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April 2013

Jørgen Svendsen retains OK Dinghy World number one ranking

OK Worlds
photo by Malee Whitcraft

Jørgen Svendsen (DEN) has retained the World No. 1 spot in the OK Dinghy World Rankings after a late charge at the recent Singha OK Dinghy World Championships in Pattaya, Thailand. Svendsen was the best sailor over the last three races in Pattaya to move up to seventh overall, which was just enough to hold a scant three point lead over multiple world champion Nick Craig (GBR) in the World Ranking.

This latest release of the OK Dinghy World Rankings includes the New Zealand Nationals, the Australian Nationals, Sail Melbourne, Sail Auckland and the World Championship.

Craig was runner up in Pattaya but moves up just one place, while Greg Wilcox (NZL) drops one to third. The biggest climber into the top 10 is the new World Champion Roger Blasse (AUS) who moves from 21st to 8th. Fellow Australians Mike Williams (AUS) and Mark Jackson (AUS) placed third and sixth in Pattaya to move up to 15th and 16th in the ranking.

OK Worlds - Jørgen Svendsen
photo by Malee Whitcraft

While Jackson won the Australian Nationals, Blasse also won Sail Melbourne. André Budzien, the 2012 World Champion has also made his first appearance in the top 10, moving up from 19th to sixth.

One of the more interesting and encouraging bits of data to come out of the recent world championship was the diverse range of gear being used inside the top 10. While eight out of 10 of the hulls were built in the last three years, there are five different moulds being used, perhaps an indication that it is the sailors and their level of preparation, rather than the boat that counts. C-Tech from New Zealand continue to dominate the mast sector though Craig used the UK built Aardspars to good effect, while there was the widest range of sails being used for a number of years – seven different manufacturers. Foils are largely supplied by boat builders, apart from the odd exception, mainly because the shape of them largely limits much development.

