World Ranking February 2009: All change at the top

The first OK Dinghy World Ranking list of 2009 has revealed a sweep of changes at the top of the board, and also only the third sailor to occupy the top slot in the history of the rankings.

Started in 2005 to encourage and reward international participation, only three times world champion Nick Craig (GBR) and Jorgen Lindhardtsen (DEN) have occupied the top slot. However, after winning the world championship for the first time in Germany last summer and placing second in the combined New Zealand and Interdominion championships in Wellington, NZ last week, Karl Purdie (NZL) takes the number one slot for the first time. Fellow Kiwi Mark Perrow (NZL) who won the New Zealand and Interdominion title on the final race from Purdie moves up to second in the rankings.

Previous leader Lindhardtsen drops to third, while previous second placed Craig drops to 8th after having only competed in 3 counting events in the past year.

Despite winning the Australian National title again in an impressive fleet of 37 boats, Andre Blasse (AUS) drops out of the top ten, while Thomas Hansson-Mild (SWE) climbs one place to 10th, and into the top ten for the first time. Also out of the top ten is Steve McDowell (NZL), dropping to 14th, while Luke O’Connell (NZL) climbs from 14th to 9th after placing 8th in Wellington.

In fact the Wellington event was a test regatta for the 2010 OK Dinghy World Championships, which will be sailed out of New Zealand’s capital for the first time ever.

The next ranking list release will be after the initial events back in Europe and before the class meets for the 2009 World Championships in Kalmar, Sweden in July.

Ranking February 2009
Rank	Name	Nat.	Sailno.	Points	Events
1	Karl Purdie	NZL	531	940,33	7
2	Mark Perrow	NZL	527	920,11	9
3	Jorgen Lindhartdsen	DEN	1364	909,08	12
4	Gunter Arndt	GER	672	866,67	8
5	Christian Olesen	DEN	1340	847,49	10
6	Martin von Zimmermann	GER	493	836,69	12
7	Terry Curtis	GBR	2118	835,80	10
8	Nick Craig	GBR	2116	824,93	12
9	Luke O’Connell	NZL	511	790,19	10
10	Thomas Hanson-Mild	SWE	2767	784,91	9
11	Oliver Gronholz	GER	717	781,59	10
12	Pawel Pawlaczyk	POL	14	774,04	8
13	Thomas Glas	GER	731	762,87	13
14	Steve McDowell	NZL	525	758,58	7
15	Andre Blasse	AUS	727	754,99	6
16	Karsten Hitz	GER	744	739,59	8
17	Greg Wilcox	NZL	522	734,55	6
18	Jorgen Holm	DEN	1371	718,96	12
19	Hans Elkjaer	SWE	99	702,43	8
20	Marek Jarocki	POL	16	674,97	8
21	Robert Deaves	GBR	2119	674,74	5
22	Trent Pryce	NZL	502	670,14	9
23	Jon Fish	GBR	2122	668,35	8
24	Rene Johannsen	DEN	1361	659,19	7
25	Bo Teglers	DEN	1324	641,38	10
