Karl PurdieOK Worlds

The final OK Dinghy World Ranking List before the much awaited 2010 World Championships in Wellington, New Zealand, in February shows little movement in the top 10.

2008 World Champion Karl Purdie (NZL) is still leading, having slightly extended his points lead to 26 points. The highest climber is current World Champion Thomas Hansson Mild (SWE), who also won the Nordics, and jumps into the top 10 all the way from 17th to second.

Events included in this issue of the ranking include last year’s World Championships in Kalmar, Sweden, the Nordic Championship in Västervik, Sweden and the National Championships in Poland, Belgium, France, Great Britain, Denmark and Sweden.

The list now includes 423 sailors from 16 nations covering four continents, highlighting the recent growth in class numbers both in its established countries as well in new areas. In the past year the class has welcomed sailors from Canada, South Africa, Norway and Spain to the fleet.

Purdie is also one of the absolute favourites to take his second world title on his home waters next month. The OK Dinghy World Championship is traditionally held in New Zealand every eight years, and this is the first time the event has been held outside of Auckland or Napier. If Wellington lives up to its reputation it should be some show.

Ranking December 2009
Rank Name Nat. Sailno. Points Events sailed
1 Karl Purdie NZL 531 950,17 8
2 Thomas Hanson-Mild SWE 100 924,30 8
3 Jorgen Lindhartdsen DEN 1364 912,43 13
4 Greg Wilcox NZL 522 882,07 8
5 Martin von Zimmermann GER 493 850,04 13
6 Christian Olesen DEN 1340 840,71 9
7 Terry Curtis GBR 2118 823,94 9
8 Gunter Arndt GER 672 783,47 7
9 Nick Craig GBR 2116 780,94 9
10 Andre Blasse AUS 727 760,11 6
11 Pawel Pawlaczyk POL 14 750,70 8
12 Oliver Gronholz GER 717 722,13 10
13 Jan Eric Nystedt SWE 66 717,17 7
14 Tomasz Gaj POL 1 700,86 10
15 Christian Hedlund DEN 1368 700,48 12
16 Hans Elkjaer SWE 99 699,76 10
17 Sonke Behrens GER 695 670,48 5
18 Ralf Tietje GER 750 656,24 9
19 Bartosz Rakocy POL 19 651,15 11
20 Jan-Erik Engholm SWE 2782 628,85 5
21 Mark Perrow NZL 527 614,02 6
22 Mogens Johansen DEN 1335 591,65 6
23 Antoni Pawlowski POL 31 563,41 4
24 Darek Kras POL 5 562,20 13
25 Frederic Lamarque FRA 1764 555,00 2
26 Luke O’Connell NZL 511 547,19 7
27 Jorg Rademacher GER 730 532,31 8
28 Bo Teglers DEN 1369 530,95 8
29 Karsten Hitz GER 744 516,62 6
30 Steve McDowell NZL 525 504,23 6
31 Peter Stephan GER 665 489,83 8
32 Ingmar Janson SWE 2772 465,30 7
33 Bo Staffan Andersson SWE 2784 457,92 2
34 Gavin Waldron GBR 2085 455,93 5
35 Ralf Mackman GER 711 437,17 6
36 Trent Pryce NZL 502 435,94 6
