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Clear Air Racing Rankings follow competitive sailing in seven fleets: ILCA 7 men and ILCA 6 women worldwide, ILCA 7 and ILCA 6 Masters in North America, J/70 campaigns in the United States and worldwide, and Melges 15 helms. Every ranking is calculated from official published regatta results, and every result names its official source.

Clear Air Racing Rankings are independent and unofficial. They are not the official rankings of any class association or governing body. World Sailing publishes the official world rankings for the Olympic classes, including ILCA 7 and ILCA 6. How the rankings work

ILCA

  • ILCA 7 Men

    Men sailing the ILCA 7 rig, ranked on official results from open and men's ILCA 7 regattas worldwide.

    1. 1 Michael Beckett GBR 1,457.6
    2. 2 Elliot Hanson GBR 1,443.2
    3. 3 Lorenzo Brando Chiavarini ITA 1,440.1

    667 sailors ranked Updated

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  • ILCA 6 Women

    Women sailing the ILCA 6 rig, ranked on official results from women's and mixed ILCA 6 regattas worldwide.

    1. 1 Anna Munch DEN 1,391.2
    2. 2 Eve McMahon IRL 1,390.9
    3. 3 Charlotte Rose USA 1,385.0

    384 sailors ranked Updated

    View ranking ILCA 6 Women

  • ILCA 7 Masters (North America)

    ILCA 7 Masters sailors, ranked on the official age-adjusted overall results of Masters regattas held in North America. Sailors from any nation who raced those regattas are included.

    1. 1 Peter Hurley USA 1,318.1
    2. 2 Al Clark CAN 1,318.0
    3. 3 Patrick Wachholz CAN 1,306.4

    101 sailors ranked Updated

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  • ILCA 6 Masters (North America)

    ILCA 6 Masters sailors, ranked on the official age-adjusted overall results of Masters regattas held in North America. Sailors from any nation who raced those regattas are included.

    1. 1 Britt Hughes USA 1,318.9
    2. 2 Ken Swetka USA 1,257.6
    3. 3 Jean Fillion USA 1,250.0

    51 sailors ranked Updated

    View ranking ILCA 6 Masters (North America)

J/70

  • J/70 World

    J/70 racing campaigns worldwide, ranked on official overall results from J/70 regattas.

    1. 1 OceanPact BRA 1,430.7
    2. 2 Empeiria USA 1,404.5
    3. 3 Jelvis GBR 1,381.8

    477 teams ranked Updated

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  • J/70 USA

    J/70 racing campaigns affiliated with the United States, ranked on official results from J/70 regattas held in the USA.

    1. 1 Empeiria USA 1,275.7
    2. 2 Catapult USA 1,245.8
    3. 3 Progress USA 1,235.2

    108 teams ranked Updated

    View ranking J/70 USA

Melges 15

  • Melges 15

    Melges 15 helms, ranked on official overall results from Melges 15 regattas worldwide.

    1. 1 Emily Haig USA 1,328.6
    2. 2 Teddy Bower USA 1,328.2
    3. 3 Dana Haig USA 1,319.5

    259 helms ranked Updated

    View ranking Melges 15

How the rankings work

Every ranking is calculated from official published regatta results, with the same rules at every update. Each one measures two things, where competitors finish and whom they beat, and combines them into a Power Score.

Earning points

Every finish earns place points for the share of the fleet beaten: a win scores 100 and a mid-fleet finish about 50. Points are multiplied by the event’s weight, so a World Championship counts for more than a club regatta. Only a competitor’s best three results count, so racing more often does not by itself raise a score.

Head-to-head

Every fleet is also read as a set of head-to-head contests: finishing ahead of a rival is a win against them. A rating fitted to all those contests (the Bradley–Terry model, a relative of chess ratings) rewards beating strong opponents at any event. Points and head-to-head count equally, except in the ILCA Masters rankings, which use head-to-head only, from the official age-adjusted results.

Recency

Results keep their full value for 18 months, then fade steadily to zero at 30 months. Recent races also count for more in the head-to-head rating. A position can therefore change even when a competitor has not raced.

Who is ranked

To be ranked, a competitor needs at least two results in the 30-month window, including one in the last 12 months.

Updates and new results

Rankings are recalculated when new official results are added, and each ranking shows the date of its latest update. In each update, results the organiser labels final count straight away; other new results are held back for up to 14 days after the event, so that late corrections at the source are picked up.

Movement

The arrows show how many places a competitor has moved since the most recent ranking at least 28 days earlier; “New” marks someone who was not ranked then. Where regattas have been added to a competitor’s record since that ranking, the table names them. A move can also come from older results fading and from other competitors’ results.

Detailed methodology

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