Jørgen Lindhardtsen at 2008 World Championship

Consistent results and consistent showing from Jørgen Lindhardtsen (DEN) has taken him back to the top of the final OK Dinghy World Ranking List of 2008, knocking the triple world champion Nick Craig (GBR) of the top spot for the first time in two years. Less points than last year from Craig at the both the world championship (where he finished second) and Kiel Week (third), combined with missing several of the later season events has cost him dearly, though with a new boat beckoning for 2009, he is still a long way from being a has-been. Meanwhile Lindhardtsen, competed in one more event than Craig and also convincingly won his 13th Danish National title to add to other great results earlier in the year to
reverse Craig’s 30 point lead and take the overall lead for the second time in the history of the Ranking List.

The actual sailors in the top 10 remain exactly the same for this issue, but some have shuffled places. World Champion Karl Purdie (NZL) remains in third, having not competed in any events since the last release, althoughwith the southern hemisphere season only just getting underway, there could be big changes for the next release. A good performance from Purdie at the Interdominion and New Zealand Nationals should allow him to take the lead.

Gunter Arndt (GER) moves up one place to fourth and Christian Olesen (DEN) moves up four places to fifth. Ironically, after winning both the Belgian Nationals and the British Nationals, Terry Curtis (GBR) drops one place to seventh. The other events included in this issue are the Polish Nationals, won by Antoni Pawlowski (POL), the Swedish Nationals, won by Thomas Hansson-Mild (SWE) and the French Nationals, won by Noël Masseron (FRA).

For the first time ever the ranking list now includes 397 competitors from 12 nations. The next release will be in March after the main events downunder have been completed.

Ranking November 2008
Rank Name Nat. Sailno. Points Events
1 Jørgen Lindhardtsen DEN 1364 909,08 12
2 Nick Craig GBR 2116 881,51 12
3 Karl Purdie NZL 531 867,84 7
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 Mark Perrow NZL 527 810,19 9
9 Andre Blasse AUS 727 807,07 8
10 Steve McDowell NZL 525 790,76 7
11 Thomas Hanson-Mild SWE 2767 784,91 9
12 Oliver Gronholz GER 717 781,59 10
13 Pawel Pawlaczyk POL 14 774,04 8
14 Thomas Glas GER 731 762,87 13
15 Luke O’Connell NZL 511 760,95 10
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 Jon Fish GBR 2122 668,35 8
23 Rene Johannsen DEN 1361 659,19 7
24 Alistair Deaves NZL 532 652,69 6
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 Trent Pryce NZL 502 629,62 7
29 Jan Eric Nystedt SWE 66 607,56 7
30 Alex Scoles GBR 2117 602,77 10
31 Dan Ager GBR 2120 587,09 8
32 Anders Andersen DEN 1346 583,91 4
33 Darek Kras POL 5 550,75 11
34 Peter Scheuerl GER 718 525,98 5
35 Christian Midtgaard DEN 1304 524,07 4
36 Gavin Waldron GBR 2085 523,33 6
37 Mike Edwards GBR 2126 507,46 5
38 Glenn Yates AUS 724 496,55 6
39 Paul Rhodes NZL 517 494,98 5
