The first OK Dinghy World Ranking List of the year sees little change at the top, after the top three down under regattas have been completed. This list includes the Australian and New Zealand National Championships as well as the Interdominion Championships, which this year was held in New Zealand.

In January, Mike Williams (AUS) took his third Australian title in a row from Mark Jackson (AUS) and Andre Blasse (AUS), but only Blasse appears in the top 20 of the ranking having completed in both recent world championships, which has a large weighting factor in the rankings. Williams meanwhile rises from 31 to 25.

It is the same story for the New Zealand champion. Ben Morrison (NZL) dominated the combined New Zealand Nationals and Interdominions last month, but again doesn’t figure at the top, but sits one place ahead of Williams in 24. Despite a top field the event ranking factor was down on last year due to only three competitors being the world top 20.

Former world champion Greg Wilcox (NZL) continues to lead from 2009 world champion Thomas Hansson-Mild (SWE) and 1999 Interdominion champion Alistair Deaves (NZL), while four times world champion Nick Craig (GBR) is in fourth. Only Deaves and seventh placed Roger Blasse (AUS) competed in the ranking regattas for this release and Blasse, the 1998 world champion, moves back into the top 10 again.

2012 is an important year for the OK Dinghy class as it celebrates its 50th world championship. This year the event is being held in Vallensbæk, Denmark and has been made open to attract as many sailors as possible. Currently 109 sailors have signed up, so it is shaping up to be another memorable championship.

Ranking April 2012
Rank Name Nat. Sailno. Points Events sailed
(5 to count)
1 Greg Wilcox NZL 544 1002,20 12
2 Thomas Hanson-Mild SWE 100 959,41 6
3 Alistair Deaves NZL 542 931,14 9
4 Nick Craig GBR 2134 906,64 6
5 Martin von Zimmermann GER 693 893,02 9
6 Jorgen Svendsen DEN 1385 867,40 9
7 Roger Blassé AUS 749 816,11 5
8 Bartosz Rakocy POL 19 811,78 5
9 Tomasz Gaj POL 1 799,59 10
10 Christian Hedlund DEN 1368 798,08 12
11 Terry Curtis GBR 2118 791,61 7
12 Gunter Arndt GER 672 695,59 8
13 Sonke Behrens GER 690 691,70 5
14 Stefan Myralf DEN 1388 658,16 10
15 Tony Woods GBR 2124 652,88 7
16 Christian Olesen DEN 1340 650,25 5
17 Bo Teglers DEN 1402 639,89 7
18 Hans Elkjaer SWE 99 633,49 10
19 Andre Blasse AUS 729 629,64 6
20 Rene Johannsen DEN 1393 619,77 10
21 Peter Robinson AUS 750 617,11 9
22 Ralf Mackman GER 771 613,87 6
23 Mark Roberts AUS 747 576,90 6
24 Ben Morrison NZL 530 569,98 5
25 Mike Williams AUS 730 567,40 5
26 Paul Rhodes NZL 517 563,47 5
27 Darek Kras POL 5 558,47 7
28 Brad Douglas NZL 539 552,95 5
