • Xavier Winston Smith · Wild Thing 100 · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 26% of the fleet together · best 77th · Dec 2025 – Dec 2025
  • Patrick Lambourne · Wild Thing 100 · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 26% of the fleet together · best 77th · Dec 2025 – Dec 2025
  • Theodore Somssich · Wild Thing 100 · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 26% of the fleet together · best 77th · Dec 2025 – Dec 2025
  • Adrian Seiffert · Wild Thing 100 · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 26% of the fleet together · best 77th · Dec 2025 – Dec 2025
  • Keagan York · Wild Thing 100 · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 26% of the fleet together · best 77th · Dec 2025 – Dec 2025
  • Christo Worchurst · Wild Thing 100 · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 26% of the fleet together · best 77th · Dec 2025 – Dec 2025

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

Rating history

09919820252026Helm rating, full-size sailingCrew rating, full-size sailing

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

Event history · 7

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
11 May 20262026 Etchells World ChampionshipTigerEtchellsHelm36th / 76
25 Apr 20262026 Etchells West Coast Spring Series - Etchells Orca BowlTigerEtchellsHelm63rd / 63
26 Dec 2025Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2025Wild Thing 100IRC handicapCrew77th / 103
10 Jan 20252025 Etchells World ChampionshipTigerEtchellsSkipper12th / 46
3 Jan 20252025 Etchells Pre-Worlds RegattaTigerEtchellsSkipper11th / 36
11 Oct 2024Etchells NSW Championship 2024-25TigerEtchellsSkipper5th / 24
18 Mar 20242024 Etchells World ChampionshipTiger 22EtchellsCrew16th / 40

Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 198, #20,441.Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 48, #37,084. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.