Ranking
RankNameNat.Sailno.PointsEvents sailed
(5 to count)
1Jørgen SvendsenDEN1420947,9911
2Nick CraigGBR2150944,8910
3Greg WilcoxNZL544911,4913
4Jørgen LindhartdsenDEN1364900,5512
5Stefan MyralfDEN1408892,1914
6André BudzienGER762859,555
7Martin von ZimmermannGER693858,5511
8Roger BlasséAUS749831,196
9Bo PetersenDEN1421792,485
10Paul RhodesNZL517786,076
11Alistair DeavesNZL542781,469
12Terry CurtisGBR2118778,886
13Sönke BehrensGER778774,407
14Jon FishGBR2151760,947
15Mark JacksonAUS735751,566
16Mike WilliamsAUS730739,155
17Mogens JohansenDEN1335736,4811
18Alex ScolesGBR2147683,878
19Luke O'ConnellNZL546679,536
20Thomas Hanson-MildSWE100678,928
21Gunter ArndtGER740662,559
22Rüdiger PrinzGER773652,908
23Jörg RademacherGER775650,747
24Rene JohannsenDEN1393626,9210
25Rob HengstNZL533623,926
26Jens LaugeDEN1410623,728
27Mark SkeltonAUS736612,745
28Hans ElkjaerSWE99600,6714
29Robert DeavesGBR2138591,244
30Christian MidtgaardDEN1304572,637
31Jens MakholmNOR471571,757
32Rainer Dr PospiechGER765560,337
33Malte PedersenDEN1407557,5217
34Eddie O'DonnellAUS734551,656
35Tomasz GajPOL1548,6410
36Adrian CoulthardNZL531530,537
37Mark RobertsAUS747524,056
38Peter RobinsonAUS750522,847
39Peter ScheuerlGER618513,225
40Jake WeeksNZL490506,156
41Ralf TietjeGER750501,599
42Ben MorrisonNZL530495,495
43Radoslaw DrozdzikPOL4491,779
44Christian HedlundDEN1398490,299
45Jakub KaniaPOL27488,046
46Bartosz RakocyPOL19474,924
47Thomas GlasGER731461,776
48Gary LokumAUS741458,957
49Darek KrasPOL5458,025
50Andre BlasseAUS729457,216
51Christian OlesenDEN1340449,084
52Andreas PichGER777446,959
53Lee ChildGBR2152446,162
54Richard BurtonGBR2042445,206
55Andrew BakerAUS761440,765
56Hakan TornqvistSWE2786436,925
57Jørgen HolmDEN1377434,125
58Oliver GronholzGER772427,987
59Andreas DeubelGER760426,888
60Don WilliamsAUS727419,508
61Tony WoodsGBR2145417,196
62Lennart HanssonSWE88390,936
63Mike WildeNZL535374,662
64Dirk GerickeGER735373,029
65Russell WoodNZL526368,834
66Pawel PawlaczykPOL14366,845
67Ralf MackmanGER771364,797
68Thorsten SchmidtGER737361,638
69Stefan HaageGER761353,517
70Antoni PawlowskiPOL31351,305
71Bengt StrombergSWE11338,033
72Janusz StobinskiPOL10334,464
73Jesper PetersenDEN1356331,905
74Dave KetteridgeAUS725331,334
75Carsten SassGER539329,437
76Miles AddyNZL482329,125
77Falk HagemannGER757324,775
78Peter LynchAUS726322,785
79Joe PorebskiNZL523322,074
80Ingmar JansonSWE2772317,987
81Bo TeglersDEN1402313,914
82André HenningsGER752311,395
83Lars HultgrenSWE2795310,185
84Heinz RidderGER651309,938
85Peter WibroeDEN1344308,253
86Marten BernesandSWE511307,655
87Juliane HofmannGER767306,535
88Jens Christian JurlanderDEN1385303,373
89Bjorn AllansenSWE2796292,692
90Brad DouglasNZL539285,563
91Jan-Dietmar DellasGER680283,025
92Joe SchubertRSA31280,707
93Dirk DameGER688279,598
94Bruce AshtonAUS728275,084
95Simon dan PetersenDEN1375273,995
96Ask AskholmDEN1315269,304
97Keith ByersGBR2084263,223
98Mats CaapSWE2797261,152
99Mads BrockhussDEN1390259,635
100Simon DavisGBR2141257,995
101Tim NormannDEN1392256,734
102Tom LonsdaleGBR2112254,965
103Erik BorkGER695249,044
104Peter NorborgDEN1374246,584
105Martin BowerGBR2149241,596
106Tim DaviesAUS739237,594
107Ivan PedersenDEN1256236,903
108Mark PerrowNZL541236,613
109Brett GrahamRSA32234,495
