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Sailor · 2016–2026

Matt Butler

HandicapRS 400

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Possibly the same person: Matt Butler (2023–2025, 8 events). SailDex keeps these apart until the evidence or a claim says otherwise.
Events
78

351 races · 35 race wins

Win rate
4%

4% win rate · 3 of 78

Podium rate
9%

7 top-three finishes

Typically beats
68%

of boats faced (range 67%–69%, 3,631 boats)

Longest win streak
4

race wins in a row

Most successful partnership
Stephen Smith

2 wins · 3 podiums in 23 events together · 9% win rate

Longest-running crew
Stephen Smith

Jan 2021 – Jan 2026 · 23 events

Nemesis
Mike Saul

11–61 head to head in 72 races

Rival
Neil Ashurst

64–63 in 128 races

Best day
1 Jan 2023

1-3-2-1-1-1-1-1 · Icicle Series

Signature result
1st of 65

Early Summer Morning Series Slow Fleet · Handicap · 1 Jan 2021

Partnerships · 1 sailors

Most successful partnership: Stephen Smith — 2 wins · 3 podiums in 23 events together · 9% win rate
  • Stephen Smith · 1281 · Handicap, RS 400 23events 2 wins together · 3 podiums · 9% win rate · 25 of 93 races won Beat 57% of the fleet together(−14 vs. without) · best 1st · Jan 2021 – Jan 2026

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

Rating history

-2615733920172019202120232025Helm rating, full-size sailingCrew rating, full-size sailing

— Helm rating, full-size sailing · - - Crew rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 78

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
1 Jan 2026Early Summer Series Around the Buoys 20261346HandicapSkipper22nd / 58
1 Jan 2026Early Summer Series Windward Leeward 20261281HandicapCrew10th / 31
1 Jan 2026Graham Cooke Memorial Pursuit Race 20261346HandicapSkipper5th / 25
1 Jan 2026Late Summer Series Around the Buoys 20261346HandicapSkipper16th / 42
1 Jan 2026Late Summer Series Windward Leeward 20261281HandicapCrew15th / 32
1 Jan 2026Short Race Format Day Windward Leeward 20261281HandicapCrew4th / 6
1 Jan 2026Spring Series Windward Leeward 20261281HandicapCrew9th / 18
1 Jan 2025Early Summer Series Around the Buoys 20251346HandicapSkipper9th / 37
1 Jan 2025Frostbite Series 20251281HandicapCrew36th / 51
1 Jan 2025Late Summer Series Around the Buoys 20251346HandicapSkipper15th / 51
1 Jan 2025Late Summer Series Windward Leeward 20251281HandicapCrew3rd / 34
1 Jan 2025Spring Pursuit Races 20251346HandicapSkipper7th / 24
1 Jan 2025Spring Series Windward Leeward 20251281HandicapCrew9th / 27
2 Jan 2024Late Summer Series Windward/Leeward 20241281HandicapCrew22nd / 41
1 Jan 2024Autumn Series Around the Buoys 20241281HandicapCrew7th / 38
1 Jan 2024Autumn Series Windward/Leeward 20241281HandicapCrew1st / 34
1 Jan 2024Corrected 12/12/241346HandicapSkipper5th / 38
1 Jan 2024Early Summer Series Windward/Leeward 20241281HandicapCrew11th / 41
1 Jan 2024Frostbite1281HandicapCrew13th / 50
1 Jan 2024Frostbite1281HandicapCrew28th / 51
1 Jan 2024Frostbite Series 20241281HandicapCrew40th / 40
1 Jan 2024RS400 First of the Month 20241281RS 400Crew8th / 12
1 Jan 2024Spring 2024 WL1281HandicapCrew11th / 59
1 Jan 2024Spring Series Windward/Leeward 20241281HandicapCrew16th / 21
1 Jan 2024Wednesday Evening Series 20241281HandicapCrew38th / 64

Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 319, #11,482.Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 252, #12,163. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.