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Sailor · 2019–2026

Karl Thorne

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Events
63

158 races · 32 race wins

Win rate
6%

6% win rate · 4 of 63

Podium rate
30%

19 top-three finishes

Typically beats
71%

of boats faced (range 69%–72%, 1,811 boats)

Longest win streak
3

race wins in a row

Most successful partnership
Neville Herbert

3 wins · 15 podiums in 44 events together · 7% win rate

Biggest lift
Neville Herbert

+19 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
Neville Herbert

Jan 2019 – Jan 2026 · 44 events

Nemesis
David Lenz

9–29 head to head in 39 races

Rival
Richard Russell

34–30 in 65 races

Best day
1 Jan 2025

3-3-2-1-1 · LR Scow Class Championship 2025

Signature result
1st of 21

Sunday Winter Series · Handicap · 1 Jan 2022

Partnerships · 3 sailors

Most successful partnership: Neville Herbert — 3 wins · 15 podiums in 44 events together · 7% win rate
  • Neville Herbert · 203, 2039, 3780, Inside Voice · Handicap, Medium, SCORPION 44events 3 wins together · 15 podiums · 7% win rate · 27 of 126 races won Beat 76% of the fleet together(+19 vs. without) · best 1st · Jan 2019 – Jan 2026
  • David Ellis · 203, 2039 · Handicap 7events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 2 of 14 races won Beat 71% of the fleet together(+1 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jan 2019 – Jan 2021
  • Catherine Maguire · 2039, Manx Catz · Handicap, L R Scow 2events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 3 of 7 races won Beat 79% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jan 2020 – Jan 2025

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

Rating history

-12144282020202120222023202420252026Helm rating, full-size sailingCrew rating, full-size sailing

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

Event history · 63

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
1 Jan 20262026 Perisher Series2039HandicapCrew10th / 72
1 Jan 20262026 Sunday Autumn A Series18HandicapSkipper15th / 18
1 Jan 20262026 Sunday Autumn B Series2318HandicapSkipper9th / 9
1 Jan 20262026 Sunday Spring Points2039HandicapCrew4th / 21
1 Jan 20262026 Sunday Summer Series2039HandicapCrew4th / 16
1 Jan 20262026 Wednesday Autumn Series2039HandicapCrew17th / 19
1 Jan 20262026 Wednesday Spring Series2039HandicapCrew1st / 17
1 Jan 20262026 Wednesday Summer Series2039HandicapCrew17th / 33
1 Jan 20252025 Perisher Series2039HandicapCrew23rd / 55
1 Jan 20252025 Sunday Autumn A Series2318HandicapSkipper8th / 16
1 Jan 20252025 Sunday Spring Series2039HandicapCrew2nd / 28
1 Jan 20252025 Wednesday Autumn Series2318HandicapSkipper2nd / 6
1 Jan 20252025 Wednesday Spring Series2039HandicapCrew2nd / 37
1 Jan 20252025 Wednesday Summer Series2039HandicapCrew2nd / 29
1 Jan 2025LR Scow Class Championship 2025Manx CatzL R ScowCrew1st / 14
1 Jan 20242024 Perisher Series2039HandicapCrew18th / 65
1 Jan 20242024 Sunday Autumn A2039HandicapCrew5th / 21
1 Jan 20242024 Sunday Autumnr B2039HandicapCrew3rd / 11
1 Jan 20242024 Sunday Spring Series2039HandicapCrew3rd / 16
1 Jan 20242024 Wednesday Autumn Series2318HandicapSkipper3rd / 5
1 Jan 20242024 Wednesday Spring Series2039HandicapCrew4th / 25
1 Jan 20242024 Wednesday Summer Series2039HandicapCrew3rd / 31
1 Jan 2024Lymington Dinghy Regatta 2024 - West Course2039SCORPIONCrew3rd / 19
1 Jan 2024Sunday Winter Series 20232039HandicapCrew2nd / 15
1 Jan 20232023 Perisher Series2039HandicapCrew23rd / 68

Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 428, #3,281.Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 18, #60,689. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.