110Per SorensenDEN1350234,034
111Neil GoodheadGBR2125225,134
112Jörg PosnyGER697223,984
113Mathias FiskerDEN1345215,283
114Sam JedigDEN1388210,184
115Sven BeyeGER715208,514
116Chris FenwickNZL509207,663
117Magnus GillgrenSWE2750207,134
118Anders WiddingSWE2792200,584
119Chris VisickAUS758200,034
120Bengt LarssonSWE2752198,495
121Marty WeeksNZL479197,734
122Raymond DodardFRA1820197,234
123Matt StechmannNZL524187,052
124Ronny PoelmanBEL220182,966
125John BallGBR2158182,671
126Claus SparreDEN1397179,652
127Elizabeth WilliamsAUS759177,342
128Lars AndresenDEN1403175,172
129Gunnar GoronziGER766174,953
130Yves KaminskiGER755170,963
131Gerd BreitbartGER662168,294
132Chris PerryGBR2148166,215
133Jesper StrandbergDEN1302166,003
134Kacper JarockiPOL16165,153
135Paul VerrijdtBEL214164,049
136Jan DisselGER225161,552
137Gavin WaldronGBR2085161,263
138Jono CloughNZL498158,633
139Hinnerk RiesGER670158,011
140Deryck LovegroveGBR2130157,594
141Richard FurneauxAUS694157,384
142Freddy OttosenDEN1395156,933
143Johanne DagerbrantSWE2741156,251
144Anders AndersenDEN1346155,001
145Henrik LarsenDEN1413154,893
146Carl HultgrenSWE2794154,292
147Trent PryceNZL502153,093
148Hamish FenwickNZL500152,982
149Dawid KaniaPOL27151,022
150Jan Eric NystedtSWE66147,562
151Andy TurnerGBR2123146,693
152Douglas ParkerAUS752145,914
153Lasse HanssonSWE2775145,823
154Claes HeymanSWE2763145,395
155Jonny BillstromSWE2775142,252
156Claes AhlstromSWE2780142,132
157Brent WilliamsAUS754141,732
158Bill TylerAUS692140,735
159Marek BarnatPOL7139,974
160Frederic LamarqueFRA1764139,202
161Glenn YatesAUS684136,414
162Martin WerdermannGER770136,084
163Julien DejugnatFRA1269136,052
164Robert SwieckiPOL40131,924
165Alain RenouxFRA1824130,652
166Egon PetersenDEN1318130,214
167Philippe De KervenoaelFRA2133129,752
168Mathew HixNZL 524128,082
169Stig FrandsenDEN1396125,865
170Soren SigurdssonDEN1313125,583
171Soren Rugaard-LarsenDEN1384123,302
172Mieczyslaw PoplonykPOL333122,622
173Peter KirkegaardDEN1316122,212
174Johnny Leif HansenDEN1342122,163
175Kay NickelkoppeGER747120,904
176Christian HussGER742119,676
177John Skjoldby PetersenDEN1303118,542
178Julian BishopNZL516117,592
179Kai WehmhoernerGER745116,556
180Jonas QuistSWE33114,551
181Ian HarrisGBR2142113,172
182Lars Jørgen AndresenDEN1381113,132
183Henrik KogoedDEN1413112,712
184Stephen MooreAUS755112,693
185Erik ThompsonAUS706111,746
186Gert BreitbartGER662111,251
187Dan AgerGBR2120110,402
188Poul ChristiansenDEN1405110,315
189Mads TerkelsenDEN1401110,092
190Daen DorazioAUS715109,242
191Anders BuhlDEN1347107,501
192Michael MorrisonNZL501106,023
193Jake O'DonnellAUS695104,323
194Maxine MancaFRA1336102,523
195Olle AlbrektssonSWE2787102,501
196Knut RaminGER751102,023
197Michael JorgensenDEN1330100,463
198Olivier HontanxFRA1779100,001
199Tim GoodbodyIRL1099,681
200Thomas ChristensenDEN133699,023
201Peter RudblomDEN278297,792
202Stephen SchmidtAUS74596,734
203Simon ShawGBR213796,353
204Tobias WillmannGER74696,302
205Folkert JanssenAUS61096,152
206Mikael NielsenDEN133795,851
207Fritz Banner PedersenDEN133195,001
208Julian BurnhamGBR210193,832
209Didier SouliesFRA79491,502
210Jan BechmannGER56790,954
211Peter HorneAUS73390,771
212Piotr FalczynskiPOL4590,732
213Henrik KjeldsenDEN137187,932
214Alan AtkinGBR212987,864
