In the final OK Dinghy World Rankings release before next week’s World Championship in Largs, Scotland, current world champion Karl Purdie (NZL) retains the number one spot from former world champion Greg Wilcox (NZL).

Terry Curtis (GBR) moves up one place to third while some recent good results have boosted another former world champion Thomas Hansson-Mild (SWE) to fourth. Triple world champion Nick Craig (GBR) drops to fifth.

This release includes the Medemblik Spring Cup, which was won by Wilcox with Craig in second, the German Nationals, won by Finn star Andre Budzien (GER) with Wilcox in second, the Nordic Championship, won by Stefan Myrälf (DEN) with Wilcox in second, Kiel Week, which was won by Wilcox with Craig again in second, and Warnemünde Week won by Jorgen Svendsen (DEN) with Wilcox in second.

Only 11 out of the top 20 in the rankings will be sailing in next week’s World Championship in Largs, so there are sure to be plenty of changes for the next release later this year. This is also the last release that Karl Purdie will occupy the number one spot, after skipping the defence of his title this year. In addition with so few Kiwis travelling to Scotland most will drop out of the top 20 by the time of the next release. There will be some big changes and perhaps a lot of new names moving high up the list.

Next week’s World Championship will feature four former World Champions. Craig is vying for a record equalling fourth world title while Hansson-Mild and the much older Wilcox are on top form and looking for a second world title. The 1998 World Champion Roger Blasse (AUS) is also entered for the Worlds, so could make a significant gain in the rankings with a good result. With the points so close at the top, whoever does take the title, is almost certain to lead the world rankings after next week.

Ranking July 2011
Rank Name Nat. Sailno. Points Events sailed
(5 to count)
1 Karl Purdie NZL 531 1001,91 7
2 Greg Wilcox NZL 522 903,82 13
3 Terry Curtis GBR 2118 866,65 10
4 Thomas Hanson-Mild SWE 100 856,19 7
5 Nick Craig GBR 2134 843,67 7
6 Paul Rhodes NZL 517 826,52 5
7 Ben Morrison NZL 530 812,59 5
8 Andre Blasse AUS 729 810,51 7
9 Brad Douglas NZL 539 809,33 5
10 Luke O’Connell NZL 511 789,76 5
11 Alistair Deaves NZL 542 788,60 7
12 Mike Williams AUS 730 779,43 6
13 Jorgen Svendsen DEN 1385 766,87 10
14 Tomasz Gaj POL 1 719,80 11
15 Matt Steven NZL 519 699,98 4
16 Sonke Behrens GER 690 699,88 8
17 Steve McDowell NZL 525 676,42 4
18 Roger Blassé AUS 678 669,40 4
19 Christian Hedlund DEN 1368 640,27 16
20 Russell Wood NZL 526 638,56 4
21 Jorgen Lindhartdsen DEN 1364 626,26 8
22 Oliver Gronholz GER 717 595,29 8
23 Martin von Zimmermann GER 493 590,32 9
