Karl Purdie winning a raceOK Worlds

Following the end of the Southern Hemisphere season there have been sweeping changes to the top of the OK Dinghy World Ranking List. This issue of the ranking list includes the Australian and New Zealand Nationals, the Interdominion Championships and the World Championships held in Wellington in February.

A second world title as well as the New Zealand Nationals and Interdominion titles for Kiwi Karl Purdie have kept him clear ahead of the rest of the fleet and just a tantalising 3.6 points short of the magic 1000+ Club, an honour only held by Jorgen Lindhardtsen of Denmark and Nick Craig from Great Britain.

Craig, who finished fifth at the worlds, climbs from eighth to second in the ranking while the 2009 World Champion Thomas Hansson-Mild from Sweden drops to third. Hansson Mild was recently awarded the Vinges Cup by the Swedish Sailing Association for best male achievement of 2009, in recognition of his 2009 title win.

New entries into the top ten include Sonke Behrens from Germany, Russell Wood from New Zealand and the world championship runner up Mike Williams from Australia. A former world ranking leader, Lindhardtsen, skipped the world championships and has slipped to 18th overall, the first time he has been outside the top ten since this list was started.

Typically following a southern hemisphere world championship the list is dominated by Kiwi and Australian sailors. There are only six Europeans in the top 20, however the European season gets underway in a few weeks with the first of two major events in Medemblik. The traditional Spring Cup is being sailed on the IJsselmeer in May followed by the European Championships there in July.

The next release is scheduled just before the European Championships.

In total there are 409 sailors from 17 countries in the ranking list. The best 5 events count.

Ranking April 2010
Rank Name Nat. Sailno. Points Events sailed
1 Karl Purdie NZL 531 996,62 8
2 Nick Craig GBR 2134 948,11 9
3 Thomas Hanson-Mild SWE 100 893,76 9
4 Greg Wilcox NZL 522 876,91 9
5 Terry Curtis GBR 2118 820,59 10
6 Paul Rhodes NZL 517 784,13 5
7 Sonke Behrens GER 690 769,40 8
8 Steve McDowell NZL 525 737,00 6
9 Russell Wood NZL 526 719,98 5
10 Mike Williams AUS 730 718,32 5
11 Andre Blasse AUS 727 716,55 7
12 Ben Morrison NZL 530 716,41 5
13 Roger Blass� AUS 678 684,95 5
14 Matt Steven NZL 519 683,58 5
15 Tomasz Gaj POL 1 668,92 9
16 Adrian Mannering NZL 504 661,36 5
17 Dan Bush NZL 478 633,65 5
18 Jorgen Lindhartdsen DEN 1364 628,95 11
19 Brad Douglas NZL 539 623,92 3
20 Nigel Mannering NZL 500 621,76 5
21 Luke O’Connell NZL 511 617,55 6
22 Christian Hedlund DEN 1375 617,37 14