26	Ralf Tietje	GER	750	637,34	10
27	Andreas Pich	GER	747	632,23	10
28	Jan Eric Nystedt	SWE	66	607,56	7
29	Alex Scoles	GBR	2117	602,77	10
30	Dan Ager	GBR	2120	587,09	8
31	Anders Andersen	DEN	1346	583,91	4
32	Darek Kras	POL	5	550,75	11
33	Alistair Deaves	NZL	532	547,49	4
34	Paul Rhodes	NZL	517	532,89	5
35	Christian Midtgaard	DEN	1304	524,07	4
36	Gavin Waldron	GBR	2085	523,33	6
37	Matt Stetchmann	NZL	524	513,35	6
38	Mike Edwards	GBR	2126	507,46	5
39	Ian Harris	GBR	2105	491,10	5
40	Peter Stephan	GER	665	487,75	8
41	Tomasz Gaj	POL	1	486,56	9
42	Robert Davis	AUS	735	470,84	4
43	Bartosz Rakocy	POL	19	470,79	12
44	Matt Steven	NZL	519	466,18	4
45	Carsten Sass	GER	539	465,33	7
46	Hinnerk Ries	GER	670	459,46	10
47	Bob Buchanan	AUS	726	454,71	4
48	Joe Porebski	NZL	523	453,39	7
49	Jan-Erik Engholm	SWE	2763	437,19	4
50	Keith Dutton	GBR	2127	433,96	6
51	Peter Scheuerl	GER	718	429,95	3
52	Neil Goodhead	GBR	2125	424,25	7
53	Janusz Stobinski	POL	10	418,82	7
54	Glenn Yates	AUS	724	404,82	6
55	Rainer Dr Pospiech	GER	745	402,60	8
56	Mike Wilde	NZL	529	399,30	5
57	Arne Lindemann	GER	645	398,36	7
58	Jorg Rademacher	GER	730	396,41	6
59	Mogens Johansen	DEN	1335	389,42	5
60	Keith Byers	GBR	2084	376,35	4
61	Dave Clancy	AUS	733	376,31	4
62	Jakub Kania	POL	27	375,67	9
63	Dirk Gericke	GER	735	366,37	6
64	Roger Blass�	AUS	678	360,86	4
65	Sonke Behrens	GER	695	357,01	5
66	Darren Hunt	AUS	641	355,10	5
67	Gunnar Specht	GER	694	354,20	6
68	Christian Hedlund	DEN	1368	352,98	7
69	Juliane Hofmann	GER	699	352,85	8
70	David O’Donnell	AUS	695	345,35	5
71	Bengt Stromberg	SWE	11	340,54	6
72	Jerzy Bojanowski	POL	18	338,09	7
73	Peter Lynch	AUS	713	333,55	5
74	Troels Lykke	DEN	1330	319,87	3
75	Dave Kettridge	AUS	725	319,74	4
76	Grant Pedersen	NZL	518	319,04	3
77	Dirk Dame	GER	688	317,68	7
78	Andreas Deubel	GER	671	316,63	9
79	Max Nystedt	SWE	123	311,68	4
80	Ralf Mackman	GER	723	311,64	5
81	Antony Rich	GBR	2121	309,44	4
82	Antoni Pawlowski	POL	31	306,99	3
83	Katharina Huss	GER	606	299,35	6
84	Claes Ahlstrom	SWE	2780	299,03	6
85	Thorsten Schmidt	GER	737	296,06	6
86	Falk Hagemann	GER	659	294,55	6
87	Erik Bork	GER	695	293,23	5
88	Per Jaensson	SWE	222	278,15	4
89	Yves Kaminski	GER	577	275,89	6
90	Piotr Przewozny	POL	424	271,52	4
91	Jorg Sylvester	GER	526	266,10	5
92	Russell Wood	NZL	526	262,20	3
93	Ingmar Janson	SWE	2772	256,04	4
94	Paul Verrijdt	BEL	214	255,66	7
95	Richard Furneaux	AUS	694	254,18	6
96	Ben Morrison	NZL	530	252,98	3
97	Jonas Quist	SWE	33	252,26	3
98	Peter Wibroe	DEN	1344	251,02	3
99	Joe Schubert	DEN	1347	249,21	5
100	Ulf Dagerbrandt	SWE	2731	248,81	4
101	Jonas Borup	DEN	1339	236,50	8
102	Owen Anderson	NZL	469	231,42	3
