Sailor · 2018–2026

Valentin Gay

societe nautique de nyon Handicap Grand Surprise

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Events: 11
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 9%
Typically beats: 74%

Longest-running crew: Maurice Gay
Nemesis: Milko Mantero
Rival: Alexandre Vandini
Best day: 14 Jun 2025
Signature result: 6th of 52

Partnerships · 12 sailors

Maurice Gay · Flash · Grand Surprise, Handicap 11events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 3 of 52 races won Beat 62% of the fleet together · best 3rd · May 2018 – May 2026
Simon Gay · Flash · Grand Surprise, Handicap 10events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 2 of 48 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together · best 5th · May 2018 – Jun 2025
Beat Moeckel · Flash · Grand Surprise, Handicap 9events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 3 of 47 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together · best 3rd · May 2018 – May 2026
Stéphane Bottone · Flash · Grand Surprise, Handicap 8events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 2 of 42 races won Beat 56% of the fleet together(−19 vs. without) · best 5th · May 2018 – Aug 2021
Pascal Juillerat · Flash · Handicap 6events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 2 of 36 races won Beat 61% of the fleet together(−2 vs. without) · best 6th · May 2018 – Jun 2020
Georg Steinig · Flash · Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 2 of 23 races won Beat 70% of the fleet together · best 7th · May 2018 – May 2019
Joël Moeckel · Flash · Grand Surprise, Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 6 races won Beat 82% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Jun 2025 – May 2026
Sabrina Crottaz · Flash · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 2 races won Beat 88% of the fleet together · best 48th · Jun 2025 – Jun 2025
Cédric Owen · Flash · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 32% of the fleet together · best 16th · Aug 2021 – Aug 2021
Thierry Meier · Flash · Grand Surprise 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 64% of the fleet together · best 5th · Oct 2018 – Oct 2018

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Rating history

Event history · 11

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
2 May 2026	Criterium Surprise, Toucan et Grand Surprise	Flash	Grand Surprise	Crew	3rd / 9
14 Jun 2025	Bol d'Or du Leman	Flash	Handicap	Crew	48th / 399
16 Aug 2021	Semaine du soir de Founex 2021	Flash	Handicap	Crew	16th / 23
9 Jun 2020	Les Mardis 2020	Flash	Handicap	Crew	12th / 16
7 Sep 2019	X de Sciez - Generali Assurances	Flash	Grand Surprise	Crew	5th / 10
8 Jun 2019	Genève-Rolle-Genève 2019	Flash	Handicap	Crew	88th / 214
26 May 2019	Critérium CVSNG	Flash	Handicap	Crew	18th / 33
25 May 2019	Coupe du Petit Lac	Flash	Handicap	Crew	6th / 52
7 May 2019	Régate du Mardi 2019	Flash	Handicap	Crew	7th / 21
14 Oct 2018	Surprise GrandSurprise	Flash	Grand Surprise	Crew	5th / 12
22 May 2018	Régate du Mardi 2018	Flash	Handicap	Crew	7th / 21

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	178 provisional	#17488 band 9522–30239	—

1 more class, not yet ranked

Grand Surprise · Crew · 9 races, 3 events · rating 77

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	11 events	0 wins	beats 62%

How they race

Closer	−2 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−6 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	61%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	71%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Tony Lerch	29	6–18
Stefan Huber	27	15–7
René Seitz	27	18–4
Yvan Glatz	26	5–16
Alexandre Vandini	26	9–7
Milko Mantero	26	4–17
Philippe Gaudin	22	5–12
Jean Marie Mechelany	21	5–12
Franck Carpentier	21	17–3
Christian Hasler	19	6–4
David Vulliez	18	4–8
Manuel Sancosme	18	8–5

Most-beaten opponent: René Seitz (18–4).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2026	1	75%
2025	1	88%
2021	1	32%
2020	1	27%
2019	5	64%
2018	2	67%

Boats

Flash · Grand Surprise, Handicap · 11 events · 2018–2026

Where they race

Unknown · 11 events

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Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 178, #17,488. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.