24 Rene Johannsen DEN 1393 586,72 9
25 Andrew Pardington NZL 528 578,42 5
26 Pawel Pawlaczyk POL 14 570,69 7
27 Nigel Mannering NZL 500 570,68 4
28 Bartosz Rakocy POL 19 552,16 6
29 Ralf Tietje GER 750 536,60 8
30 Jon Fish GBR 2136 531,70 7
31 Antoni Pawlowski POL 31 530,49 6
32 Darek Kras POL 5 526,98 10
33 Christian Olesen DEN 1340 523,72 6
34 Marty Weeks NZL 479 522,46 5
35 Stefan Myralf DEN 1388 517,40 11
36 Gunter Arndt GER 672 502,73 8
37 Peter Robinson AUS 750 495,79 6
38 Rainer Dr Pospiech GER 765 489,82 7
39 Glenn Williams AUS 719 487,72 6
40 Hans Elkjaer SWE 99 484,27 9
41 Adrian Mannering NZL 504 479,69 3
42 Owen Anderson NZL 469 471,94 4
43 Hakan Tornqvist SWE 2786 471,01 5
44 Dan Bush NZL 478 470,97 3
45 Jan-Erik Engholm SWE 2782 462,69 5
46 Radoslaw Drozdzik POL 44 459,13 10
47 Andreas Pich GER 772 451,02 7
48 Mike Wilde NZL 535 435,66 3
49 David Hoogenboom NZL 481 430,95 3
50 Jonny Clough NZL 498 428,64 4
51 Rob Hengst NZL 533 427,07 4
52 Bo Teglers DEN 1369 419,48 7
53 Gary Lokum AUS 741 418,42 5
54 Greg Wright NZL 475 414,65 3
55 Kagan Weeks NZL 479 411,51 3
56 Mogens Johansen DEN 1335 407,63 5
57 Jorg Rademacher GER 730 404,38 6
58 Andreas Deubel GER 760 399,73 8
59 Ben Lutz NZL 470 398,34 3
60 Peter Stephan GER 665 383,29 7
61 Eddie O’Donnell AUS 734 378,48 6
62 Dirk Dame GER 688 375,58 7
63 Ralf Mackman GER 771 373,21 6
64 Thomas Glas GER 731 371,36 5
65 Ingmar Janson SWE 2772 370,85 8
66 Tony Woods GBR 2124 367,31 7
67 Peter Scheuerl GER 718 367,04 3
68 Arne Lindemann GER 752 365,98 5
69 Peter Lynch AUS 726 350,87 6
70 Mark Roberts AUS 739 349,27 6
71 Andre Hennings GER 762 345,16 6
72 Ronny Poelman BEL 220 344,97 8
73 Keith Byers GBR 2084 334,17 3
74 Darren Hunt AUS 641 329,48 3
75 Juliane Hofmann GER 767 325,90 5
76 Dirk Gericke GER 735 322,32 7
77 Thorsten Schmidt GER 737 321,50 8
78 Justin Barr AUS 721 313,27 4
79 Jens Makholm NOR 471 312,80 9
80 Mark Jackson AUS 735 308,95 3
81 Alex Scoles GBR 2117 298,73 6
82 Chris Devine NZL 502 297,05 3
83 Adrian Coulthard NZL 472 296,34 5
84 Don Williams AUS 727 294,44 6
85 Tim Goodbody IRL 10 293,87 3
86 Gavin Waldron GBR 2085 292,83 3
87 Jan Eric Nystedt SWE 66 287,79 3
88 Peter Wallace AUS 716 286,77 5
89 Malte Pedersen DEN 1265 282,02 15
90 Bruce Ashton AUS 728 281,11 3
91 Jan-Dietmar Dellas GER 680 279,48 6
92 Antony Rich GBR 2121 270,34 2
93 Paul Verrijdt BEL 214 268,30 8
94 Jens Lauge DEN 1381 268,19 6
95 Marek Jarocki POL 16 268,17 3
96 Christian Heinze GER 607 265,52 7
97 Tim Davies AUS 732 258,31 3
98 Erik Bork GER 695 257,09 4
99 Richard Furneaux AUS 694 256,33 6
100 Bo Staffan Andersson SWE 2784 249,11 2
101 Ulf Dagerbrandt SWE 2741 244,20 3
102 Carsten Sass GER 539 244,18 6
