Sailor · 2016–2025

Tom Williams

Match racing J/70 Etchells

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Events: 12
Win rate: 17%
Podium rate: 33%
Typically beats: 40%
Best class ranking: #93
Longest win streak: 18

Most successful partnership: Ed Jones
Biggest lift: Ed Jones
Longest-running crew: Ed Jones
Nemesis: Martin Dent
Rival: Clive Bush
Best day: 8 Jun 2017
Signature result: 8th of 42

Partnerships · 14 sailors

Most successful partnership: Ed Jones — 1 wins · 2 podiums in 5 events together · 20% win rate

Emily Wiltshire · Joshua Adams, Mano, Tom Williams · Etchells, Match racing 7events 1 wins together · 3 podiums · 14% win rate · 8 of 37 races won Beat 32% of the fleet together(−23 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2016 – Jan 2023
Ed Jones · Joshua Adams, Tom Williams, Yeti · J/70, Match racing 5events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 20% win rate · 21 of 50 races won Beat 53% of the fleet together(+21 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2017 – Feb 2025
Jack Preece · Mano, Tom Williams · Etchells, Match racing 5events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 20% win rate · 6 of 26 races won Beat 40% of the fleet together(−3 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2016 – Sep 2022
Jack Davies · Joshua Adams, Yeti · J/70, Match racing 5events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 2 of 48 races won Beat 40% of the fleet together(−3 vs. without) · best 7th · Jun 2017 – Jan 2022
Freddie Davies · Yeti · J/70 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 31 races won Beat 30% of the fleet together(−15 vs. without) · best 15th · Jul 2018 – Sep 2019
Charlie Davies · Yeti · J/70 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 21 races won Beat 16% of the fleet together · best 33rd · Aug 2019 – Sep 2019
Patrick Rigby · Tom Williams · Match racing 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 19 of 20 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Feb 2025 – Feb 2025
Matt Venables · Tom Williams · Match racing 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jan 2023 – Jan 2023
Joshua Adams · Joshua Adams · Match racing 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 2 of 8 races won Beat 25% of the fleet together · best 7th · Jan 2022 – Jan 2022
Ben Mansfield · Yeti · J/70 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 83% of the fleet together · best 8th · Jun 2017 – Jun 2017

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

Rating history

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

Event history · 12

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
15 Feb 2025	RYA National Match Racing - Qualifier 2 2025	Tom Williams	Match racing	Skipper	1st / 5
15 Jan 2023	RYA Winter Match Racing 1 2023	Tom Williams	Match racing	Skipper	2nd / 2
24 Sep 2022	RYA Summer Match Racing Series - Round 2 2022	Tom Williams	Match racing	Skipper	2nd / 2
15 Jan 2022	RYA Winter Match Racing Weekend 1 2022	Joshua Adams	Match racing	Crew	7th / 9
8 Mar 2020	RYA Winter Match Racing 3 2020	Tom Williams	Match racing	Skipper	1st / 2
8 Feb 2020	RYA Winter Match Racing 2 2020	Tom Williams	Match racing	Skipper	5th / 9
2 Sep 2019	2019 J 70 World Championship	Yeti	J/70	Tactician	57th / 77
24 Aug 2019	2019 J/70 UK National Championships	Yeti	J/70	Other	33rd / 35
20 Jul 2018	2018 J 70 Class National Championship	Yeti	J/70	Tactician	15th / 35
7 Jun 2017	2017 J/70 European Championship	Yeti	J/70	Other	8th / 42
1 Oct 2016	2016 Etchells Bedrock Trophy	Mano	Etchells	Other	8th / 9
11 Jun 2016	2016 Saida Cup	Mano	Etchells	Helm	14th / 21

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Crew	-56 provisional	#51338 band 38614–59384	—
J/70 Crew	20 provisional	#1947 band 1042–2673	—
Match racing Helm	211 provisional	#93 band 12–214	—
All classes Helm	213 provisional	#17262 band 11921–24376	—

2 more classes, not yet ranked

Etchells · Crew · 11 races, 2 events · rating -29
Match racing · Crew · 8 races, 1 event · rating -31

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	5 events	2 wins	beats 50%
As crew	7 events	0 wins	beats 35%

Positions: Tactician (2)

How they race

Closer	+7 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−5 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	29%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	44%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets	41%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Andrew Barraclough	40	32–8
Jeremy Thorp	40	10–29
Clive Bush	40	16–24
David McLeman	40	26–14
Patrick Liardet	40	16–24
Martin Dent	39	4–35
Doug Struth	37	8–29
Graham Clapp	31	6–25
Paul Ward	31	2–29
Phil Rees	31	13–18
Charles Thompson	31	13–18
Fiona Hampshire	31	7–24

Most-beaten opponent: Brian Denney (28–3).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	1	1	100%
2023	1	0	0%
2022	2	0	13%
2020	2	1	75%
2019	2	0	16%
2018	1	0	59%
2017	1	0	83%
2016	2	0	24%

Boats

Tom Williams · Match racing · 5 events · 2020–2025
Yeti · J/70 · 4 events · 2017–2019
Mano · Etchells · 2 events · 2016
Joshua Adams · Match racing · 1 events · 2022

Where they race

Unknown · 4 events
Hamble, Hampshire, UK · 2 events
Cowes, UK · 2 events
Queen Mary Sailing Club · 1 events
Torquay, Devon, UK · 1 events
Royal Thames Yacht Club · 1 events

Is this you?

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

Crew rating across all classes: -56, #51,338.Helm rating across all classes: 213, #17,262. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.