29 Rainer Dr Pospiech GER 765 552,17 7
30 Luke O’Connell NZL 511 535,87 5
31 Mogens Johansen DEN 1335 523,88 5
32 Tim Davies AUS 739 523,25 5
33 Radoslaw Drozdzik POL 4 511,04 10
34 Jens Makholm NOR 471 510,87 8
35 Oliver Gronholz GER 717 504,99 7
36 Andreas Pich GER 772 485,91 8
37 Dirk Dame GER 688 483,43 8
38 Rudiger Prinz GER 773 481,60 3
39 Jorgen Lindhartdsen DEN 1364 463,36 6
40 Pawel Pawlaczyk POL 14 461,02 6
41 Keith Byers GBR 2084 453,03 4
42 Malte Pedersen DEN 1265 437,87 13
43 Andy Turner GBR 2123 427,12 5
44 Richard Burton GBR 1774 426,55 4
45 Russell Wood NZL 526 424,24 4
46 Antoni Pawlowski POL 31 422,90 5
47 Ralf Tietje GER 750 421,70 7
48 Andreas Deubel GER 760 417,00 8
49 Martin Bower GBR 2119 391,14 6
50 Gavin Waldron GBR 2085 386,18 4
51 Thomas Glas GER 731 377,81 5
52 Ian Harris GBR 2142 373,75 3
53 Eddie O’Donnell AUS 734 354,01 6
54 Simon Davis GBR 2141 350,91 4
55 Andre Hennings GER 762 349,86 6
56 Paul Verrijdt BEL 214 340,74 9
57 Ronny Poelman BEL 220 338,91 8
58 Karl Purdie NZL 531 338,49 3
59 Thorsten Schmidt GER 737 337,89 8
60 Ingmar Janson SWE 2772 335,66 7
61 Hakan Tornqvist SWE 2786 325,93 4
62 Julian Burnham GBR 2101 324,45 4
63 Lars Hultgren SWE 2794 317,18 4
64 Jens Lauge DEN 1381 315,52 6
65 Rob Hengst NZL 533 315,46 4
66 Jon Fish GBR 2136 311,75 4
67 Antony Rich GBR 2121 310,79 3
68 Jorg Rademacher GER 775 303,52 5
69 Tim Goodbody IRL 10 301,26 3
70 Marty Weeks NZL 479 298,92 5
71 Alex Scoles GBR 2117 297,38 4
72 Lennart Hansson SWE 88 296,26 5
73 Mark Perrow NZL 541 289,93 4
74 Mark Skelton AUS 736 289,06 3
75 Dirk Gericke GER 735 286,33 7
76 Ed Bradburn GBR 2116 280,85 1
77 Andrew Pardington NZL 528 272,02 3
78 Peter Stephan GER 665 271,90 6
79 Glenn Williams AUS 719 270,90 4
80 Gary Lokum AUS 741 268,45 6
81 Jono Clough NZL 498 267,41 4
82 Peter Norborg DEN 1374 267,12 3
83 Jorgen Holm DEN 1377 265,18 6
84 Arne Lindemann GER 752 261,02 4
85 Christian Midtgaard DEN 1304 256,07 3
86 Peter Scheuerl GER 618 255,46 3
87 Neil Goodhead GBR 2125 246,59 3
88 Matt Steven NZL 519 245,21 2
89 Jan-Dietmar Dellas GER 680 244,83 7
90 Erik Bork GER 695 244,45 4
91 Adrian Coulthard NZL 531 242,52 5
92 Mark Jackson AUS 735 237,17 3
93 Glenn Yates AUS 684 237,06 5
94 Peter Lynch AUS 726 235,35 5
95 Stefan Haage GER 761 235,18 7
96 Christian Heinze GER 607 232,29 6
97 Don Williams AUS 727 231,08 6
98 Steve McDowell NZL 525 228,07 2
99 Juliane Hofmann GER 767 226,94 4
100 Joe Porebski NZL 523 224,94 3
101 Jakub Kania POL 27 222,31 3
102 Bill Tyler AUS 751 218,62 6
103 Jan-Erik Engholm SWE 2782 218,57 3
104 Jorg Sylvester GER 726 217,15 2
105 Chris Fenwick NZL 509 214,43 3
106 Carsten Sass GER 539 213,85 6
107 Mathieu Chenuil FRA 723 212,55 4