215Steve McDowellNZL54587,591
216Karl PurdieNZL53185,991
217Peter StephanGER66585,302
218Lynge Thang JorgensenDEN139185,274
219Jean Claude lidonFRA181085,202
220Glenn WilliamsAUS71984,942
221Nigel ManneringNZL51284,481
222Michael WolfGER77484,393
223Jakub DworniczakPOL2483,923
224Robby WerdermannGER57783,894
225Ed BradburnGBR211683,331
226Bartosz ParzuchowskiPOL5583,262
227Teddy ArrowsmithGBR201282,723
228Mathieu ChenuilFRA72382,643
229Peter RudholmSWE278282,372
230Lars HanssonSWE2281,251
231John BurnhamGBR210180,001
232Karsten KathGER74880,005
233Marty PikeNZL53679,752
234Yann RiallandFRA166378,401
235Adrian ManneringNZL50478,281
236Jonathon O'DonnellAUS66077,723
237Christian HeinzeGER60777,173
238Hendrik KjeldsenDEN137177,132
239David O'DonnellAUS69576,921
240Lasse LanteSWE249476,853
241Henning Biering NeilsenDEN135776,231
242Robert Glowacki POL376,112
243Jacques BoizardFRA106775,302
244Katharina HussGER60674,826
245Patrice RovereFRA170974,801
246Tom PearceAUS73774,732
247Krzysztof DabkowskiPOL5874,481
248Chris HallAUS75873,903
249David BourneGBR210773,331
250Arne LindemannGER75272,901
251Paul PikeGBR210471,653
252Marek JarockiPOL1671,331
253Eric KopkaFRA125771,201
254Rafal KranciszewskiPOL8070,472
255Jakob ChristensenDEN132669,494
256Jonas AnderssonSWE277069,312
257Bill BradburnGBR213569,222
258Dan BushNZL47869,091
259Kagan WeeksNZL48568,971
260Andrew PardingtonNZL52868,381
261Gareth WellsAUS74267,691
262Norbert PetrauschGER63067,384
263Phil CovenyNZL47566,603
264Darren HuntAUS74665,381
265Simon CoxGBR212263,331
266Nigel ComberNZL51063,324
267Brian QuayleGBR206263,282
268Bertil EliassonSWE11163,012
269Nick FramptonGBR202763,012
270Peter NielsenDEN133462,412
271Thomas AllanssonSWE279662,271
272Jan-Erik EngholmSWE278262,121
273James CaseGBR209662,001
274Bob ChapmanAUS70460,771
275Ralph EriksenDEN115960,693
276Antony RichGBR212160,001
277Bernard CoursieresFRA111760,002
278Jacub ChristensenDEN211959,231
279Erik DubreuilFRA104458,652
280Peter YatesAUS74858,461
281Bartosz Przbysz POL4757,501
282Mike WalkerAUS65557,322
283Zbigniew DryznerPOL136156,832
284Toby RamsayGBR210056,671
285Svend Erik MolbechDEN140456,601
286Guillaume de KervendaelFRA213356,152
287Troels LykkeDEN133055,001
288Torsten AlbrechtBEL69153,903
289Przemyslaw DrozdzikPOL2153,851
290Adrian WalkerGBR212653,163
291Justin BarrAUS72152,531
292Kaspar AndresenDEN136952,141
293Kim W HolmDEN138951,251
294Marina DellasGER72450,685
295Magnus BagerSWE221750,212
296Jean-Claude WillecommeFRA123949,601
297Jan Siebe de VriesNED55549,043
298John DouglasNZL 53549,011
299Brad JohansonUSA101048,513
300Tim SmithAUS74048,382
301Sven MarchotGER64047,983
302Mary ReddyhoffGBR205847,572
303Todd HughesAUS50047,311
304Rolf WahlqvistNOR44446,852
305Robert JarockiPOL11646,541
306Jurgen SpliethGER72745,512
307Stephan VeldmanNED50044,962
308Chris BiscombGBR208344,591
309Henrik Bohm JensenDEN133944,341
310Peter WallaceAUS71643,731
311Yannick LaumansBEL20543,081
312Bjorn WestergaardDEN132142,501
313Per WestlundSWE275041,361
314Ashly ParkinsonAUS62941,042
315Chris DevineNZL45441,031
316Yan RiallandFRA156241,001
317Pawel NowickiPOL1139,231
318Noel MasseronFRA2938,801
319Darren PriorGBR210738,361
320Jonas BorjessonSWE6037,881
321Philippe ThomieresFRA82037,502
322Thomas AugustesenDEN132437,411
