Following his third consective win at the OK Dinghy World Championship, Nick Craig (GBR) has retaken the top spot in the OK World Ranking List, after briefly losing it to Jorgen Lindhardtsen (DEN) earlier this year. However Craig’s lead is by the narrowest of margins with less than three points separating him from world championship runner-up Mark Perrow (NZL).

Perrow is top of a group of nine New Zealand OK Dinghy sailors in the top 20 of the ranking list, underlining the nation’s strong showing at international events this year. Lindhardtsen drops to third, while third place from the worlds, Karl Purdie (NZL) climbs from 8th to 4th.

This list includes Warnemunde Week, German Nationals, and the Mayors Cup and the World Championships last month in Leba, Poland and with the world championship carrying a high weighting it is no surprise there have been a few changes at the top.

Matt Stechman (NZL), Terry Curtis (GBR) and Robert Deaves (GBR) all enter the top 10 for the first time while Steve McDowell (NZL) and Greg Wilcox (NZL) both drop a few places but remain inside the top after lower than usual finishes at the world championship.

This list’s big climbers include former double world champion Karsten Hitz (GER) who climbs from 159th to 11th and junior sailor Luke O’Connell (NZL) who climbs from 86th to 14th. The list also continues to grow with 374 sailors receiving world ranking points in the past two years.

The next list will be published in December after the first events in the New Zealand/Australian season.

Ranking August 2007
Rank Name Nationality Points Events
1 Nick Craig GBR 909,34 10
2 Mark Perrow NZL 906,92 11
3 Jorgen Lindhartdsen DEN 901,36 16
4 Karl Purdie NZL 898,42 8
5 Steve McDowell NZL 867,19 8
6 Greg Wilcox NZL 855,66 12
7 Matt Stechmann NZL 842,38 6
8 Terry Curtis GBR 806,78 9
9 Robert Deaves GBR 799,53 7
10 Andre Blasse AUS 797,17 7
11 Karsten Hitz GER 770,38 6
12 Joe Porebski NZL 764,02 10
13 Jon Fish GBR 752,32 10
14 Oliver Gronholz GER 746,95 9
15 Luke O’Connell NZL 732,98 6
16 Christian Olsen DEN 729,08 6
17 Paul Rhodes NZL 725,56 4
18 Martin von Zimmermann GER 699,42 8
19 Trent Pryce NZL 695,48 9
20 Gunter Arndt GER 666,06 5
21 Sönke Behrens GER 660,79 8
22 Bo Teglers DEN 652,09 10
23 Thomas Glas GER 649,70 11
24 Alex Scoles GBR 634,91 10
25 Tomasz Gaj POL 633,26 12
26 Thomas Hanson-Mild SWE 633,13 9
27 Andreas Pich GER 628,15 9
28 Marek Jarocki POL 620,86 5
29 Hans Elkjær SWE 617,07 9
30 Pawel Pawlaczyk POL 599,33 5
31 Darek Kras POL 580,21 14
32 Mike Wilde NZL 577,23 6
33 John Meadowcroft GBR 546,97 4
34 Janusz Stobinski POL 542,03 6