40 Ian Harris GBR 2105 491,10 5
41 Peter Stephan GER 665 487,75 8
42 Tomasz Gaj POL 1 486,56 9
43 Bartosz Rakocy POL 19 470,79 12
44 Carsten Sass GER 539 465,33 7
45 Dave Clancy AUS 733 461,57 4
46 Dave Kettridge AUS 725 460,21 5
47 Hinnerk Ries GER 670 459,46 10
48 Matt Steven NZL 501 440,39 2
49 Jan-Erik Engholm SWE 2763 437,19 4
50 Bob Buchanan AUS 726 435,61 4
51 Keith Dutton GBR 2127 433,96 6
52 Darren Hunt AUS 641 430,68 6
53 Neil Goodhead GBR 2125 424,25 7
54 Matt Stechmann NZL 524 421,19 6
55 Janusz Stobinski POL 10 418,82 7
56 Rainer Dr Pospiech GER 745 402,60 8
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 Joe Porebski NZL 523 384,54 7
61 David O’Donnell AUS 695 382,42 6
62 Keith Byers GBR 2084 376,35 4
63 Jakub Kania POL 27 375,67 9
64 Dirk Gericke GER 735 366,37 6
65 Sonke Behrens GER 695 357,01 5
66 Gunnar Specht GER 694 354,20 6
67 Christian Hedlund DEN 1368 352,98 7
68 Grant Pedersen NZL 518 352,93 3
69 Bengt Stromberg SWE 11 340,54 6
70 Mike Wilde NZL 529 338,81 5
71 Jerzy Bojanowski POL 18 338,09 7
72 Troels Lykke DEN 1330 319,87 3
73 Dirk Dame GER 688 317,68 7
74 Andreas Deubel GER 671 316,63 9
75 Peter Lynch AUS 713 313,25 4
76 Max Nystedt SWE 123 311,68 4
77 Ralf Mackman GER 723 311,64 5
78 Antony Rich GBR 2121 309,44 4
79 Antoni Pawlowski POL 31 306,99 3
80 Katharina Huss GER 606 299,35 6
81 Claes Ahlstrom SWE 2780 299,03 6
82 Thorsten Schmidt GER 737 296,06 6
83 Falk Hagemann GER 659 294,55 6
84 Erik Bork GER 695 293,23 5
85 Juliane Hofmann GER 699 291,94 7
86 Peter Wallace AUS 716 290,19 7
87 Roger Blass� AUS 678 279,70 3
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 Tim Davies AUS 732 258,49 3
93 Bruce Ashton AUS 728 257,56 3
94 Ingmar Janson SWE 2772 256,04 4
95 Paul Verrijdt BEL 214 255,66 7
96 Jonas Quist SWE 33 252,26 3
97 Peter Wibroe DEN 1344 251,02 3
98 Joe Schubert DEN 1347 249,21 5
99 Ulf Dagerbrandt SWE 2731 248,81 4
100 Jonas Borup DEN 1339 236,50 8
101 Bill Tyler AUS 692 231,06 5
102 Heinz Ridder GER 651 225,09 8
103 Robert Davis AUS 735 223,64 1
104 Christian Heinze GER 607 221,26 8
105 Richard Furneaux AUS 694 213,07 4
106 Ed Dutton GBR 2128 210,73 4
107 Christan Schmidt-Moller DEN 1285 210,53 4
108 Fritz Banner Pedersen DEN 1331 208,49 3
109 Andy Turner GBR 2123 199,02 3
110 Ronny Poelman BEL 220 198,03 7
111 Justin Barr AUS 721 196,37 2
112 Radek Drozdzik POL 44 193,55 3
113 John Meadowcroft GBR 2084 191,91 2
114 Ben Morrison NZL 530 189,90 3
115 Tom Pearce AUS 715 187,18 4
116 Jan-Dietmar Dellas GER 698 187,11 5
117 Deryck Lovegrove GBR 2130 184,10 5
118 Julian Burnham GBR 2101 183,07 3
119 Malte Pedersen DEN 1265 180,25 9
120 Peter Robinson AUS 688 180,10 3
121 Morgan Staley AUS 708 179,02 5
122 Lennart Hansson SWE 2768 178,36 3
123 Christian Huss GER 714 170,10 6
124 Piotr Bajonczak POL 46 168,62 4
125 Mick McQueen AUS 703 164,08 2
126 Per Sorensen DEN 1350 162,49 5
127 Maciej Pezala POL 62 160,21 4
128 Fabian Gronholz GER 632 157,12 4
129 Simon Childs GBR 2101 155,47 1
130 Christian Hartmann GER 120 152,73 5
131 Tim Smith AUS 730 148,29 3