37 Thomas Glas GER 731 431,81 10
38 Rene Johannsen DEN 1361 429,55 10
39 Marek Jarocki POL 16 428,44 7
40 Andreas Pich GER 747 425,40 9
41 Yan Rialland FRA 1562 424,09 2
42 Jorgen Holm DEN 1377 416,07 8
43 Troels Lykke DEN 1330 413,58 4
44 Alain Renoux FRA 3 411,82 2
45 Didier Crescence FRA 1801 410,00 1
46 Arne Lindemann GER 645 409,27 5
47 Rainer Dr Pospiech GER 745 406,98 7
48 Robert Deaves GBR 2119 402,58 4
49 Stefan Myralf DEN 1333 390,25 4
50 Per Jaensson SWE 222 383,70 5
51 Bengt Stromberg SWE 11 382,82 5
52 Hakan Tornqvist SWE 2786 381,84 2
53 Anders Andersen DEN 1346 370,27 4
54 Jon Fish GBR 2122 369,91 6
55 Roger Blass� AUS 678 365,26 4
56 Alistair Deaves NZL 532 359,07 4
57 Robert Davis AUS 735 359,02 4
58 Ulf Dagerbrandt SWE 2741 357,74 3
59 Jens Makholm NOR 467 356,16 6
60 Paul Rhodes NZL 517 351,49 4
61 Christian Midtgaard DEN 1304 344,94 4
62 Claes Ahlstrom SWE 2780 344,63 4
63 Mike Edwards GBR 2126 342,90 4
64 Raymond Dodard FRA 1764 342,27 2
65 Glenn Yates AUS 724 338,17 7
66 Gautier Aribaud FRA 2000 326,60 4
67 Alex Scoles GBR 2117 325,12 7
68 Dirk Gericke GER 735 324,12 6
69 Dan Ager GBR 2120 320,57 6
70 Dirk Dame GER 688 318,06 6
71 Ingo Stelzer GER 755 315,99 2
72 Juliane Hofmann GER 740 313,58 7
73 Jonas Andersson SWE 2770 309,10 4
74 Katharina Huss GER 606 305,58 9
75 Malte Pedersen DEN 1265 302,91 11
76 Christian Heinze GER 607 301,17 9
77 Matt Steven NZL 519 299,13 4
78 Jakub Kania POL 27 291,99 8
79 Thorsten Schmidt GER 737 290,28 7
80 Janusz Stobinski POL 10 282,76 6
81 Peter Scheuerl GER 718 277,22 3
82 Matt Stetchmann NZL 524 275,60 3
83 Andreas Deubel GER 760 273,96 8
84 Didier Soulies FRA 74 272,73 2
85 Joe Porebski NZL 523 268,71 4
86 Russell Wood NZL 526 262,20 3
87 Neil Goodhead GBR 2125 259,22 5
88 Karl Johan Osth SWE 2740 256,26 5
89 Mike Wilde NZL 529 254,51 4
90 Ben Morrison NZL 530 252,98 3
91 Dave Kettridge AUS 725 250,19 4
92 Jorg Sylvester GER 726 249,00 4
93 Jonas Lindahl SWE 64 248,41 3
94 Dave Clancy AUS 733 247,30 4
95 Jerzy Bojanowski POL 18 241,37 6
96 Radoslaw Drozdzik POL 44 238,82 2
97 Jurgen Splieth GER 727 235,03 4
98 Sam Jedig DEN 1329 233,07 5
99 Owen Anderson NZL 469 231,42 3
100 Adrian Mannering NZL 504 228,41 2
101 Heinz Ridder GER 651 228,12 9
102 Bob Buchanan AUS 726 227,71 3
103 Peter Robinson AUS 736 227,08 5
104 Marten Bernesand SWE 511 224,43 4
105 Max Nystedt SWE 123 223,78 4
106 Christian Huss GER 714 222,32 9
107 Peter Lynch AUS 713 217,67 4
108 Grant Pedersen NZL 518 217,45 3
109 Andy Turner GBR 2123 216,89 4
110 Lennart Hansson SWE 88 213,74 3
111 Peter Wibroe DEN 1344 213,60 3
112 Ronny Poelman BEL 220 212,86 8
113 Paul Verrijdt BEL 214 210,88 7