35 Peter Stephan GER 541,06 9
36 Peter Lynch AUS 520,32 5
37 Mogens Johansen DEN 517,07 8
38 Ralf Tietje GER 511,73 7
39 Jakub Kania POL 509,08 8
40 Alistair Deaves NZL 506,90 7
41 Russell Wood NZL 505,04 6
42 Jan Eric Nystedt SWE 496,59 5
43 Dan Ager GBR 469,00 7
44 Jorgen Holm DEN 468,68 7
45 Neil Goodhead GBR 467,32 5
46 Antoni Pawlowski POL 465,65 3
47 Jesper Petersen DEN 460,43 8
48 Roger Blasse AUS 454,89 4
49 Hinnerk Ries GER 454,17 6
50 Jonas Quist SWE 454,06 3
51 Jonas Borup DEN 450,50 6
52 Piotr Przewozny POL 449,24 5
53 Jörg Sylvester GER 445,08 6
54 Carsten Sass GER 439,70 8
55 Dirk Gericke GER 437,44 7
56 Darren Hunt NZL 432,22 7
57 Mike Williams AUS 430,04 4
58 Peter Horne AUS 424,07 4
59 Gavin Waldron GBR 404,67 3
60 Gunner Specht GER 401,47 5
61 Antony Rich GBR 399,76 4
62 Richard Furneaux AUS 393,08 5
63 Glen Yates AUS 391,99 5
64 Arne Lindemann GER 382,08 8
65 Mike Edwards GBR 380,51 4
66 Fabian Gronholz GER 378,59 6
67 Ulf Dagerbrandt SWE 378,55 4
68 Max Nystedt SWE 367,35 3
69 Ralf Mackman GER 362,03 6
70 Erik Bork GER 359,36 5
71 Bob Buchanan AUS 358,64 2
72 Ian Harris GBR 353,37 2
73 Adrian Mannering NZL 352,65 6
74 Tim Davies AUS 348,69 4
75 David O’Donnell AUS 340,04 5
76 David Hoogenboom NZL 338,27 6
77 Falk Hagemann GER 332,82 5
78 Rakocy Bartosz POL 330,43 5
79 Adrian Gorka POL 328,94 5
80 Jan Hartmann GER 326,45 7
81 Peter Wallace AUS 325,08 6
82 Jan-Dietmar Dellas GER 323,14 5
83 Juliane Hofmann GER 322,21 12
84 John Skjoldby Petersen DEN 320,50 6
85 Rene Johannsen DEN 319,23 8
86 Jan-Erik Engholm SWE 317,87 4
87 Philip Rzepecky NZL 315,98 5
88 Rainer Dr Pospiech GER 313,53 6
89 Simon Childs GBR 310,93 1
90 Dirk Dame GER 308,67 9
91 Per Jaensson SWE 305,02 5
92 Per Arne Olsen SWE 299,81 7
93 Christian Hartmann GER 299,25 8
94 Yves Kaminski GER 291,88 4
95 Dave Kettridge AUS 288,10 4
96 Heinz Ridder GER 284,83 9
97 Stu Bannatyne NZL 283,13 2
98 Grant Pedersen NZL 281,80 5
99 Matthew Bismark NZL 281,52 4
100 Bob Chapman AUS 280,68 4
101 Peter Scheuerl GER 278,93 4
102 Paul Foster AUS 274,12 3
103 Paul Verrijdt BEL 267,70 7
104 Peter Burton AUS 266,68 3
105 Bruce Ashton AUS 261,79 4
106 Mick McQueen AUS 257,81 3
107 Deryck Lovegrove GBR 256,55 6
108 Bartosz Przbysz POL 255,78 4
109 Richard Howard AUS 254,23 3
110 Andrew Pardington NZL 252,15 3
111 Thorsten Schmidt GER 251,55 6
112 Maciej Pezala POL 242,42 4
113 Jerzy Bojanowski POL 241,75 4
114 EddieO’Donnell AUS 240,99 4
115 Ben Morrison NZL 237,75 3
116 Christian Senst GER 235,66 4
117 M Gleeson AUS 232,47 3
118 Tobias Willmann GER 229,13 5
119 Tom Pearce AUS 228,28 6
120 Keith Byers GBR 225,90 2