132 Russell Wood NZL 526 145,16 3
133 Stu Bannatyne NZL 499 141,57 2
134 Dan Slater NZL 515 140,00 1
135 Tobias Willmann GER 404 138,30 7
136 Tom Guthormsen NOR 459 138,25 2
137 John Skjoldby Petersen DEN 0 135,72 3
138 Ivan Pedersen DEN 1322 135,57 2
139 EddieO’Donnell AUS 693 132,13 3
140 Jonas Andersson SWE 2770 131,66 2
141 Alastair Gair NZL 521 130,37 1
142 Adrian Gorka POL 190 129,98 3
143 Mieczyslaw Poplonyk POL 15 128,19 2
144 Jan Hartmann GER 666 127,09 3
145 Josh Junior NZL 491 125,56 1
146 Karl Johan Osth SWE 2740 123,97 4
147 Bernd Willmann GER 660 123,06 6
148 Ulf Brandt DEN 1302 122,94 1
149 Jesper Strandberg DEN 1370 121,66 3
150 Thomas Neveling GER 664 117,60 3
151 Sam Jedig DEN 1329 117,51 3
152 Maciej Misko POL 46 113,55 3
153 Andrew Pardington NZL 528 110,48 2
154 Jaroslaw Szpinalski POL 333 109,08 4
155 Bartosz Przbysz POL 47 108,92 3
156 Gunnar Goronzi GER 687 108,46 6
157 Mike Walker AUS 655 108,16 3
158 Gerd Breitbart GER 662 106,50 4
159 Dean Dorazio AUS 673 105,95 2
160 Jonas Lindahl SWE 2750 105,45 1
161 Czyz Waldemar POL 41 104,83 4
162 Sven Marchot GER 640 103,89 4
163 Jim Hunt GBR 2116 102,03 1
164 Simon Shaw GBR 2065 101,87 3
165 Andrew Rowett AUS 699 99,22 2
166 Ellen Ketteridge AUS 672 98,01 3
167 Rod Andrew BEL 1 97,23 2
168 Rainer Rehbehn GER 424 96,82 1
169 Owen Anderson NZL 469 92,62 3
170 Slawomir Blaszka POL 161 92,06 1
171 Jonas Persson SWE 0 91,82 1
172 Frederic Lamarque FRA 1764 91,00 1
173 Yannick Laumans BEL 205 89,80 1
174 Mads Christensen DEN 1360 89,00 1
175 Alan Atkin GBR 2129 88,81 4
176 Nik Wallis AUS 642 87,89 3
177 Przemyslaw Drozdzik POL 104 87,75 2
178 Andrew Day GBR 2102 86,56 2
179 Pete Turner GBR 2059 86,41 2
180 Maurice Slap BEL 203 86,00 1
181 Piotr Falczynski POL 45 85,55 3
182 Christian Senst GER 710 84,76 2
183 David Rose GBR 2124 84,22 1
184 Soren Christiansen DEN 1239 84,12 1
185 Torsten Albrecht GER 596 82,90 3
186 Andres Blasco Cortes ESP 1 82,71 4
187 Didier Crescence FRA 1801 82,00 1
188 Henning Biering Neilsen DEN 1357 80,83 2
189 Bill Bradburn GBR 2092 79,22 2
190 Donat Kujawinski POL 201 79,19 1
191 Lynge Thang Jorgensen DEN 1371 78,93 2
192 Berndt Svennson SWE 2732 78,64 2
193 Thomas Christensen DEN 1336 77,36 3
194 Per Arne Olsen SWE 33 77,02 2
195 Dave Cooper GBR 2031 76,11 3
196 Ulrik Larsen DEN 1259 75,25 1
197 Jan Wirbeleit GER 590 74,15 4
198 Yan Rialland FRA 1562 73,00 1
199 Paul Pike GBR 2104 72,84 3
200 Uwe Bohm GER 599 72,67 2
201 Joost Rommelaere BEL 56 71,54 2
202 Jorg Posny GER 697 71,46 1
203 Milosz Wojewski POL 22 70,88 1
204 Per Trolle DEN 1354 70,78 3
205 Maxine Manca FRA 1336 69,30 2
206 Stefan Bleich GER 691 69,27 1
207 Marty Weeks NZL 509 67,14 3
208 Bertil Eliasson SWE 2721 67,00 1
209 Stephan Klaus GER 615 67,00 1
210 Christopher Arnell GBR 2064 66,41 1
211 Jonathan Hogan AUS 685 66,20 3
212 Jakub Dworniczak POL 24 64,25 2
213 Reinhard Grassmel GER 189 64,18 4
214 Sebastian Knorr GER 33 64,10 4
215 Alain Renoux FRA 3 64,00 1
216 J P Williams GBR 2112 63,44 1
217 Konrad Kowalczyk POL 157 62,94 1