108 Trent Pryce NZL 502 211,94 4
109 Chris Visick AUS 708 210,99 3
110 Bruce Ashton AUS 728 197,73 3
111 Ask Askholm DEN 1302 194,41 4
112 Hamish Fenwick NZL 500 194,33 2
113 Darren Prior GBR 2107 192,65 3
114 Chris Perry GBR 2096 191,10 3
115 Nigel Mannering NZL 500 189,50 2
116 Deryck Lovegrove GBR 2130 188,55 5
117 Ivan Pedersen DEN 1256 182,68 4
118 Marek Jarocki POL 16 182,65 2
119 Adrian Walker GBR 2126 181,92 3
120 Falk Hagemann GER 757 177,97 3
121 Bill Bradburn GBR 2135 175,18 3
122 Robert Swiecki POL 40 174,34 6
123 Brent Williams AUS 754 172,82 2
124 Raymond Dodard FRA 1764 169,70 4
125 Lasse Hansson SWE 2775 165,80 3
126 Simon Shaw GBR 2137 163,77 5
127 Jurgen Splieth GER 727 163,07 4
128 Mathew Hix NZL 524 162,69 2
129 Kay Nickelkoppe GER 747 162,29 2
130 Paul Pike GBR 2104 161,44 4
131 Jan Bechmann GER 567 160,94 5
132 Janusz Stobinski POL 10 160,06 3
133 Jesper Petersen DEN 335 159,08 2
134 Heinz Ridder GER 651 156,07 7
135 Will Turner GBR 2045 153,46 1
136 Gerd Breitbart GER 662 152,80 4
137 Owen Anderson NZL 469 152,64 2
138 Robert Deaves GBR 2138 152,10 1
139 Simon Hoult GBR 2140 151,98 2
140 Miles Addy NZL 482 150,04 2
141 Frederic Lamarque FRA 1764 150,00 2
142 Krzysztof Dabkowski POL 58 148,95 1
143 Marten Bernesand SWE 511 147,13 3
144 Andrew Baker AUS 744 145,98 4
145 Brett Graham RSA 32 144,73 3
146 Richard Furneaux AUS 694 143,35 4
147 Justin Barr AUS 721 141,56 3
148 Claes Heyman SWE 2763 140,85 5
149 Bengt Larsson SWE 2764 140,82 5
150 Jan Eric Nystedt SWE 66 140,42 2
151 Adrian Mannering NZL 504 138,64 1
152 Jonas Andersson SWE 2770 138,61 2
153 Dawid Kania POL 27 137,05 2
154 Dan Bush NZL 478 136,07 1
155 Sam Jedig DEN 1329 133,41 4
156 Jan Hartmann GER 666 131,84 2
157 Mike Wilde NZL 535 130,93 1
158 Brad Johanson USA 1010 129,51 4
159 Ben Lutz NZL 470 128,36 1
160 Karsten Kath GER 728 128,07 6
161 Yannick Laumans BEL 205 126,51 2
162 Torsten Albrecht BEL 691 126,44 5
163 Greg Wright NZL 475 125,79 1
164 Anders Widding SWE 2739 123,36 3
165 Tom Lonsdale GBR 2068 123,23 2
166 David Hoogenboom NZL 481 123,21 1
167 Martin Werdermann GER 770 121,82 4
168 Claes Ahlstrom SWE 2780 121,39 2
169 Kagan Weeks NZL 479 120,64 1
170 Michael Wolf GER 774 118,46 3
171 Dave Ketteridge AUS 725 118,14 2
172 Mieczyslaw Poplonyk POL 333 117,42 2
173 Andre Budzein GER 225 115,00 1
174 Jakub Dworniczak POL 24 113,74 3
175 Alain Renoux FRA 3 112,07 2
176 Uwe Bohm GER 599 111,67 2
177 Jonathon O’Donnell AUS 660 109,65 4
178 Michel Lesure LUX 1 108,75 2
179 Marina Dellas GER 724 108,18 6
180 Dave Cooper GBR 2031 105,83 4
181 Jake Weeks NZL 490 105,75 2
182 Ulf Dagerbrandt SWE 2741 104,49 2
183 Kaspar Andresen DEN 1369 104,29 1
184 Peter Wallace AUS 716 102,66 2
