Sailor · 2015–2026

Samuel James

lakewood yacht club new york yacht club storm trysail club ORC handicap Bronze Fleet Etchells

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Events: 8
Win rate: 13%
Podium rate: 38%
Typically beats: 25%
Longest win streak: 3

Most successful partnership: John Cooper
Best trio: Billy Liberty & John Cooper
Biggest lift: Joseph Hodges
Longest-running crew: Joseph Hodges
Nemesis: Katie May Munro
Best day: 8 Aug 2025
Signature result: 1st of 10

Partnerships · 26 sailors

Most successful partnership: John Cooper — 1 wins · 2 podiums in 3 events together

Joseph Hodges · Cool Breeze, Voodoo Too · Cape 31, Etchells, IC37, ORC handicap 5events 1 wins together · 3 podiums · 20% win rate · 7 of 32 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together(+56 vs. without) · best 1st · Apr 2025 – Jul 2026
Jack Butters · 1153 · Bronze Fleet, Handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 19 races won Beat 19% of the fleet together(−56 vs. without) · best 69th · Jan 2015 – Jan 2018
John Cooper · Cool Breeze · Cape 31, ORC handicap 3events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 6 of 22 races won Beat 72% of the fleet together(+30 vs. without) · best 1st · Apr 2025 – Aug 2025
Billy Liberty · Cool Breeze · Cape 31, ORC handicap 3events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 6 of 22 races won Beat 72% of the fleet together(+30 vs. without) · best 1st · Apr 2025 – Aug 2025
Rhone Findlay · Cool Breeze · Cape 31, ORC handicap 3events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 6 of 22 races won Beat 72% of the fleet together(+30 vs. without) · best 1st · Apr 2025 – Aug 2025
Patrick Murphy · Cool Breeze · Cape 31, ORC handicap 3events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 6 of 22 races won Beat 72% of the fleet together(+30 vs. without) · best 1st · Apr 2025 – Aug 2025
Gray Rackley · Voodoo Too · Etchells, IC37 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 10 races won Beat 79% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jul 2025 – Jul 2026
Alexander Bowen · Cool Breeze · ORC handicap 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 3 of 15 races won Beat 83% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jun 2025 – Aug 2025
David Hyer · Cool Breeze · Cape 31, ORC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 3 of 17 races won Beat 58% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Apr 2025 – Jun 2025
Katherine O'Donnell · Voodoo Too · Etchells, IC37 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 10 races won Beat 79% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jul 2025 – Jul 2026

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

Rating history

Event history · 8

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
10 Jul 2026	2026 Newport Regatta	Voodoo Too	Etchells	Other	12th / 38
8 Aug 2025	2025 Safe Harbor Race Weekend	Cool Breeze	ORC handicap	Other	1st / 10
12 Jul 2025	2025 Newport Regatta	Voodoo Too	IC37	Spinnaker trimmer	3rd / 16
23 Jun 2025	2025 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race Week	Cool Breeze	ORC handicap	Other	5th / 13
11 Apr 2025	2025 Charleston Race Week at Patriots Point	Cool Breeze	Cape 31	Mast	2nd / 3
1 Jan 2018	F-series Results are as of 12:40 on June 30, 2018	1153	Bronze Fleet	Crew	69th / 93
1 Jan 2015	F-series Results are provisional as of 15:24 on August 14, 2015	1153	Bronze Fleet	Crew	69th / 93
1 Jan 2015	Results are provisional as of 13:18 on August 13, 2015	1153	Handicap	Crew	185th / 193

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	257 provisional	#11044 band 6298–18405	—

4 more classes, not yet ranked

Bronze Fleet · Crew · 18 races, 2 events · rating -29
Cape 31 · Crew · 7 races, 1 event · rating 115
IC37 · Crew · 6 races, 1 event · rating 64
Etchells · Crew · 4 races, 1 event · rating -28

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	0 events	0 wins	beats —
As crew	8 events	1 wins	beats 54%

Positions: Spinnaker trimmer (1) · Mast (1)

How they race

Closer	−17 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−14 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	38%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	32%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Gustavo Abdulklech	18	2–16
Laerke Graversen	18	2–16
Katie May Munro	18	0–18
Phoebe Wood	18	8–10
Hannah Kapahnke	18	12–6
Jemima Leedham	18	4–14
Mawenn Jacquin	18	6–12
Ingmar Vieregge	18	0–18
Dan Armstrong	18	4–14
William Cunliffe	18	2–16
Thomas Paris	18	2–16
Filippo Amonti	18	0–18

Most-beaten opponent: Gary Weisberg (14–0).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	1	0	70%
2025	4	1	76%
2018	1	0	26%
2015	2	0	15%

Boats

Cool Breeze · ORC handicap, Cape 31 · 3 events · 2025
1153 · Bronze Fleet, Handicap · 3 events · 2015–2018
Voodoo Too · Etchells, IC37 · 2 events · 2025–2026

Where they race

Plas Heli, Pwllheli · 3 events
Newport, RI, USA · 2 events
Block Island, RI, USA · 1 events
Charleston, SC, USA · 1 events
Newport, RI, United States · 1 events

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Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 257, #11,044. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.