Nick Craig at Worlds 2008

Despite losing the world title for the first time in four years, Nick Craig (GBR) has retained the top spot in the OK Dinghy World Ranking List, and has even increased his lead.

This issue includes the Spring Cup at Medemblik, the German Nationals, the Nordics, Kiel Week, Warnemünde Week and the recent World Championships held in Warnemünde, Germany.

Craig won the Spring Cup and placed third in Kiel and second at the worlds. Jørgen Lindhardtsen (DEN) moves up one place to second while the new world champion and winner of Warnemünde Week, Karl Purdie (NZL) moves up to third place, his highest ever world ranking.

While the German championship was won by Rene Johanssen (DEN), Kiel Week was won by Thomas Hansson-Mild (SWE), who moved from 26th to 11th, while this issue’s biggest climbers are the 2006 European Champion, Martin von Zimmerman (GER) who moves from 18th to 4th after some consistent results this season, and Gunter Arndt (GER) from 20th to 5th.

After his excellent 9th place at the worlds and a win at the 49 boat Nordics, Christian Olsesen (DEN) also makes his first appearance in the top ten of the rankings, moving from 16th to 9th. Meanwhile Greg Wilcox (NZL) drops out of the top ten for the first time, while Terry Curtis moves up 2 places to 6th, his higher ever ranking.

The number of qualifying sailors – those who competed in a world ranking event – continues to grow, with 375 sailors now having a world ranking position.

The next ranking list is due to be issued in November

Ranking August 2008
Rank Name Nat. Sailno. Points Events
1 Nick Craig GBR 2116 918,59 12
2 Jorgen Lindhartdsen DEN 1364 872,94 12
3 Karl Purdie NZL 531 867,84 7
4 Martin von Zimmermann GER 693 836,69 11
5 Gunter Arndt GER 672 824,77 8
6 Terry Curtis GBR 2118 821,51 9
7 Mark Perrow NZL 527 810,19 9
8 Andre Blasse AUS 727 807,07 8
9 Christian Olesen DEN 1340 804,62 9
10 Steve McDowell NZL 525 790,76 7
11 Thomas Hanson-Mild SWE 2767 784,91 9
12 Pawel Pawlaczyk POL 14 781,73 8
13 Oliver Gronholz GER 717 781,59 10
14 Luke O’Connell NZL 511 760,95 10
15 Karsten Hitz GER 744 739,59 8
16 Greg Wilcox NZL 522 734,55 6
17 Thomas Glas GER 731 734,16 12
18 Robert Deaves GBR 2119 733,28 6
19 Hans Elkjaer SWE 99 702,43 8
20 Jorgen Holm DEN 1214 685,6 12
21 Marek Jarocki POL 16 668,91 8
22 Jon Fish GBR 2122 654,76 7
23 Alistair Deaves NZL 532 652,69 6
24 Jan Eric Nystedt SWE 66 634,83 6
25 Andreas Pich GER 747 632,23 10
26 Trent Pryce NZL 502 629,62 7
27 Ralf Tietje GER 750 619,02 9
28 Bo Teglers DEN 1324 611,44 10
29 Alex Scoles GBR 2117 610,11 9
30 Rene Johannsen DEN 1361 601,54 7
31 Dan Ager GBR 2120 583,03 7
32 Darek Kras POL 5 549,21 11
33 Ian Harris GBR 2105 544,85 5
34 Jan-Erik Engholm SWE 2763 531,17 5
35 Peter Scheuerl GER 718 525,98 5
36 Gavin Waldron GBR 2085 522,72 6
37 Neil Goodhead GBR 2125 519,31 7
38 Mike Edwards GBR 2126 504,81 5
