Sailor · 2022–2026

Nikolaj Bestle

kongelig dansk yachtklub Knarr Knarr IKC Udtagelse II

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Events: 11
Win rate: 9%
Podium rate: 46%
Typically beats: 71%
Best class ranking: #7
Longest win streak: 2

Most successful partnership: Soeren Pehrsson
Best trio: Soeren Pehrsson & Nils Bjerregaard
Longest-running crew: Nils Bjerregaard
Nemesis: Kristian Kjærgaard
Rival: Morten Reinhold
Best day: 28 Sep 2024
Signature result: 1st of 23

Partnerships · 5 sailors

Most successful partnership: Soeren Pehrsson — 1 wins · 5 podiums in 9 events together · 11% win rate

Nils Bjerregaard · Catho · Knarr, Knarr IKC Udtagelse II 10events 1 wins together · 5 podiums · 10% win rate · 15 of 64 races won Beat 72% of the fleet together · best 1st · Aug 2022 – Aug 2026
Soeren Pehrsson · Catho · Knarr, Knarr IKC Udtagelse II 9events 1 wins together · 5 podiums · 11% win rate · 12 of 57 races won Beat 82% of the fleet together · best 1st · Aug 2022 – Aug 2026
Christian Frigast · Catho · Knarr 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 9 of 24 races won Beat 28% of the fleet together · best 16th · May 2024 – May 2026
Thomas Boas · Catho · Knarr 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 64% of the fleet together · best 9th · Jun 2023 – Jun 2023
Jeppe Parving · Catho · Knarr 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 6 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Aug 2026 – Aug 2026

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 · 11

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
29 Aug 2026	Mellerup Cup - KNARR IKC III	Catho	Knarr	Crew	1st / 23
30 May 2026	Mermaid Asset Management Cup – Knarr IKC 1	Catho	Knarr	Crew	3rd / 21
21 May 2026	SKS KNARR Aftenmatch	Catho	Knarr	Crew	20th / 25
24 Aug 2025	IKC55	Catho	Knarr	Crew	5th / 33
21 Jun 2025	Knarr IKC Udtagelse II	Catho	Knarr IKC Udtagelse II	Crew	2nd / 24
24 May 2025	Mellerup KNARR Cup	Catho	Knarr	Crew	2nd / 26
28 Sep 2024	Skovshoved Yachtværft Knarr DM 2024	Catho	Knarr	Crew	2nd / 32
22 Jun 2024	Sparekassen Kronjylland Knarr Cup 2024	Catho	Knarr	Skipper	28th / 30
30 May 2024	SKS KNARR Aftenmatch	Catho	Knarr	Skipper	16th / 24
24 Jun 2023	Knarr Rungsted Cup 2023	Catho	Knarr	Crew	9th / 23
7 Aug 2022	52nd International Knarr Championship	Catho	Knarr	Crew	4th / 33

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	481 provisional	#1933 band 748–4493	—
Knarr Crew	438 provisional	#7 band 3–19	−5.1

3 more classes, not yet ranked

Knarr · Helm · 13 races, 2 events · rating 191
Full-size sailing · Helm · 13 races, 2 events · rating 194
Knarr IKC Udtagelse II · Crew · 6 races, 1 event · rating 69

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	2 events	0 wins	beats 21%
As crew	9 events	1 wins	beats 82%

How they race

Closer	+12 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−9 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	35%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	66%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Morten Reinhold	60	33–27
Johan Prior-knock	60	49–10
Peter Bøttcher	54	39–15
Troels Bjerg	51	39–11
David Holm	51	35–16
Mads Freek Petersen	46	36–10
Jesper Dalsgaard Rasmussen	46	37–9
Henrik Søderlund	46	25–20
Jens Schultzer	45	39–6
Kristian Kjærgaard	44	18–25
Lars Gottfredsen	41	19–21
Niels Henrik Sodemann	37	29–8

Most-beaten opponent: Johan Prior-knock (49–10).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	3	1	70%
2025	3	0	93%
2024	3	0	46%
2023	1	0	64%
2022	1	0	91%

Boats

Catho · Knarr, Knarr IKC Udtagelse II · 11 events · 2022–2026

Where they race

Unknown · 11 events

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Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 481, #1,933.Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 194. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.