185 Michael Morrison NZL 501 100,24 3
186 Pierre Debicki FRA 69 99,86 2
187 Svend Erik Molbech DEN 1366 99,34 2
188 Joe Schubert RSA 31 98,73 4
189 Thomas Augustesen DEN 1324 97,77 2
190 Darren Hunt AUS 641 97,50 1
191 Maxine Manca FRA 1336 97,35 3
192 Alan Atkin GBR 2129 96,29 4
193 Marek Barnat POL 7 96,10 3
194 Philippe De Kervenoael FRA 0 95,50 1
195 Jean Claude lidon FRA 1810 94,71 2
196 Todd Hughes AUS 500 94,62 1
197 Jerzy Bojanowski POL 18 94,08 3
198 Marc Boizard FRA 1734 94,07 2
199 Christian Huss GER 742 93,89 4
200 Paul Bouts BEL 151 93,79 2
201 Jan Siebe de Vries NED 22 93,38 3
202 Robert Cambell Grey GBR 2139 93,09 2
203 Peter Wibroe DEN 1344 92,50 1
204 Brian Quayle GBR 2062 91,75 2
205 Chris Hall AUS 758 89,67 3
206 Julien Dejugnat FRA 0 86,50 1
207 Maurycy Chomicz POL 66 85,15 2
208 Sven Beye GER 715 82,01 2
209 Yan Rialland FRA 1562 82,00 1
210 Olivier Ronsiaux FRA 1818 81,39 3
211 Jesper Strandberg DEN 1315 81,14 2
212 Tim Normann DEN 1392 80,71 1
213 Katharina Huss GER 606 80,16 4
214 Chris Devine NZL 502 79,50 1
215 Gunnar Goronzi GER 766 78,24 2
216 Mathias Fisker DEN 1345 76,79 1
217 Joost Rommelaere BEL 203 75,62 2
218 Per Sorensen DEN 1350 74,49 2
219 Dennis Olsson SWE 661 74,26 3
220 Robert Glowacki POL 3 73,18 2
221 Erik Thompson AUS 706 72,77 5
222 Claus Stockhardt GER 642 72,31 1
223 Jakob Christensen DEN 1326 71,75 3
224 Carl Hultgren SWE 2668 71,09 1
225 Poul Christiansen DEN 1277 70,99 3
226 Ben Steel GBR 2080 70,38 1
227 Teddy Arrowsmith GBR 2012 69,63 2
228 Piotr Przewozny POL 117 69,61 3
229 Magnus Gillgren SWE 2750 68,72 3
230 Peter Rudholm SWE 2721 68,01 2
231 Freddy Ottosen DEN 1382 67,97 3
232 Matt Stechmann NZL 524 67,79 2
233 Thomas Christensen DEN 1336 67,69 2
234 Kai Wehmhoerner GER 745 67,42 5
235 Thorsen Simon GER 730 67,08 1
236 Bartosz Parzuchowski POL 55 66,14 1
237 Douglas Parker AUS 752 65,81 3
238 Robby Werdermann GER 577 65,03 4
239 John Skjoldby Petersen DEN 1303 65,00 1
240 Kacper Jarocki POL 16 63,18 2
241 Simon dan Petersen DEN 1375 63,04 1
242 Lasse Lante SWE 2494 62,44 2
243 Tim Smith AUS 740 61,46 2
244 Jurgen Illers GER 643 60,75 1
245 Knut Ramin GER 751 59,82 2
246 Stig Frandsen DEN 1396 59,30 2
247 Soren Rugaard-Larsen DEN 1384 59,11 1
248 Wim Saeys BEL 128 58,46 1
249 Mads Terkelsen DEN 1401 55,18 1
250 Stephen Schmidt AUS 745 55,13 2
251 Didier Soulies FRA 74 55,00 1
252 Bertil Eliasson SWE 111 54,74 2
253 Mateusz Kaesmarek POL 46 54,63 4
254 Rod Andrew BEL 1 54,15 2
255 Graham Pearce AUS 737 53,59 2
256 Sven Marchot GER 640 52,72 2
257 Folkert Janssen AUS 610 52,31 1
258 Mike Edwards GBR 2126 51,65 1
259 Jacques Boizard FRA 1117 51,64 2
260 Mary Reddyhoff GBR 2058 51,28 2
