World Ranking May 2011: World Champion back on top

Despite failing to win the recent Interdominion title in Melbourne last month, reigning world champion Karl Purdie (NZL) has retaken the lead at the top of the OK Dinghy World Ranking list and in doing so becomes only the third person in the history of the class ever to each the magic 1,000 points. The others are Nick Craig (GBR) and Jorgen Lindhardtsen (DEN).

Purdie finished second in the Interdominions to the up and coming young Kiwi sailor Brad Douglas (NZL), who moves up to eighth. The Kiwis figured well at that event and as such, the latest release includes no less than six Kiwis in the top 10. This release also includes the 2011 New Zealand Nationals, won by Purdie and the 2011 Australian Nationals, won by Mike Williams (AUS).

Coming off the back of a New Zealand worlds last year in Wellington, New Zealand and Australian feature highly in the top 20 and this means their regattas this year were also high scoring for the purposes of the ranking list (fleet quality is a factor in the points gained), which will keep them there for a while longer. However, with a small Kiwi team at the World Championships in Scotland this year, many Kiwis will drop out of the top 20 and the field will become more even.

Having said that the Interdominions last month contained one of the highest quality fields in recent years. Out of the top 11 sailors, there were no less than 11 World Championship medals, 18 national titles and 11 Interdominion titles.

The focus now moves to Europe with the Spring Cup being sailed at Medemblik this weekend, before events in Kiel, Warnemünde and the round of national championships this summer.

Ranking May 2011
Rank	Name	Nat.	Sailno.	Points	Events sailed (5 to count)
1	Karl Purdie	NZL	531	1001,91	7
2	Greg Wilcox	NZL	522	914,04	12
3	Nick Craig	GBR	2134	877,92	7
4	Terry Curtis	GBR	2118	869,29	10
5	Paul Rhodes	NZL	517	826,52	5
6	Ben Morrison	NZL	530	812,59	5
7	Andre Blassé	AUS	729	810,51	7
8	Brad Douglas	NZL	539	809,33	5
9	Thomas Hanson-Mild	SWE	100	799,30	7
10	Luke O’Connell	NZL	511	789,76	5
11	Mike Williams	AUS	730	779,43	6
12	Jorgen Svendsen	DEN	1385	743,57	8
13	Alistair Deaves	NZL	542	739,11	6
14	Sönke Behrens	GER	690	726,97	9
15	Matt Steven	NZL	519	699,98	4
16	Tomasz Gaj	POL	1	696,38	11
17	Jorgen Lindhartdsen	DEN	1364	687,07	12
18	Steve McDowell	NZL	525	676,42	4
19	Roger Blassé	AUS	678	669,40	4
20	Christian Hedlund	DEN	1375	638,73	18
21	Russell Wood	NZL	526	638,56	4
22	Martin von Zimmermann	GER	493	618,42	11
23	Pawel Pawlaczyk	POL	14	603,60	7
24	Bartosz Rakocy	POL	19	585,24	7
25	Andrew Pardington	NZL	528	578,42	5
26	Nigel Mannering	NZL	500	570,68	4