39 Glenn Yates AUS 724 496,55 6
40 Paul Rhodes NZL 517 494,98 5
41 Peter Stephan GER 665 487,75 9
42 Christian Midtgaard DEN 1304 483,77 4
43 Carsten Sass GER 539 465,33 7
44 Keith Dutton GBR 2127 463,07 5
45 Dave Clancy AUS 733 461,57 4
46 Dave Kettridge AUS 725 460,21 5
47 Bartosz Rakocy POL 11 459,78 11
48 Anders Andersen DEN 1346 457,44 3
49 Matt Steven NZL 501 440,39 2
50 Hinnerk Ries GER 670 440,15 9
51 Tomasz Gaj POL 1 437,54 9
52 Bob Buchanan AUS 726 435,61 4
53 Darren Hunt AUS 641 430,68 6
54 Janusz Stobinski POL 10 422,91 7
55 Matt Stechmann NZL 524 421,19 6
56 Jakub Kania POL 27 414,31 10
57 Rainer Dr Pospiech GER 745 402,6 8
58 Arne Lindemann GER 645 398,36 7
59 Joe Porebski NZL 523 384,54 7
60 David O’Donnell AUS 695 382,42 6
61 Jorg Rademacher GER 730 370,8 6
62 Keith Byers GBR 1985 367,5 4
63 Dirk Gericke GER 735 366,37 6
64 Troels Lykke DEN 1330 366,05 4
65 Thorsten Schmidt GER 737 360,61 7
66 Sonke Behrens GER 695 357,01 5
67 Gunnar Specht GER 694 354,2 6
68 Grant Pedersen NZL 518 352,93 3
69 Mogens Johansen DEN 1335 344,71 5
70 Mike Wilde NZL 529 338,81 5
71 Bengt Stromberg SWE 11 336,79 6
72 Ralf Mackman GER 723 336,51 6
73 Dirk Dame GER 688 335,14 8
74 Andreas Deubel GER 671 316,63 9
75 Max Nystedt SWE 123 314,29 4
76 Peter Lynch AUS 713 313,25 4
77 Jerzy Bojanowski POL 18 312,82 7
78 Antony Rich GBR 2121 306,02 4
79 Antoni Pawlowski POL 31 305,32 3
80 Jonas Quist SWE 33 304,98 3
81 Katharina Huss GER 606 299,35 6
82 Falk Hagemann GER 659 294,55 6
83 Erik Bork GER 695 293,23 5
84 Juliane Hofmann GER 699 291,94 7
85 Peter Wallace AUS 716 290,19 7
86 Christian Hedlund DEN 1368 289,36 6
87 Roger Blasse� AUS 678 279,7 3
88 Yves Kaminski GER 577 275,89 6
89 Claes Ahlstrom SWE 2780 270,62 6
90 Jorg Sylvester GER 526 266,1 5
91 Per Jaensson SWE 222 262,93 4
92 Paul Verrijdt BEL 214 259,17 8
93 Tim Davies AUS 732 258,49 3
94 Bruce Ashton AUS 728 257,56 3
95 Ulf Dagerbrandt SWE 2731 253,92 4
96 Piotr Przewozny POL 424 245,94 4
97 Ingmar Janson SWE 2772 242,86 4
98 Jonas Borup DEN 1339 236,5 8
99 Deryck Lovegrove GBR 2130 235,35 6
100 Bill Tyler AUS 692 231,06 5
101 Lennart Hansson SWE 2768 228,25 4
102 Robert Davis AUS 735 223,64 1
103 Richard Furneaux AUS 694 213,07 4
104 Andy Turner GBR 2123 203,84 3
105 Joe Schubert DEN 1347 200,09 5
106 Justin Barr AUS 721 196,37 2
107 Adrian Gorka POL 190 191,96 4
108 John Meadowcroft GBR 2084 191,91 2
109 Ben Morrison NZL 530 189,9 3
110 Peter Wibroe DEN 1344 187,2 3
111 Tom Pearce AUS 715 187,18 4
112 Jan-Dietmar Dellas GER 698 187,11 5
113 Heinz Ridder GER 651 186,09 8
114 Ronny Poelman BEL 220 185,7 7
115 Peter Robinson AUS 688 180,1 3
116 Morgan Staley AUS 708 179,02 5
117 Bartosz Przbysz POL 47 177,95 4
118 Michel Lesure LUX 1 176,24 4
119 Fritz Banner Pedersen DEN 1331 175,84 3
120 Christian Huss GER 714 170,1 6
121 Ed Dutton GBR 2098 169,48 3
122 Christian Heinze GER 607 168,66 8