261 Andrew Rushworth GBR 2134 49,44 1
262 Lars Jorgen Andresen DEN 1347 49,29 1
263 Thierry Damblon BEL 44 49,12 2
264 John Douglas NZL 535 49,01 1
265 Mads Brockhuss DEN 1359 48,83 2
266 Phil Coveny NZL 475 48,81 2
267 David O’Donnell AUS 695 48,64 1
268 Matt Bates GBR 2067 47,64 3
269 Karsten Kraus GER 743 47,31 1
270 Stephan Veldman NED 500 46,92 1
271 Noel Masseron FRA 29 46,79 1
272 Reinhard Grassmel GER 700 45,66 2
273 Daen Dorazio AUS 715 45,49 1
274 Johhny Leif Hansen DEN 1342 45,36 1
275 Norbert Petrausch GER 630 45,34 5
276 Yves Kaminski GER 755 44,92 1
277 Uli Borchers GER 587 44,71 2
278 Stephen Moore AUS 755 44,62 1
279 Piotr Falczynski POL 45 44,55 1
280 Jonny Billstrom SWE 14 44,51 1
281 Anders Andersen DEN 1346 44,06 1
282 Konrad Kierzek POL 62 43,94 2
283 Nigel Comber NZL 510 43,40 3
284 A per Sorensen DEN 1052 43,39 1
285 Mike Walker AUS 655 42,63 2
286 Nick Gray AUS 711 42,50 1
287 Ed Goodey NZL 472 42,48 2
288 Guillaume de Kervendael FRA 2133 42,31 1
289 Fabian Gronholz GER 632 42,24 2
290 Nicolas Lavauzelle FRA 0 41,50 1
291 Egon Petersen DEN 1318 41,12 2
292 Stefan hagerland SWE 10 40,98 1
293 Robert Davis AUS 735 40,94 1
294 Wilhelm Kath GER 748 40,67 2
295 Sebastian Knorr GER 57 40,38 2
296 Marc Vande Ghinste BEL 14 40,00 1
297 Ernst Ramin GER 708 40,00 1
298 Pete Turner GBR 2059 39,78 1
299 Robert Bancken NED 638 39,69 3
300 Gareth Wells AUS 742 39,38 1
301 Bob Austin GBR 2065 37,99 2
302 Bernd Willmann GER 660 37,05 2
303 Jake O’Donnell AUS 660 36,92 1
304 Mateusz Geowienko POL 22 35,91 1
305 Milosz Wojewski POL 22 35,00 1
306 Christopher Arnell GBR 2015 34,11 1
307 Yann Rialland FRA 1663 33,93 1
308 Fritz Banner Pedersen DEN 1331 33,50 1
309 Magnus Bager SWE 2217 33,34 2
310 Donat Kujawinski POL 201 33,33 1
311 Kevin Knott AUS 500 33,08 1
312 Thomas Berger GER 659 32,62 1
313 Erik Dubreuil FRA 0 32,50 1
314 Stig Hyling Munchaus DEN 1386 32,31 1
315 Jens Christian Jurlander SWE 222 31,39 1
316 Johanna Andrew Becker BEL 29 31,36 2
317 Martin Evans GBR 2115 31,05 1
318 Lynge Thang Jorgensen DEN 1371 31,01 2
319 Laurence Picard FRA 1769 30,93 3
320 Olof Lindgren SWE 2719 30,91 1
321 Ulf Sahle SWE 2790 30,65 1
322 Dean Dorazio AUS 673 30,64 1
323 Hendrik Kjeldsen DEN 1371 29,64 1
324 Richard Gadsby GBR 2088 29,30 1
325 Peter Nielsen AUS 640 29,23 1
326 Patrick Laumans BEL 205 29,11 1
327 Roland Gadsby GBR 1748 28,87 1
328 Tony Thresher GBR 2133 28,71 1
329 Bartosz Przbysz POL 47 28,33 1
330 Bernard Coursieres FRA 0 28,00 1
331 Andy Holmes GBR 2127 27,98 1
332 Chris Mason AUS 722 27,88 1
333 Jakob Witthoft DEN 1337 26,79 1
334 Jan Taelman BEL 207 26,15 1
335 Oliver Burrows GBR 0 25,35 1
336 Tom Pedersen DEN 1261 25,06 1
337 Bob Buchanan AUS 726 23,75 1