27	Jon Fish	GBR	2136	557,09	9
28	Oliver Gronholz	GER	717	556,19	9
29	Darek Kras	POL	5	533,58	14
30	Antoni Pawlowski	POL	31	533,46	6
31	Gunter Arndt	GER	672	522,50	6
32	Marty Weeks	NZL	479	522,46	5
33	Rene Johannsen	DEN	1361	514,26	10
34	Ralf Tietje	GER	750	508,92	8
35	Christian Olesen	DEN	1340	508,41	6
36	Rainer Dr Pospiech	GER	765	507,63	7
37	Peter Robinson	AUS	750	495,79	6
38	Hans Elkjaer	SWE	99	491,68	10
39	Glenn Williams	AUS	719	487,72	6
40	Arne Lindemann	GER	752	481,21	6
41	Adrian Mannering	NZL	504	479,69	3
42	Radoslaw Drozdzik	POL	44	475,93	8
43	Owen Anderson	NZL	469	471,94	4
44	Dan Bush	NZL	478	470,97	3
45	Stefan Myralf	DEN	1333	457,23	10
46	Jorg Rademacher	GER	730	449,09	8
47	Jan-Erik Engholm	SWE	2782	435,80	5
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	Andreas Pich	GER	747	424,97	8
53	Bo Teglers	DEN	1369	420,10	7
54	Peter Stephan	GER	665	418,80	9
55	Gary Lokum	AUS	741	418,42	5
56	Greg Wright	NZL	475	414,65	3
57	Kagan Weeks	NZL	479	411,51	3
58	Ralf Mackman	GER	771	410,24	7
59	Hakan Tornqvist	SWE	2786	404,73	4
60	Ben Lutz	NZL	470	398,34	3
61	Tim Goodbody	IRL	10	395,78	3
62	Andreas Deubel	GER	760	390,77	8
63	Eddie O’Donnell	AUS	734	378,48	6
64	Tony Woods	GBR	2124	377,30	6
65	Peter Scheuerl	GER	718	367,04	3
66	Thomas Glas	GER	731	366,73	6
67	Jorgen Holm	DEN	1377	359,35	6
68	Ingemar Janson	SWE	2772	354,39	8
69	Peter Lynch	AUS	726	350,87	6
70	Mark Roberts	AUS	739	349,27	6
71	Dirk Dame	GER	688	347,84	6
72	Jan Eric Nystedt	SWE	66	341,79	4
73	Ronny Poelman	BEL	220	338,73	8
74	Keith Byers	GBR	2084	334,17	3
75	Darren Hunt	AUS	641	329,48	3
76	Mogens Johansen	DEN	1335	320,82	4
77	Dirk Gericke	GER	735	319,55	6
78	Marek Jarocki	POL	16	315,31	4
79	Jens Makholm	NOR	467	314,02	11
80	Justin Barr	AUS	721	313,27	4
81	Juliane Hofmann	GER	767	313,12	6
82	Mark Jackson	AUS	735	308,95	3
83	Chris Devine	NZL	502	297,05	3
84	Adrian Coulthard	NZL	472	296,34	5
85	Don Williams	AUS	727	294,44	6
86	Gavin Waldron	GBR	2085	292,83	3
87	Peter Wallace	AUS	716	286,77	5
88	Bruce Ashton	AUS	728	281,11	3
89	Andre Hennings	GER	621	280,43	5
90	Alex Scoles	GBR	2135	279,45	6
91	Christian Heinze	GER	607	278,09	8
92	Thorsten Schmidt	GER	737	277,90	8
93	Antony Rich	GBR	2121	270,34	2
94	Jan-Dietmar Dellas	GER	680	258,61	6
95	Tim Davies	AUS	732	258,31	3
96	Richard Furneaux	AUS	694	256,33	6
97	Jurgen Splieth	GER	727	251,43	5
98	Svend Erik Molbech	DEN	1366	249,84	3
99	Bo Staffan Andersson	SWE	2784	249,11	2
100	Ulf Dagerbrandt	SWE	2741	244,20	3
101	Malte Pedersen	DEN	1265	244,02	16
102	Andrew Baker	AUS	744	242,24	6
103	Janusz Stobinski	POL	10	229,77	5
104	Ivan Pedersen	DEN	1256	227,51	3
105	Brent Williams	AUS	738	220,84	4
106	Stefan Haage	GER	761	217,81	4
