World Championship 2006 Competitor: Steve McDowell

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

Name	Age	Country	Sail Number	Boat Name
Steve McDowell	24	NZL	NZL 525	(Boat number NZL 519), UAV sail number being used NZL 525
Current Championship Titles			2005 Interdom's
Past Championship Titles			2005 NZ OK dinghy Nationals, 2005 Interdoms
World Championships / Top Ten Results			2002,2004,2005 9th in 2004, 8th in 2005
Olympics Contested / Class Sailed / Results			11th in NZ Olympic trials for 2000-Laser
National Championships / Top Ten Results			9th in 2003, 6th in 2004, 1st in 2005, 7th in 2006
Other Class Successes / Activities			Runner up 1998 Laser youth trials (NZ)
Boat shape / Builder, Mast, Sail, Foils, etc			Ice Breaker By Cooksons, C-Tech Mast, C-Tech Rudder, Home built C/B, Linton Sail.Changing back to old boat for the worlds, have been developing the Linton sail for past 2 years, should suit conditions expected in Australia
Occupation			Medical sales
OK Associations Official Positions			NZ OK Publicity Officer
Why keep sailing the OK Dinghy?			Some of the most competitive racing around on the water, but a great social time after!
Anything else you can think of that might be of interest?			The OK doesn't require a full time campaign, not a one design so allows people of different size and weight to be competitive, making racing closer then many perceived 'premier' one design classes