114 Jonathon O’Donnell AUS 685 210,33 3
115 Julian Burnham GBR 2101 207,76 4
116 Dan Bush NZL 478 207,45 3
117 Darren Hunt AUS 641 206,89 4
118 Olle Albrektsson SWE 2787 205,29 1
119 Keith Byers GBR 2084 205,13 3
120 Joe Schubert RSA 31 205,11 4
121 Hinnerk Ries GER 670 201,64 5
122 Tim Davies AUS 732 200,56 3
123 Peter Wallace AUS 716 199,02 5
124 Falk Hagemann GER 757 197,91 5
125 Bruce Ashton AUS 728 194,55 3
126 Carsten Sass GER 539 194,12 3
127 Ian Harris GBR 2105 190,45 3
128 Richard Burton GBR 1774 190,13 3
129 Jesper Strandberg DEN 1370 185,19 4
130 Christan Schmidt-Moller DEN 1285 184,32 4
131 Richard Furneaux AUS 694 183,96 5
132 Berndt Svennson SWE 2732 178,25 3
133 Fritz Banner Pedersen DEN 1331 177,30 3
134 Daniel Groschl GER 656 173,39 4
135 Erik Bork GER 695 166,25 3
136 Piotr Przewozny POL 424 165,96 4
137 David O’Donnell AUS 695 161,08 4
138 Keith Dutton GBR 2127 158,75 3
139 Nigel Mannering NZL 500 157,24 2
140 Bill Tyler AUS 692 156,96 5
141 Yves Kaminski GER 577 154,69 5
142 Julian Bishop NZL 516 152,91 4
143 Marty Weeks NZL 509 150,62 3
144 Per Sorensen DEN 1350 149,11 4
145 Arne Malm SWE 2591 147,64 3
146 Anders Widding SWE 2739 145,75 3
147 Nigel Harvey AUS 610 143,56 3
148 Greg Wright NZL 475 143,00 2
149 Didier Mathou FRA 1404 140,00 1
150 Gunnar Goronzi GER 487 139,11 5
151 EddieO’Donnell AUS 693 135,34 3
152 Uwe Bohm GER 599 133,93 3
153 Andrew Baker AUS 715 129,08 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 Gunnar Specht GER 694 122,21 3
158 David Hoogenboom NZL 481 121,65 2
159 John Skjoldby Petersen DEN 1303 120,18 2
160 Milosz Wojewski POL 22 120,08 2
161 Jan Bechmann GER 567 115,02 5
162 Marty Pike NZL 536 114,53 2
163 Magnus Bager SWE 2217 114,25 3
164 Jan-Dietmar Dellas GER 680 112,05 3
165 Jaroslaw Szpinalski POL 333 110,91 3
166 Andre Hennings GER 621 110,07 3
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 Tom Pearce AUS 737 103,23 3
171 Thomas Neveling GER 664 102,57 4
172 Peter Horne AUS 733 102,36 1
173 Svend Erik Molbech DEN 1366 102,32 1
174 Andy Couch GBR 2133 102,21 1
175 Justin Barr AUS 721 102,02 2
176 Brett Graham RSA 497 100,29 2
177 Ed Dutton GBR 2128 100,18 3
178 Mike Williams AUS 730 99,72 1
179 Maxim van Pelt BEL 207 97,00 1
180 Alan Atkin GBR 2129 95,69 4
181 Bengt Larsson SWE 2672 94,40 2
182 Martin Evans GBR 2115 93,82 1
183 Robert Swiecki POL 82 93,78 4
184 John Hoogerbrug NZL 458 93,18 2
185 Ask Askholm DEN 1302 92,50 1
186 Michel Lesure LUX 1 90,59 2
187 Mikael Nielsen DEN 1337 90,54 1
188 Lars Hultgren SWE 2668 90,37 2
189 Morgan Staley AUS 708 89,69 4
190 Nigel Grogan GBR 2131 88,69 2
191 Simon Polteg SWE 2756 86,91 3
192 Thomas Christensen DEN 1336 86,79 3