107	Paul Verrijdt	BEL	214	215,08	7
108	Glenn Yates	AUS	724	214,01	4
109	Lennart Hansson	SWE	88	213,87	4
110	Jan Hartmann	GER	666	210,88	2
111	Andy Turner	GBR	2123	210,40	4
112	Julian Bishop	NZL	516	209,48	5
113	Julian Burnham	GBR	2101	207,83	4
114	Claes Ahlstrom	SWE	2780	203,53	2
115	Trent Pryce	NZL	502	199,72	2
116	Falk Hagemann	GER	757	197,25	4
117	Ingo Stelzer	GER	755	195,06	3
118	Robert Deaves	GBR	2138	194,78	2
119	Richard Burton	GBR	1774	194,32	3
120	Bengt Larsson	SWE	2764	193,73	5
121	Piotr Przewozny	POL	117	192,56	5
122	Mike Edwards	GBR	2126	190,45	3
123	Deryck Lovegrove	GBR	2130	186,82	4
124	Bill Tyler	AUS	692	186,49	6
125	David O’Donnell	AUS	695	178,90	4
126	Erik Bork	GER	695	177,77	4
127	Jens Lauge	DEN	11	176,00	4
128	Marten Bernesand	SWE	511	170,72	4
129	Jonathon O’Donnell	AUS	660	168,98	4
130	Martin Bower	GBR	2119	166,63	3
131	Uwe Bohm	GER	599	166,03	3
132	Mark Perrow	NZL	476	165,90	2
133	Katharina Huss	GER	606	164,68	6
134	Bengt Stromberg	SWE	11	156,74	3
135	Raymond Dodard	FRA	1764	156,49	3
136	Karsten Hitz	GER	744	156,32	4
137	Robert Swiecki	POL	40	154,19	7
138	Per Jaensson	SWE	222	153,90	3
139	Neil Goodhead	GBR	2125	153,16	3
140	Sam Jedig	DEN	1329	152,12	5
141	Matt Stechmann	NZL	524	152,07	4
142	Frederic Lamarque	FRA	1764	150,00	2
143	Fabian Gronholz	GER	632	145,57	4
144	Evert Nijzink	NZL	515	144,45	3
145	Krzysztof Dabkowski	POL	58	143,43	1
146	Marty Pike	NZL	536	141,59	3
147	Anders Andersen	DEN	1346	141,24	2
148	Heinz Ridder	GER	651	140,83	8
149	Jan Bechmann	GER	567	139,49	7
150	Troels Lykke	DEN	1330	139,16	2
151	Lars Hultgren	SWE	2668	136,20	3
152	Dave Ketteridge	AUS	725	135,94	2
153	Christian Midtgaard	DEN	1304	135,74	2
154	Torsten Albrecht	BEL	691	134,35	6
155	Carsten Sass	GER	539	133,29	3
156	Alain Renoux	FRA	3	133,05	2
157	Ask Askholm	DEN	1302	132,40	3
158	Karsten Kraus	GER	743	131,96	2
159	Jonas Andersson	SWE	2770	131,19	2
160	Berndt Svennsson	SWE	2755	129,78	3
161	Stefan hagerland	SWE	10	128,88	2
162	Joe Schubert	RSA	31	128,10	4
163	Mark Skelton	AUS	736	126,20	1
164	Graham Pearce	AUS	737	120,56	3
165	Michel Lesure	LUX	1	117,00	2
166	Gunnar Goronzi	GER	766	116,95	4
167	Anders Widding	SWE	2739	116,16	3
168	Christian Huss	GER	742	115,99	6
169	Magnus Gillgren	SWE	2599	115,76	3
170	Fritz Banner Pedersen	DEN	1331	115,21	2
171	Gareth Wells	AUS	742	114,49	2
172	Jesper Strandberg	DEN	1315	113,71	3
173	Simon Shaw	GBR	2137	113,01	4
174	Jorg Sylvester	GER	726	112,73	2
175	Milosz Wojewski	POL	22	112,32	2
176	Marek Barnat	POL	424	109,85	3
177	Jonas Lindahl	SWE	64	109,52	2
178	Martin Evans	GBR	2115	109,01	2
179	Mieczyslaw Poplonyk	POL	333	107,11	2
180	Jerzy Bojanowski	POL	18	106,99	3
181	Karl Johan Osth	SWE	2740	105,47	3