23 Martin von Zimmermann GER 493 598,46 11
24 Christian Olesen DEN 1340 584,93 7
25 Mike Wilde NZL 535 582,88 5
26 David Hoogenboom NZL 481 553,29 5
27 Owen Anderson NZL 469 553,17 5
28 Greg Wright NZL 475 540,50 5
29 Jon Fish GBR 2122 538,32 8
30 Darek Kras POL 5 513,20 13
31 Oliver Gronholz GER 717 496,03 8
32 Alistair Deaves NZL 538 490,93 5
33 Bartosz Rakocy POL 19 482,56 9
34 Kagan Weeks NZL 479 468,25 3
35 Gunter Arndt GER 672 463,00 6
36 Marty Weeks NZL 509 462,89 5
37 Peter Scheuerl GER 718 458,39 4
38 Hans Elkjaer SWE 99 457,51 9
39 Ben Lutz NZL 470 445,55 3
40 Glenn Williams AUS 719 442,91 5
41 Mogens Johansen DEN 1335 442,72 5
42 Jan Eric Nystedt SWE 66 438,91 6
43 Jonny Clough NZL 498 438,03 5
44 Pawel Pawlaczyk POL 14 419,15 7
45 Rob Hengst NZL 533 419,06 5
46 Darren Hunt AUS 641 410,24 4
47 Antoni Pawlowski POL 31 404,19 4
48 Stefan Myralf DEN 1333 390,25 4
49 Ralf Tietje GER 750 387,97 8
50 Rainer Dr Pospiech GER 765 387,68 7
51 Ingmar Janson SWE 2772 378,08 7
52 Jan-Erik Engholm SWE 2782 372,78 4
53 Joergen Svendsen DEN 3 370,03 3
54 Rene Johannsen DEN 1361 366,78 9
55 Bo Teglers DEN 1369 362,04 6
56 Ralf Mackman GER 711 355,10 6
57 Peter Robinson AUS 736 352,43 6
58 Jorg Rademacher GER 730 350,98 7
59 Andrew Pardington NZL 528 348,83 3
60 Eddie O’Donnell AUS 734 347,90 5
61 Chris Devine NZL 502 343,07 3
62 Karsten Hitz GER 744 340,25 5
63 Alex Scoles GBR 2135 330,71 8
64 Keith Byers GBR 2084 328,29 3
65 Thomas Glas GER 731 327,47 8
66 Peter Lynch AUS 726 322,74 7
67 Marek Jarocki POL 16 318,27 5
68 Juliane Hofmann GER 767 313,16 6
69 Gary Lokum AUS 741 312,22 4
70 Radoslaw Drozdzik POL 44 310,61 3
71 Andreas Pich GER 747 308,37 7
72 Jens Makholm NOR 467 307,52 6
73 Per Jaensson SWE 222 299,05 5
74 Bo Staffan Andersson SWE 2784 296,13 2
75 Jorgen Holm DEN 1377 295,05 7
76 Thorsten Schmidt GER 737 290,28 7
77 Peter Stephan GER 665 288,47 6
78 Peter Wallace AUS 716 288,42 6
79 Janusz Stobinski POL 10 282,76 6
80 Don Williams AUS 668 274,28 5
81 Brent Williams AUS 738 272,43 4
82 Tony Woods GBR 2124 270,68 5
83 Malte Pedersen DEN 1265 262,63 14
84 David O’Donnell AUS 695 262,10 6
85 Jakub Kania POL 27 261,14 6
86 Christian Heinze GER 607 260,24 9
87 Julian Bishop NZL 516 255,37 7
88 Dirk Gericke GER 735 253,42 6
89 Mark Roberts AUS 739 251,50 4
90 Adrian Coulthard NZL 472 250,99 5
91 Richard Furneaux AUS 694 246,21 7
92 Hakan Tornqvist SWE 2786 235,49 2
93 Jurgen Splieth GER 727 235,03 4
94 Ulf Dagerbrandt SWE 2741 231,95 3
95 Anders Andersen DEN 1346 231,86 3
96 Andreas Deubel GER 760 226,08 7
97 Antony Rich GBR 2121 226,03 2
98 Max Nystedt SWE 123 223,78 4
99 Katharina Huss GER 606 222,35 8
100 Andrew Baker AUS 744 222,24 7
