Sailor · 2018–2025

Ward Renckens

royal north sea yacht club SB20 Handicap

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Events: 23
Win rate: 4%
Podium rate: 30%
Typically beats: 20%
Best class ranking: #112
Longest win streak: 2

Most successful partnership: Sigrid Huyghe
Biggest lift: Kim Vanouytsel
Longest-running crew: Jos Groffils
Nemesis: Bart Tytgat
Rival: Filip Baert
Best day: 12 Aug 2024
Signature result: 4th of 13

Partnerships · 26 sailors

Most successful partnership: Sigrid Huyghe — 1 wins · 4 podiums in 10 events together · 10% win rate

Jos Groffils · Sea Bastards, Xapa² · Handicap, SB20 14events 1 wins together · 5 podiums · 7% win rate · 5 of 61 races won Beat 38% of the fleet together(+27 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2018 – Oct 2025
Kim Hoogmartens · Sea Bastards, Xapa² · Handicap, SB20 11events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 9% win rate · 3 of 59 races won Beat 28% of the fleet together(±0 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2019 – Aug 2025
Sigrid Huyghe · Sea Bastards, Xapa² · Handicap, SB20 10events 1 wins together · 4 podiums · 10% win rate · 3 of 51 races won Beat 22% of the fleet together(−10 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2019 – Aug 2025
Kim van Ouytsel · Sea Bastards · Handicap, SB20 5events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 20 races won Beat 22% of the fleet together(−8 vs. without) · best 3rd · Jul 2023 – Oct 2025
Kim Vanouytsel · Xapa² · Handicap 4events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 12 races won Beat 52% of the fleet together(+29 vs. without) · best 2nd · Aug 2018 – Sep 2019
Sven de Mulder · Xapa² · Handicap 4events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 12 races won Beat 52% of the fleet together(+29 vs. without) · best 2nd · Aug 2018 – Sep 2019
Nico Remmery · Sea Bastards · Handicap, SB20 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 2 of 17 races won Beat 24% of the fleet together(−4 vs. without) · best 3rd · Aug 2024 – Oct 2024
Gijs Renckens · Sea Bastards · Handicap, SB20 3events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 14% of the fleet together(−15 vs. without) · best 3rd · Jul 2022 – Oct 2025
Gunther Vandezande · Xapa² · Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 25% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Sep 2019 – Sep 2019
Shanna van Gompel · Sea Bastards · Handicap, SB20 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 21% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jul 2024 – Oct 2024

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

Rating history

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

Event history · 23

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
18 Oct 2025	ANTWERP RACE 2025	Sea Bastards	Handicap	Skipper	3rd / 4
18 Aug 2025	SB20 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2025	Filimi	SB20	Crew	40th / 42
9 Aug 2025	INTERNATIONAL BRUGSE ZOT CUP 2025	Sea Bastards	SB20	Skipper	19th / 20
19 Oct 2024	ANTWERP RACE 2024	Sea Bastards	Handicap	Skipper	3rd / 4
5 Oct 2024	INDIAN SUMMER CLOSING OSTEND CUP RACE	Sea Bastards	SB20	Skipper	9th / 9
10 Aug 2024	BRUGSE ZOT RACE DRAGON - SB20	Sea Bastards	SB20	Skipper	7th / 11
5 Jul 2024	OPEN BELGIAN'S & NATION'S CUP SB20 - DUVEL CUP DRAGON	Sea Bastards	SB20	Skipper	21st / 23
29 Jun 2024	OSTEND CUP OPENING RACE	Sea Bastards	SB20	Skipper	7th / 10
9 Sep 2023	OSTENDCUP 8: INDIAN SUMMER RACE	Sea Bastards	SB20	Skipper	5th / 6
2 Sep 2023	OSTENDCUP 7: FLINN CUP	Sea Bastards	SB20	Skipper	2nd / 6
7 Jul 2023	OSTENDCUP 4: DISCOVERY CUP & OPEN BELGIANS SB20	Sea Bastards	SB20	Skipper	18th / 18
2 Jul 2023	OSTENDCUP 3: DUVEL CUP	Sea Bastards	SB20	Skipper	3rd / 3
11 Jun 2023	OSTENDCUP 1: DEFENDER CUP	Sea Bastards	SB20	Skipper	1st / 2
6 Aug 2022	OSTENDCUP 5: BRUGSE ZOT RACE	Sea Bastards	SB20	Crew	4th / 4
8 Jul 2022	OSTENDCUP 3: DISCOVERY CUP & OPEN BELGIAN'S SB20	Sea Bastards	SB20	Crew	16th / 17
2 Jul 2022	OSTENDCUP 2: KEYWARE RACE	Sea Bastards	SB20	Skipper	10th / 11
2 Jul 2021	OPEN BELGIANS SB20 & OSTENDCUP 3: Discovery cup	Sea Bastards	SB20	Skipper	21st / 21
26 Jun 2021	OSTENDCUP 2: Keyware cup	Sea Bastards	SB20	Skipper	11th / 12
14 Sep 2019	ONZK Ostend Sailing Weekend (Open Belgian Ch. IRC)	Xapa²	Handicap	Crew	2nd / 2
7 Sep 2019	CR Sailing Series - Regatta #4 and #5 (CR Trophy)	Xapa²	Handicap	Crew	7th / 13
19 May 2019	CR Sailing Series - Regatta #2	Xapa²	Handicap	Crew	4th / 13
18 May 2019	CR Sailing Series - Regatta #1	Xapa²	Handicap	Crew	5th / 11
24 Aug 2018	Damen Breskens Sailing Weekend 2018	Xapa²	Handicap	Crew	3rd / 8

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Helm	-139 provisional	#75783 band 65420–81610	—
SB20 Helm	-174 provisional	#66 band 58–69	−11.4
Full-size sailing Crew	-43 provisional	#50562 band 36271–59857	—
SB20 Crew	-118 provisional	#112 band 82–125	−11.4

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	15 events	1 wins	beats 25%
As crew	8 events	0 wins	beats 33%

How they race

Closer	+12 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−5 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	40%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	34%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Bart Tytgat	79	7–72
Gert Lerno	77	6–69
Nicolas Elleboudt	71	13–56
Filip Baert	57	27–28
Pascal Bakker	46	1–44
Ingrid Bellemans	45	8–34
Jan-Willem van Rooij	45	4–40
Pepijn Orbie	44	12–30
Thomas Bouckaert	44	7–35
Martijn Buitenhuis	32	6–24
Yves Steelandt	31	11–19
Marco van Driel	31	2–28

Most-beaten opponent: Kirsten Bultynck (10–4).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	3	0	15%
2024	5	0	23%
2023	5	1	40%
2022	3	0	5%
2021	2	0	5%
2019	4	0	46%
2018	1	0	71%

Boats

Sea Bastards · Handicap, SB20 · 17 events · 2021–2025
Xapa² · Handicap · 5 events · 2018–2019
Filimi · SB20 · 1 events · 2025

Where they race

Unknown · 23 events

Is this you?

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Helm rating, Full-size sailing: -139, #75,783.Crew rating, Full-size sailing: -43, #50,562. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.