182	Gerd Breitbart	GER	662	104,66	2
183	Daniel Groschl	GER	656	104,55	3
184	Jakub Dworniczak	POL	24	103,63	2
185	Olle Albrektsson	SWE	2787	102,64	1
186	John Hoogerbrug	NZL	458	102,30	2
187	Karsten Kath	GER	728	101,99	7
188	Ian Harris	GBR	2105	101,94	1
189	Arne Malm	SWE	2591	100,41	3
190	Mike Walker	AUS	655	100,03	3
191	Kai Wehmhoerner	GER	649	99,06	7
192	Andrew Rushworth	GBR	2134	98,87	1
193	Per Sorensen	DEN	1350	98,62	2
194	John Douglas	NZL	535	98,02	1
195	Olof Lindgren	SWE	2719	97,71	2
196	Freddy Ottosen	DEN	1382	94,43	3
197	Noel Masseron	FRA	29	93,57	1
198	Alan Atkin	GBR	2129	92,05	4
199	Daen Dorazio	AUS	715	90,98	1
200	Paul Bouts	BEL	151	90,43	2
201	Chris Mason	AUS	722	90,10	2
202	Dawid Kania	POL	27	90,00	1
203	Max Nystedt	SWE	123	89,28	2
204	Jakub Kania	POL	27	89,19	2
205	Peter Rudholm	SWE	2721	86,67	2
206	Olivier Ronsiaux	FRA	1818	85,29	4
207	Nick Gray	AUS	711	85,00	1
208	Bertil Eliasson	SWE	111	84,06	2
209	Marc Boizard	FRA	1734	83,96	2
210	Chris Visick	AUS	708	83,93	1
211	Thomas Christensen	DEN	1336	83,05	2
212	Robert Davis	AUS	735	81,88	1
213	Magnus Bager	SWE	2217	81,37	3
214	Yannick Laumans	BEL	205	80,71	1
215	Pierre Debicki	FRA	69	80,71	1
216	Dave Cooper	GBR	2031	78,13	3
217	Rod Andrew	BEL	1	77,14	2
218	Mary Reddyhoff	GBR	2058	73,48	3
219	Jurgen Illers	GER	643	73,28	2
220	Dean Dorazio	AUS	673	73,27	2
221	Darren Prior	GBR	2107	71,33	2
222	Jan Siebe de Vries	NED	555	71,03	2
223	Gautier Aribaud	FRA	2000	70,80	3
224	Andy Holmes	GBR	2127	70,75	2
225	Simon Davis	GBR	2141	70,52	2
226	Max Schlink	NZL	508	68,38	3
227	Wilhelm Kath	GER	748	68,29	2
228	Christopher Arnell	GBR	2015	68,23	1
229	Yann Rialland	FRA	1663	67,86	1
230	Douglas Parker	AUS	702	67,66	3
231	Martin Werdermann	GER	770	67,13	2
232	Susanne Mackman	GER	723	66,86	2
233	Donat Kujawinski	POL	201	66,67	1
234	Stig Hyling Munchaus	DEN	1386	64,62	1
235	Jens Christian Jurlander	SWE	222	62,78	1
236	Sven Marchot	GER	640	62,01	3
237	Jean Claude lidon	FRA	1810	61,43	1
238	John Skjoldby Petersen	DEN	1303	60,09	2
239	Marina Dellas	GER	724	59,58	4
240	Norbert Petrausch	GER	630	58,75	5
241	Patrick Laumans	BEL	205	58,21	1
242	Roland Gadsby	GBR	1748	57,74	1
243	Thomas Neveling	GER	664	57,66	3
244	Tony Thresher	GBR	2133	57,41	1
245	Bartosz Przbysz	POL	47	56,67	1
246	Paul Pike	GBR	2104	56,58	3
247	Konrad Kierzek	POL	62	55,30	2
248	Maxine Manca	FRA	1336	55,00	1
249	Jacques Boizard	FRA	1117	54,74	2
250	Lasse Hansson	SWE	27	53,18	1
251	Bill Bradburn	GBR	2135	52,90	1
252	Chris Fenwick	NZL	509	52,86	1
253	Manca Macime	FRA	1336	52,71	2
254	Kay Nickelkoppe	GER	756	52,43	1
255	Peter Wibroe	DEN	1344	52,14	1
256	Andy Couch	GBR	2133	51,10	1
257	Laurence Picard	FRA	1769	51,04	4
258	Claes Heyman	SWE	2763	50,95	3
