Sailor · 2018–2026

Bernard de Smet

bruxelles royal yacht club IRC handicap ORC handicap IRC 1

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Events: 13
Win rate: 8%
Podium rate: 31%
Typically beats: 69%
Longest win streak: 6

Most successful partnership: Claude Graff
Best trio: Patrick Gerard & Claude Graff
Biggest lift: Marc Vercruysse
Longest-running crew: Marc Vercruysse
Nemesis: Jan Gabriël
Best day: 1 Sep 2019
Signature result: 1st of 15

Partnerships · 42 sailors

Most successful partnership: Claude Graff — 1 wins · 1 podiums in 4 events together

Patrick Gerard · Zumex, ZUMEX, Zumex.be, ZUMEX.BE · Handicap, IRC 1, IRC handicap 8events 1 wins together · 3 podiums · 13% win rate · 10 of 30 races won Beat 64% of the fleet together(−10 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2018 – Aug 2024
Philippe Laenen · Zumex, ZUMEX, ZUMEX.BE · Handicap, IRC handicap 8events 1 wins together · 3 podiums · 13% win rate · 10 of 31 races won Beat 70% of the fleet together(+5 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2018 – Aug 2024
Marc Vercruysse · QUATRAILLE, ZUMEX.BE · Handicap, IRC handicap, ORC handicap 5events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 20% win rate · 6 of 11 races won Beat 81% of the fleet together(+22 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2019 – Jul 2026
Thierry Magerman · Zumex, Zumex.be, ZUMEX.BE · Handicap, IRC 1, IRC handicap 5events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 20% win rate · 6 of 14 races won Beat 61% of the fleet together(−10 vs. without) · best 1st · Oct 2018 – Aug 2024
Claude Graff · ZUMEX, Zumex.be, ZUMEX.BE · Handicap, IRC 1, IRC handicap 4events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 10 of 13 races won Beat 66% of the fleet together(−2 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2018 – Aug 2019
Olivia Wahl · QUATRAILLE, Zumex.be · IRC 1, ORC handicap 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 63% of the fleet together(−5 vs. without) · best 2nd · Oct 2018 – Jul 2026
Joé Seeten · QUATRAILLE · ORC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 85% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jul 2025 – Jul 2026
Marc Vercruyse · Zumex, Zumex.be · IRC 1, IRC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 46% of the fleet together · best 5th · Oct 2018 – Aug 2022
Jana van Hoey · Zumex.be, ZUMEX.BE · Handicap, IRC 1 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 6 of 7 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together · best 1st · Oct 2018 – Aug 2019
Thaddée van Oost · QUATRAILLE, Zumex.be · IRC 1, ORC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 45% of the fleet together · best 4th · Oct 2018 – Jul 2024

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

Rating history

— Helm rating, all classes · - - Crew rating, all classes

Event history · 13

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
5 Jul 2026	AEGEAN 600 2026	QUATRAILLE	ORC handicap	Owner	4th / 15
6 Jul 2025	AEGEAN 600 2025	QUATRAILLE	ORC handicap	Owner	2nd / 13
17 Aug 2024	Delen Regatta - Nieuwpoort-Oostende-Nieuwpoort	Zumex	IRC handicap	Skipper	7th / 11
16 Aug 2024	Challenge Van de Velde - Up- & downwind races	Zumex	IRC handicap	Skipper	2nd / 6
7 Jul 2024	Aegean 600 2024	QUATRAILLE	ORC handicap	Skipper	4th / 11
13 Aug 2022	Nieuwpoort-Oostende-Nieuwpoort Challenge Van de Velde 2022	Zumex	IRC handicap	Skipper	5th / 15
28 Sep 2019	AntwerpRace	ZUMEX.BE	IRC 1	Skipper	4th / 9
14 Sep 2019	ONZK Ostend Sailing Weekend (Open Belgian Ch. IRC)	ZUMEX.BE	IRC handicap	Skipper	3rd / 8
30 Aug 2019	Damen Breskens Sailing Weekend	ZUMEX.BE	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 15
30 May 2019	Ostend-Ramsgate-Ostend 2019	ZUMEX.BE	IRC handicap	Skipper	4th / 10
13 Oct 2018	AntwerpRace	Zumex.be	IRC 1	Skipper	9th / 11
15 Sep 2018	ONZK Ostend Sailing Weekend	Zumex	IRC handicap	Skipper	5th / 9
24 Aug 2018	Damen Breskens Sailing Weekend 2018	ZUMEX	Handicap	Skipper	4th / 14

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Helm	173 provisional	#21816 band 12186–36713	—

2 more classes, not yet ranked

All classes · Crew · 2 races, 2 events · rating 31
IRC 1 · Helm · 2 races, 2 events · rating 4

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	11 events	1 wins	beats 64%
As crew	2 events	0 wins	beats 85%

Positions: Owner (2)

How they race

Closer	−6 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	±0 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	59%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	58%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Jan Gabriël	26	4–17
Paul Jonckheere	19	6–13
Astrid De Vin	18	10–8
Michel Lefebvre	16	2–5
Jan Alleman	14	11–3
Christiaan Pottiez	13	12–1
Marco de Bat	12	10–2
Bruno Deryckere	12	8–4

Most-beaten opponent: Christiaan Pottiez (12–1).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	1	0	79%
2025	1	0	92%
2024	3	0	63%
2022	1	0	71%
2019	4	1	75%
2018	3	0	49%

Boats

Zumex · IRC handicap, Handicap · 5 events · 2018–2024
ZUMEX.BE · IRC 1, IRC handicap, Handicap · 5 events · 2018–2019
QUATRAILLE · ORC handicap · 3 events · 2024–2026

Where they race

Unknown · 13 events

Is this you?

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Helm rating across all classes: 173, #21,816.Crew rating across all classes: 31. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.