193 Joel Skelton AUS 646 86,53 1
194 Nik Wallis AUS 720 85,64 3
195 Olof Lindgren SWE 74 85,22 2
196 Mick McQueen AUS 703 85,16 2
197 Soren Andersen DEN 1275 84,92 2
198 Anders Holst DEN 1353 84,64 1
199 Fabian Gronholz GER 632 83,71 2
200 Marc Boizard FRA 0 83,64 1
201 Christian Stormark DEN 9 82,68 1
202 Tony Woods GBR 2124 82,41 2
203 Thomas van Hoeylandt BEL 205 82,00 1
204 Paul Foster AUS 722 81,25 1
205 Karsten Kath GER 728 80,48 6
206 Rasmus Clausen DEN 1342 80,18 2
207 Andy Davies GBR 2117 79,85 1
208 Bjorn Westergaard DEN 1321 78,75 1
209 Mike Walker AUS 655 78,46 3
210 Bartosz Parzuchowski POL 23 76,89 2
211 Mathias Fisker DEN 1345 76,79 1
212 Czyz Waldemar POL 41 76,61 3
213 Karsten Kraus GER 743 74,67 1
214 Sven Marchot GER 640 74,52 4
215 Bob Chapman AUS 704 73,33 1
216 Stefan Fagerlund SWE 2746 72,17 1
217 Evert Nijzink NZL 515 71,82 2
218 Tom Guthormsen NOR 459 71,68 2
219 Dan Slater NZL 515 70,00 1
220 Jedrzej Charlampowicz POL 45 69,81 3
221 Simon Cox GBR 2122 68,68 1
222 Gary Lokum AUS 543 68,06 3
223 Glenn Williams AUS 691 68,06 1
224 Jack Grogan GBR 1968 68,00 2
225 Radek Drozdzik POL 44 67,51 2
226 Darren Prior GBR 2107 66,84 2
227 Frank Prater AUS 679 66,59 3
228 Alastair Gair NZL 521 65,19 1
229 Tim Smith AUS 730 64,94 2
230 Konrad Kierzek POL 21 64,81 2
231 Adrian Coulthard NZL 472 64,71 2
232 Antony Rich GBR 2121 64,13 2
233 Egon Petersen DEN 1318 63,42 3
234 Deryck Lovegrove GBR 2130 63,30 3
235 Bertil Eliasson SWE 111 63,28 2
236 Jorgen Svendsen DEN 1500 63,04 1
237 Josh Junior NZL 491 62,78 1
238 Ulf Brandt DEN 1302 61,47 1
239 Mieczyslaw Poplonyk POL 15 60,89 1
240 Rob Hengst NZL 533 60,39 3
241 Kevin Gibb GBR 2045 60,29 1
242 Mark Skelton AUS 651 60,14 1
243 Jonas Petersson SWE 2599 60,00 1
244 Susanne Mackman GER 723 59,40 2
245 Freddy Ottosen DEN 885 59,11 1
246 Paul Bouts BEL 151 58,00 1
247 John Ball GBR 2100 57,50 1
248 Pete Turner GBR 2059 57,21 2
249 Esben Andersen DEN 301 57,14 1
250 Maciej Pezala POL 62 55,98 2
251 Piotr Bajonczak POL 46 55,95 2
252 Ivan Pedersen DEN 1322 55,50 1
253 Mads Brockhuss DEN 1359 55,48 2
254 Martin Kay DEN 1305 55,18 1
255 Don Williams AUS 668 54,86 1
256 Dean Dorazio AUS 673 54,82 2
257 Dave Cooper GBR 2031 52,94 3
258 Steve Ede GBR 2096 51,91 1
259 Jan Gjelstrup Larsen DEN 1324 51,25 1
260 Jim Hunt GBR 2116 51,02 1
261 Jacques Boizard FRA 0 50,91 1
262 Marina Dellas GER 724 50,38 2
263 Roy Burnham GBR 2115 50,00 1
264 Joost Rommelaere BEL 56 48,70 2
265 Rainer Rehbehn GER 424 48,41 1
266 Jan Taelman BEL 15 48,20 2
267 Brad Johanson CAN 500 48,00 2
268 Tim O’Leary GBR 1966 47,74 2
269 Jonas Borup DEN 1339 47,53 3
270 Olivier Ronsiaux FRA 1769 47,00 2
