Sailor · 2009–2024

Stephen Lipman

cyca Handicap IRC handicap PHRF handicap Some links uncertain

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Events: 23
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 4%
Typically beats: 25%

Biggest lift: Gordon Smith
Longest-running crew: Gordon Smith
Nemesis: EC Helme
Signature result: 6th of 20

Partnerships · 60+ sailors

Gordon Smith · Chancellor, Wild Oats · Handicap, IRC handicap 5events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 5 races won Beat 33% of the fleet together(+12 vs. without) · best 6th · Dec 2015 – Dec 2024
Michael Ward · Chancellor · IRC handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 22% of the fleet together(−3 vs. without) · best 42nd · Dec 2015 – Dec 2018
Edward Tooher · Chancellor · IRC handicap 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 3 races won Beat 22% of the fleet together(−3 vs. without) · best 42nd · Dec 2015 – Dec 2018
Steven Dawson · Chancellor · IRC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 28% of the fleet together · best 42nd · Dec 2015 – Dec 2018
Nick Potter · Wild Oats · Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 51% of the fleet together · best 6th · Dec 2023 – Dec 2024
Brett Eagle · Chancellor · IRC handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 7% of the fleet together · best 68th · Dec 2017 – Dec 2018
Kate Lynch · Wild Oats · Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 51% of the fleet together · best 6th · Dec 2023 – Dec 2024
Mattijs Willenborg · Business as Usual, Oz Design Patrice Six · Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 34% of the fleet together · best 22nd · Dec 2019 – Dec 2021
Ben Aquilina · Business as Usual, Oz Design Patrice Six · Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 34% of the fleet together · best 22nd · Dec 2019 – Dec 2021
Stuart Byrne · Wild Oats · Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 51% of the fleet together · best 6th · Dec 2023 – Dec 2024

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

Rating history

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

Event history · 23

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
26 Dec 2024	Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2024	Wild Oats	Handicap	Crew	19th / 26
26 Dec 2023	Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2023	Wild Oats	Handicap	Crew	6th / 20
26 Dec 2021	Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2021	Oz Design Patrice Six	Handicap	Sailing Master	29th / 50
26 Dec 2019	Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2019	Business as Usual	Handicap	Crew	22nd / 29
26 Dec 2018	Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2018	Chancellor	IRC handicap	Crew	68th / 72
26 Dec 2017	Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2017	Chancellor	IRC handicap	Crew	74th / 81
3 Sep 2017	2017 Around the Island Race	Duck Soup	PHRF handicap	Skipper	64th / 98
11 Aug 2017	2017 J/Fest New England	Duck Soup	PHRF handicap	Main Trimmer	3rd / 3
13 Jun 2017	Jamestown Yacht Club 2017 Racing	Duck Soup-43865	Handicap	Skipper	13th / 23
2 Aug 2016	Jamestown Yacht Club 2016 Racing	Duck Soup-43865	Handicap	Skipper	18th / 27
31 May 2016	Jamestown Yacht Club 2016 Racing	Duck Soup-43865	Handicap	Skipper	18th / 24
26 Dec 2015	Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2015	Chancellor	IRC handicap	Crew	42nd / 84
16 Jun 2015	Jamestown Yacht Club 2015 Racing	Duck Soup-43865	Handicap	Skipper	13th / 20
12 May 2015	Jamestown Yacht Club 2015 Racing	Duck Soup-43865	Handicap	Skipper	22nd / 22
31 Aug 2014	2014 Around the Island Race	Duck Soup	PHRF handicap	Skipper	77th / 86
17 Jun 2014	Jamestown Yacht Club 2014 Racing	Duck Soup-43865	Handicap	Skipper	12th / 15
13 May 2014	Jamestown Yacht Club 2014 Racing	Duck Soup-43865	Handicap	Skipper	18th / 21
2 Sep 2012	2012 Around the Island Race	Duck Soup	PHRF handicap	Skipper	71st / 95
12 Jun 2012	Jamestown Yacht Club 2012 Racing	Duck Soup 2	Handicap	Skipper	12th / 13
8 May 2012	Jamestown Yacht Club 2012 Racing	Duck Soup 2	Handicap	Skipper	22nd / 22
26 Dec 2011	Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2011	Illusion	IRC handicap	Crew	62nd / 72
26 Dec 2010	Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2010	Allegro	IRC handicap	Crew	44th / 68
26 Dec 2009	Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2009	Eleni	IRC handicap	Crew	67th / 77

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Helm	-148 provisional	#74438 band 63366–79995	—
All classes Crew	-67 provisional	#52964 band 35195–62071	—

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	13 events	0 wins	beats 20%
As crew	10 events	0 wins	beats 30%

Positions: Sailing Master (1) · Main Trimmer (1)

How they race

Closer	+7 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−2 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	64%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	25%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
EC Helme	15	1–14
Roy Guay	14	2–12
Tristan Mouligne	13	1–12
Bill Kneller	12	0–12

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2024	1	28%
2023	1	74%
2021	1	43%
2019	1	25%
2018	1	6%
2017	4	22%
2016	2	30%
2015	3	29%
2014	3	16%
2012	3	11%
2011	1	14%
2010	1	36%
2009	1	13%

Boats

Duck Soup-43865 · Handicap · 7 events · 2014–2017
Duck Soup · PHRF handicap · 4 events · 2012–2017
Chancellor · IRC handicap · 3 events · 2015–2018
Wild Oats · Handicap · 2 events · 2023–2024
Duck Soup 2 · Handicap · 2 events · 2012
Oz Design Patrice Six · Handicap · 1 events · 2021
Business as Usual · Handicap · 1 events · 2019
Illusion · IRC handicap · 1 events · 2011
Allegro · IRC handicap · 1 events · 2010
Eleni · IRC handicap · 1 events · 2009

Where they race

Sydney to Hobart, Australia · 10 events
Jamestown, RI · 8 events
Newport, RI, USA · 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: -148, #74,438.Crew rating across all classes: -67, #52,964. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.