123 Ivan Pedersen DEN 1322 168,51 3
124 Mieczyslaw Poplonyk POL 15 168,02 2
125 John Skjoldby Petersen DEN 0 165,72 4
126 Mick McQueen AUS 703 164,08 2
127 Malte Pedersen DEN 1265 163,29 8
128 Christan Schmidt-Moller DEN 1285 159,36 4
129 Uwe Bohm GER 599 157,98 3
130 Fabian Gronholz GER 632 157,12 4
131 Simon Childs GBR 2101 155,47 1
132 Maciej Pezala POL 62 155,45 4
133 Christian Hartmann GER 120 152,73 5
134 Maciej Misko POL 46 150,49 3
135 Tim Smith AUS 730 148,29 3
136 Russell Wood NZL 526 145,16 3
137 Gunnar Goronzi GER 687 142,03 6
138 Stu Bannatyne NZL 499 141,57 2
139 Per Sorensen DEN 1350 140,14 5
140 Dan Slater NZL 515 140 1
141 Tobias Willmann GER 404 138,3 7
142 Tom Guthormsen NOR 459 138,25 2
143 EddieO’Donnell AUS 693 132,13 3
144 Piotr Falczynski POL 45 132,08 4
145 Alastair Gair NZL 521 130,37 1
146 Jan Hartmann GER 666 127,09 3
147 Josh Junior NZL 491 125,56 1
148 Piotr Bajonczak POL 30 124,82 4
149 Bernd Willmann GER 660 123,06 6
150 Per Arne Olsen SWE 33 120,88 3
151 Rod Andrew BEL 1 113,39 3
152 Radek Drozdzik POL 44 112,08 2
153 Andrew Pardington NZL 528 110,48 2
154 Mike Walker AUS 655 108,16 3
155 Gerd Breitbart GER 662 106,5 4
156 Dean Dorazio AUS 673 105,95 2
157 Julian Burnham GBR 2087 104,79 2
158 Sven Marchot GER 640 103,89 4
159 Ulrik Larsen DEN 1259 103,78 2
160 Tim O’Leary GBR 1966 103,21 2
161 Tony Thresher GBR 1774 102,5 1
162 Darren Prior GBR 2107 102,36 3
163 Karl Johan Osth SWE 2740 100,79 4
164 Andrew Rowett AUS 699 99,22 2
165 Peter Bergh SWE 2743 98,62 3
166 Ellen Ketteridge AUS 672 98,01 3
167 Thomas Neveling GER 664 96,9 3
168 Rainer Rehbehn GER 424 96,82 1
169 Owen Anderson NZL 469 92,62 3
170 David McGregor GBR 2101 92,5 1
171 Jaroslaw Szpinalski POL 61 90,5 3
172 Mark Geboes BEL 604 89,39 3
173 Mads Christensen DEN 1360 89 1
174 Nik Wallis AUS 642 87,89 3
175 Pete Turner GBR 2059 87,5 1
176 Alan Atkin GBR 2053 87,24 3
177 Sam Jedig DEN 1329 86,92 3
178 G Hagenaers BEL 207 85 1
179 Dave Cooper GBR 2031 84,8 3
180 Christian Senst GER 710 84,76 2
181 Simon Shaw GBR 2065 83,27 2
182 Bertil Eliasson SWE 2721 82,8 2
183 Andres Blasco Cortes ESP 1 82,71 4
184 Jonas Andersson SWE 2770 80,75 1
185 Donat Kujawinski POL 201 79,19 1
186 Paul Pike GBR 2104 78,38 3
187 Karsten Kath GER 787 78,27 7
188 Radoslaw Drozdzik POL 44 76,77 1
189 Lars Hansson SWE 277 76,19 3
190 Tony Woods GBR 2068 75 1
191 Per Baagoe DEN 1248 74,8 2
192 Jan Wirbeleit GER 590 74,15 4
193 Per Blommegerd SWE 2733 73,64 1
194 Al Fry GBR 211 72,5 1
195 Jorg Posny GER 697 71,46 1
196 Robert Glowacki POL 3 70,97 1
197 Bill Bradburn GBR 2092 70,72 2
198 Andrew Day GBR 2102 70 1
199 Stefan Bleich GER 691 69,27 1
200 Marty Weeks NZL 509 67,14 3
201 Jonathan Hogan AUS 685 66,2 3
202 Jakub Dworniczak POL 24 64,25 2
203 Reinhard Grassmel GER 189 64,18 4
204 Sebastian Knorr GER 33 64,1 4
205 Rolf Meilenbrock POL 497 61,69 5
