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April 2015

Greg Wilcox extends lead at top of OK Dinghy World Rankings

Greg Wilcox
Greg Wilcox

There are a lot of position changes in the first OK Dinghy World Ranking list of 2015, but Greg Wilcox (NZL) continues to dominate as World No. 1 following his fourth place at the World Championships at Black Rock, Australia over the New Year.

Along with European Champion, Jørgen Svendsen (DEN), these two have amassed a considerable lead over the rest of the fleet. Mike Williams (AUS) just edges out his fellow Australians for third place. Mark Jackson (AUS) won the Australian Nationals at Sail Melbourne while 2013 World Champion Roger Blasse (AUS) is back inside the top 10 again in fifth.

This time of year the ranking list reflects increased emphasis on the southern hemisphere events, and runner-up at the Worlds and winner of the New Zealand Nationals at Sail Auckland, Luke O'Connell (NZL) moves up from 12th to sixth overall. The new World Champion Matt Stechmann (NZL) is the biggest climber, from 58th to 13th.

Jørgen Svendsen
Jørgen Svendsen

This year marks the tenth anniversary of the World Ranking List. It was started as a bit of fun during the Worlds in 2005, so for a bit more fun we have compiled a list of all the sailors who have amassed over 800 points or more into a leaderboard. There were 32 of them. However, six sailors also managed to exceed the magic 1,000 points figure. It is truly representative of outstanding achievement as there are 11 world or European titles between them. Every one is a champion.

  1. Greg Wilcox NZL 1035.83 (Dec-14)
  2. Nick Craig GBR 1033.79 (Aug-06)
  3. Jorgen Svendsen DEN 1018.41 (Dec-14)
  4. Jørgen Lindhartdsen DEN 1013.76 (Mar-06)
  5. Karl Purdie NZL 1001.91 (Jul-11)
  6. André Budzien GER 1001.14 (Dec-14)
Mike Williams
Mike Williams

Over the last 10 years, the list has included 924 sailors from 17 nations. That's a pretty good standard by any class.

The class is looking forward to another busy season which really gets underway at the end of April with the Spring Cup in Medemblik. With entries approaching 50 boats already, and many more expected, it will be one of the largest Spring Cups on record and underlines the current growth and enthusiasm in the class. The next Ranking List will be released just before the Open World Championships in July, when the class returns to Puck, Poland.

The current ranking list now includes 446 sailors from 15 countries and four continents. What more do you need to say?