103	Adrian Mannering	NZL	504	228,41	2
104	Heinz Ridder	GER	651	225,09	8
105	Peter Robinson	AUS	736	224,38	5
106	Christian Heinze	GER	607	221,26	8
107	Ed Dutton	GBR	2128	210,73	4
108	Christan Schmidt-Moller	DEN	1285	210,53	4
109	Fritz Banner Pedersen	DEN	1331	208,49	3
110	Dan Bush	NZL	478	207,45	3
111	Peter Wallace	AUS	716	206,92	5
112	Andy Turner	GBR	2123	199,02	3
113	Ronny Poelman	BEL	220	198,03	7
114	Tim Davies	AUS	732	196,45	3
115	Radek Drozdzik	POL	44	193,55	3
116	John Meadowcroft	GBR	2084	191,91	2
117	Bruce Ashton	AUS	728	190,58	3
118	Jan-Dietmar Dellas	GER	698	187,11	5
119	Deryck Lovegrove	GBR	2130	184,10	5
120	Julian Burnham	GBR	2101	183,07	3
121	Malte Pedersen	DEN	1265	180,25	9
122	Lennart Hansson	SWE	2768	178,36	3
123	Bill Tyler	AUS	692	174,32	5
124	Christian Huss	GER	714	170,10	6
125	Piotr Bajonczak	POL	46	168,62	4
126	Per Sorensen	DEN	1350	162,49	5
127	Maciej Pezala	POL	62	160,21	4
128	Nigel Mannering	NZL	500	157,24	2
129	Fabian Gronholz	GER	632	157,12	4
130	Simon Childs	GBR	2101	155,47	1
131	Christian Hartmann	GER	120	152,73	5
132	Marty Weeks	NZL	509	150,62	3
133	Tom Pearce	AUS	737	143,69	4
134	Nigel Harvey	AUS	610	143,56	3
135	Greg Wright	NZL	475	143,00	2
136	Tobias Willmann	GER	404	138,30	7
137	John Skjoldby Petersen	DEN	0	135,72	3
138	Ivan Pedersen	DEN	1322	135,57	2
139	EddieO’Donnell	AUS	693	133,64	3
140	Jonas Andersson	SWE	2770	131,66	2
141	Adrian Gorka	POL	190	129,98	3
142	Andrew Baker	AUS	715	129,08	3
143	Mieczyslaw Poplonyk	POL	15	128,19	2
144	Jan Hartmann	GER	666	127,09	3
145	Karl Johan Osth	SWE	2740	123,97	4
146	Bernd Willmann	GER	660	123,06	6
147	Ulf Brandt	DEN	1302	122,94	1
148	Jesper Strandberg	DEN	1370	121,66	3
149	David Hoogenboom	NZL	481	121,65	2
150	Thomas Neveling	GER	664	117,60	3
151	Sam Jedig	DEN	1329	117,51	3
152	Marty Pike	NZL	536	114,53	2
153	Maciej Misko	POL	46	113,55	3
154	Morgan Staley	AUS	708	109,52	4
155	Jaroslaw Szpinalski	POL	333	109,08	4
156	Bartosz Przbysz	POL	47	108,92	3
157	Gunnar Goronzi	GER	687	108,46	6
158	Gerd Breitbart	GER	662	106,50	4
159	Jonas Lindahl	SWE	2750	105,45	1
160	Czyz Waldemar	POL	41	104,83	4
161	Sven Marchot	GER	640	103,89	4
162	Peter Horne	AUS	733	102,36	1
163	Jim Hunt	GBR	2116	102,03	1
164	Simon Shaw	GBR	2065	101,87	3
165	Brett Graham	NZL	497	100,29	2
166	Mike Williams	AUS	730	99,72	1
167	Justin Barr	AUS	721	98,18	2
168	Rod Andrew	BEL	1	97,23	2
169	Rainer Rehbehn	GER	424	96,82	1
170	John Hoogerbrug	NZL	458	93,18	2
171	Slawomir Blaszka	POL	161	92,06	1
172	Jonas Persson	SWE	0	91,82	1
173	Frederic Lamarque	FRA	1764	91,00	1
174	Yannick Laumans	BEL	205	89,80	1
175	Mads Christensen	DEN	1360	89,00	1
176	Alan Atkin	GBR	2129	88,81	4