206 Paul Richards AUS 666 60,75 2
207 Marion Ruck GER 559 60,49 1
208 K Hauspy BEL 58 60 1
209 Maxine Manca FRA 1336 59,8 2
210 Czyz Waldemar POL 81 59,44 3
211 Kamil Kaluzny POL 11 59,35 1
212 Ortwin Zimmer GER 7 59,17 2
213 Stewart Coles GBR 2072 57,5 1
214 J Tiefane FRA 21 56,43 1
215 Thomas Christensen DEN 1336 56,19 3
216 Mike Williams AUS 720 56,12 1
217 Daniel Groschl GER 656 55,85 2
218 Olle Heimersson SWE 2746 55,23 2
219 Roger Cole GBR 2114 55 1
220 David Hoogenboom NZL 481 54,52 2
221 Peter Horne AUS 0 53,36 1
222 Norbert Petrausch GER 630 52,74 4
223 Todd Hughes AUS 500 50,59 1
224 Dennis Olsson SWE 1 50,2 3
225 Per Trolle DEN 1354 50,19 3
226 Flemming Ipsen DEN 1355 49,99 2
227 Frank Hansen DEN 1345 49,12 1
228 Torsten Albrecht GER 596 48,83 2
229 Joost Rommelaere BEL 56 48,57 2
230 Dave Ridley NZL 476 48,52 1
231 Josh Weeks NZL 509 48,3 2
232 Henning Biering Neilsen DEN 1357 48,18 2
233 Jonas Lindahl SWE 2750 48,18 1
234 Jesper Strandberg DEN 1326 48,13 2
235 Finn Jensen DEN 1214 48,04 1
236 Douglas Flaherty AUS 706 47,83 2
237 Lynge Thang Jorgensen DEN 1353 47,75 1
238 Johanna Andrew Becker BEL 29 47,56 3
239 Robert Patros POL 6 47,42 2
240 Joachim Singethan GER 588 46,96 2
241 Krzystof Kolanowski POL 135 46,94 2
242 Aaron Heritage AUS 67 46,45 1
243 Berndt Svennson SWE 2732 46,36 1
244 Erik Dergent BEL 128 45,71 1
245 Uwe Rademacher GER 0 45,35 2
246 Bob Chapman AUS 704 45,07 1
247 Mary Reddyhoff GBR 2058 45 1
248 Slawomir Blaszka POL 161 45 1
249 Jesper Petersen DEN 1340 44,71 1
250 Jens Kostka GER 609 44,29 3
251 Claus Deichgraber DEN 0 43,24 1
252 Christopher Arnell GBR 0 43,1 1
253 Jan Taelman BEL 4 42,86 2
254 Jake Cracknell GBR 2012 42,5 1
255 Peter Nielsen AUS 640 42,3 1
256 J Huybrechts BEL 208 42,14 1
257 John Hoogerbrug NZL 360 42,09 2
258 Mikael Nielsen DEN 1341 41,76 1
259 Gary Lokum AUS 543 41,37 2
260 Peter Yates AUS 709 40,92 1
261 Jurgen Splieth GER 727 40,71 1
262 Klaus Stephan GER 615 40,36 1
263 Pawel Wozniak POL 272 40,32 2
264 Frederic Lamarque FRA 1764 39,2 1
265 Przemyslaw Drozdzik POL 104 39,03 1
266 P Laumans BEL 205 38,57 1
267 Joachim Ullrich GER 63 38,54 1
268 Marina Dellas GER 680 38,19 2
269 Chris Biscomb GBR 2083 37,5 1
270 Ed Bradburn GBR 2092 37,28 2
271 Stefan Wuyts BEL 86 37,14 1
272 Sebastian Gruszka POL 113 36,51 2
273 Eric Warnecke GER 41 36,1 5
274 Scott Beavis NZL 519 35,87 2
275 Alexander Hirsch GER 543 35,59 2
276 John Walder GBR 1915 35 1
277 Douglas Parker AUS 612 34,92 2
278 Frank Prater AUS 679 34,84 3
279 Martin Kay DEN 1305 34,81 2
280 Jaruslav Spinalski POL 61 34,73 1
281 Rob Hengst NZL 494 34,07 1
282 Mikkel Hvalsoe DEN 1301 33,82 1
283 Mateusz Bujko POL 727 33,23 1
284 Emily Furneaux AUS 630 32,53 3
285 Bob Eastwood GBR 2001 32,26 2
286 David Swales AUS 625 31,91 1
287 Henrik Sogren DEN 0 31,47 1
288 Simon Polteg SWE 2771 31,25 1
289 Ralf Gerbig GER 357 31,12 3