Ranking
RankNameNat.Sailno.PointsEvents sailed
(5 to count)
1Greg WilcoxNZL5441035,2019
2Jørgen SvendsenDEN14271007,559
3Mike WilliamsAUS730862,728
4Mark JacksonAUS735853,507
5Roger BlasséAUS749804,856
6Luke O'ConnellNZL546790,297
7Jorgen LindhartdsenDEN1420781,5414
8Bo PetersenDEN1431761,3311
9Andre BudzienGER789754,907
10Rene JohannsenDEN1393751,6413
11Ben MorrisonNZL530747,018
12Christian OlesenDEN1340737,265
13Matt StechmannNZL549734,527
14Peter MilneAUS694729,906
15Robert DeavesGBR2156723,475
16Mark SkeltonAUS753710,006
17Brent WilliamsAUS754709,777
18Alistair DeavesNZL542680,746
19Martin von ZimmermannGER693677,5111
20Sonke BehrensGER778671,009
21Tim DaviesAUS739650,756
22Rainer PospiechGER765650,239
23Eddie O'DonnellAUS734618,947
24Malte PedersenDEN1407618,4818
25Peter RobinsonAUS750616,1610
26Gunter ArndtGER740614,029
27Lee ChildGBR2167608,855
28Stefan MyralfDEN1423607,3711
29Jim HuntGBR2162593,515
30Bo Reker AndersenDEN1315589,1114
31Peter HorneAUS764572,205
32Oliver GronholzGER772566,296
33Mogens JohansenDEN1335560,679
34Ralf TietjeGER787559,6611
35Paul RhodesNZL557558,554
36Jens LaugeDEN1410554,497
37Pawel PawlaczykPOL14540,907
38David BourneGBR2172539,105
39Andreas PichGER777531,449
40Ask AskholmDEN1424521,207
41Rob McmillanAUS 766519,295
42Rob HengstNZL533516,749
43Ralf MackmanGER771505,7810
44Jono CloughNZL498500,226
45Adrian CoulthardNZL531499,599
46Antony NossiterAUS765499,373
47Gary LokumAUS741492,168
48Dirk DameGER750482,759
49Steve McDowellNZL545481,254
50Mark RobertsAUS762479,528
51Henrik Kofoed LarsenDEN1397477,858
52Tomasz GajPOL1474,357
53Jorg SylvesterGER726470,916
54Hans ElkjaerSWE99470,377
55Brad DouglasNZL369469,614
56Jorg RademacherGER775466,558
57Thomas GlasGER731453,516
58Andrew BakerAUS761452,747
59Bruce AshtonAUS728451,136
60Christian HedlundDEN1440446,437
61Folkert JanssenAUS733446,246
62Dirk GerickeGER735437,319
63Thomas Hanson-MildSWE100434,566
64Eric RoneNZL536432,875
65Tony WoodsGBR2145432,796
66Alex ScolesGBR2160426,234
67Bengt LarssonSWE2796423,705
68Jesper PetersenDEN1356421,747
69Jesper StrandbergDEN1421418,658
70Chris FenwickNZL509412,236
71Lennart HanssonSWE2791404,814
72Thorsten SchmidtGER737404,167
73Dave KetteridgeAUS725403,024
74Terry CurtisGBR2118402,584
75Falk HagemannGER757401,797
76Johannes DagerbrantSWE2810400,894
77Radoslaw DrozdzikPOL4397,935
78Mike WildeNZL535395,797
79Jakub KaniaPOL27390,496
80Ronald FoestGER688380,2612
81Christian MidtgaardDEN1304377,955
82Mark PerrowNZL551377,793
83Peter WibroeDEN1344375,634
84Andre BlasseAUS729374,582
85Lars AndresenDEN1433373,226
86Peter LynchAUS726372,838
87Dan BushNZL478365,445
88Nick CraigGBR2150364,124
89Nigel ManneringNZL512362,465
90Chris VisickAUS758361,707
91Magnus GillgrenSWE2788361,057
92Glenn WilliamsAUS719359,526
93Andre HenningsGER762357,337
94Matt CouttsNZL519351,321
95Tom LonsdaleGBR2147349,285
96Russell WoodNZL526348,238
97Gareth WellsAUS742335,543
98Volker PaatzGER769331,756
99Don WilliamsAUS727324,337
100Michael HorvathAUS744322,597
101Grant WakefieldAUS736320,765
102Elizabeth WilliamsAUS759319,484
103Will Turner GBR2169319,233
104Simon CowoodGBR2154315,923
105Glenn CollingsAUS535313,421
106Claus Hoj JensenDEN1400310,553
107Antoni PawlowskiPOL31307,843
108Jon FishGBR2151306,503
109Marek BernatPOL7306,126
110Adrian ManneringNZL504305,864
111Jan-Dietmar DellasGER680305,326
112Hakan TornqvistSWE2786301,563
113Frederik Dahl HansenDEN1403299,623
114David HoogenboomNZL330285,001
115Peter HeideDEN1354283,973
116Ulf SahleSWE2790283,067