101 Mike Edwards GBR 2126 220,85 3
102 Jonas Andersson SWE 2770 219,31 4
103 Troels Lykke DEN 1330 216,95 3
104 Andy Turner GBR 2123 216,89 4
105 Lennart Hansson SWE 88 213,74 3
106 Peter Wibroe DEN 1344 213,60 3
107 Ronny Poelman BEL 220 212,86 8
108 Jan Hartmann GER 666 210,88 2
109 Bengt Stromberg SWE 11 210,32 4
110 Sam Jedig DEN 1329 210,14 5
111 Dirk Dame GER 688 208,24 5
112 Julian Burnham GBR 2101 207,76 4
113 Dan Ager GBR 2120 206,71 4
114 Joe Schubert RSA 31 205,11 4
115 Christian Midtgaard DEN 1304 202,44 3
116 Paul Verrijdt BEL 214 199,57 7
117 Marty Pike NZL 536 198,43 4
118 Claes Ahlstrom SWE 2780 195,56 3
119 Mark Perrow NZL 527 189,80 3
120 Heinz Ridder GER 651 189,77 8
121 Jonas Lindahl SWE 64 189,48 3
122 Arne Lindemann GER 645 187,24 4
123 Evert Nijzink NZL 515 186,61 4
124 Ingo Stelzer GER 755 185,06 2
125 Karl Johan Osth SWE 2740 184,47 5
126 John Hoogerbrug NZL 458 182,99 4
127 Berndt Svennson SWE 2732 178,25 3
128 Fritz Banner Pedersen DEN 1331 177,30 3
129 Gavin Waldron GBR 2085 176,29 3
130 Daniel Groschl GER 656 173,39 4
131 Neil Goodhead GBR 2125 171,02 3
132 Christian Huss GER 714 168,74 8
133 Matt Stechmann NZL 524 168,22 5
134 Piotr Przewozny POL 424 165,96 4
135 Bill Tyler AUS 692 164,14 6
136 Justin Barr AUS 721 162,72 2
137 Christan Schmidt-Moller DEN 1285 159,30 4
138 Jesper Strandberg DEN 1370 151,98 4
139 Jerzy Bojanowski POL 18 151,73 4
140 Gautier Aribaud FRA 2000 150,03 4
141 Robert Deaves GBR 2119 148,53 2
142 Marten Bernesand SWE 511 147,51 4
143 Frederic Lamarque FRA 1764 145,50 2
144 Tim Davies AUS 732 142,52 2
145 Jan-Dietmar Dellas GER 680 140,66 4
146 Falk Hagemann GER 757 137,71 4
147 Per Sorensen DEN 1350 136,71 4
148 Jorg Sylvester GER 726 135,13 3
149 Glenn Yates AUS 724 134,14 4
150 Uwe Bohm GER 599 133,93 3
151 Bruce Ashton AUS 728 132,82 2
152 Trent Pryce NZL 502 130,92 3
153 Richard Burton GBR 1774 128,63 3
154 Torsten Albrecht BEL 691 128,22 5
155 Kai Wehmhoerner GER 649 127,87 5
156 Slawomir Blaszka POL 161 127,28 2
157 Erik Bork GER 695 126,76 3
158 Gunnar Goronzi GER 487 126,46 5
159 Alain Renoux FRA 3 123,82 2
160 Robert Davis AUS 735 123,60 3
161 Arne Malm SWE 2591 122,14 3
162 Jonathon O’Donnell AUS 685 121,47 3
163 John Skjoldby Petersen DEN 1303 120,18 2
164 Milosz Wojewski POL 22 120,08 2
165 Jan Bechmann GER 567 115,02 5
166 Robert Swiecki POL 40 113,92 5
167 Rod Andrew BEL 1 105,40 2
168 Simon Shaw GBR 2065 104,19 4
169 Peter Rudholm SWE 2721 104,09 2
170 Andre Hennings GER 621 103,55 3
171 Olle Albrektsson SWE 2787 102,64 1
172 Thomas Neveling GER 664 102,57 4
173 Svend Erik Molbech DEN 1366 102,32 1
174 Andy Couch GBR 2133 102,21 1
175 Jaroslaw Szpinalski POL 333 99,32 2
