Sailor · 2018–2025

John Bjørn Fossdal

sg rdstrand seilforening Handicap ORC handicap Klubbmesterskap Racing klasse

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Events: 16
Win rate: 13%
Podium rate: 19%
Typically beats: 73%

Most successful partnership: Ottar Bue
Biggest lift: Ottar Bue
Longest-running crew: Ottar Bue
Nemesis: Anders Westrum ØKstad
Rival: Terje Hogsnes
Signature result: 1st of 97

Partnerships · 2 sailors

Most successful partnership: Ottar Bue — 2 wins · 2 podiums in 5 events together · 40% win rate

Ottar Bue · Con Moto, Sundance · Handicap 5events 2 wins together · 2 podiums · 40% win rate · 2 of 5 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together(+29 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2020 – Aug 2021
Torbjørn Lunde · Con Moto · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events Beat 0% of the fleet together · best 14th · Jun 2019 – Jun 2019

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

Rating history

Event history · 16

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
28 Sep 2025	Klubbmesterskap 2025	Con Moto	Handicap	Skipper	7th / 13
24 May 2025	Oslofjorden Rundt	Con Moto	Handicap	Skipper	4th / 6
6 May 2025	Tirsdagsregatta	Con Moto	Handicap	Skipper	4th / 20
29 Sep 2024	Klubbmesterskap ÅSS	Con Moto	Handicap	Skipper	3rd / 11
7 May 2024	Tirsdagsregatta Tur og hav	Con Moto	Handicap	Skipper	16th / 16
9 Apr 2023	Tirsdagsregatta tur & hav	Con Moto	Handicap	Skipper	10th / 22
6 Sep 2022	Klubbmesterskap kjølbåter 2022	Con Moto	Handicap	Skipper	5th / 17
3 May 2022	Tirsdagsregatta 2022	Con Moto	ORC handicap	Skipper	6th / 10
28 Aug 2021	Hollænderseilasen 2021	Sundance	Handicap	Crew	46th / 52
21 Aug 2021	Åsgårdstrand TWOSTAR	Con Moto	Handicap	Skipper	5th / 15
11 Jun 2021	Færderseilasen versjon 2021	Con Moto	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 82
11 May 2021	Tirsdagsregatta 2021	Con Moto	ORC handicap	Skipper	7th / 11
29 Aug 2020	Hollænderseilasen	Con Moto	Handicap	Skipper	11th / 119
13 Jun 2020	Færderseilasen versjon 2020	Con Moto	Handicap	Skipper	1st / 97
14 Jun 2019	Færderseilasen 2019	Con Moto	Handicap	Skipper	14th / 14
29 Sep 2018	Klubbmesterskap	Con Moto	Klubbmesterskap Racing klasse	Skipper	10th / 15

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Helm	113 provisional	#31290 band 19241–47491	—

2 more classes, not yet ranked

Full-size sailing · Crew · 1 race, 1 event · rating -4
Klubbmesterskap Racing klasse · Helm · 1 race, 1 event · rating -5

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	15 events	2 wins	beats 58%
As crew	1 events	0 wins	beats 12%

How they race

Closer	+5 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	+9 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	36%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	76%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets	51%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Terje Hogsnes	30	15–11
Otto Book	26	7–15
Geir Lundkvist	25	5–15
Tom Eriksen	21	8–9
Anders Westrum ØKstad	21	2–15
Ottar Bue	18	5–8
Jon Hemming Mathisen	18	13–1
Juraj Palenik	16	10–1
John Cotton	14	7–2
Torbjørn Lunde	14	3–8
Freddy Røed Espevalen	13	3–10
Jens Petter Andresen	13	3–7

Most-beaten opponent: Jon Hemming Mathisen (13–1).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	3	0	58%
2024	2	0	40%
2023	1	0	57%
2022	2	0	60%
2021	4	1	56%
2020	2	1	96%
2019	1	0	0%
2018	1	0	36%

Boats

Con Moto · Handicap, ORC handicap, Klubbmesterskap Racing klasse · 15 events · 2018–2025
Sundance · Handicap · 1 events · 2021

Where they race

Unknown · 16 events

Is this you?

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Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 113, #31,290.Crew rating, Full-size sailing: -4. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.