July 4 – 6

In Warnemünde, Germany, Kiwi pride was dominant in the final warm-up event prior to the 2008 OK Dinghy World Championship, which starts tomorrow, Tuesday 8th July.

The 71st Warnemünde Week was convincingly won by Karl Purdie (NZL) after a great opening day in 8-20 knots winds and then managing to hold onto his points lead in the lighter and trickier conditions of the next two days.

Seven races were sailed on the same course area as the world’s races will be sailed in a diverse range of conditions. Friday brought stiff north-easterlies and three tough races. The first race went to Mark Perrow (NZL), runner up in last year’s worlds. Karl Purdie rounded the first mark in the middle of the 70 boat fleet and as the wind strengthened from 8 knots to 15 worked his way up to third place by the finish. In the next two races, the wind gradually strengthened and Purdie was clearly the fastest to take two bullets, the final one by a significant margin.

Lighter winds on Saturday brought some new faces to the front, with Luke O’Connell (NZL) sailing well to win the first race. As the wind started to drop still further Jorgen Holm (DEN) took race 5. Race six was then won by Alistair Deaves (NZL), a British sailor now living in New Zealand, after overtaking Greg Wilcox (NZL) on the final approach the to finish.

The final race on Sunday was also the practice race for the World Championship and was sailed in very light and patchy winds. O’Connell started well mid line and soon pulled ahead to build a useful lead to take his second race of the series and the Sven Lehn Memorial Trophy. Alistair Deaves snatched second place from Juliane Hoffman (GER) during the closing stages as the final beat was shortened in the very light winds.

O’Connell’s win sealed the top four for New Zealand and with the Kiwi team taking six out of the top nine, they have sent a clear message to the rest of the fleet. Last year’s world champion Nick Craig (GBR) didn’t sail the full series and could only manage a 5-3-10-27 in the fickle conditions, while Kiel Week winner Thomas Hansson-Mild (SWE) counted a DNC but was near the front in most races. The only non-New Zealander in the top 6, Jorgen Lindhardtsen (DEN) placed well in the windy races, but dropped to fifth place overall after the lighter wind races at the end of the week.