103 Andrew Baker AUS 744 242,24 6
104 Christian Midtgaard DEN 1304 242,24 3
105 Lars Hultgren SWE 2794 238,76 4
106 Jorgen Holm DEN 1377 235,08 6
107 Brent Williams AUS 738 220,84 4
108 Lennart Hansson SWE 88 220,82 4
109 Jan Hartmann GER 666 216,49 2
110 Glenn Yates AUS 724 214,01 4
111 Julian Bishop NZL 516 209,48 5
112 Marten Bernesand SWE 511 205,03 4
113 Andy Turner GBR 2123 204,73 4
114 Uwe Bohm GER 599 203,96 3
115 Claes Ahlstrom SWE 2780 203,53 2
116 Deryck Lovegrove GBR 2130 200,12 4
117 Trent Pryce NZL 502 199,72 2
118 Stefan Haage GER 761 196,28 6
119 Svend Erik Molbech DEN 1366 195,61 3
120 Robert Deaves GBR 2138 194,78 2
121 Julian Burnham GBR 2101 193,16 4
122 Richard Burton GBR 1774 192,72 4
123 Jonas Andersson SWE 2770 190,44 3
124 Ask Askholm DEN 1302 190,43 4
125 Sam Jedig DEN 1329 187,55 6
126 Bill Tyler AUS 692 186,49 6
127 Martin Bower GBR 2119 184,94 4
128 David O’Donnell AUS 695 178,90 4
129 Peter Norborg DEN 1374 178,01 2
130 Falk Hagemann GER 757 175,49 3
131 Neil Goodhead GBR 2125 174,53 3
132 Katharina Huss GER 606 172,34 6
133 Jonathon O’Donnell AUS 660 168,98 4
134 Mark Perrow NZL 476 165,90 2
135 Bengt Larsson SWE 2764 164,23 6
136 Jurgen Splieth GER 727 163,07 4
137 Kay Nickelkoppe GER 747 160,27 2
138 Janusz Stobinski POL 10 159,71 3
139 Robert Swiecki POL 40 157,90 6
140 Torsten Albrecht BEL 691 156,80 5
141 Bengt Stromberg SWE 11 156,74 3
142 Raymond Dodard FRA 1764 156,49 3
143 Jan Bechmann GER 567 153,06 5
144 Gerd Breitbart GER 662 152,80 4
145 Ivan Pedersen DEN 1256 152,53 3
146 Matt Stechmann NZL 524 152,07 4
147 Anders Widding SWE 2739 151,79 4
148 Heinz Ridder GER 651 151,73 8
149 Frederic Lamarque FRA 1764 150,00 2
150 Evert Nijzink NZL 515 144,45 3
151 Christian Huss GER 742 144,32 5
152 Krzysztof Dabkowski POL 58 143,43 1
153 Marty Pike NZL 536 141,59 3
154 Anders Andersen DEN 1346 141,24 2
155 Troels Lykke DEN 1330 139,16 2
156 Per Jaensson SWE 222 138,90 2
157 Jakub Kania POL 27 138,90 2
158 Dave Ketteridge AUS 725 135,94 2
159 Ingo Stelzer GER 755 135,93 2
160 Alain Renoux FRA 3 133,05 2
161 Stefan hagerland SWE 10 128,88 2
162 Mark Skelton AUS 736 126,20 1
163 Piotr Przewozny POL 117 125,03 4
164 Magnus Gillgren SWE 2750 123,06 4
165 Martin Werdermann GER 770 121,82 4
166 Graham Pearce AUS 737 120,56 3
167 Lasse Hansson SWE 2775 120,31 2
168 Michel Lesure LUX 1 117,00 2
169 Jorg Sylvester GER 726 115,50 2
170 Fritz Banner Pedersen DEN 1331 115,21 2
171 Andre Budzein GER 225 115,00 1
172 Gareth Wells AUS 742 114,49 2
173 Jesper Strandberg DEN 1315 113,71 3
174 Milosz Wojewski POL 22 112,32 2
175 Marek Barnat POL 424 109,85 3
176 Jonas Lindahl SWE 64 109,52 2
177 Martin Evans GBR 2115 109,01 2
178 Mieczyslaw Poplonyk POL 333 107,11 2