259	Tom Pedersen	DEN	1261	50,11	1
260	Poul Christiansen	DEN	1277	49,50	3
261	Mathieu Chenuil	FRA	723	48,99	2
262	Egon Petersen	DEN	1318	48,59	2
263	Joe Porebski	NZL	523	48,57	1
264	Czyz Waldemar	POL	81	48,57	2
265	Maxim van Pelt	BEL	207	48,50	1
266	Joost Rommelaere	BEL	56	48,43	2
267	Bob Buchanan	AUS	726	47,50	1
268	Adrian Walker	GBR	2126	47,45	2
269	Tom O’Donnell	AUS	695	47,32	2
270	Tobias Willmann	GER	404	46,86	1
271	Maurycy Chomicz	POL	66	46,67	1
272	Thomas Augustesen	DEN	1324	45,89	1
273	Dan Ager	GBR	2120	45,51	1
274	Mads Brockhuss	DEN	1359	45,35	2
275	Mikael Nielsen	DEN	1337	45,27	1
276	Dennis Olsson	SWE	661	45,04	2
277	Knut Ramin	GER	751	44,57	1
278	Yves Kaminski	GER	577	44,31	2
279	Mikkel Hvalsoe	DEN	1301	42,59	1
280	Anders Holst	DEN	1353	42,32	1
281	Christian Stormark	DEN	9	41,34	1
282	O Nicholas	AUS	717	41,25	1
283	Thomas van Hoeylandt	BEL	205	41,00	1
284	Robert Cambell Grey	GBR	2139	40,65	1
285	Slawomir Blaszka	POL	161	40,63	1
286	Robby Werdermann	GER	577	40,51	2
287	Nik Wallis	AUS	720	40,24	2
288	Rasmus Clausen	DEN	1342	40,09	2
289	Robert Glowacki	POL	3	40,00	1
290	Brett Graham	RSA	32	40,00	1
291	Andy Davies	GBR	2117	39,93	1
292	Mateusz Kaesmarek	POL	46	39,42	3
293	Bjorn Westergaard	DEN	1321	39,38	1
294	Lasse Lante	SWE	24	38,79	1
295	Arkadiues Sarowski	POL	23	38,45	2
296	Mathias Fisker	DEN	1345	38,39	1
297	Michael Flavell	AUS	543	38,15	1
298	Erik Thompson	AUS	642	37,94	3
299	Jaroslaw Szpinalski	POL	333	37,23	1
300	Reinhard Grassmel	GER	189	37,14	2
301	Simon Polteg	SWE	2756	37,14	2
302	Maciej Malag	POL	20	36,67	1
303	Soren Andersen	DEN	1275	36,43	1
304	Nicolas Silvy	FRA	1044	35,71	1
305	Robert Bancken	NED	638	35,04	2
306	Brad Johanson	CAN	500	34,47	3
307	Christan Schmidt-Moller	DEN	1285	34,46	1
308	Simon Cox	GBR	2122	34,34	1
309	Nigel Grogan	GBR	2131	32,94	1
310	Uli Borchers	GER	587	32,50	1
311	Frank Prater	AUS	679	31,88	1
312	Henrik Kjeldsen	DEN	1212	31,11	1
313	Chris Hall	AUS	0	31,11	1
314	Johanna Andrew Becker	BEL	29	30,64	2
315	Kevin Gibb	GBR	2045	30,15	1
316	Kacper Jarocki	POL	34	30,09	2
317	Jonas Petersson	SWE	2599	30,00	1
318	Yan Rialland	FRA	1562	29,55	1
319	John Ball	GBR	2100	28,75	1
320	Bernd Willmann	GER	660	28,57	1
321	Esben Andersen	DEN	301	28,57	1
322	Cornelia Wirbeleit	GER	633	28,03	2
323	Martin Kay	DEN	1305	27,59	1
324	Sebastian Knorr	GER	57	27,36	1
325	Andreas Risne	SWE	1	27,27	1
326	Nigel Comber	NZL	510	27,14	1
327	Michael Jorgensen	DEN	1330	27,08	2
328	Steve Ede	GBR	2096	25,96	1
329	Jan Gjelstrup Larsen	DEN	1324	25,63	1
330	E Williams	AUS	673	25,63	1
331	Bartosz Parzuchowski	POL	23	25,36	1
332	Jakob Christensen	DEN	1326	24,78	1
333	Graham Lambert	NZL	493	23,65	2
334	Pawel Wozniak	POL	272	23,33	1