121 Radek Drozdzik POL 224,15 2
122 Malte Pedersen DEN 223,79 5
123 Troels Lykke DEN 223,39 4
124 Bernd Willmann GER 222,85 6
125 Bengt Stromberg SWE 218,14 4
126 Nick Gray AUS 217,21 3
127 Christian Mitgard DEN 216,67 3
128 Tom Burton AUS 210,55 3
129 Peter Yates AUS 208,38 4
130 Joe Schubert DEN 203,45 4
131 Brett Holly AUS 196,40 4
132 Ingmar Janson SWE 195,12 4
133 Christian Heinze GER 194,10 7
134 Bill Tyler AUS 192,50 4
135 Piotr Falczynski POL 188,49 4
136 Piotr Bajonczak POL 187,38 4
137 Peter Wibro DEN 181,72 3
138 Maciej Misko POL 179,24 3
139 James McAllister AUS 177,22 3
140 Mieczyslaw Poplonyk POL 176,69 1
141 Keith Dutton GBR 166,66 2
142 Frank Hansen DEN 164,60 2
143 Ivan Pedersen DEN 160,08 3
144 Jonas Lindahl SWE 159,80 3
145 Justin Barr AUS 158,54 3
146 Donat Kujawinski POL 158,39 1
147 Michel Lesure LUX 157,57 3
148 Katharina Huss GER 155,82 2
149 Gert Breitbart GER 152,01 6
150 Chris Visick AUS 151,88 3
151 Peter Bergh SWE 150,27 3
152 Jakub Dworniczak POL 149,49 3
153 Stephen Wilson AUS 144,40 3
154 Bill Bradburn GBR 141,45 2
155 Jörg Rademacher GER 140,38 4
156 Christian Hedland DEN 137,28 2
157 Andreas Deubel GER 133,21 4
158 Slawomir Blaszka POL 133,00 2
159 Ulf Brandt DEN 132,35 2
160 Ronny Poelman GBR 131,74 4
161 Reinhard Grassmel GER 130,72 6
162 Alan Steil AUS 130,00 4
163 Lennart Hansson SWE 129,62 2
164 Per Baagoe DEN 129,61 2
165 Claes Ahlstrom SWE 129,26 3
166 Sebastian Knorr GER 128,19 4
167 Peter Robinson AUS 124,22 3
168 Rod Andrew BEL 123,46 3
169 Jonathan Hogan AUS 123,08 4
170 Julian Burnham GBR 123,08 2
171 Frederic Lamarque FRA 122,40 3
172 David Swales AUS 119,17 3
173 Per Sorensen DEN 118,62 3
174 Mike Walker AUS 113,66 4
175 Mikael Nielsen DEN 112,56 3
176 Graham Lambert NZL 107,92 6
177 Christopher Arnell GBR 107,29 2
178 Christian Huss GER 102,14 3
179 Sven Marchot GER 101,71 4
180 Andy Turner GBR 101,19 3
181 Todd Hughes AUS 101,18 1
182 Daniel Gröschl GER 100,84 3
183 Torbjorn Svensson SWE 100,53 3
184 David Colman AUS 99,43 3
185 Lars Hansson SWE 98,90 2
186 Henrik Sogren DEN 98,62 2
187 Josh Weeks NZL 96,61 2
188 Tomasz Kosmicki POL 94,67 2
189 Jan Wirbeleit GER 93,76 3
190 Aaron Heritage AUS 92,89 1
191 Marina Dellas GER 92,09 3
192 Karsten Kath GER 91,16 8
193 Uwe Rademacher GER 90,71 2
194 Rolf Meilenbrock POL 90,20 4
195 Jens Kostka GER 88,58 3
196 Mark Geboes BEL 87,73 4
197 Claus Deichgraber DEN 86,47 1
198 Norbert Petrausch GER 86,28 6
199 Craig McQueen AUS 86,10 3
200 Milosz Wojewski POL 85,67 2
201 Peter Nielsen AUS 84,61 1
202 Andrew MaClean AUS 84,53 4
203 Olle Heimersson SWE 84,36 3
204 Jaroslaw Kucynski POL 84,33 2