179 Simon Shaw GBR 2137 106,95 4
180 Jakub Dworniczak POL 24 103,63 2
181 Olle Albrektsson SWE 2787 102,64 1
182 John Hoogerbrug NZL 458 102,30 2
183 Ian Harris GBR 2105 101,94 1
184 Mike Walker AUS 655 100,03 3
185 Andrew Rushworth GBR 2134 98,87 1
186 Per Sorensen DEN 1350 98,62 2
187 John Douglas NZL 535 98,02 1
188 Olof Lindgren SWE 2719 97,71 2
189 Joe Schubert RSA 31 97,66 4
190 Mike Edwards GBR 2126 94,37 2
191 Claes Heyman SWE 2763 94,14 4
192 Noel Masseron FRA 29 93,57 1
193 Jerzy Bojanowski POL 18 92,08 3
194 Alan Atkin GBR 2129 91,49 4
195 Daen Dorazio AUS 715 90,98 1
196 Paul Bouts BEL 151 90,43 2
197 Chris Mason AUS 722 90,10 2
198 Dawid Kania POL 27 90,00 1
199 Rudiger Prinz GER 773 88,75 1
200 Berndt Svennsson SWE 2755 87,78 2
201 Karl Johan Osth SWE 2740 87,47 2
202 Olivier Ronsiaux FRA 1818 85,29 4
203 Nick Gray AUS 711 85,00 1
204 Bertil Eliasson SWE 111 84,06 2
205 Marc Boizard FRA 1734 83,96 2
206 Chris Visick AUS 708 83,93 1
207 Karsten Kath GER 728 83,56 5
208 Thomas Christensen DEN 1336 83,05 2
209 Robert Davis AUS 735 81,88 1
210 Yannick Laumans BEL 205 80,71 1
211 Pierre Debicki FRA 69 80,71 1
212 Freddy Ottosen DEN 1382 79,66 3
213 Rod Andrew BEL 1 77,14 2
214 Gunnar Goronzi GER 766 75,84 3
215 Kai Wehmhoerner GER 745 75,57 5
216 Dave Cooper GBR 2031 75,56 4
217 Mary Reddyhoff GBR 2058 73,48 3
218 Dean Dorazio AUS 673 73,27 2
219 Dennis Olsson SWE 661 72,79 3
220 Darren Prior GBR 2107 71,33 2
221 Jan Siebe de Vries NED 555 71,03 2
222 Gautier Aribaud FRA 2000 70,80 3
223 Andy Holmes GBR 2127 70,75 2
224 Simon Davis GBR 2141 70,52 2
225 Max Schlink NZL 508 68,38 3
226 Christopher Arnell GBR 2015 68,23 1
227 Yann Rialland FRA 1663 67,86 1
228 Douglas Parker AUS 702 67,66 3
229 Torsten Simon GER 730 67,08 1
230 Susanne Mackman GER 723 66,86 2
231 Donat Kujawinski POL 201 66,67 1
232 Wilhelm Kath GER 748 66,56 2
233 Max Nystedt SWE 123 65,28 1
234 Robby Werdermann GER 577 65,03 4
235 Jesper Petersen DEN 1340 64,62 1
236 Carl Hultgren SWE 2668 63,19 1
237 Jens Christian Jurlander SWE 222 62,78 1
238 Jean Claude lidon FRA 1810 61,43 1
239 Arne Malm SWE 2591 61,41 2
240 Marina Dellas GER 724 60,37 5
241 Knut Ramin GER 751 59,82 2
242 Jurgen Illers GER 643 58,50 1
243 Patrick Laumans BEL 205 58,21 1
244 Bartosz Przbysz POL 47 56,67 1
245 Paul Pike GBR 2104 56,58 3
246 Norbert Petrausch GER 630 55,62 5
247 Mateusz Kaesmarek POL 46 55,37 4
248 Konrad Kierzek POL 62 55,30 2
249 Maxine Manca FRA 1336 55,00 1
250 Jacques Boizard FRA 1117 54,74 2
251 Tom Lonsdale GBR 2068 53,86 2
252 Bill Bradburn GBR 2135 52,90 1
253 Chris Fenwick NZL 509 52,86 1
254 Sven Marchot GER 640 52,72 2
255 Manca Macime FRA 1336 52,71 2
256 Peter Wibroe DEN 1344 52,14 1
