Sailor · 2018–2025

Wim de Backer

wv breskens Handicap ORC handicap IRC handicap

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Events: 14
Win rate: 29%
Podium rate: 50%
Typically beats: 68%
Longest win streak: 7

Most successful partnership: Henrik Hellman
Best trio: Reinald Lauwers & Tibor Janssens
Biggest lift: Astrid De Vin
Longest-running crew: Bert le Duc
Nemesis: François Goubau
Rival: Gerdjan Poortman
Best day: 16 Sep 2018
Signature result: 1st of 9

Partnerships · 35 sailors

Most successful partnership: Henrik Hellman — 4 wins · 5 podiums in 8 events together · 50% win rate

Bert le Duc · Alegria, BYRON, Il Corvo, IL CORVO · Handicap, IRC handicap, ORC handicap, Swan 45 12events 4 wins together · 6 podiums · 33% win rate · 14 of 63 races won Beat 66% of the fleet together · best 1st · Apr 2018 – Oct 2025
Jan Persoons · BYRON, Il Corvo, IL CORVO, SAMANTAGA · Handicap, IRC handicap, ORC handicap, Swan 45 11events 4 wins together · 6 podiums · 36% win rate · 14 of 62 races won Beat 63% of the fleet together(−5 vs. without) · best 1st · Apr 2018 – Sep 2024
Reinald Lauwers · BYRON, Il Corvo, IL CORVO · Handicap, IRC handicap, ORC handicap 10events 4 wins together · 7 podiums · 40% win rate · 15 of 53 races won Beat 71% of the fleet together(+24 vs. without) · best 1st · Apr 2018 – Jun 2022
Steven van Loon · Alegria, BYRON, Il Corvo, IL CORVO · Handicap, IRC handicap, ORC handicap, Swan 45 10events 4 wins together · 6 podiums · 40% win rate · 14 of 50 races won Beat 71% of the fleet together(+22 vs. without) · best 1st · Apr 2018 – Oct 2025
Astrid De Vin · Il Corvo, IL CORVO · Handicap, IRC handicap, ORC handicap 10events 4 wins together · 6 podiums · 40% win rate · 13 of 55 races won Beat 74% of the fleet together(+34 vs. without) · best 1st · Apr 2018 – Sep 2021
Kelly Ann Hellman-clarijs · BYRON, Il Corvo, IL CORVO, SAMANTAGA · Handicap, IRC handicap, ORC handicap, Swan 45 9events 4 wins together · 6 podiums · 44% win rate · 14 of 49 races won Beat 69% of the fleet together(+12 vs. without) · best 1st · Apr 2018 – Sep 2024
Tibor Janssens · Alegria, Il Corvo, IL CORVO, SAMANTAGA · Handicap, IRC handicap, ORC handicap, Swan 45 9events 4 wins together · 5 podiums · 44% win rate · 12 of 37 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together(+29 vs. without) · best 1st · Apr 2018 – Oct 2025
Henrik Hellman · Il Corvo, IL CORVO, SAMANTAGA · Handicap, IRC handicap, ORC handicap, Swan 45 8events 4 wins together · 5 podiums · 50% win rate · 12 of 44 races won Beat 77% of the fleet together(+30 vs. without) · best 1st · Apr 2018 – Sep 2024
Dennis de Jonge · Il Corvo, IL CORVO, SAMANTAGA · Handicap, IRC handicap, ORC handicap, Swan 45 8events 4 wins together · 4 podiums · 50% win rate · 12 of 50 races won Beat 71% of the fleet together(+16 vs. without) · best 1st · Apr 2018 – Sep 2024
Mathias van der Auwelaer · Il Corvo · Handicap, IRC handicap, ORC handicap 5events 2 wins together · 3 podiums · 40% win rate · 7 of 24 races won Beat 73% of the fleet together(+13 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2018 – Sep 2019

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

Rating history

Event history · 14

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
18 Oct 2025	ANTWERP RACE 2025	Alegria	Handicap	Crew	4th / 33
19 Oct 2024	ANTWERP RACE 2024	Alegria	Handicap	Crew	8th / 11
17 Sep 2024	2024 ROLEX SWAN CUP	SAMANTAGA	Swan 45	Bow	4th / 6
25 Jun 2022	Deltaweekend 2022	BYRON	ORC handicap	Crew	3rd / 3
25 Sep 2021	ONZK OSTEND SAILING WEEKEND	Il Corvo	IRC handicap	Crew	2nd / 8
27 Aug 2021	Damen Breskens Sailing Weekend 2021	Il Corvo	ORC handicap	Crew	6th / 8
28 Sep 2019	AntwerpRace	Il Corvo	Handicap	Crew	3rd / 10
30 Aug 2019	Damen Breskens Sailing Weekend	Il Corvo	Handicap	Crew	10th / 15
20 Apr 2019	Van Uden Reco Stellendam Regatta 2019	Il Corvo	ORC handicap	Crew	1st / 7
15 Sep 2018	ONZK Ostend Sailing Weekend	Il Corvo	IRC handicap	Crew	1st / 9
24 Aug 2018	Damen Breskens Sailing Weekend 2018	Il Corvo	Handicap	Crew	8th / 15
18 May 2018	North Sea Regatta 2018	Il Corvo	ORC handicap	Crew	8th / 21
21 Apr 2018	Van Uden Reco Stellendam Regatta 2018	Il Corvo	Handicap	Crew	1st / 7
21 Apr 2018	Van Uden Reco Stellendam Regatta 2018	IL CORVO	Handicap	Crew	1st / 6

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Crew	285 provisional	#8624 band 5022–14261	—

1 more class, not yet ranked

Swan 45 · Crew · 7 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	14 events	4 wins	beats 65%

Positions: Bow (1)

How they race

Closer	−1 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−22 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	35%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	66%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Gerdjan Poortman	36	20–15
Marco de Bat	33	21–11
Frans Rodenburg	32	13–17
Harold Vermeulen	24	20–3
Robert Jockin	20	14–5
Jan Gabriël	19	7–12
Michel Lefebvre	18	8–10
Frans van Cappelle	18	15–3
Kurt Kreutz	17	14–2
Bernard de Smet	17	7–10
Christiaan Pottiez	16	16–0
Dirk Hellemans	15	2–13

Most-beaten opponent: Harold Vermeulen (20–3).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	1	0	91%
2024	2	0	35%
2022	1	0	0%
2021	2	0	57%
2019	3	1	71%
2018	5	3	83%

Boats

Il Corvo · IRC handicap, ORC handicap, Handicap · 10 events · 2018–2021
Alegria · Handicap · 2 events · 2024–2025
SAMANTAGA · Swan 45 · 1 events · 2024
BYRON · ORC handicap · 1 events · 2022

Where they race

Unknown · 12 events
Porto Cervo, Italy · 1 events

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Crew rating across all classes: 285, #8,624. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.