205 John Hoogerbrug NZL 84,17 2
206 Sebastian Gruszka POL 84,02 3
207 Tim O’Leary GBR 81,43 1
208 Sam Jedig DEN 80,77 3
209 Klaus Stephan GER 80,71 1
210 Noel Masseron FRA 80,28 2
211 Duncan Lock AUS 79,49 3
212 Pawel Trybus POL 78,33 2
213 Uwe Bohm GER 75,31 2
214 Fritz Banner Pedersen DEN 74,71 1
215 Paul Richards AUS 74,64 2
216 Ed Bradburn GBR 74,56 2
217 Stefan Wuyts BEL 74,29 1
218 Eric Warnecke GER 72,20 5
219 Scott Beavis NZL 71,74 2
220 Paul Pike GBR 71,43 3
221 Czyz Waldemr POL 69,85 2
222 Marc Vande Ghinste BEL 69,40 2
223 Gunnar Goronzi GER 68,70 4
224 Mikkel Hvalsoe DEN 67,64 1
225 Poul Christiansen DEN 63,71 3
226 Henning Biering Neilsen DEN 62,41 2
227 Johanna Andrew Becker BEL 61,49 3
228 Jaroslaw Wojewski POL 60,00 1
229 Douglas Parker AUS 59,71 3
230 Owen Anderson NZL 59,30 2
231 Per Trolle DEN 59,08 2
232 Emily Furneaux AUS 58,67 4
233 Ulrik Larsen DEN 57,06 1
234 Jaroslaw Szpinalski POL 56,49 2
235 Jens Makholm DEN 55,36 2
236 Ken Zier DEN 54,12 1
237 Ed Kennedy AUS 53,84 4
238 Laurent Oudin FRA 52,47 1
239 Bertil Eliasson SWE 52,46 2
240 Nik Wallis AUS 51,60 3
241 Tom Pedersen DEN 51,18 1
242 Maciej Angielczyk POL 51,00 1
243 Rudiger Prinz GER 48,73 1
244 Ellen Ketteridge AUS 48,68 1
245 Joost Rommelaere BEL 48,57 1
246 Flemming Ipsen DEN 48,24 1
247 Simon Shaw GBR 47,67 2
248 Martin Kay DEN 47,66 2
249 Karl Johan Osth SWE 47,27 2
250 Thierry Damblon BEL 47,00 1
251 Poitr Stobinski POL 46,95 1
252 Marty Weeks NZL 46,87 2
253 Olof Lindgren SWE 46,77 1
254 Kay Nickelkoppe GER 46,00 1
255 Tim Smith AUS 45,92 1
256 Grzegorz Sokalski POL 45,33 2
257 Roger Kauffmann GER 44,36 1
258 Wayne Avery NZL 44,20 1
259 Dave Cooper GBR 43,33 1
260 Peter Torngaard DEN 42,50 1
261 Erik Karlsson SWE 42,24 1
262 Jacques Tiefaine FRA 42,20 2
263 Phillippe Baete BEL 42,14 1
264 Peter Nielsen DEN 41,62 2
265 Rodney Thorne GBR 41,42 4
266 Thomas Christensen DEN 41,30 2
267 Jedrzej Sznajder POL 41,00 1
268 Gareth Wells AUS 40,39 1
269 Alain Massot FRA 40,33 1
270 Tobias Nickelkoppe GER 40,00 2
271 Robert Patros POL 40,00 1
272 Jan Taelman BEL 39,86 2
273 Ed Dutton GBR 39,41 1
274 Jan Mellis BEL 38,00 1
275 Robert Glowacki POL 38,00 1
276 Ralf Gerbig GER 37,85 2
277 Jan Durajski POL 37,10 2
278 Wojciech Kalkowski POL 37,00 1
279 Pawel Wozniak POL 37,00 2
280 Dennis Olsson SWE 36,10 2
281 Thomas Neveling GER 35,71 1
282 Frank Visler DEN 34,05 2
283 Damien Smith AUS 33,93 3
284 Darren Prior GBR 33,81 1
285 Ortwin Zimmer GER 33,80 1
286 Grant Gillespie AUS 33,32 3
287 Jan Siekierzynski POL 33,00 1
288 Ben Kersten AUS 32,11 1
289 Jakub Jankowski POL 32,00 1
290 Rainer Rehbehn GER 31,79 1