257 Andy Couch GBR 2133 51,10 1
258 Laurence Picard FRA 1769 51,04 4
259 Thomas Neveling GER 664 50,57 2
260 Tom Pedersen DEN 1261 50,11 1
261 Poul Christiansen DEN 1277 49,50 3
262 Mathieu Chenuil FRA 723 48,99 2
263 Egon Petersen DEN 1318 48,59 2
264 Joe Porebski NZL 523 48,57 1
265 Czyz Waldemar POL 81 48,57 2
266 Maxim van Pelt BEL 207 48,50 1
267 Joost Rommelaere BEL 56 48,43 2
268 Bob Buchanan AUS 726 47,50 1
269 Adrian Walker GBR 2126 47,45 2
270 Tom O’Donnell AUS 695 47,32 2
271 Karsten Kraus GER 743 47,31 1
272 Maurycy Chomicz POL 66 46,67 1
273 Thomas Augustesen DEN 1324 45,89 1
274 Reinhard Grassmel GER 700 45,66 2
275 Dan Ager GBR 2120 45,51 1
276 Magnus Bager SWE 2217 45,37 2
277 Mads Brockhuss DEN 1359 45,35 2
278 Mikael Nielsen DEN 1337 45,27 1
279 Yves Kaminski GER 755 44,92 1
280 Michael Wolf GER 774 43,85 2
281 Anders Holst DEN 1353 42,32 1
282 Fabian Gronholz GER 632 42,24 2
283 Peter Rudholm SWE 2721 41,67 1
284 Christian Stormark DEN 9 41,34 1
285 O Nicholas AUS 717 41,25 1
286 Thomas van Hoeylandt BEL 205 41,00 1
287 Jakob Christensen DEN 1326 40,72 2
288 Robert Cambell Grey GBR 2139 40,65 1
289 Slawomir Blaszka POL 161 40,63 1
290 Sebastian Knorr GER 57 40,38 2
291 Nik Wallis AUS 720 40,24 2
292 Rasmus Clausen DEN 1342 40,09 2
293 Brad Johanson CAN 500 40,05 3
294 Robert Glowacki POL 3 40,00 1
295 Brett Graham RSA 32 40,00 1
296 Ernst Ramin GER 708 40,00 1
297 Andy Davies GBR 2117 39,93 1
298 Pete Turner GBR 2059 39,78 1
299 Jonny Billstrom SWE 14 39,56 1
300 Bjorn Westergaard DEN 1321 39,38 1
301 Robert Bancken NED 638 38,84 3
302 Lasse Lante SWE 24 38,79 1
303 Arkadiues Sarowski POL 23 38,45 2
304 Mathias Fisker DEN 1345 38,39 1
305 Michael Flavell AUS 543 38,15 1
306 Erik Thompson AUS 642 37,94 3
307 Jaroslaw Szpinalski POL 333 37,23 1
308 Simon Polteg SWE 2756 37,14 2
309 Bernd Willmann GER 660 37,05 2
310 Maciej Malag POL 20 36,67 1
311 Soren Andersen DEN 1275 36,43 1
312 Nicolas Silvy FRA 1044 35,71 1
313 Christan Schmidt-Moller DEN 1285 34,46 1
314 Simon Cox GBR 2122 34,34 1
315 Nigel Grogan GBR 2131 32,94 1
316 Thomas Berger GER 659 32,62 1
317 Uli Borchers GER 587 32,50 1
318 Stig Hyling Munchaus DEN 1386 32,31 1
319 Frank Prater AUS 679 31,88 1
320 Henrik Kjeldsen DEN 1212 31,11 1
321 Chris Hall AUS 0 31,11 1
322 Johanna Andrew Becker BEL 29 30,64 2
323 John Skjoldby Petersen DEN 1303 30,54 1
324 Kevin Gibb GBR 2045 30,15 1
325 Kacper Jarocki POL 34 30,09 2
326 Yan Rialland FRA 1562 29,55 1
327 Roland Gadsby GBR 1748 28,87 1
328 John Ball GBR 2100 28,75 1
329 Tony Thresher GBR 2133 28,71 1
330 Esben Andersen DEN 301 28,57 1
331 Stig Frandsen DEN 1396 27,69 1
332 Martin Kay DEN 1305 27,59 1
333 Andreas Risne SWE 1 27,27 1