290 Rene Delecluse FRA 1769 30,2 1
291 Jaroslaw Wojewski POL 99 30 1
292 James Cole GBR 1967 30 1
293 Dan Bush NZL 478 29,26 1
294 Ian Lind Seddon DEN 1159 29,02 2
295 Jan Durajski POL 247 28,55 3
296 Brett Holly AUS 641 28,49 1
297 Marc Vande Ghinste BEL 14 28,4 1
298 Milosz Wojewski POL 22 28,33 1
299 Roy Burnham GBR 2115 27,5 1
300 Graham Lambert NZL 493 27,22 3
301 Ken Zier DEN 1249 27,06 1
302 Jaroslaw Kucynski POL 80 26,67 1
303 Niels Troland DEN 159 25,75 1
304 Tom Pedersen DEN 1261 25,59 1
305 Alex Hobern GBR 1983 25 1
306 Simon Tucker NZL 499 24,44 1
307 Rudiger Prinz GER 711 24,36 1
308 Arne Malm SWE 1 23,64 1
309 Tomasz Kosmicki POL 46 23,33 1
310 Egon Petersen DEN 1318 23 1
311 Jens Makholm DEN 1337 22,65 1
312 Ralf Abratis GER 72 22,31 1
313 Olof Lindgren SWE 2719 22,27 1
314 Roger Kauffmann GER 658 22,18 1
315 Johhny Rodholm DEN 329 21,96 1
316 Stefan Nikiciuk POL 178 21,93 2
317 Pawel Trybus POL 28 21,67 1
318 Konrad Kierzek POL 141 21,61 1
319 Phillippe Baete BEL 111 21,07 1
320 Mads Brockhuss DEN 1359 20,25 1
321 Gareth Wells AUS 644 20,2 1
322 Erik Karlsson SWE 2599 20,11 1
323 Colin Page GBR 1927 20 1
324 Pete Waters NZL 474 19,63 1
325 Per Karlsson SWE 2071 19,55 2
326 Johhny Leif Hansen DEN 1342 19,35 1
327 Duncan Lock AUS 653 18,82 1
328 Zbibniew Jurkiewicz POL 65 18,71 1
329 Roger Cooper GBR 2074 17,5 1
330 Alan Steil AUS 636 17,43 1
331 S Mackmann GER 72 17,14 1
332 Jan Larsen SWE 0 16,74 1
333 Grzegorz Sokalski POL 141 16,67 1
334 Ben Kersten AUS 643 16,05 1
335 Konrad Zajac POL 347 15,81 1
336 Maunoir Villeneuve BEL 299 15,8 1
337 Philip Rzepecky NZL 500 14,81 1
338 Jens Svensen DEN 1366 14,75 1
339 Michael Wichmann GER 661 14,18 1
340 Jedrzej Charlampowicz POL 45 14,13 1
341 Jacques Tiefaine FRA 1110 14 1
342 D Istasse BEL 125 13,57 1
343 Maciej Misko POL 46 13,33 1
344 Andrew MaClean AUS 663 13,29 1
345 Andre Hennings GER 621 13,04 1
346 Niels Jorgen Larsen DEN 1343 12,83 1
347 Sam Preston GBR 1962 12,5 1
348 Edward Dolton GBR 2098 12,14 1
349 Robin Kern GER 69 11,32 2
350 Adrian Mannering NZL 504 11 2
351 Poul Christiansen DEN 1277 10,88 1
352 Sven Beye GER 719 10,04 1
353 F Stephan GER 615 10 1
354 Bjorn Gustafsson SWE 77 10 1
355 Tom Preston GBR 208 10 1
356 Rudiger Lippert GER 399 9,82 1
357 Frank Visler DEN 0 9,41 1
358 Christof Panse GER 240 9,09 1
359 Mikkel Slov DEN 13 8,91 1
360 Oliver Ronsliaux FRA 1790 8,6 1
361 Rafal Patrzalek POL 6 8,33 1
362 Peter West DEN 1348 8 1
363 Poul Aunsholm DEN 1159 7,94 1
364 Per Bo Hansen DEN 1328 7,61 1
365 Rodney Thorne GBR 2049 7,38 1
366 Lennarth Johansson SWE 259 7,16 1
367 Jean Patrice Courtois FRA 1809 6,8 1
368 Grzegorz Durdyn POL 3 6,67 1
369 Ruban Szymon POL 649 5,9 1
370 Kai Wehmhoerner GER 291 5,45 1
371 Jacob Christensen Wulff DEN 1271 5 1
372 Michel Fournie FRA 809 5 1
373 Ed Kennedy AUS 619 5 1
374 Jeroen Aerts BEL 208 5 1
375 Andy Holmes GBR 2056 5 1