271 Tom Lonsdale GBR 2068 46,32 1
272 Jakub Swerpel POL 479 45,95 2
273 Jonas Persson SWE 0 45,91 1
274 Tobias Willmann GER 404 45,58 3
275 Yannick Laumans BEL 205 44,90 1
276 Paul Pike GBR 2104 44,80 3
277 Mads Christensen DEN 1360 44,50 1
278 Jan Behrendt GER 759 43,29 1
279 Maurice Slap BEL 203 43,00 1
280 Andrew Rowett AUS 699 42,27 1
281 David Rose GBR 2124 42,11 1
282 Soren Christiansen DEN 1239 42,06 1
283 Jan Hartmann GER 666 41,59 1
284 Johhny Leif Hansen DEN 1342 41,43 1
285 John Meadowcroft GBR 2084 41,02 1
286 Arne Good NED 657 39,50 2
287 Lynge Thang Jorgensen DEN 1371 39,46 2
288 Jan Seekanp GER 630 39,37 1
289 Ian Lind Seddon DEN 1286 38,39 2
290 Ellen Ketteridge AUS 672 37,97 2
291 Richard Ham GBR 2053 37,94 1
292 Ulrik Larsen DEN 1259 37,63 1
293 Jens Lauge DEN 1271 37,50 1
294 Bernd Willmann GER 660 36,84 2
295 David Swales AUS 625 36,39 1
296 Laurence Picard FRA 0 36,36 2
297 Josh Weeks NZL 518 36,24 2
298 Jorg Posny GER 697 35,73 1
299 Mathieu Chenuil FRA 723 35,57 1
300 Hendrik Bendsen DEN 302 35,54 1
301 Magnus Gillgren SWE 2599 35,43 1
302 Stefan Bleich GER 691 34,63 1
303 Helene Boizard FRA 0 34,55 1
304 Przemyslaw Drozdzik POL 104 34,12 1
305 Manca Macime FRA 1336 34,00 1
306 Jacob Christensen Wulff DEN 1326 33,57 1
307 Stephan Klaus GER 615 33,50 1
308 Christopher Arnell GBR 2064 33,20 1
309 J P Williams GBR 2112 31,72 1
310 Anders Gunnersen DEN 1316 31,61 1
311 Konrad Kowalczyk POL 157 31,47 1
312 Paul Richards AUS 666 31,23 2
313 Colin Lynch AUS 457 31,11 1
314 Andres Blasco Cortes ESP 1 30,75 1
315 Marion Ruck GER 559 30,24 1
316 Magnus Haglund SWE 2071 30,00 1
317 Tom Pedersen DEN 1261 29,71 1
318 Jurgen Illers GER 643 29,57 1
319 Andy Holmes GBR 2056 29,56 1
320 Jonny Clough NZL 498 29,12 2
321 Alexandre Rosier BEL 0 28,60 2
322 Peter West DEN 1348 28,25 3
323 Gerd Breitbart GER 662 28,05 1
324 Jonathan Hogan AUS 685 27,85 2
325 Kacper Jarocki POL 34 27,83 2
326 Koen Hopsy BEL 0 27,80 1
327 Bartosz Przbysz POL 47 27,73 1
328 Niels Jorgen Larsen DEN 1343 27,68 1
329 Zbibniew Michalski POL 210 27,50 1
330 Marek Barnat POL 49 26,96 1
331 Henning Biering Neilsen DEN 1357 26,18 1
332 Maxine Manca FRA 1336 25,90 1
333 Craig Lynch AUS 684 25,83 1
334 Andrew Day GBR 2102 25,78 1
335 Michael Jorgensen DEN 1330 25,71 1
336 Mary Reddyhoff GBR 2058 25,04 2
337 Maciej Misko POL 46 24,88 1
338 Douglas Flaherty AUS 706 24,48 2
339 Dave Ridley NZL 476 24,26 1
340 Robbie Wilson GBR 2134 23,97 1
341 Adrian Gorka POL 190 23,93 1
342 Christian Hartmann GER 120 23,86 1
343 Dominique Istasse BEL 125 23,70 2
344 Bartosz Szymik POL 65 23,69 2
345 Arkadiues Sarowski POL 47 23,57 1
346 Mariusz Pietrzak POL 61 23,53 1