291 Mats Petersson SWE 31,19 1
292 Christan Schmidt-Moller DEN 30,59 1
293 Anders Gunnersen DEN 30,57 1
294 Peter Magnusson SWE 30,39 1
295 Rene Delecluse FRA 30,20 1
296 Szymon Kostrewski POL 30,00 1
297 Andres Blasco Cortes ESP 29,81 2
298 Andrew Rowett AUS 29,34 1
299 Michael Wichmann GER 28,36 1
300 Peter Blunt AUS 28,36 2
301 Janusz Zimer POL 28,00 1
302 Alexander Hirsch GER 27,27 2
303 Henrik Moll DEN 27,16 1
304 Maciej Misko POL 26,67 1
305 Morgan Stanley AUS 26,58 1
306 Joachim Singethan GER 26,54 2
307 Michel Jamar BEL 26,00 1
308 Michal Stachowiak POL 25,00 1
309 Krzystof Kolanowski POL 25,00 2
310 Maxine Manca FRA 24,80 1
311 Edward Dolton GBR 24,29 1
312 Lars Lindahl SWE 24,05 1
313 Alan Atkin GBR 23,10 2
314 Senne Deboeure BEL 23,00 1
315 Robin Kern GER 22,65 2
316 Keith Semmens AUS 22,57 2
317 Jörg Posny GER 22,14 1
318 Radoslaw Wiacek POL 22,00 1
319 Kennedy Karlsson SWE 21,67 1
320 Tommy Nordfalk DEN 20,34 1
321 Konrad Kowalczyk POL 20,00 1
322 Rudiger Lippert GER 19,64 1
323 Bob Eastwood GBR 19,52 1
324 Pawel Gorzelewski POL 19,00 1
325 Jacob Christensen Wulff DEN 18,41 2
326 Christof Panse GER 18,18 1
327 Stefan Nikiciuk POL 18,05 1
328 Stanislaw Mitulski POL 18,00 1
329 Michael Date AUS 16,79 2
330 Rafal Patrzalek POL 16,67 1
331 Oliver Ronsliaux FRA 16,18 2
332 Jean Marie Clement FRA 16,07 1
333 Mikolaj Kurzak POL 16,00 1
334 Poul Aunsholm DEN 15,88 1
335 Maunoir Villeneuve BEL 15,80 1
336 Lennarth Johansson SWE 15,03 1
337 Dieter Senst GER 14,64 1
338 Per Nordquist SWE 14,52 1
339 Dergent Erik BEL 14,00 1
340 Jan Larsen SWE 13,52 1
341 Grzegorz Durdyn POL 13,33 1
342 Jacek Swarna POL 13,00 1
343 Frank Prater AUS 12,76 1
344 Jonas Andersson SWE 12,14 1
345 Karl-Erik Svare Nielsen DEN 11,82 1
346 Ruban Szymon POL 11,80 1
347 Stefan Bleich GER 11,43 1
348 Matthias Leyssens BEL 11,00 1
349 Kai Wehmhoerner GER 10,91 1
350 Per Karlsson SWE 10,50 1
351 Matt McDowell NZL: 10,24 1
352 Michael Osergaard DEN 10,11 1
353 Antoine Lonnet FRA 10,00 1
354 Jeroen Aerts BEL 10,00 1
355 Andy Holmes GBR 10,00 1
356 Stefan Svensson SWE 9,76 1
357 Maciej Napierala POL 9,00 1
358 Christoph Ernst GER 9,00 1
359 Hans Christian Nielsen DEN 8,03 1
360 Trouwen Yan BEL 8,00 1
361 Piotr Zajac POL 8,00 1
362 Rob Hengst NZL 7,62 1
363 Olle Nordquist SWE 7,38 1
364 Andreas Silvan GER 7,00 1
365 Tomasz Lampka POL 7,00 1
366 Jean Patrice Courtois FRA 6,80 1
367 Jan Domanski POL 6,00 1
368 Jesper Strandberg DEN 5,00 1
369 Par Karlsson SWE 5,00 1
370 Michel Fournie FRA 5,00 1
371 Bieder DeBondt BEL 5,00 1
372 Jeremi Chlebowicz POL 5,00 1
373 Thoralf Mehls GER 5,00 1
374 Stephan Wurms GER 4,00 1