177	Przemyslaw Drozdzik	POL	104	87,75	2
178	Andrew Day	GBR	2102	86,56	2
179	Joel Skelton	AUS	646	86,53	1
180	Pete Turner	GBR	2059	86,41	2
181	Maurice Slap	BEL	203	86,00	1
182	Piotr Falczynski	POL	45	85,55	3
183	Christian Senst	GER	710	84,76	2
184	Andrew Rowett	AUS	699	84,55	1
185	Nik Wallis	AUS	720	84,37	3
186	David Rose	GBR	2124	84,22	1
187	Soren Christiansen	DEN	1239	84,12	1
188	Torsten Albrecht	GER	596	82,90	3
189	Andres Blasco Cortes	ESP	1	82,71	4
190	Mick McQueen	AUS	703	82,04	2
191	Didier Crescence	FRA	1801	82,00	1
192	Paul Foster	AUS	722	81,25	1
193	Henning Biering Neilsen	DEN	1357	80,83	2
194	Bill Bradburn	GBR	2092	79,22	2
195	Donat Kujawinski	POL	201	79,19	1
196	Lynge Thang Jorgensen	DEN	1371	78,93	2
197	Berndt Svennson	SWE	2732	78,64	2
198	Thomas Christensen	DEN	1336	77,36	3
199	Mike Walker	AUS	655	77,04	3
200	Per Arne Olsen	SWE	33	77,02	2
201	Dave Cooper	GBR	2031	76,11	3
202	Ulrik Larsen	DEN	1259	75,25	1
203	Jan Wirbeleit	GER	590	74,15	4
204	Bob Chapman	AUS	704	73,33	1
205	Yan Rialland	FRA	1562	73,00	1
206	Paul Pike	GBR	2104	72,84	3
207	Uwe Bohm	GER	599	72,67	2
208	Evert Nijzink	NZL	515	71,82	2
209	Joost Rommelaere	BEL	56	71,54	2
210	Jorg Posny	GER	697	71,46	1
211	Milosz Wojewski	POL	22	70,88	1
212	Per Trolle	DEN	1354	70,78	3
213	Dan Slater	NZL	515	70,00	1
214	Maxine Manca	FRA	1336	69,30	2
215	Stefan Bleich	GER	691	69,27	1
216	Tom Guthormsen	NOR	459	69,12	2
217	David Swales	AUS	625	68,30	2
218	Glenn Williams	AUS	691	68,06	1
219	Gary Lokum	AUS	543	67,63	3
220	Bertil Eliasson	SWE	2721	67,00	1
221	Stephan Klaus	GER	615	67,00	1
222	Frank Prater	AUS	679	66,45	3
223	Christopher Arnell	GBR	2064	66,41	1
224	Alastair Gair	NZL	521	65,19	1
225	Adrian Coulthard	NZL	472	64,71	2
226	Jakub Dworniczak	POL	24	64,25	2
227	Reinhard Grassmel	GER	189	64,18	4
228	Sebastian Knorr	GER	33	64,10	4
229	Alain Renoux	FRA	3	64,00	1
230	J P Williams	GBR	2112	63,44	1
231	Konrad Kowalczyk	POL	157	62,94	1
232	Josh Junior	NZL	491	62,78	1
233	Tim Smith	AUS	730	62,66	2
234	Tim O’Leary	GBR	1966	62,03	2
235	Rolf Meilenbrock	POL	497	61,69	5
236	Marion Ruck	GER	559	60,49	1
237	Darren Prior	GBR	2107	60,45	2
238	Rob Hengst	NZL	533	60,39	3
239	Michel Lesure	LUX	1	60,31	2
240	Mark Skelton	AUS	651	60,14	1
241	Olof Lindgren	SWE	2719	60,00	1
242	Tom Pedersen	DEN	1261	59,41	1
243	Tony Woods	GBR	2068	59,38	2
244	Jedrzej Charlampowicz	POL	45	58,55	2
245	Jan Taelman	BEL	4	56,11	2
246	Daniel Groschl	GER	656	55,85	2
247	Koen Hopsy	BEL	0	55,60	1
248	Noel Masseron	FRA	29	55,00	1
249	Raymond Dodard	FRA	1764	55,00	1
250	Zbibniew Michalski	POL	210	55,00	1
251	Don Williams	AUS	668	54,86	1
252	Jack Grogan	GBR	1968	54,53	1
253	Dean Dorazio	AUS	673	52,98	2