176 Magnus Bager SWE 2217 99,03 3
177 Dave Kettridge AUS 725 97,37 2
178 Maxim van Pelt BEL 207 97,00 1
179 Yves Kaminski GER 577 96,28 4
180 Alan Atkin GBR 2129 95,69 4
181 Yan Rialland FRA 1562 95,59 2
182 Raymond Dodard FRA 1764 94,77 2
183 Anders Widding SWE 2739 94,53 3
184 Mark Jackson AUS 674 93,82 1
185 Martin Evans GBR 2115 93,82 1
186 Joe Porebski NZL 523 92,85 2
187 Ask Askholm DEN 1302 92,50 1
188 Michel Lesure LUX 1 90,59 2
189 Mikael Nielsen DEN 1337 90,54 1
190 Lars Hultgren SWE 2668 90,37 2
191 Nigel Grogan GBR 2131 88,69 2
192 Thomas Christensen DEN 1336 86,79 3
193 Dean Dorazio AUS 673 85,26 2
194 Olof Lindgren SWE 74 85,22 2
195 Soren Andersen DEN 1275 84,92 2
196 Anders Holst DEN 1353 84,64 1
197 Fabian Gronholz GER 632 83,71 2
198 Marc Boizard FRA 0 83,64 1
199 Gareth Wells AUS 742 83,07 2
200 Christian Stormark DEN 9 82,68 1
201 Thomas van Hoeylandt BEL 205 82,00 1
202 Nigel Harvey AUS 610 81,78 4
203 Max Schlink NZL 508 81,03 3
204 Karsten Kath GER 728 80,48 6
205 Andy Davies GBR 2117 79,85 1
206 Bjorn Westergaard DEN 1321 78,75 1
207 Bartosz Parzuchowski POL 23 76,89 2
208 Mathias Fisker DEN 1345 76,79 1
209 Karsten Kraus GER 743 74,67 1
210 Stefan Fagerlund SWE 2746 72,17 1
211 Jedrzej Charlampowicz POL 45 69,81 3
212 Simon Cox GBR 2122 68,68 1
213 Chris Mason AUS 722 68,68 1
214 Bob Buchanan AUS 726 68,17 2
215 Jack Grogan GBR 1968 68,00 2
216 Bengt Larsson SWE 2672 66,33 2
217 Czyz Waldemar POL 41 65,97 2
218 Didier Soulies FRA 74 65,73 2
219 Hinnerk Ries GER 670 65,56 3
220 Marina Dellas GER 724 65,38 3
221 Konrad Kierzek POL 21 64,81 2
222 Sven Marchot GER 640 64,64 4
223 Egon Petersen DEN 1318 63,42 3
224 Bertil Eliasson SWE 111 63,28 2
225 Carsten Sass GER 539 63,09 2
226 Jorgen Svendsen DEN 1500 63,04 1
227 Ulf Brandt DEN 1302 61,47 1
228 Mieczyslaw Poplonyk POL 15 60,89 1
229 Kevin Gibb GBR 2045 60,29 1
230 Jonas Petersson SWE 2599 60,00 1
231 Rasmus Clausen DEN 1342 59,82 2
232 Susanne Mackman GER 723 59,40 2
233 Freddy Ottosen DEN 885 59,11 1
234 Paul Bouts BEL 151 58,00 1
235 John Ball GBR 2100 57,50 1
236 Pete Turner GBR 2059 57,21 2
237 Esben Andersen DEN 301 57,14 1
238 Simon Polteg SWE 2756 56,27 3
239 Ivan Pedersen DEN 1322 55,50 1
240 Mads Brockhuss DEN 1359 55,48 2
241 Martin Kay DEN 1305 55,18 1
242 Nik Wallis AUS 720 54,51 2
243 Dave Cooper GBR 2031 52,94 3
244 Steve Ede GBR 2096 51,91 1
245 Jan Gjelstrup Larsen DEN 1324 51,25 1
246 Peter Horne AUS 733 51,18 1
247 Jim Hunt GBR 2116 51,02 1
248 Jacques Boizard FRA 0 50,91 1
249 Brett Graham RSA 497 50,15 2
250 Darren Prior GBR 2107 49,12 1
251 Joost Rommelaere BEL 56 48,70 2
252 Jan Taelman BEL 15 48,20 2
253 Brad Johanson CAN 500 48,00 2
254 Tim O’Leary GBR 1966 47,74 2