218 Tim O’Leary GBR 1966 62,03 2
219 Rolf Meilenbrock POL 497 61,69 5
220 Paul Richards AUS 666 60,75 2
221 Marion Ruck GER 559 60,49 1
222 Darren Prior GBR 2107 60,45 2
223 Michel Lesure LUX 1 60,31 2
224 Olof Lindgren SWE 2719 60,00 1
225 Tom Pedersen DEN 1261 59,41 1
226 Tony Woods GBR 2068 59,38 2
227 Jedrzej Charlampowicz POL 45 58,55 2
228 Mike Williams AUS 720 56,12 1
229 Jan Taelman BEL 4 56,11 2
230 Daniel Groschl GER 656 55,85 2
231 Koen Hopsy BEL 0 55,60 1
232 Noel Masseron FRA 29 55,00 1
233 Raymond Dodard FRA 1764 55,00 1
234 Zbibniew Michalski POL 210 55,00 1
235 Jack Grogan GBR 1968 54,53 1
236 David Hoogenboom NZL 481 54,52 2
237 Peter Horne AUS 0 53,36 1
238 Norbert Petrausch GER 630 52,74 4
239 Konrad Kierzek POL 21 52,57 2
240 Bartosz Parzuchowski POL 23 52,35 1
241 Tony Thresher GBR 1774 51,25 1
242 Todd Hughes AUS 500 50,59 1
243 Arne Malm SWE 1 49,09 2
244 Dave Ridley NZL 476 48,52 1
245 Josh Weeks NZL 509 48,30 2
246 Finn Jensen DEN 1214 48,04 1
247 Douglas Flaherty AUS 706 47,83 2
248 Mariusz Pietrzak POL 61 47,06 1
249 Karsten Kath GER 787 47,06 6
250 Peter Bergh SWE 2743 46,80 2
251 Aaron Heritage AUS 67 46,45 1
252 David McGregor GBR 2101 46,25 1
253 Didier Soulies FRA 74 46,00 1
254 Nigel Grogan GBR 2131 45,63 1
255 Uwe Rademacher GER 0 45,35 2
256 Frank Hansen DEN 1345 45,29 1
257 Bob Chapman AUS 704 45,07 1
258 Jens Kostka GER 609 44,29 3
259 Jan Bechmann GER 567 44,20 1
260 Stefan Nikiciuk POL 178 44,01 3
261 G Hagenaers BEL 207 42,50 1
262 Peter Nielsen AUS 640 42,30 1
263 John Hoogerbrug NZL 360 42,09 2
264 Torbjorn Svensson SWE 2757 41,82 1
265 Mary Reddyhoff GBR 2058 41,41 2
266 Gary Lokum AUS 543 41,37 2
267 Peter Yates AUS 709 40,92 1
268 Jurgen Splieth GER 727 40,71 1
269 Egon Petersen DEN 1318 40,06 2
270 Niels Troland DEN 159 39,28 2
271 Marcin Rymer POL 682 39,12 1
272 Per Baagoe DEN 1248 38,91 1
273 Joachim Ullrich GER 63 38,54 1
274 Radoslaw Drozdzik POL 44 38,39 1
275 Marina Dellas GER 680 38,19 2
276 Olle Heimersson SWE 2746 37,73 2
277 Gautier Ariband FRA 2000 37,00 1
278 Per Blommegerd SWE 2733 36,82 1
279 Uli Borchen GER 587 36,60 1
280 Mariusz Wasilewski POL 80 36,47 1
281 Al Fry GBR 211 36,25 1
282 Eric Warnecke GER 41 36,10 5
283 Scott Beavis NZL 519 35,87 2
284 Robert Glowacki POL 3 35,48 1
285 Douglas Parker AUS 612 34,92 2
286 Frank Prater AUS 679 34,84 3
287 Jaruslav Spinalski POL 61 34,73 1
288 Rob Hengst NZL 494 34,07 1
289 Piotr Malecki POL 17 33,82 1
290 Mikkel Hvalsoe DEN 1301 33,82 1
291 Lars Hansson SWE 277 33,35 2
292 Susanne Mackman GER 723 32,80 1
293 Anders Widding SWE 0 32,73 1
294 Emily Furneaux AUS 630 32,53 3
295 David Swales AUS 625 31,91 1
296 Mark Geboes BEL 604 31,79 1
297 Chris Biscomb GBR 2083 31,72 2
298 Simon Polteg SWE 2771 31,25 1
299 Jakub Swerpel POL 479 31,18 1
300 Ralf Gerbig GER 357 31,12 3
301 K Hauspy BEL 58 30,00 1
302 Kamil Kaluzny POL 11 29,68 1
303 Dan Bush NZL 478 29,26 1
304 Ian Lind Seddon DEN 1159 29,02 2
305 Arne Good NED 657 29,00 1
306 Stewart Coles GBR 2072 28,75 1
307 Peter West DEN 1348 28,59 2
