Sailor · 2014–2022

Sammy Loughborough

Melges 20 Melges 24 IRC handicap

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Events: 6
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 17%
Typically beats: 35%
Best class ranking: #407
Longest win streak: 3

Nemesis: Cesar Gomes Neto
Best day: 24 Jun 2015
Signature result: 7th of 34

Partnerships · 20 sailors

Erwan le Gall · Le Rescator · Melges 20 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 25 races won Beat 20% of the fleet together · best 17th · Feb 2014 – Mar 2015
Charlie Smythe · Le Rescator · Melges 20 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 11 races won Beat 20% of the fleet together · best 17th · Feb 2014 – Oct 2014
Gunther Buerman · Hooligan · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 6 of 11 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jun 2015 – Jun 2015
Chris Kam · Hooligan · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 6 of 11 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jun 2015 – Jun 2015
Chris Rast · Warcanoe B Team · Melges 24 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 10 races won Beat 82% of the fleet together · best 7th · Nov 2022 – Nov 2022
Rodney Daniel · Hooligan · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 6 of 11 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jun 2015 – Jun 2015
Josh Butler · Le Rescator · Melges 20 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 13% of the fleet together · best 29th · Mar 2015 – Mar 2015
Brendan Read · Hooligan · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 6 of 11 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jun 2015 – Jun 2015
David Hughes · Warcanoe B Team · Melges 24 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 10 races won Beat 82% of the fleet together · best 7th · Nov 2022 – Nov 2022
Pete Balash · Hooligan · IRC handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 6 of 11 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jun 2015 – Jun 2015

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

Rating history

Event history · 6

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
11 Nov 2022	2022 Melges 24 Nationals	Warcanoe B Team	Melges 24	Other	7th / 34
23 Jun 2015	2015 Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race Week XXVI	Hooligan	IRC handicap	Bow	2nd / 6
12 Mar 2015	Melges Rocks Regatta	Le Rescator	Melges 20	Tactician	29th / 33
12 Dec 2014	2014/2015 International Audi Melges 20 Miami Winter Series : Event No. 1	Le Rescator	Melges 20	Tactician	23rd / 31
3 Oct 2014	2014 Audi Melges 20 North American Championship	Le Rescator	Melges 20	Other	17th / 21
8 Feb 2014	2013/2014 Audi Melges 20 Miami Winter Series : Event No. 2	Le Rescator	Melges 20	Headsail Trimmer	28th / 35

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	53 provisional	#35301 band 20579–50910	—
Melges 20 Crew	-174 provisional	#407 band 355–434	—

1 more class, not yet ranked

Melges 24 · Crew · 10 races, 1 event · rating 92

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	0 events	0 wins	beats —
As crew	6 events	0 wins	beats 40%

Positions: Tactician (2) · Bow (1) · Headsail Trimmer (1)

How they race

Closer	−15 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−18 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Big fleets	35%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Marc Hollerbach	25	2–23
Mike Keefe	25	4–21
Wes Whitmyer Jr	25	6–19
Tom Kassberg	25	6–19
Richard Davies	25	2–23
James Wilson	25	3–22
Cesar Gomes Neto	25	1–24
Drew Freides	24	9–15
John Kilroy	19	0–19
Michael Kiss	19	1–18
Alexis Michas	19	1–18
Daniel Thielman	19	4–15

Most-beaten opponent: Devin McGranahan (9–5).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2022	1	82%
2015	2	46%
2014	3	22%

Boats

Le Rescator · Melges 20 · 4 events · 2014–2015
Warcanoe B Team · Melges 24 · 1 events · 2022
Hooligan · IRC handicap · 1 events · 2015

Where they race

Miami, FL, USA · 3 events
Block Island, RI, USA · 1 events
Belvedere (San Francisco Bay), CA, USA · 1 events
Pensacola, FL, USA · 1 events

Is this you?

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Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 53, #35,301. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.