335	Tom Lonsdale	GBR	2068	23,16	1
336	Susanne Mackmann	GER	724	23,02	1
337	Thierry Damblon	BEL	44	22,86	1
338	Josh Weeks	NZL	518	22,86	1
339	Ralf Gerbig	GER	357	22,18	2
340	Jan Behrendt	GER	759	21,65	1
341	Mikael Haglund	SWE	2753	21,52	1
342	Didier Soulies	FRA	74	21,36	1
343	Soren Andersen	NOR	7	20,77	1
344	Johhny Leif Hansen	DEN	1342	20,71	1
345	Ashly Parkinson	AUS	629	20,54	1
346	Peter Aebeloe	SWE	2784	20,38	2
347	Jack Grogan	GBR	1968	20,37	1
348	Kevin Knott	AUS	500	20,37	1
349	Jedrzej Charlampowicz	POL	45	20,27	1
350	Jan Seekanp	GER	630	19,69	1
351	J Cummins	AUS	659	19,38	1
352	Michael Wolf	GER	360	19,33	2
353	Simon Hoult	GBR	2133	19,19	1
354	Paul Richards	AUS	666	18,97	1
355	Richard Ham	GBR	2053	18,97	1
356	lars Borggren	SWE	2750	18,64	1
357	Lynge Thang Jorgensen	DEN	1371	18,44	1
358	Pete Turner	GBR	2059	17,94	1
359	Hendrik Bendsen	DEN	302	17,77	1
360	Helene Boizard	FRA	0	17,27	1
361	Jacob Christensen Wulff	DEN	1326	16,79	1
362	Filip Fazula	POL	52	16,67	1
363	Dominique Istasse	BEL	125	16,43	1
364	kevin Rialland	FRA	1110	16,43	1
365	R Bugg	AUS	688	16,25	1
366	Tim O’Leary	GBR	1966	16,18	1
367	Matt Bates	GBR	2092	16,13	1
368	Anders Gunnersen	DEN	1316	15,80	1
369	Jakub Swerpel	POL	479	15,18	1
370	Magnus Haglund	SWE	2071	15,00	1
371	Ian Lind Seddon	DEN	1286	14,82	1
372	Michael Morrison	NZL	501	14,29	1
373	Jan Taelman	BEL	15	14,00	1
374	Niels Jorgen Larsen	DEN	1343	13,84	1
375	Terrence Benade	AUS	673	13,50	1
376	Arne Good	NED	657	12,50	1
377	Sven Beye	GER	715	12,17	1
378	Kim W Holm	DEN	1389	12,11	1
379	Julian von Colin	SUI	66	12,01	2
380	Robbie Wilson	GBR	2134	11,99	1
381	Colin Slevin	GBR	2108	10,59	1
382	Conrad Brown	USA	610	10,59	1
383	Jens Kaiser	GER	659	10,23	1
384	Grant Pedersen	NZL	490	10,00	1
385	Andres Blasco Cortes	ESP	1	10,00	1
386	Russell Peterson	AUS	667	10,00	1
387	Ingemar Helgesson	SWE	2672	10,00	1
388	Philippe Darcos	FRA	129	10,00	1
389	Adam Krzyzkowski	POL	220	10,00	1
390	Erik Dubreuil	FRA	0	9,09	1
391	Par Karlsson	SWE	2695	8,34	1
392	Rudiger Lippert	GER	399	8,00	1
393	Alexandre Rosier	BEL	0	8,00	1
394	Bartosz Szymik	POL	65	6,70	1
395	Dominique Istasse	BEL	125	6,50	1
396	Ed Dutton	GBR	2128	6,40	1
397	Jake O’Donnell	AUS	660	6,40	1
398	Sam Blocksidge	GBR	2092	6,40	1
399	Peter Nielsen	DEN	1272	5,00	1
400	Jonas Borup	DEN	1339	5,00	1
401	Jake Cracknell	GBR	2012	5,00	1
402	Per Bo Hansen	DEN	1341	5,00	1
403	Nigel Harvey	AUS	610	5,00	1
404	Marek Czarniecki	POL	7	5,00	1
405	Rune Larsen	DEN	1159	5,00	1
406	Hendrik Kjeldsen	DEN	1212	5,00	1
407	Claus Hagerup	DEN	1378	5,00	1
408	Peter West	DEN	1348	4,98	1
409	Julian Massler	GER	2	4,00	1
410	Ernst Ramin	GER	708	4,00	1

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