308 Brett Holly AUS 641 28,49 1
309 J Tiefane FRA 21 28,21 1
310 Peter Rudblom SWE 0 28,18 1
311 Didier Mathou FRA 1404 28,00 1
312 Joachim Singethan GER 588 27,56 1
313 Roger Cole GBR 2114 27,50 1
314 Graham Lambert NZL 493 27,22 3
315 Robert Swiecki POL 2099 25,88 1
316 Flemming Ipsen DEN 1355 25,87 1
317 Ortwin Zimmer GER 7 25,37 1
318 Alexandre Rosier BEL 0 25,20 1
319 Richard Burton GBR 1774 24,84 1
320 Simon Tucker NZL 499 24,44 1
321 Rudiger Prinz GER 711 24,36 1
322 Soren Andersen DEN 1275 24,12 1
323 Roy Burnham GBR 2115 23,75 2
324 Magnus Bager SWE 0 23,64 1
325 Jan Durajski POL 247 23,55 3
326 Jerzy Faustmann POL 38 23,24 1
327 Erik Dergent BEL 128 22,86 1
328 Ed Bradburn GBR 2092 22,75 1
329 Dennis Olsson SWE 1 22,36 2
330 Ralf Abratis GER 72 22,31 1
331 Roger Kauffmann GER 658 22,18 1
332 Johhny Rodholm DEN 329 21,96 1
333 Dominique Istasse BEL 125 21,40 1
334 Jake Cracknell GBR 2012 21,25 1
335 J Huybrechts BEL 208 21,07 1
336 Krzystof Kolanowski POL 135 20,97 1
337 Bartosz Szymik POL 65 20,59 1
338 Mads Brockhuss DEN 1359 20,25 1
339 Gareth Wells AUS 644 20,20 1
340 Pete Waters NZL 474 19,63 1
341 Johhny Leif Hansen DEN 1342 19,35 1
342 P Laumans BEL 205 19,29 1
343 Duncan Lock AUS 653 18,82 1
344 Sebastian Gruszka POL 113 18,18 1
345 Martin Kay DEN 1305 18,04 1
346 Miroslav Zdrawomyslow POL 2 17,94 1
347 Denis Gilles BEL 5 17,60 1
348 John Walder GBR 1915 17,50 1
349 Alan Steil AUS 636 17,43 1
350 Jan Larsen SWE 0 16,74 1
351 Mateusz Bujko POL 727 16,61 1
352 Ben Kersten AUS 643 16,05 1
353 Ben Steel GBR 2034 15,94 1
354 Kacper Jarocki POL 34 15,29 1
355 Pawel Wozniak POL 272 15,16 1
356 James Cole GBR 1967 15,00 1
357 Philip Rzepecky NZL 500 14,81 1
358 Jens Svensen DEN 1366 14,75 1
359 Marten Bernesand SWE 0 14,55 1
360 Alexander Hirsch GER 543 14,39 1
361 Michael Wichmann GER 661 14,18 1
362 James Andrew GBR 2090 13,80 1
363 Robert Patros POL 6 13,71 1
364 Andrew MaClean AUS 663 13,29 1
365 Andre Hennings GER 621 13,04 1
366 Niels Jorgen Larsen DEN 1343 12,83 1
367 Lukasz Futerski POL 506 12,65 1
368 Alex Hobern GBR 1983 12,50 1
369 Robin Kern GER 69 11,32 2
370 Bob Eastwood GBR 2001 11,25 1
371 Adrian Mannering NZL 504 11,00 2
372 Johanna Andrew Becker BEL 29 10,36 1
373 Sven Beye GER 719 10,04 1
374 Thierry Damblon BEL 44 10,00 1
375 Colin Page GBR 1927 10,00 1
375= Sam Woods GBR 1998 10,00 1
375= Fredrik Lundberg SWE 0 10,00 1
375= Jakob Christensen DEN 1271 10,00 1
375= Andrzej Hoszko POL 123 10,00 1
380 Rudiger Lippert GER 399 9,82 1
381 Zbibniew Jurkiewicz POL 65 9,35 1
382 Christof Panse GER 240 9,09 1
383 Mikkel Slov DEN 13 8,91 1
384 Roger Cooper GBR 2074 8,75 1
385 S Mackmann GER 72 8,57 1
386 Konrad Zajac POL 347 7,90 1
387 Per Bo Hansen DEN 1328 7,61 1
388 Per Karlsson SWE 2071 7,27 1
389 D Istasse BEL 125 6,79 1
390 Sam Preston GBR 1962 6,25 1
391 Ruban Szymon POL 649 5,90 1
392 Kai Wehmhoerner GER 291 5,45 1
393 Ed Kennedy AUS 619 5,00 1
393= F Stephan GER 615 5,00 1
393= Bjorn Gustafsson SWE 77 5,00 1
393= Tom Preston GBR 208 5,00 1
393= Henrik Hansen DEN 1359 5,00 1