World Championship 2006 Competitor: Karl Purdie

The following information was provided by the competitor prior to the 2006 world championship

Name	Age	Country	Sail Number	Boat Name
Karl Purdie	39	NZL	NZL 502	The Big Leafy Green Vegetable (although now it's blue so a new name is prob required)
World Championships / Top Ten Results			Only 1 laser one.
National Championships / Top Ten Results			OK Dinghy 2003 - 9th, 2004 -2nd in nats and Interdoms, 2005-5th
Other Class Successes / Activities			Usual NZ scene, P Class, laser youth, laser open ( a few top 10 results at nats there), 470, keelboats (various offshore regattas and races incl 3 Sydney-Hobarts)
Boat shape / Builder, Mast, Sail, Foils, etc			Boat=Cooksons Icebreaker, Foils= Ron Bull (centerboard) & Sel Pederson (rudder), Mast=C-Tech, Sails=Quantum
Occupation			Metallurgist
Why keep sailing the OK Dinghy?			Great fun atmosphere, hard competitive racing afloat and equally fun socializing ashore and the best bit is you don't have to depend on anyone else to go out sailing! But please don't let the class get sucked into multiple short race regattas like the olympic classes!