Sailor · 2020–2026

Matthew Smaller

rorc IRC handicap Handicap J/111

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Events: 17
Win rate: 6%
Podium rate: 18%
Typically beats: 71%

Most successful partnership: Ewan Finlay
Best trio: Lydia Barber & Ewan Finlay
Biggest lift: Mark Emerson
Longest-running crew: Mark Emerson
Signature result: 14th of 351

Partnerships · 33 sailors

Most successful partnership: Ewan Finlay — 1 wins · 1 podiums in 6 events together · 17% win rate

Mark Emerson · PHOSPHORUS II · IRC handicap 9events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 11% win rate · 1 of 9 races won Beat 74% of the fleet together(+39 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2023 – Sep 2025
Arthur White · PHOSPHORUS II · IRC handicap 8events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 13% win rate · 1 of 8 races won Beat 74% of the fleet together(+36 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2023 – Jul 2024
Jacopo Ceresole · PHOSPHORUS II · IRC handicap 8events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 13% win rate · 1 of 8 races won Beat 74% of the fleet together(+36 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2023 – Jul 2024
Ben Gasson · PHOSPHORUS II · IRC handicap 8events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 13% win rate · 1 of 8 races won Beat 74% of the fleet together(+36 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2023 – Jul 2024
Ewan Finlay · PHOSPHORUS II · IRC handicap 6events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 17% win rate · 1 of 6 races won Beat 76% of the fleet together(+32 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2023 – Jul 2024
Lydia Barber · PHOSPHORUS II · IRC handicap 6events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 17% win rate · 1 of 6 races won Beat 74% of the fleet together(+29 vs. without) · best 1st · Jul 2023 – Jul 2024
Stuart Rhys-williams · Taika · Handicap, IRC handicap 5events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 5 races won Beat 49% of the fleet together(−9 vs. without) · best 20th · May 2021 – Aug 2021
Saoirse Reynolds · PHOSPHORUS II · IRC handicap 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 66% of the fleet together(+14 vs. without) · best 11th · May 2024 – Sep 2025
Andrew James · PHOSPHORUS II · IRC handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together(+30 vs. without) · best 14th · May 2023 – Sep 2025
Piers Harris · PHOSPHORUS II · IRC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 88% of the fleet together · best 14th · May 2023 – Jul 2023

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

Rating history

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

Event history · 17

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
4 Sep 2026	Nautical Cloud Cherbourg Race (with JOG)	SHOCKWAVE	Handicap	Crew	2nd / 2
5 Sep 2025	Cherbourg Race (with JOG) (R7 Cowes Offshore Racing Series)	PHOSPHORUS II	IRC handicap	Crew	18th / 51
20 Jul 2024	Channel Race	PHOSPHORUS II	IRC handicap	Crew	1st / 18
22 Jun 2024	SSE Renewables Round Ireland Race	PHOSPHORUS II	IRC handicap	Crew	24th / 41
18 May 2024	De Guingand Bowl Race (IRC 2H Nationals Race 1)	PHOSPHORUS II	IRC handicap	Crew	18th / 41
10 May 2024	North Sea Race	PHOSPHORUS II	IRC handicap	Crew	11th / 35
4 May 2024	Myth of Malham Race	PHOSPHORUS II	IRC handicap	Crew	17th / 55
21 Jul 2023	Rolex Fastnet Race	PHOSPHORUS II	IRC handicap	Crew	14th / 351
7 Jul 2023	Cowes Dinard St Malo Race	PHOSPHORUS II	IRC handicap	Crew	37th / 177
27 May 2023	Myth of Malham Race	PHOSPHORUS II	IRC handicap	Crew	32nd / 146
8 Aug 2021	Rolex Fastnet Race 2021	Taika	IRC handicap	Skipper	31st / 70
8 Aug 2021	Rolex Fastnet Race 2021	Taika	IRC handicap	Skipper	136th / 269
8 Aug 2021	Rolex Fastnet Race 2021	Taika	Handicap	Skipper	29th / 59
8 Aug 2021	Rolex Fastnet Race 2021	Taika	IRC handicap	Skipper	20th / 36
24 Jun 2021	2021 Landsail Tyres J Cup	Kestrel	J/111	Mast	5th / 7
29 May 2021	Myth of Malham Race 2021	Taika	IRC handicap	Skipper	24th / 41
11 Jan 2020	RYA Winter Match Racing 1 2020	Thomas Goodman	Match racing	Crew	2nd / 2

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Crew	63 provisional	#33119 band 18962–48813	—

3 more classes, not yet ranked

J/111 · Crew · 8 races, 1 event · rating 3
All classes · Helm · 5 races, 5 events · rating 14
Match racing · Crew · 2 races, 1 event · rating 7

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	5 events	0 wins	beats 49%
As crew	12 events	1 wins	beats 58%

Positions: Mast (1)

How they race

Closer	+25 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−15 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	46%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	62%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets	11%	of the fleet beaten

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	1	0	0%
2025	1	0	66%
2024	5	1	68%
2023	3	0	85%
2021	6	0	47%
2020	1	0	0%

Boats

PHOSPHORUS II · IRC handicap · 9 events · 2023–2025
Taika · IRC handicap, Handicap · 5 events · 2021
SHOCKWAVE · Handicap · 1 events · 2026
Kestrel · J/111 · 1 events · 2021
Thomas Goodman · Match racing · 1 events · 2020

Where they race

Unknown · 13 events
Hamble, Hampshire, UK · 1 events

Is this you?

Claim it to merge duplicates and remove results that aren’t yours. Changes apply at the nightly rebuild.

Crew rating across all classes: 63, #33,119.Helm rating across all classes: 14. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.