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Sailor · 2018–2022

Malcolm Bell

parkstone yc HandicapShrimperCornish Shrimper

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Events
36

152 races · 61 race wins

Win rate
36%

36% win rate · 13 of 36

Podium rate
56%

20 top-three finishes

Typically beats
79%

of boats faced (range 76%–83%, 410 boats)

Best class ranking
#1

Helm in Shrimper · rating 274

Longest win streak
4

race wins in a row

Most successful partnership
Mike Nichols

3 wins · 4 podiums in 6 events together · 50% win rate

Biggest lift
Mike Nichols

+13 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
Paul Cantwell

Jan 2018 – Jan 2022 · 19 events

Nemesis
Richard Gray

19–21 head to head in 40 races

Rival
Rod McBrien

26–18 in 45 races

Best day
1 Jan 2018

10-1-1-2-4-1-1-4 · Shrimper Monday Summer Series 2018

Signature result
1st of 17

Shrimper Monday Summer Series 2018 · Shrimper · 1 Jan 2018

Partnerships · 2 sailors

Most successful partnership: Mike Nichols — 3 wins · 4 podiums in 6 events together · 50% win rate
  • Paul Cantwell · 700, Black Magic, Black Majic · Cornish Shrimper, Handicap, Shrimper 19events 5 wins together · 9 podiums · 26% win rate · 25 of 73 races won Beat 72% of the fleet together(−11 vs. without) · best 1st · Jan 2018 – Jan 2022
  • Mike Nichols · Black Magic · Handicap, Shrimper 6events 3 wins together · 4 podiums · 50% win rate · 13 of 24 races won Beat 88% of the fleet together(+13 vs. without) · best 1st · Jan 2018 – Jan 2022

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

Rating history

01643272019202020212022Helm rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 36

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
1 Jan 20222022 Monday Shrimper SpringBlack MagicHandicapSkipper3rd / 8
1 Jan 20222022 Monday Shrimper SummerBlack MagicHandicapSkipper6th / 12
1 Jan 20222022 Monday Shrimper TwilightBlack MagicHandicapSkipper5th / 11
1 Jan 20222022 Monday Shrimper TwilightBlack MagicHandicapSkipper3rd / 11
1 Jan 20222022 Wednesday Shrimper SpringBlack MagicHandicapSkipper1st / 13
1 Jan 20222022 Wednesday Shrimper SummerBlack MagicHandicapSkipper2nd / 12
1 Jan 20222022 Wednesday Shrimper Twilight SeriesBlack MagicHandicapSkipper5th / 10
1 Jan 2022Poole Week 2022700Cornish ShrimperSkipper8th / 15
1 Jan 20212021 Monday Shrimper SpringBlack MagicHandicapSkipper5th / 6
1 Jan 20212021 Monday Shrimper SummerBlack MagicHandicapSkipper1st / 10
1 Jan 20212021 Monday Shrimper TwilightBlack MagicHandicapSkipper1st / 13
1 Jan 20212021 Wednesday Shrimper Autumn SeriesBlack MagicHandicapSkipper7th / 10
1 Jan 20212021 Wednesday Shrimper SummerBlack MagicHandicapSkipper1st / 13
1 Jan 20212021 Wednesday Shrimper TwilightBlack MagicHandicapSkipper3rd / 14
1 Jan 2021Poole Week 2021Black MagicCornish ShrimperSkipper1st / 10
1 Jan 20202019 Monday Shrimper Autumn SeriesBlack MagicHandicapSkipper1st / 13
1 Jan 20202019 Monday Shrimper Spring SeriesBlack MagicHandicapSkipper3rd / 13
1 Jan 20202019 Monday Shrimper Summer SeriesBlack MagicHandicapSkipper1st / 13
1 Jan 20202019 Wednesday Shrimper Spring SeriesBlack MagicHandicapSkipper1st / 13
1 Jan 20202019 Wednesday Shrimper Summer SeriesBlack MagicHandicapSkipper5th / 14
1 Jan 20202019 Wednesday Shrimper Winter SeriesBlack MagicHandicapSkipper4th / 9
1 Jan 20202020 Monday Shrimper SeriesBlack MagicHandicapSkipper4th / 10
1 Jan 20202020 Wednesday Shrimper Summer SeriesBlack MagicHandicapSkipper4th / 14
1 Jan 2020Club Race Week 2020700ShrimperSkipper1st / 10
1 Jan 20192019 Wednesday Shrimper Autumn SeriesBlack MagicHandicapSkipper2nd / 11

Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 327, #9,918. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.