Sailor · 1998–2025

Michael Sparks

royal southern yc Etchells Epoque Marconi (EMA)Sandpiper

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Events: 9
Win rate: 22%
Podium rate: 33%
Typically beats: 71%
Longest win streak: 4

Nemesis: Noel Drennan
Best day: 27 Aug 2001
Signature result: 3rd of 61

Partnerships · 14 sailors

Eddie Warwick · GBR 1173, GBR 93, White Wings · Epoque Marconi (EMA), Etchells 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 20 races won Beat 68% of the fleet together(−5 vs. without) · best 3rd · Sep 1998 – Sep 2025
Michael Smith · White Wings · Epoque Marconi (EMA) 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 54% of the fleet together · best 4th · Sep 2023 – Sep 2025
Kelvin Mathews · White Wings · Epoque Marconi (EMA) 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 54% of the fleet together · best 4th · Sep 2023 – Sep 2025
James Taylor · White Wings · Epoque Marconi (EMA) 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 54% of the fleet together · best 4th · Sep 2023 – Sep 2025
Adrian Dwyer · White Wings · Epoque Marconi (EMA) 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 54% of the fleet together · best 4th · Sep 2023 – Sep 2025
Michael Dulieu · White Wings · Epoque Marconi (EMA) 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 54% of the fleet together · best 4th · Sep 2023 – Sep 2025
Jacques Bleise · White Wings · Epoque Marconi (EMA) 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 31% of the fleet together · best 10th · Sep 2025 – Sep 2025
Tony Wetherell · GBR 1173 · Etchells 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 97% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Aug 2001 – Aug 2001
Guy deBoer · White Wings · Epoque Marconi (EMA) 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 77% of the fleet together · best 4th · Sep 2023 – Sep 2023
Laurence Millyer · White Wings · Epoque Marconi (EMA) 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 31% of the fleet together · best 10th · Sep 2025 – Sep 2025

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

Rating history

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

Event history · 9

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
23 Sep 2025	REGATES ROYALES 2025	White Wings	Epoque Marconi (EMA)	Skipper	10th / 14
26 Sep 2023	REGATES ROYALES 2023	White Wings	Epoque Marconi (EMA)	Skipper	4th / 14
20 Sep 2022	REGATES ROYALES 2022	White Wings	Epoque Marconi (EMB)	Skipper	1st / 5
9 Jun 2018	Hillsboro Inlet to Palm Beach Regatta	Into the Blue	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 5
24 Jul 2015	2015 Callahan Classic Regatta	MA8	Sandpiper	Skipper	11th / 19
18 Jul 2014	2014 Callahan Classic Regatta	NA	Sandpiper	Skipper	9th / 18
26 Jun 2007	2007 Etchells World Championship	9	Etchells	Skipper	16th / 45
27 Aug 2001	2001 Etchells World Championship	GBR 1173	Etchells	Crew	3rd / 61
10 Sep 1998	1998 Etchells World Championship	GBR 93	Etchells	Crew	33rd / 100

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Helm	130 provisional	#27798 band 14922–47055	—

6 more classes, not yet ranked

All classes · Crew · 12 races, 2 events · rating 57
Etchells · Crew · 12 races, 2 events · rating 57
Epoque Marconi (EMA) · Helm · 8 races, 2 events · rating 13
Etchells · Helm · 7 races, 1 event · rating 23
Sandpiper · Helm · 6 races, 2 events · rating 20
Epoque Marconi (EMB) · Helm · 5 races, 1 event · rating 127

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	7 events	2 wins	beats 67%
As crew	2 events	0 wins	beats 82%

How they race

Closer	+17 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−1 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	53%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	77%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Graham Bailey	19	10–9
Ante Razmilovic	19	6–13
Bill Steele	19	16–3
Marco Cimarosti	13	11–2
Noel Drennan	13	1–12
Jervis Tilly	13	5–8
Chris Torrens	13	12–1
Geoff Skinner	13	11–2
Tom Dawson	13	10–3
James Howells	13	8–5
Peter Duncan	13	3–10
Julia Bailey	13	10–3

Most-beaten opponent: Bill Steele (16–3).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	1	0	31%
2023	1	0	77%
2022	1	1	100%
2018	1	1	100%
2015	1	0	44%
2014	1	0	53%
2007	1	0	66%
2001	1	0	97%
1998	1	0	68%

Boats

White Wings · Epoque Marconi (EMA), Epoque Marconi (EMB) · 3 events · 2022–2025
Into the Blue · Handicap · 1 events · 2018
MA8 · Sandpiper · 1 events · 2015
NA · Sandpiper · 1 events · 2014
9 · Etchells · 1 events · 2007
GBR 1173 · Etchells · 1 events · 2001
GBR 93 · Etchells · 1 events · 1998

Where they race

Unknown · 3 events
NJ · 2 events
Lymington, Hampshire, United Kingdom · 1 events
Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA · 1 events
West Palm Beach, FL · 1 events
Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom · 1 events

Is this you?

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

Helm rating across all classes: 130, #27,798.Crew rating across all classes: 57. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.