Sailor · 2009–2025

Stephen Buckingham

sss Handicap PHRF handicap Express 27

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Events: 69
Win rate: 12%
Podium rate: 42%
Typically beats: 57%
Longest win streak: 2

Most successful partnership: Greg Nelsen
Biggest lift: Greg Nelsen
Longest-running crew: Greg Nelsen
Nemesis: Bob Johnston
Signature result: 2nd of 33

Partnerships · 16 sailors

Most successful partnership: Greg Nelsen — 5 wins · 7 podiums in 7 events together · 71% win rate

Greg Nelsen · Invisible Hand, OUTSIDER · Handicap 7events 5 wins together · 7 podiums · 71% win rate · 6 of 8 races won Beat 84% of the fleet together(+30 vs. without) · best 1st · Jul 2013 – Oct 2022
Jennifer Mckenna · STARBUCK, TCHOUPITOULAS · Handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 54% of the fleet together(−3 vs. without) · best 6th · Oct 2015 – Oct 2017
Ruben Gabriel · Invisible Hand, STARBUCK · Handicap 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 2 races won Beat 78% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jul 2013 – Feb 2018
Rufus Sjoberg · Invisible Hand · Handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 1 race won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jul 2013 – Jul 2013
Steve Mccarthy · STARBUCK · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 4th · Mar 2013 – Mar 2013
Fj Bolger · STARBUCK · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 97% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jan 2014 – Jan 2014
Frank Slootman · Invisible Hand · Handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 1 race won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jul 2013 – Jul 2013
Ben Allen · Invisible Hand · Handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 1 race won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jul 2013 – Jul 2013
Karl Crawford · Invisible Hand · Handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 1 race won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jul 2013 – Jul 2013
Patrick Whitmarsh · Invisible Hand · Handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 1 race won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jul 2013 – Jul 2013

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

Rating history

Event history · 69

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
7 Dec 2025	Small Boat Midwinters 2025-26	03	Handicap	Skipper	5th / 6
5 Jan 2025	2025 Small Boat Midwinters -Sundays	03	Handicap	Skipper	4th / 7
3 Dec 2023	2023-2024 Small Boat Midwinters -Sundays	03	Handicap	Skipper	8th / 10
15 Oct 2022	2022 - Vallejo 1-2	OUTSIDER	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 10
17 Sep 2022	2022 - Half Moon Bay Race	OUTSIDER	Handicap	Skipper	3rd / 3
20 Aug 2022	2022 - Drakes Bay Races	OUTSIDER	Handicap	Skipper	2nd / 9
26 Feb 2022	2022 - Corinthian	OUTSIDER	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 9
16 Oct 2021	2021 - Vallejo 1-2	STARBUCK	Handicap	Skipper	6th / 9
27 Mar 2021	2021 - Round the Rocks	STARBUCK	Handicap	Skipper	11th / 13
30 Jan 2021	2021 - Three Bridge Fiasco	STARBUCK	Handicap	Skipper	11th / 13
31 Aug 2019	Jazz Cup 2019	Starbuck	Handicap	Skipper	48th / 97
27 Oct 2018	Great Pumpkin 2018	Starbuck	Handicap	Skipper	30th / 137
15 Sep 2018	2018 - Half Moon Bay Race	OUTSIDER	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 8
1 Sep 2018	Jazz Cup 2018	Starbuck	Handicap	Skipper	52nd / 97
24 Feb 2018	2018 - Corinthian	STARBUCK	Handicap	Skipper	10th / 21
21 Oct 2017	2017 - Vallejo 1-2	STARBUCK	Handicap	Skipper	6th / 12
7 May 2017	2017 - The Great Vallejo Race	STARBUCK	Handicap	Skipper	2nd / 5
6 May 2017	2017 - The Great Vallejo Race	STARBUCK	Handicap	Skipper	2nd / 5
15 Apr 2017	2017 - Round the Rocks	STARBUCK	Handicap	Skipper	4th / 9
25 Mar 2017	2017 - Corinthian	STARBUCK	Handicap	Skipper	6th / 9
28 Jan 2017	2017 - Three Bridge Fiasco	STARBUCK	Handicap	Skipper	6th / 8
29 Oct 2016	Great Pumpkin 2016	Starbuck	Handicap	Skipper	70th / 124
22 Oct 2016	2016 - Vallejo 1-2	STARBUCK	Handicap	Skipper	6th / 14
3 Sep 2016	Jazz Cup 2016	CHOP-EH-TOO-LESS	Handicap	Skipper	48th / 105
30 Apr 2016	2016 - The Great Vallejo Race	TCHOUPITOULAS	PHRF handicap	Skipper	1st / 6

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Helm	36 provisional	#44557 band 33114–56856	—

2 more classes, not yet ranked

Santana 22 · Helm · 3 races, 1 event · rating 39
All classes · Crew · 1 race, 1 event · rating 25

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	68 events	7 wins	beats 56%
As crew	1 events	1 wins	beats 100%

Positions: Grinder (1)

How they race

Closer	−2 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−13 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	40%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	59%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets	57%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Andy Newell	22	7–13
Greg Nelsen	19	4–15
Dan Benjamin	17	1–15
Christine Sasaridis	16	11–5
Bob Johnston	15	0–15
Grant Hayes	14	5–6
Russell Klein	14	4–10

Most-beaten opponent: Christine Sasaridis (11–5).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	2	0	35%
2023	1	0	22%
2022	4	2	72%
2021	3	0	24%
2019	1	0	51%
2018	4	1	70%
2017	6	0	56%
2016	6	1	59%
2015	7	0	43%
2014	7	1	61%
2013	10	1	59%
2012	4	0	47%
2011	8	1	70%
2010	3	1	83%
2009	3	0	46%

Boats

STARBUCK · Handicap, Express 27, PHRF handicap · 46 events · 2011–2021
TCHOUPITOULAS · PHRF handicap, Handicap, Santana 22 · 12 events · 2009–2016
OUTSIDER · Handicap · 6 events · 2014–2022
03 · Handicap · 3 events · 2023–2025
CHOP-EH-TOO-LESS · Handicap · 1 events · 2016
Invisible Hand · Handicap · 1 events · 2013

Where they race

Singlehanded Sailing Society · 23 events
JACKY · 20 events
Point Richmond, CA · 6 events
Yacht Racing Association of San Francisco Bay · 4 events
Richmond Yacht Club · 3 events
YRA · 3 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: 36, #44,557.Crew rating across all classes: 25. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.