255 Olivier Ronsiaux FRA 1769 47,00 2
256 Mike Walker AUS 655 46,43 2
257 Tom Lonsdale GBR 2068 46,32 1
258 Jakub Swerpel POL 479 45,95 2
259 Jonas Persson SWE 0 45,91 1
260 Yannick Laumans BEL 205 44,90 1
261 Mads Christensen DEN 1360 44,50 1
262 Jan Behrendt GER 759 43,29 1
263 Joel Skelton AUS 646 43,26 1
264 Maurice Slap BEL 203 43,00 1
265 David Rose GBR 2124 42,11 1
266 Soren Christiansen DEN 1239 42,06 1
267 Ed Dutton GBR 2128 41,54 2
268 Johhny Leif Hansen DEN 1342 41,43 1
269 Didier Crescence FRA 1801 41,00 1
270 Grant Pedersen NZL 518 40,99 1
271 Radek Drozdzik POL 44 40,74 1
272 Kevin Knott AUS 500 40,74 1
273 Paul Foster AUS 722 40,63 1
274 Arne Good NED 657 39,50 2
275 Lynge Thang Jorgensen DEN 1371 39,46 2
276 Jan Seekanp GER 630 39,37 1
277 Ian Lind Seddon DEN 1286 38,39 2
278 Paul Richards AUS 666 37,94 1
279 Richard Ham GBR 2053 37,94 1
280 Ulrik Larsen DEN 1259 37,63 1
281 Jens Lauge DEN 1271 37,50 1
282 Deryck Lovegrove GBR 2130 37,39 2
283 Piotr Bajonczak POL 46 36,76 1
284 Bob Chapman AUS 704 36,67 1
285 Laurence Picard FRA 0 36,36 2
286 Jorg Posny GER 697 35,73 1
287 Hendrik Bendsen DEN 302 35,54 1
288 Magnus Gillgren SWE 2599 35,43 1
289 Paul Pike GBR 2104 35,26 2
290 Douglas Parker AUS 702 35,15 1
291 Keith Dutton GBR 2127 34,69 1
292 Stefan Bleich GER 691 34,63 1
293 Helene Boizard FRA 0 34,55 1
294 Przemyslaw Drozdzik POL 104 34,12 1
295 Manca Macime FRA 1336 34,00 1
296 Jacob Christensen Wulff DEN 1326 33,57 1
297 Stephan Klaus GER 615 33,50 1
298 Christopher Arnell GBR 2064 33,20 1
299 J P Williams GBR 2112 31,72 1
300 Anders Gunnersen DEN 1316 31,61 1
301 Graham Lambert NZL 493 31,53 2
302 Konrad Kowalczyk POL 157 31,47 1
303 Andres Blasco Cortes ESP 1 30,75 1
304 Marion Ruck GER 559 30,24 1
305 Maciej Pezala POL 62 30,15 1
306 Mark Skelton AUS 651 30,07 1
307 Magnus Haglund SWE 2071 30,00 1
308 Tom Pedersen DEN 1261 29,71 1
309 Jurgen Illers GER 643 29,57 1
310 Andy Holmes GBR 2056 29,56 1
311 Gunnar Specht GER 694 29,17 2
312 Alexandre Rosier BEL 0 28,60 2
313 Gerd Breitbart GER 662 28,05 1
314 Kacper Jarocki POL 34 27,83 2
315 Koen Hopsy BEL 0 27,80 1
316 Niels Jorgen Larsen DEN 1343 27,68 1
317 Zbibniew Michalski POL 210 27,50 1
318 Marek Barnat POL 49 26,96 1
319 Graham Pearce AUS 737 26,76 1
320 Ian Harris GBR 2105 26,70 1
321 Henning Biering Neilsen DEN 1357 26,18 1
322 Frank Prater AUS 679 26,11 1
323 Tom O’Donnell AUS 693 26,02 2
324 Maxine Manca FRA 1336 25,90 1
325 Andrew Day GBR 2102 25,78 1
326 Michael Jorgensen DEN 1330 25,71 1
327 Mary Reddyhoff GBR 2058 25,04 2
328 Peter West DEN 1348 24,25 3
329 Robbie Wilson GBR 2134 23,97 1
330 Dominique Istasse BEL 125 23,70 2
331 Bartosz Szymik POL 65 23,69 2