117Lasse HanssonSWE2783275,144
118Mads BrockhussDEN1419273,316
119Erik BorkGER695271,284
120John Skjoldby PetersenDEN1303270,754
121Mats CaapSWE2797270,302
122Marten BernesandSWE2803270,294
123Nils TrollandDEN1391269,653
124Darek KrasPOL5268,814
125Richard BurtonGBR2042268,205
126Guillaume de KervendaelFRA2133266,018
127Per JaenssonSWE2804264,153
128Christian HeinzeGER607263,354
129Gavin WaldronGBR2163261,623
130Keith ByersGBR2084259,884
131John BallGBR2158255,083
132Jan Eric NystedtSWE2749252,513
133Thomas AlbrectsenDEN1434251,803
134Jonas BorjessonSWE2809246,203
135Carsten SassGER690242,026
136Marty PikeNZL554241,915
137Anders AndersenDEN1346240,612
138Ingmar JansonSWE2772240,355
139Ronny PoelmanBEL220237,145
140Rene BrumDEN1430236,625
141Simon DavisGBR2141232,843
142Peter RudholmSWE2782232,214
143Rudiger PrinzGER773231,784
144Sven BeyeGER715230,199
145Bo TeglersDEN1402222,014
146Joe PorebskiNZL523221,205
147Juliane HofmannGER767217,284
148Jorgen HolmDEN1377216,704
149Stefan RassauGER761215,364
150Finn Gheury NZL553212,248
151Lars Jorgen AndresenDEN1428211,924
152Antony RichGBR2121211,425
153Niels-Kristian TerkildsenDEN1411210,982
154Richard FurneauxAUS737210,176
155Lars HanssonSWE2783208,503
156Stefan PaviaSWE2805207,622
157Jorg PosnyGER697205,567
158Simon CoxGBR2171204,033
159Karsten KathGER783200,765
160Ron FergussonAUS618198,136
161Per SorensenDEN1437194,945
162Simon dan PetersenDEN1375194,653
163Fabian GronholzGER632193,413
164Stig FrandsenDEN1396191,316
165Jens MakholmNOR471190,003
166Jan BechmannGER567189,497
167Samuel HainesAUS708189,353
168Jonny BillstromSWE2775187,074
169Dawid KaniaPOL27186,793
170Frank StrelowGER727186,194
171Tim SmithAUS740185,394
172Hamish FenwickNZL506183,783
173Raymond DodardFRA1820182,287
174Andy TurnerGBR2123182,043
175Michael WolfGER774178,863
176Fritz Banner PedersenDEN1418178,423
177Chris HallAUS758178,044
178Frederik SvendsenDEN1385176,991
179Sam JedigDEN1438175,234
180Stephen MooreAUS755173,275
181Sven MarchotGER640172,516
182Philip DubbinAUS729170,372
183Heinz RidderGER651166,8011
184Claus StockhardtGER642166,374
185Ulf DagerbrandtSWE2741166,013
186Martin BowerGBR2149164,986
187Chris DevineNZL548164,484
188Peter ScheuerlGER618163,862
189Paul VerrijdtBEL214161,415
190Rod DavisNZL511160,143
191Grzegorz SalamonPOL19159,872
192Mieczyslaw PoplonykPOL333158,463
193Tim NormannDEN1392157,804
194Anders BuhlDEN1347154,984
195Mitchell WilsonAUS695154,745
196Miles AddyNZL524151,144
197Arne MalmSWE2752148,023
198Paul BoutsBEL151146,084
199Alain RenouxFRA1824143,462
200Michael BrownAUS736143,282
201Michal GajPOL58142,733
202Yves KaminskiGER755142,053
203Christian TellerDEN1212141,832
204Yannick LaumansBEL128141,342
205A per SorensenDEN1052140,714
206Gert BreitbartGER662137,474
207Adam MallingDEN1291137,353
208Wilhelm KathGER748136,844
209Toby RamsayGBR2100134,193
210Ian HarrisGBR2142133,641
211Katharina HussGER606133,523
212Soren ChristiansenDEN1382131,952
213Jake WeeksNZL490131,533
214Peter StephanGER665129,753
215Luke CromieAUS672128,885
216Jurgen IllersGER643127,032
217Janusz StobinskiPOL10126,423
218Glenn YatesAUS767126,423
219John ShirleyNZL 539125,934
220Tom PedersenDEN1261125,372
221Erik ThompsonAUS706121,436
222Gunnar GoronziGER766118,712
223Claes AvellanSWE2295117,762
224Knut RaminGER751116,804
225Ken KierDEN 1441115,492
226Per WestlundSWE2750115,363
227Sefton PowrieNZL547114,932
228Jean Claude lidonFRA1810114,082
229Brett GrahamRSA32113,453
230Hinnerk RiesGER670110,282
231Julien DejugnatFRA1827108,672