323Dave CooperGBR203136,732
324Marc BoizardFRA173436,501
325Robert Cambell GreyGBR213936,381
326Claus StockhardtGER64236,151
327Remi BlandureauFRA79936,152
328Michel LaclauFRA180135,201
329Michel LesureLUX135,001
330Poul VincentsDEN127534,531
331Per HansenDEN134134,462
332Ulf DagerbrandtSWE274133,911
333Thorsen SimonGER73033,541
334Ed GoodeyNZL47233,442
335David SwalesAUS71633,081
336Uwe BohmGER59932,441
337Henrik BendsenDEN138332,081
338Mikolaj PrzybylaPOL4631,921
339Oliver RonsliauxFRA181831,601
340Paul BoutsBEL15131,541
341Graham PearceAUS73731,401
342Mikael HaglundSWE275330,911
343Maurycy ChomiczPOL6630,911
344Jurgen IllersGER64330,381
345Pierre DebickiFRA6929,751
346Carsten SchelerDEN129129,621
347Wim SaeysBEL12829,231
348Dennis OlssonSWE66128,872
349Jerzy BojanowskiPOL1828,751
350Graham ArcusNZL 46728,503
351Michal GmajPOL5328,271
352Joost RommelaereBEL20328,081
353Chris MasonAUS72227,881
354Bjorn LindvallSWE212127,502
355Magnus FlashSWE275527,421
356Ulf SahleSWE279027,332
357Tim HurstGBR203226,671
358Frank PraterAUS72426,151
359Olivier RonsiauxFRA181825,251
360Thomas KvistDEN121924,721
361Lukasz UrbanowiczPOL62424,621
362Robert BanckenNED63824,613
363Jan HartmannGER66623,601
364Frank StrelowGER72722,121
365A per SorensenDEN105221,701
366Reidar SarheimNOR46321,691
367Sebastian DrozdzikPOL4420,961
368Laurent PabionFRA17120,801
369Nicolas LavauzelleFRA020,751
370Matt BatesGBR206720,082
371Marc Vande Ghinste BEL1420,001
372Ernst RaminGER70820,001
373Sam ThomsonGBR210820,001
374Pete TurnerGBR205919,891
375Mateusz KaesmarekPOL4619,562
376John HoogerbrugNZL45819,311
377Michael FlavellAUS54319,081
378Thierry DamblonBEL4418,851
379Jörg SylvesterGER72618,001
380Mateusz GeowienkoPOL2217,951
381Nils TrollandDEN30217,361
382Czyz WaldemarPOL8117,311
383Laurence PicardFRA176917,252
384Jacques MoriliereFRA69617,201
385Asa HolmquistSWE275316,971
386Rhys LankesterGBR214416,671
387Kevin KnottAUS50016,541
388Rod AndrewBEL116,541
389Thomas BergerGER65916,311
390Simon HoultGBR214016,251
391Niels Jørgen LarsenDEN134315,001
392Richard GadsbyGBR208814,651
393Peter NielsenAUS64014,621
394Reinhard GrassmelGER70014,551
395Uli BorchersGER58714,231
396Thomas DembinskiPOL5113,651
397Lunge JorgensenDEN139113,651
398Konrad KierzekPOL6213,641
399Jean Yves AlluaumeFRA11013,601
400Lennart RundqvistSWE201913,481
401Jakob WitthoftDEN133713,391
402Sebastian KnorrGER5713,351
403Jan TaelmanBEL20713,081
404Oliver BurrowsGBR012,681
405Claus HagerupDEN137812,501
406Nik WallisAUS72012,031
407Bernd WillmannGER66011,381
408Alwin H SchmidtGER43510,821
409Johanna Andrew BeckerBEL2910,771
410Stephen WilsonAUS75110,001
411Per Bo HansenDEN134110,001
412Sam BlocksidgeGBR209210,001
413Peter AebeloeSWE278410,001
414Mikolaj PsiakowskiPOL46910,001
415Len MassonGER6909,621
416Rune LarsenDEN13598,931
417Michael CollinsAUS6728,851
418Bob AustinGBR20658,731
419Ques PapegaaiBEL5968,461
420Wilhelm KathGER7487,391
421Petter BengtssonSWE26687,071
422William VilletAUS5086,921
423Ralf GerbigGER3576,751
424Terrence BenadeAUS6736,751
425Mikael JorgensenDEN13306,751
426Marc WarneckeGER416,461
427Jean VaengeBEL2216,151
428Daniel GroschlGER6565,401
429Philippe DarcosFRA1295,001
430Jakub ReszkaPOL205,001
431Wietze HuitemaNED225,001
432Andreas SilvanGER6244,001