254	Norbert Petrausch	GER	630	52,74	4
255	Konrad Kierzek	POL	21	52,57	2
256	Bartosz Parzuchowski	POL	23	52,35	1
257	Tony Thresher	GBR	1774	51,25	1
258	Jonathon O’Donnell	AUS	685	49,58	1
259	Arne Malm	SWE	1	49,09	2
260	Finn Jensen	DEN	1214	48,04	1
261	Mariusz Pietrzak	POL	61	47,06	1
262	Karsten Kath	GER	787	47,06	6
263	Peter Bergh	SWE	2743	46,80	2
264	David McGregor	GBR	2101	46,25	1
265	Didier Soulies	FRA	74	46,00	1
266	Nigel Grogan	GBR	2131	45,63	1
267	Uwe Rademacher	GER	0	45,35	2
268	Frank Hansen	DEN	1345	45,29	1
269	Jens Kostka	GER	609	44,29	3
270	Jan Bechmann	GER	567	44,20	1
271	Stefan Nikiciuk	POL	178	44,01	3
272	G Hagenaers	BEL	207	42,50	1
273	Torbjorn Svensson	SWE	2757	41,82	1
274	Mary Reddyhoff	GBR	2058	41,41	2
275	Jurgen Splieth	GER	727	40,71	1
276	Egon Petersen	DEN	1318	40,06	2
277	Niels Troland	DEN	159	39,28	2
278	Marcin Rymer	POL	682	39,12	1
279	Per Baagoe	DEN	1248	38,91	1
280	Joachim Ullrich	GER	63	38,54	1
281	Radoslaw Drozdzik	POL	44	38,39	1
282	Marina Dellas	GER	680	38,19	2
283	Olle Heimersson	SWE	2746	37,73	2
284	Gautier Ariband	FRA	2000	37,00	1
285	Ellen Ketteridge	AUS	672	36,83	2
286	Per Blommegerd	SWE	2733	36,82	1
287	Uli Borchen	GER	587	36,60	1
288	Mariusz Wasilewski	POL	80	36,47	1
289	Al Fry	GBR	211	36,25	1
290	Josh Weeks	NZL	518	36,24	2
291	Eric Warnecke	GER	41	36,10	5
292	Robert Glowacki	POL	3	35,48	1
293	Jaruslav Spinalski	POL	61	34,73	1
294	Piotr Malecki	POL	17	33,82	1
295	Mikkel Hvalsoe	DEN	1301	33,82	1
296	Lars Hansson	SWE	277	33,35	2
297	Susanne Mackman	GER	723	32,80	1
298	Anders Widding	SWE	0	32,73	1
299	Mark Geboes	BEL	604	31,79	1
300	Chris Biscomb	GBR	2083	31,72	2
301	Simon Polteg	SWE	2771	31,25	1
302	Jakub Swerpel	POL	479	31,18	1
303	Ralf Gerbig	GER	357	31,12	3
304	Colin Lynch	AUS	457	31,11	1
305	Paul Richards	AUS	666	30,37	2
306	K Hauspy	BEL	58	30,00	1
307	Kamil Kaluzny	POL	11	29,68	1
308	Jonny Clough	NZL	498	29,12	2
309	Ian Lind Seddon	DEN	1159	29,02	2
310	Arne Good	NED	657	29,00	1
311	Stewart Coles	GBR	2072	28,75	1
312	Peter West	DEN	1348	28,59	2
313	J Tiefane	FRA	21	28,21	1
314	Peter Rudblom	SWE	0	28,18	1
315	Didier Mathou	FRA	1404	28,00	1
316	Joachim Singethan	GER	588	27,56	1
317	Roger Cole	GBR	2114	27,50	1
318	Jonathan Hogan	AUS	685	27,15	2
319	Robert Swiecki	POL	2099	25,88	1
320	Flemming Ipsen	DEN	1355	25,87	1
321	Craig Lynch	AUS	684	25,83	1
322	Ortwin Zimmer	GER	7	25,37	1
323	Alexandre Rosier	BEL	0	25,20	1
324	Richard Burton	GBR	1774	24,84	1
325	Rudiger Prinz	GER	711	24,36	1
326	Dave Ridley	NZL	476	24,26	1
327	Soren Andersen	DEN	1275	24,12	1
328	Douglas Flaherty	AUS	706	23,92	2
329	Roy Burnham	GBR	2115	23,75	2
330	Magnus Bager	SWE	0	23,64	1
