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Sailor · 1987–2026

Jim Grogan

royal brighton yacht club DN49erHandicap

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Events
89

538 races · 20 race wins

Win rate
2%

2% win rate · 2 of 89

Podium rate
11%

10 top-three finishes

Typically beats
60%

of boats faced (range 59%–62%, 3,194 boats)

Best class ranking
#95

Helm in DN · rating 436

Longest win streak
4

race wins in a row

Biggest lift
Charlie Dixon

+13 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Nemesis
Ron Sherry

24–280 head to head in 304 races

Rival
John Williams

136–108 in 244 races

Best day
15 Feb 2001

1-2-1-1-1-1-2 · 2001 DN North American Championship

Signature result
1st of 49

2001 DN North American Championship · DN · 15 Feb 2001

Partnerships · 4 sailors

  • Charlie Dixon · Roberto · 49er 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 35 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together(+13 vs. without) · best 9th · Aug 2018 – Jul 2019
  • Max Paul · James GROGAN · 49er 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 25 races won Beat 51% of the fleet together · best 30th · Nov 2019 – Dec 2019
  • Simon Hoffman · James GROGAN · 49er 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 12 races won Beat 70% of the fleet together · best 24th · Feb 2020 – Feb 2020
  • Nicholas Sharman · Nicholas SHARMAN · 420 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 10 races won Beat 25% of the fleet together · best 84th · Jul 2014 – Jul 2014

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

Rating history

-1428157619881993199820032008201320182023Helm rating, full-size sailingCrew rating, full-size sailing

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

Event history · 89

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
24 Jan 20262026 DN North American Championship3DNSkipper1st / 22
5 Feb 20252025 DN North American ChampionshipUS 3DNSkipper25th / 31
2 Feb 20252025 DN World Championship (Gold Cup)US 3DNSkipper29th / 35
4 Jan 20252025 DN Central Regional ChampionshipUS 3DNSkipper3rd / 23
25 Feb 20242024 DN North American ChampionshipUS 3DNSkipper14th / 35
1 Jan 2024Results are final as of 17:24 on December 9, 2024JIM GROGANHandicapSkipper10th / 35
1 Jan 2024Results are provisional as of 12:13 on December 9, 2024US 3HandicapSkipper4th / 20
1 Jan 2024Results are provisional as of 17:12 on December 9, 2024US3HandicapSkipper17th / 38
1 Jan 2024Results are provisional as of 17:15 on December 9, 2024US 3HandicapSkipper7th / 21
25 Jan 20232023 DN North American ChampionshipUS 3DNSkipper8th / 42
22 Jan 20232023 DN World Championship (Gold Cup)US 3DNSkipper33rd / 37
26 Jan 20222022 DN US National ChampionshipUS 3DNSkipper10th / 35
6 Mar 20212021 DN Central Regional ChampionshipUS 3DNSkipper7th / 21
25 Jan 20212021 DN US National Championship3DNSkipper7th / 26
19 Dec 20202020 DN Central Regional ChampionshipUS 3DNSkipper4th / 20
10 Feb 20202020 World ChampionshipJames GROGAN49erSkipper24th / 78
4 Jan 20202020 DN Western Regional ChampionshipUS3DNSkipper17th / 38
3 Dec 20192019 World ChampionshipJames GROGAN49erSkipper30th / 88
25 Nov 20192019 Oceania ChampionshipJames GROGAN49erSkipper55th / 84
3 Jul 2019JWC 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 -Risør 2019Roberto49erSkipper9th / 53
26 Jun 2019Kieler Woche 2019Roberto49erSkipper26th / 82
21 Feb 20192019 DN North American ChampionshipUS 3DNSkipper22nd / 40
10 Feb 20192019 DN World Championship (Gold Cup)US3DNSkipper25th / 39
5 Jan 20192019 DN Western Region ChampionshipUS 3DNSkipper10th / 24
1 Jan 2019Final ResultsUS3HandicapSkipper25th / 39

Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 352, #7,535.Crew rating, Full-size sailing: -9. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.