Results
Pos Sailno. Name Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Tot-1
1 NZL 531 Karl Purdie WBBC 3,0 1,0 1,0 10,0 2,0 12,0 9,0 26,0
2 NZL 532 Alistair Deaves WBC 4,0 17,0 DNC 12,0 4,0 1,0 2,0 40,0
3 NZL 511 Luke O`Connell NSC 8,0 15,0 DNC 1,0 13,0 4,0 1,0 42,0
4 NZL 525 Steve McDowell WBBC 13,0 10,0 4,0 2,0 10,0 8,0 DNC 47,0
5 DEN 1364 Jørgen Lindhardtsen Hv.S 2,0 3,0 2,0 18,0 8,0 16,0 19,0 49,0
6 NZL 527 Mark Perrow 1,0 2,0 5,0 8,0 17,0 17,0 18,0 50,0
7 GER 672 Gunter Arndt FYC 12,0 7,0 3,0 4,0 15,0 14,0 11,0 51,0
8 GER 693 Martin von Zimmermann SCOE 16,0 13,0 8,0 6,0 11,0 3,0 DNC 57,0
9 NZL 522 Greg Wilcox BSC 11,0 14,0 DNC 14,0 18,0 2,0 5,0 64,0
10 POL 1 Tomasc Gaj 5,0 20,0 12,0 9,0 9,0 9,0 20,0 64,0
11 GBR 2118 Terry Curtis OCS 9,0 7,0 11,0 7,0 18,0 16,0 68,0
12 DEN 1340 Christian Olesen 15,0 11,0 11,0 25,0 6,0 13,0 14,0 70,0
13 GBR 2119 Robert Deaves 10,0 12,0 15,0 23,0 16,0 24,0 13,0 89,0
14 GER 747 Andreas Pich LYC 19,0 25,0 DNC 27,0 14,0 11,0 7,0 103,0
15 SWE 100 Thomas Hansson-Mild UMSS 6,0 4,0 DNC 7,0 12,0 DNF 10,0 112,0
16 GER 730 Jörg Rademacher SCST 23,0 37,0 13,0 28,0 30,0 21,0 6,0 121,0
17 SWE 66 Jan-Eric Nystedt VSS 7,0 31,0 14,0 20,0 38,0 25,0 30,0 127,0
18 GER 718 Peter Scheuerl NRV 20,0 22,0 DNC 15,0 27,0 26,0 17,0 127,0
19 GER 750 Ralf Tietje 22,0 16,0 9,5 39,0 22,5 30,0 32,0 132,0
20 POL 14 Pawel Pawlaczyk JKW DNC 8,0 6,0 13,0 DNC 19,0 24,0 143,0
21 NZL 502 Trent Pryce 24,0 26,0 DNC 21,0 32,5 7,0 36,0 146,5
22 SWE 99 Hans Elkjaer 37,0 36,0 18,0 17,0 25,0 15,0 40,0 148,0
23 POL 5 Darek Kras MOS-2 26,0 38,0 DNC 16,0 34,0 20,0 15,0 149,0
24 AUS 725 David Ketteridge 44,0 35,0 DNC 19,0 29,0 5,0 25,0 157,0
25 POL 19 Bartosz Rakocy ZLKS 51,0 34,0 23,0 42,0 21,0 31,5 12,0 163,5
26 NZL 518 Grant Pedersen 14,0 42,0 DNC 30,0 28,0 35,0 28,0 177,0
27 GER 665 Peter Stephan SCST 27,0 32,0 20,0 48,5 39,0 34,0 34,0 186,0
28 GBR 2116 Nick Craig DNC DNC DNC 5,0 3,0 10,0 27,0 191,0
29 GER 699 Juliane Hoffmann SWS OCS 51,5 DNC 32,0 26,0 6,0 3,0 191,5
30 GER 539 Carsten Saß LYC 41,0 39,0 21,0 31,0 32,5 31,5 38,0 193,0
31 AUS 726 Bur Buchanan 30,0 21,0 16,0 43,0 47,0 51,0 37,0 194,0
32 SWE 180 Darren Hunt 28,0 33,0 33,0 37,0 43,0 27,0 47,0 201,0
33 DEN 1371 Jorgen Holm KBL DNC 27,0 DNC 24,0 1,0 DNC 4,0 202,0
34 GER 671 Andreas Deubel HSC 21,0 45,0 31,0 41,0 41,0 23,0 DNF 202,0
35 GBR 2085 Gavin Waldron 42,0 24,0 17,0 44,0 36,0 41,0 43,0 203,0
36 GER 645 Arne Lindemann PSCW 38,0 50,0 30,0 36,0 22,5 37,0 DNC 213,5
37 DEN 1324 Bo Teglers 17,0 DNC DNC 26,0 20,0 39,0 39,0 214,0
38 GER 735 Dirk Gericke SGE 25,0 40,0 19,0 58,5 63,0 28,0 46,0 216,5
39 GER 745 Rainer Pospiech YCBG 46,0 44,0 24,0 48,5 56,0 22,0 33,0 217,5
40 GER 731 Thomas Glas SSC 18,0 23,0 DNC 3,0 31,0 DNC DNC 221,0
41 POL 18 Jerzy Bojanowski MOS-2 55,0 DNC 25,0 35,0 44,0 42,0 23,0 224,0
42 GER 680 Jan-Dietmar Dellas OYC 32,0 18,0 9,5 63,0 50,0 54,0 DNC 226,5
43 GBR 2105 Ian Harris 34,0 29,0 DNC 22,0 24,0 DNC 52,0 234,0
44 GER 688 Dirk Dahme SVM 36,0 46,0 DNC 29,0 54,0 33,0 41,0 239,0
45 DEN 1285 Christian Schmidt-Möller 45,0 53,0 DNC 39,0 35,0 40,0 42,0 254,0
46 GER 694 Gunnar Specht PSCW 33,0 49,0 28,0 33,0 41,0 OCS DNC 257,0
47 AUS 724 Glenn Yates 48,0 43,0 29,0 45,0 64,0 38,0 54,0 257,0
48 GER 606 Katharina Huß SCFR 50,0 48,0 DNC 46,0 45,0 48,0 21,5 258,5
49 AUS 695 David O`Connell 31,0 47,0 DNC 52,0 48,0 DNC 8,0 259,0
50 AUS 729 Andre Blasse OCS 5,0 DNC DNC 5,0 DNC 31,0 260,0
51 GER 659 Falk Hagemann SWS 56,0 56,0 32,0 47,0 46,0 29,0 OCS 266,0
52 BEL 214 Paul Verrijdt 35,0 58,0 34,0 56,0 41,0 47,0 DNC 271,0
53 GER 670 Hinnerk Ries SCOE 39,0 30,0 DNC 51,0 37,0 44,0 DNC 274,0
54 DEN 1361 Rene Johansen KBL OCS 19,0 DNC OCS 19,0 DNF 21,5 278,5
55 GBR 2117 Alex Scoles OSSC 9,0 28,0 DNC DNC DNC DNC 26,0 282,0
56 DEN 1265 Malte Pedersen 53,0 57,0 22,0 DNF 53,0 52,0 45,0 282,0
57 AUS 692 Bill Tyler 49,0 51,5 26,0 65,0 58,0 45,0 DNC 294,5
58 GER 577 Yves Kaminski SVEW 54,0 54,0 27,0 55,0 57,0 56,0 49,0 295,0
59 AUS 733 David Clancy 29,0 6,0 DNC DNC DNF DNC 48,0 302,0
60 DEN 1350 Per Sorensen EV 52,0 41,0 DNC 54,0 DNC 36,0 50,0 306,0
61 POL 333 Jakub Kania ZLKS 40,0 DNC DNC 39,0 51,0 DNC 35,0 311,0
62 GER 660 Bernd Willmann SCK 58,0 55,0 DNC 50,0 52,0 50,0 OCS 338,0
63 GER 640 Sven Marchot SGSP 61,0 DNF DNC 57,0 61,0 49,0 44,0 345,0
64 AUS 716 Peter Wallace 43,0 RAF RAF 58,5 55,0 43,0 DNC 345,5
65 GER 404 Tobias Willmann SCK 60,0 59,0 DNC 62,0 60,0 57,0 53,0 351,0
66 GER 714 Christian Huß SCFR 47,0 DNC DNC 60,0 49,0 53,0 DNC 355,0
67 GER 621 Andre Hennings CKA DNC DNC DNC 53,0 62,0 55,0 51,0 367,0
68 BEL 220 Ronny Poelman 57,0 DNC DNC 61,0 59,0 46,0 DNC 369,0
69 AUS 708 Morgan Staley 59,0 60,0 DNC 34,0 DNC DNC DNS 372,0
70 DEN 1348 Peter West DNC DNC DNC 64,0 DNC DNC 29,0 385,0
71 NZL 529 Mike Wilde DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC 438,0
71 GER 582 Markus Durchlaub ASVG DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC 438,0