331	Jan Durajski	POL	247	23,55	3
332	Jerzy Faustmann	POL	38	23,24	1
333	Gareth Wells	AUS	644	23,19	1
334	Erik Dergent	BEL	128	22,86	1
335	Ed Bradburn	GBR	2092	22,75	1
336	Dennis Olsson	SWE	1	22,36	2
337	Ralf Abratis	GER	72	22,31	1
338	Roger Kauffmann	GER	658	22,18	1
339	Julian Bishop	NZL	516	22,00	2
340	Johhny Rodholm	DEN	329	21,96	1
341	Dominique Istasse	BEL	125	21,40	1
342	Jake Cracknell	GBR	2012	21,25	1
343	J Huybrechts	BEL	208	21,07	1
344	Krzystof Kolanowski	POL	135	20,97	1
345	Bartosz Szymik	POL	65	20,59	1
346	Mads Brockhuss	DEN	1359	20,25	1
347	Johhny Leif Hansen	DEN	1342	19,35	1
348	P Laumans	BEL	205	19,29	1
349	Sebastian Gruszka	POL	113	18,18	1
350	Martin Kay	DEN	1305	18,04	1
351	Miroslav Zdrawomyslow	POL	2	17,94	1
352	Russell Peterson	AUS	667	17,92	1
353	Denis Gilles	BEL	5	17,60	1
354	John Walder	GBR	1915	17,50	1
355	Douglas Parker	AUS	612	17,46	2
356	Jan Larsen	SWE	0	16,74	1
357	Mateusz Bujko	POL	727	16,61	1
358	Ben Steel	GBR	2034	15,94	1
359	Kacper Jarocki	POL	34	15,29	1
360	Tom O’Donnell	AUS	693	15,28	1
361	Pawel Wozniak	POL	272	15,16	1
362	James Cole	GBR	1967	15,00	1
363	Jens Svensen	DEN	1366	14,75	1
364	Marten Bernesand	SWE	0	14,55	1
365	Alexander Hirsch	GER	543	14,39	1
366	Michael Wichmann	GER	661	14,18	1
367	James Andrew	GBR	2090	13,80	1
368	Robert Patros	POL	6	13,71	1
369	Andre Hennings	GER	621	13,04	1
370	Niels Jorgen Larsen	DEN	1343	12,83	1
371	Lukasz Futerski	POL	506	12,65	1
372	Erik Thompson	AUS	642	12,64	1
373	Alex Hobern	GBR	1983	12,50	1
374	Simon Tucker	NZL	499	12,22	1
375	Robin Kern	GER	69	11,32	2
376	Bob Eastwood	GBR	2001	11,25	1
377	Emily Furneaux	AUS	630	11,00	2
378	Johanna Andrew Becker	BEL	29	10,36	1
379	Sven Beye	GER	719	10,04	1
380	Thierry Damblon	BEL	44	10,00	1
381	Colin Page	GBR	1927	10,00	1
382	Sam Woods	GBR	1998	10,00	1
383	Fredrik Lundberg	SWE	0	10,00	1
384	Jakob Christensen	DEN	1271	10,00	1
385	Andrzej Hoszko	POL	123	10,00	1
386	Jake O’Donnell	AUS	660	10,00	1
387	Rudiger Lippert	GER	399	9,82	1
388	Pete Waters	NZL	474	9,81	1
389	Zbibniew Jurkiewicz	POL	65	9,35	1
390	Christof Panse	GER	240	9,09	1
391	Mikkel Slov	DEN	13	8,91	1
392	Roger Cooper	GBR	2074	8,75	1
393	S Mackmann	GER	72	8,57	1
394	Konrad Zajac	POL	347	7,90	1
395	Per Bo Hansen	DEN	1328	7,61	1
396	Philip Rzepecky	NZL	500	7,41	1
397	Per Karlsson	SWE	2071	7,27	1
398	D Istasse	BEL	125	6,79	1
399	Sam Preston	GBR	1962	6,25	1
400	Ruban Szymon	POL	649	5,90	1
401	Kai Wehmhoerner	GER	291	5,45	1
402	Graham Lambert	NZL	493	5,00	1
403	F Stephan	GER	615	5,00	1
404	Bjorn Gustafsson	SWE	77	5,00	1
405	Tom Preston	GBR	208	5,00	1
406	Henrik Hansen	DEN	1359	5,00	1

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