347 Gareth Wells AUS 644 23,19 1
348 Frank Hansen DEN 1345 22,65 1
349 Norbert Petrausch GER 630 22,39 3
350 Ralf Gerbig GER 357 22,13 3
351 Johanna Andrew Becker BEL 29 22,00 1
352 Colin Slevin GBR 2108 21,18 1
353 Torbjorn Svensson SWE 2757 20,91 1
354 Per Trolle DEN 1354 20,88 1
355 Jakub Dworniczak POL 24 20,14 1
356 Bill Bradburn GBR 2092 19,84 1
357 Niels Troland DEN 159 19,64 2
358 Marcin Rymer POL 682 19,56 1
359 Joachim Ullrich GER 63 19,27 1
360 Dennis Olsson SWE 2743 18,48 1
361 Uli Borchen GER 587 18,30 1
362 Mariusz Wasilewski POL 80 18,24 1
363 Erik Dubreuil FRA 0 18,18 1
364 Rolf Meilenbrock POL 497 17,99 2
365 Julian von Colin SUI 66 17,97 2
366 Russell Peterson AUS 667 17,92 1
367 Michael Wolf GER 360 17,80 1
368 Douglas Parker AUS 612 17,74 2
369 Jaruslav Spinalski POL 61 17,36 1
370 Piotr Malecki POL 17 16,91 1
371 Mateusz Kaesmarek POL 45 16,79 1
372 Wilhelm Kath GER 748 16,50 1
373 Claes Heyman SWE 2763 15,65 1
374 Reinhard Grassmel GER 189 15,50 2
375 Cornelia Wirbeleit GER 633 15,45 1
376 Tom O’Donnell AUS 693 15,28 1
377 Peter Aebeloe SWE 2738 15,00 1
378 Piotr Falczynski POL 45 14,44 1
379 Stefan Nikiciuk POL 178 14,26 1
380 Joachim Singethan GER 588 13,78 1
381 Jan Wirbeleit GER 590 13,64 1
382 Par Karlsson SWE 2695 12,83 1
383 Sam Blocksidge GBR 2092 12,79 1
384 Ortwin Zimmer GER 7 12,68 1
385 Erik Thompson AUS 642 12,64 1
386 Simon Tucker NZL 499 12,22 1
387 Jerzy Faustmann POL 38 11,62 1
388 Ralf Abratis GER 72 11,16 1
389 Emily Furneaux AUS 630 11,00 2
390 Jens Kaiser GER 659 10,23 1
391 Peter Nielsen DEN 1272 10,00 1
392 Poul Christiansen DEN 1277 10,00 1
393 Jake Cracknell GBR 2012 10,00 1
394 Per Bo Hansen DEN 1341 10,00 1
395 Jake O’Donnell AUS 660 10,00 1
396 Marek Czarniecki POL 7 10,00 1
397 Rune Larsen DEN 1159 10,00 1
398 Hendrik Kjeldsen DEN 1212 10,00 1
399 Claus Hagerup DEN 1378 10,00 1
400 Pete Waters NZL 474 9,81 1
401 Olle Heimersson SWE 2746 9,55 1
402 Miroslav Zdrawomyslow POL 2 8,97 1
403 Denis Gilles BEL 5 8,80 1
404 Julian Massler GER 2 8,00 1
405 Ernst Ramin GER 708 8,00 1
406 Ben Steel GBR 2034 7,97 1
407 Sebastian Knorr GER 33 7,80 1
408 Philip Rzepecky NZL 500 7,41 1
409 Jens Svensen DEN 1366 7,38 1
410 Alexander Hirsch GER 543 7,20 1
411 James Andrew GBR 2090 6,90 1
412 Chris Biscomb GBR 2083 6,48 1
413 Lukasz Futerski POL 506 6,32 1
414 Ruban Szymon POL 649 5,90 1
415 Sven Beye GER 719 5,02 1
416 Graham Lambert NZL 493 5,00 1
417 Thierry Damblon BEL 44 5,00 1
418 Sam Woods GBR 1998 5,00 1
419 Fredrik Lundberg SWE 0 5,00 1
420 Jakob Christensen DEN 1271 5,00 1
421 Andrzej Hoszko POL 123 5,00 1
422 Jan Durajski POL 247 4,95 1
423 Eric Warnecke GER 41 4,00 1