338 Remi Blandureau FRA 0 23,50 1
339 Graham Arcus NZL 372 23,50 2
340 Tobias Willmann GER 404 23,43 1
341 Michael Jorgensen DEN 1330 23,00 2
342 Julian Bishop NZL 516 22,93 1
343 Susanne Mackman GER 723 22,68 1
344 Berndt Svennsson SWE 2755 22,27 1
345 Mikkel Hvalsoe DEN 1301 21,29 1
346 O Nicholas AUS 717 20,63 1
347 Soren Sigurdsson DEN 1313 19,82 1
348 Nick Frampton GBR 2060 19,35 1
349 Len Masson GER 690 19,23 1
350 Michael Flavell AUS 543 19,08 1
351 Tom O’Donnell AUS 695 19,06 1
352 Philippe Thomieres FRA 0 19,00 1
353 Rafal Kranciszewski POL 80 18,64 1
354 Maciej Malag POL 20 18,33 1
355 Arne Malm SWE 2591 17,95 1
356 Marty Pike NZL 536 17,86 1
357 Manca Macime FRA 1336 17,86 1
358 Rune Larsen DEN 1359 17,86 1
359 Nicolas Silvy FRA 1044 17,86 1
360 Michael Collins AUS 672 17,69 1
361 Ques Papegaai BEL 596 16,92 1
362 Frank Prater AUS 679 15,94 1
363 Evert Nijzink NZL 515 15,71 1
364 Henrik Kjeldsen DEN 1212 15,56 1
365 Max Schlink NZL 508 15,21 1
366 Czyz Waldemar POL 81 15,00 1
367 Philippe Darcos FRA 129 15,00 2
368 Petter Bengtsson SWE 2668 14,13 1
369 Per Hansen DEN 1341 13,93 1
370 William Villet AUS 508 13,85 1
371 Andreas Risne SWE 1 13,64 1
372 Ralf Gerbig GER 357 13,50 1
373 Mikael Jorgensen DEN 1330 13,50 1
374 Arkadiues Sarowski POL 23 13,33 1
375 Thomas Neveling GER 664 13,04 1
376 Marc Warnecke GER 41 12,92 1
377 E Williams AUS 673 12,81 1
378 Jean Vaenge BEL 221 12,31 1
379 Nik Wallis AUS 720 12,03 1
380 Ralph Eriksen DEN 1159 11,96 1
381 Pawel Wozniak POL 272 11,67 1
382 Susanne Mackmann GER 724 11,51 1
383 Josh Weeks NZL 518 11,43 1
384 Daniel Groschl GER 656 10,80 1
385 Bengt Stromberg SWE 11 10,76 1
386 Mikael Haglund SWE 2753 10,76 1
387 Soren Andersen NOR 7 10,38 1
388 Ashly Parkinson AUS 629 10,27 1
389 Bjorn Lindvall SWE 2121 10,00 1
390 Jakub Reszka POL 20 10,00 1
391 Wietze Huitema NED 22 10,00 1
392 J Cummins AUS 659 9,69 1
393 lars Borggren SWE 2750 9,32 1
394 Filip Fazula POL 52 8,33 1
395 Dominique Istasse BEL 125 8,21 1
396 kevin Rialland FRA 1110 8,21 1
397 R Bugg AUS 688 8,13 1
398 Andreas Silvan GER 624 8,00 1
399 Terrence Benade AUS 673 6,75 1
400 Peter Aebeloe SWE 2784 6,44 1
401 Cornelia Wirbeleit GER 633 6,29 1
402 Kim W Holm DEN 1389 6,06 1
403 Grant Pedersen NZL 490 5,00 1
404 Andres Blasco Cortes ESP 1 5,00 1
405 Russell Peterson AUS 667 5,00 1
406 Ingo Stelzer GER 755 5,00 1
407 Ingemar Helgesson SWE 2672 5,00 1
408 Adam Krzyzkowski POL 220 5,00 1
409 Rudiger Lippert GER 399 4,00 1
410 Per Bo Hansen DEN 1341 5,00 1
411 Nigel Harvey AUS 610 5,00 1
412 Marek Czarniecki POL 7 5,00 1
413 Rune Larsen DEN 1159 5,00 1
414 Hendrik Kjeldsen DEN 1212 5,00 1
415 Claus Hagerup DEN 1378 5,00 1
416 Rudiger Lippert GER 399 4,00 1