2009 Swedish National Championship, Kalmar, Sweden

18 – 19 July

by Robert Deaves

After 2 days of varying conditions Greg Wilcox (NZL) has won the Swedish Championships for the OK Dinghy, followed by the Danish legend Jorgen Lindhardtsen and fours times World Champion Bo Staffan Andersson. Andersson is yet another World class sailor making a comeback to the class, albeit with a sixteen year gap.

The Championship took place at Kalmar, over the weekend of 18/19 July, on the east coast of Sweden, and is acting as the pre-Worlds for the event which starts on Saturday 25th July.

The first days racing took place in 20 – 25 knots and big waves while the second day was much lighter and shiftier.

The current World Champion Karl Purdie (NZL) lead after day one, following a fourth and a first, but Wilcox came back strongly in the lighter conditions on the second day with a first and two thirds to take the title. Purdie ended up 5th after struggling in the lighter conditions.

This success follows up wins for Wilcox in Kiel week and Warnemünde Week

Both Kiwi sailors are using New Zealand made Icebreaker Boats, C-Tech masts and Quantum sails from Wilcox’s loft in Potsdam. The other New Zealander in the fleet, Julian Bishop from Worser Bay is chartering a Swedish boat.

The rest of the fleet for the Worlds are due to arrive over the next few days for what promises to be a very interesting World Championship. The large fleet of 78 boats also contains six former World Champions.

2009 Swedish National Championship – Results
Pos	Sailno.	Club	Name	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	tot	tot-1
1	NZL 522	Blankenser Segelclub	Greg Wilcox	5	3	1	3	3	15	10
2	DEN 1364	Hvidovre Sejlklub	Jørgen Lindhardtsen	3	2	15	10	1	31	16
3	SWE 2784	Karlshamns SS	Bo Staffan Andersson	10	7	4	5	4	30	20
4	SWE 100	Umeå Segelsällskap	Thomas Hansson-Mild	1	DNS	6	13	2	78	22
5	NZL 531	Worser Bay Boating Club	Karl Purdie	4	1	11	7	15	38	23
6	GER 690	SC Oevelgönne	Sönke Behrens	7	5	7	8	5	32	24
7	GER 693	SC Oevelgönne	Martin v.Zimmermann	2	4	BFD	12	7	81	25
8	DEN 1340	KS	Christian Olesen	6	8	14	6	6	40	26
9	POL 19	Zlks Kiekrz	Bartosz Rakocy	18	17	3	1	12	51	33
10	POL 1	MOS-2 Warszawa	Tomek Gaj	8	6	17	2	22	55	33
11	SWE 66	VSS	Jan-Eric Nystedt	15	10	10	4	16	55	39
12	SWE 2782	Gess	Jan-Erik Engholm	19	12	5	14	8	58	39
13	SWE 99	Varbergs SS	Hans Elkjaer	14	9	16	21	11	71	50
14	DEN 1368	Hellerup Sejlklub	Christian Hedlund	17	14	2	22	25	80	55
15	SWE 739	HKK	Max Nystedt	22	15	18	15	10	80	58
16	GER 740	SWS	Juliane Hofmann	31	19	8	11	23	92	61
17	DEN 4	Hellerup Sejlklub	Stefan Myrälf	9	DNS	25	9	24	123	67
18	DEN 1335	Solrød Strand	Mogens Johansen	30	11	22	25	9	97	67
19	SWE 2786	SSKa	Håkan Törnqvist	13	24	30	20	14	101	71
20	POL 5	MOS-2 Warszawa	Darek Kras	12	23	13	24	34	106	72
21	SWE 222	SKK	Per Jaensson	29	22	9	27	17	104	75
22	NOR 467	Hellerup Sejlklub	Jens Makholm	27	27	21	18	13	106	79
23	SWE 64	Nättraby Båtklubb	Jonas Lindahl	25	DNS	12	23	20	136	80
24	SWE 2772	SS Kaparen	Ingemar Jansson	21	DNF	27	16	21	141	85
25	SWE 2746	Södertälje Båtklubb	Stefan Fagerlund	16	18	24	28	36	122	86
26	SWE 2741	Umeå Segelsällskap	Ulf Dagerbrant	26	13	32	32	18	121	89
27	SWE 2732	WSSW	Berndt Svensson	38	DNS	20	19	19	152	96
28	SWE 2770	Nyss	Jonas Andersson	23	16	26	34	33	132	98
29	SWE 88	GESS	Lennart Hansson	24	26	33	29	BFD	168	112
30	SWE 11	StSS	Bengt Strömberg	11	DNS	37	31	35	170	114
31	SWE 74	UmeåSS	Olof Lindgren	36	25	28	35	28	152	116
32	DEN 1265	KDY	Malte Pedersen	35	21	39	37	30	162	123
33	DEN 1329	Bramsnaes Sejlk	Sam Jedig	33	DNS	19	40	40	188	132
34	AUS 724	Wangi Sailing Club	Glenn Yates	28	20	42	43	43	176	133
35	NZL 516	Worser Bay Boating Club	Julian Bishop	37	28	35	45	42	187	142
36	SWE 2668	Råå Jolle Klubb	Lars Hultgren	DNS	DNS	23	38	27	200	144
37	SWE 2672	SS Kaparen	Bengt Larsson	34	OCS	31	26	DNS	203	147
38	SWE 2599	Gess	Magnus Gillgren	32	DNS	38	42	37	205	149
39	AUS 685	Wangi ASC	Jonathon ODonnell	20	DNS	45	46	39	206	150
40	SWE 111	SSKaparen	Bertil Eliasson	DNS	DNS	BFD	17	26	211	155
41	SWE 2739	Umeå Segelsällskap	Anders Widding	DNF	DNF	36	36	29	213	157
42	SWE 2740	Karlskrona SS	Karl-Johan Östh	DNF	DNS	41	30	32	215	159
43	SWE 511	SKK	Mårten Bernesand	DNF	DNS	34	39	31	216	160
44	SWE 2743	StSS	Dennis Olsson	DNS	DNS	29	33	BFD	230	174
45	SWE 2763	SS Kaparen	Claes Heyman	DNS	DNS	43	41	41	237	181
46	SWE 2695	SK Kaparen	Pär Karlsson	DNF	DNS	44	44	38	238	182
47	SWE 2756	SK Kaparen	Simon Polteg	DNF	DNS	40	DNS	DNS	264	208
48	SWE 2775	Gess	Lars Hansson	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	280	224
48	SWE 2750	SS Kaparen	Lars Berggren	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	280	224
48	SWE 2071	Kaparen	Magnus Haglund	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	280	224
48	DEN 1366	Skovshovede Sejlklub	Svend Erik Molbech	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	280	224
48	GER 651	SVPB	Heinz Ridder	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	280	224
48	SWE 2217	SS Svearna	Magnus Bager	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	280	224
48	SWE 2780	Getskärs SS GESS	Claes Ahlström	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	280	224
48	SWE 2738	SS Kaparen	Peter Aebeloe	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	280	224

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