332 Arkadiues Sarowski POL 47 23,57 1
333 Mariusz Pietrzak POL 61 23,53 1
334 Frank Hansen DEN 1345 22,65 1
335 Norbert Petrausch GER 630 22,39 3
336 Johanna Andrew Becker BEL 29 22,00 1
337 Erik Thompson AUS 642 21,91 2
338 Colin Slevin GBR 2108 21,18 1
339 Conrad Brown USA 610 21,18 1
340 Torbjorn Svensson SWE 2757 20,91 1
341 Per Trolle DEN 1354 20,88 1
342 Tom Pearce AUS 737 20,83 1
343 Bill Bradburn GBR 2092 19,84 1
344 Niels Troland DEN 159 19,64 2
345 Marcin Rymer POL 682 19,56 1
346 Joachim Ullrich GER 63 19,27 1
347 Dennis Olsson SWE 2743 18,48 1
348 Uli Borchen GER 587 18,30 1
349 Mariusz Wasilewski POL 80 18,24 1
350 David Swales AUS 625 18,19 1
351 Erik Dubreuil FRA 0 18,18 1
352 Josh Weeks NZL 518 18,12 2
353 Julian von Colin SUI 66 17,97 2
354 Michael Wolf GER 360 17,80 1
355 Jake O’Donnell AUS 660 17,79 2
356 Mathieu Chenuil FRA 723 17,79 1
357 Jaruslav Spinalski POL 61 17,36 1
358 Piotr Malecki POL 17 16,91 1
359 Mateusz Kaesmarek POL 45 16,79 1
360 Wilhelm Kath GER 748 16,50 1
361 Jonas Borup DEN 1339 16,00 2
362 Claes Heyman SWE 2763 15,65 1
363 Colin Lynch AUS 457 15,56 1
364 Cornelia Wirbeleit GER 633 15,45 1
365 Ralf Gerbig GER 357 15,28 2
366 Stefan Nikiciuk POL 178 14,26 1
367 Didier Mathou FRA 1404 14,00 1
368 Joachim Singethan GER 588 13,78 1
369 Dave Clancy AUS 733 13,25 1
370 Craig Lynch AUS 684 12,92 1
371 Par Karlsson SWE 2695 12,83 1
372 Sam Blocksidge GBR 2092 12,79 1
373 Ortwin Zimmer GER 7 12,68 1
374 Jerzy Faustmann POL 38 11,62 1
375 Ralf Abratis GER 72 11,16 1
376 Bernd Willmann GER 660 10,72 1
377 Jens Kaiser GER 659 10,23 1
378 Peter Nielsen DEN 1272 10,00 1
379 Poul Christiansen DEN 1277 10,00 1
380 Jake Cracknell GBR 2012 10,00 1
381 Per Bo Hansen DEN 1341 10,00 1
382 Marek Czarniecki POL 7 10,00 1
383 Rune Larsen DEN 1159 10,00 1
384 Hendrik Kjeldsen DEN 1212 10,00 1
385 Claus Hagerup DEN 1378 10,00 1
386 Olle Heimersson SWE 2746 9,55 1
387 Miroslav Zdrawomyslow POL 2 8,97 1
388 Russell Peterson AUS 667 8,96 1
389 Denis Gilles BEL 5 8,80 1
390 Rolf Meilenbrock POL 497 8,29 1
391 Tobias Willmann GER 404 8,20 1
392 Reinhard Grassmel GER 189 8,00 1
393 Julian Massler GER 2 8,00 1
394 Ernst Ramin GER 708 8,00 1
395 Ben Steel GBR 2034 7,97 1
396 Peter Aebeloe SWE 2738 7,50 1
397 Jens Svensen DEN 1366 7,38 1
398 Alexander Hirsch GER 543 7,20 1
399 James Andrew GBR 2090 6,90 1
400 Chris Biscomb GBR 2083 6,48 1
401 Lukasz Futerski POL 506 6,32 1
402 Sven Beye GER 719 5,02 1
403 Thierry Damblon BEL 44 5,00 1
404 Roy Burnham GBR 2115 5,00 1
405 Sam Woods GBR 1998 5,00 1
406 Fredrik Lundberg SWE 0 5,00 1
407 Jakob Christensen DEN 1271 5,00 1
408 Andrzej Hoszko POL 123 5,00 1
409 Morgan Staley AUS 708 4,84 1