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Sailor · 2020–2026

Kevin Whittle

mbsc SandhopperHandicap

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Events
27

87 races · 55 race wins

Win rate
44%

44% win rate · 12 of 27

Podium rate
74%

20 top-three finishes

Typically beats
68%

of boats faced (range 63%–73%, 212 boats)

Best class ranking
#1

Helm in Sandhopper · rating 307

Longest win streak
12

race wins in a row

Most successful partnership
Kenny Hobbs

3 wins · 3 podiums in 3 events together

Biggest lift
Kenny Hobbs

+29 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
Sam VanDen Blerk

Jan 2023 – Dec 2025 · 6 events

Nemesis
Paul Gray

4–9 head to head in 13 races

Best day
1 Jan 2022

1-1-1-1-1 · Keelboat Spring 2022

Signature result
1st of 8

Keelboat Spring Points 2022 · Sandhopper · 4 Mar 2022

Partnerships · 5 sailors

Most successful partnership: Kenny Hobbs — 3 wins · 3 podiums in 3 events together
  • Sam VanDen Blerk · 151, Flying Tortoise, Wild Gull · Sandhopper 6events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 17% win rate · 4 of 9 races won Beat 42% of the fleet together(−42 vs. without) · best 1st · Jan 2023 – Dec 2025
  • Chris Harris · Wild Gull · Handicap, Sandhopper 3events 0 wins together · 3 podiums · 3 events · 3 of 13 races won Beat 84% of the fleet together(+10 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jan 2024 – Jan 2026
  • Kenny Hobbs · 29 · Sandhopper 3events 3 wins together · 3 podiums · 3 events · 11 of 12 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together(+29 vs. without) · best 1st · Jan 2020 – Jan 2022
  • Matt Lis · Wild Gull · Handicap 3events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 3 of 12 races won Beat 81% of the fleet together(+7 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jan 2024 – Jan 2026
  • Eric Reynolds · Wild Gull · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 5 races won Beat 89% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Jan 2025 – Jan 2025

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

Rating history

0214427202120222023202420252026Helm rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 27

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
1 Jan 2026Keelboat Spring SeriesWild GullSandhopperSkipper1st / 6
1 Jan 2026MBW Sandhoppers 2026Wild GullHandicapSkipper3rd / 9
1 Jan 2026Sandhopper Nationals 2026Wild GullHandicapSkipper2nd / 12
10 Dec 2025Keelboat Autumn 2025151SandhopperSkipper9th / 11
10 Dec 2025Keelboat Autumn 2025Wild GullSandhopperSkipper10th / 11
7 Dec 2025Sandhopper Open 2025Wild GullHandicapSkipper3rd / 10
1 Jan 2025Keelboat Autumn 2025Flying TortoiseSandhopperSkipper9th / 10
1 Jan 2025Keelboat Summer 2025Wild GullSandhopperSkipper8th / 10
1 Jan 2025MBW Sandhoppers 2025Wild GullHandicapSkipper2nd / 10
1 Jan 2025Sailwave results for at 2025Wild GullSandhopperSkipper2nd / 10
1 Jan 2024Maylandsea Bay Week Keelboat FleetWild GullSandhopperSkipper2nd / 9
1 Jan 2024Sandhopper National Championship 2024Wild GullHandicapSkipper5th / 17
8 Jan 2023Maylandsea Bay WeekWild GullSandhopperSkipper1st / 6
1 Jan 2023Kellboat Summer 2023Wild GullSandhopperSkipper8th / 9
4 Mar 2022Keelboat Spring Points 202229SandhopperSkipper1st / 8
1 Jan 2022Keelboat Easter Egg SeriesWild GullSandhopperSkipper1st / 8
1 Jan 2022Keelboat Spring 202229SandhopperSkipper1st / 8
1 Jan 2022Keelboat Summer 2022Wild GullSandhopperSkipper1st / 8
1 Jan 2022Keelboat Summer series 2022Wild GullSandhopperSkipper1st / 8
1 Jan 2022MBW22 Keelboats29SandhopperSkipper1st / 7
1 Jan 2022Sandhopper Open 2022Wild GullHandicapSkipper2nd / 6
1 Jan 2021Keelboat Autumn 2021White SandsSandhopperSkipper3rd / 4
1 Jan 2021Keelboat Summer 2021Wild GullSandhopperSkipper1st / 5
1 Jan 2021MBSC Keelboat MBW202129SandhopperSkipper1st / 5
1 Jan 2021MBSCKeelboatSpringSeries2021Wild GullSandhopperSkipper1st / 5

Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 239, #19,679. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.