334 Nigel Comber NZL 510 27,14 1
335 Michael Jorgensen DEN 1330 27,08 2
336 Steve Ede GBR 2096 25,96 1
337 Jan Gjelstrup Larsen DEN 1324 25,63 1
338 E Williams AUS 673 25,63 1
339 Bartosz Parzuchowski POL 23 25,36 1
340 Jakob Witthoft DEN 1337 23,81 1
341 Graham Lambert NZL 493 23,65 2
342 Tobias Willmann GER 404 23,43 1
343 Pawel Wozniak POL 272 23,33 1
344 Thierry Damblon BEL 44 22,86 1
345 Josh Weeks NZL 518 22,86 1
346 Mikael Haglund SWE 2753 21,52 1
347 Didier Soulies FRA 74 21,36 1
348 Mikkel Hvalsoe DEN 1301 21,29 1
349 Johhny Leif Hansen DEN 1342 20,71 1
350 Ashly Parkinson AUS 629 20,54 1
351 Peter Aebeloe SWE 2784 20,38 2
352 Jack Grogan GBR 1968 20,37 1
353 Kevin Knott AUS 500 20,37 1
354 Jedrzej Charlampowicz POL 45 20,27 1
355 J Cummins AUS 659 19,38 1
356 Nick Frampton GBR 2060 19,35 1
357 Simon Hoult GBR 2133 19,19 1
358 Paul Richards AUS 666 18,97 1
359 Richard Ham GBR 2053 18,97 1
360 lars Borggren SWE 2750 18,64 1
361 Lynge Thang Jorgensen DEN 1371 18,44 1
362 Hendrik Bendsen DEN 302 17,77 1
363 Helene Boizard FRA 0 17,27 1
364 Chris Perry GBR 2096 17,08 1
365 Jacob Christensen Wulff DEN 1326 16,79 1
366 Filip Fazula POL 52 16,67 1
367 Dominique Istasse BEL 125 16,43 1
368 kevin Rialland FRA 1110 16,43 1
369 R Bugg AUS 688 16,25 1
370 Tim O’Leary GBR 1966 16,18 1
371 Matt Bates GBR 2092 16,13 1
372 Anders Gunnersen DEN 1316 15,80 1
373 Jakub Swerpel POL 479 15,18 1
374 Ian Lind Seddon DEN 1286 14,82 1
375 Michael Morrison NZL 501 14,29 1
376 Jan Taelman BEL 15 14,00 1
377 Niels Jorgen Larsen DEN 1343 13,84 1
378 Terrence Benade AUS 673 13,50 1
379 Ralf Gerbig GER 357 13,00 1
380 Marc Warnecke GER 41 12,92 1
381 Arne Good NED 657 12,50 1
382 Kim W Holm DEN 1389 12,11 1
383 Mikael Jorgensen DEN 1330 12,00 1
384 Robbie Wilson GBR 2134 11,99 1
385 Susanne Mackmann GER 724 11,51 1
386 Daniel Groschl GER 656 10,80 1
387 Colin Slevin GBR 2108 10,59 1
388 Conrad Brown USA 610 10,59 1
389 Soren Andersen NOR 7 10,38 1
390 Grant Pedersen NZL 490 10,00 1
391 Andres Blasco Cortes ESP 1 10,00 1
392 Russell Peterson AUS 667 10,00 1
393 Ingemar Helgesson SWE 2672 10,00 1
394 Philippe Darcos FRA 129 10,00 1
395 Adam Krzyzkowski POL 220 10,00 1
396 Erik Dubreuil FRA 0 9,09 1
397 Par Karlsson SWE 2695 8,34 1
398 Andreas Silvan GER 624 8,00 1
399 Alexandre Rosier BEL 0 8,00 1
400 Bartosz Szymik POL 65 6,70 1
401 Dominique Istasse BEL 125 6,50 1
402 Ed Dutton GBR 2128 6,40 1
403 Jake O’Donnell AUS 660 6,40 1
404 Sam Blocksidge GBR 2092 6,40 1
405 Cornelia Wirbeleit GER 633 6,29 1
406 Sven Beye GER 715 6,08 1
407 Peter Nielsen DEN 1272 5,00 1
408 Jonas Borup DEN 1339 5,00 1
409 Jake Cracknell GBR 2012 5,00 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