232Czyz WaldemarPOL21108,643
233Michael MorrisonNZL555108,264
234Michael FlavellAUS543104,365
235Marek JarockiPOL16103,112
236Deryck LovegroveGBR2130102,953
237Joost RommelaereBEL203101,803
238Andreas DeubelGER760101,583
239Ken CarrollGBR2139101,432
240Lasse LantzeSWE2494100,913
241Stephan VeldmanNED663100,843
242Ashley ParkinsonAUS711100,513
243Mike EdwardsGBR2126100,152
244Craig MacauleyAUS67899,262
245Martin StenderDEN140999,022
246Dean ColemanNZL50098,594
247Michel LesureLUX196,882
248Frederic LamarqueFRA176496,671
249Marc Vande Ghinste FRA181196,232
250Niels ArntoftDEN136695,732
251Jens Christian JurlanderDEN138595,462
252Robert SwieckiPOL4094,643
253Paul PikeGBR208094,474
254Uli BorchersGER53994,395
255Dirk LoeweGER78994,171
256Yann RiallandFRA166393,331
257Jonas AnderssonSWE277093,181
258Justin BarrAUS72192,492
259Hemril Kimmer PetersenDEN42192,442
260Charlie CumbleyGBR2191,001
261Bengt StrombergSWE1190,402
262Tony RaeNZL52488,762
263Andy CouchGBR215088,751
264Douglas ParkerAUS75286,943
265Mike WalkerAUS65585,813
266Stefan HaageGER78184,793
267Anders WiddingSWE279284,082
268Peter van der SchaafNED66483,882
269Patrice RovereFRA170983,331
270Jean Jacques CharpentierFRA18681,792
271Neil GoodheadGBR212581,632
272Pierre DebickiFRA181980,001
273Bertil EliassonSWE11179,222
274Petetin LaurentFRA182576,671
275Kai NickelkoppeGER78876,421
276Przemyslaw DrozdzikPOL4476,362
277Phil CovenyNZL47576,214
278Claes AhlstromSWE280076,063
279Bjorn LindvallSWE212176,002
280Uwe BohmGER59975,253
281J P WilliamsGBR211274,542
282Robert BanckenNED63873,935
283Rod AndrewBEL173,033
284Sren HolmDEN072,831
285Norbert PetrauschGER63072,446
286Julian BurnhamGBR210172,002
287Poul VincentsDEN127571,444
288Gailes Jean PierreFRA10470,001
289Kai WehmhoernerGER64967,954
290Remi BlandureauFRA176966,474
291David van der WendeNZL49266,453
292David RoseGBR205966,251
293Krister CarlssonSWE277964,832
294Eric KopkaFRA125764,292
295Darius HeinemannPOL20163,522
296Manca MaximeFRA133663,331
297Jan TaelmanBEL20763,282
298Nik WallisAUS72062,323
299Chris PerryGBR214861,762
300Claes HeymanSWE276361,573
301Thomas ChristensenDEN141560,833
302Michal GmajPOL5360,822
303Magnus FlachSWE280760,571
304Patrick DebaereFRA104460,001
305Robert JarockiPOL659,592
306Robert Glowacki POL358,402
307Sven ThuressonSWE268158,163
308Norman ByrdGBR215957,251
309Erik DubreuilFRA213356,671
310Anders JohannsenDEN1356,222
311John HendersenAUS71556,023
312Philippe De KervenoaelFRA213355,982
313Nicklas HeideDEN132455,611
314Nigel ComberNZL51053,844
315Mikael NielsenDEN141653,412
316Jean Loiis PetetinFRA32553,331
317Kagan WeeksNZL48552,712
318Carl HultgrenSWE279451,671
319Mathias LivbjergDEN14251,511
320Joe SchubertDEN139951,262
321Tomasz DemblinskiPOL5850,692
322Jan Siebe de VriesNED55550,353
323Karl Johan OsthSWE274049,812
324Mikale NielsenDEN141649,632
325Alan AtkinGBR212949,272
326Dave CooperGBR203148,922
327Neil WilliamsonUSA67848,161
328Magnus BagerSWE274648,102
329Claus SparreDEN141147,561
330Jonas JemtSWE280846,981
331Bob BourneGBR215546,941
332Henri BerengerFRA147246,671
333Christian HussGER74246,053
334Cornelia WirbeleitGER63345,211
335Mathew HixNZL 52445,001
336Edward CrichtonGBR209344,942
337Slava UstovytskyiAUS76044,513
338Julian BishopNZL51644,491
339Lars HultgrenSWE279544,381
340Michael LindhSWE275543,581
341Ute WitkeGER57643,481
342Didier SouliesFRA79443,331
343Simon ShawGBR213741,501
344Ed BradburnGBR211641,351
345Jens ThomsenDEN128441,114
346Ralph EriksenDEN143240,872
347Mary ReddyhoffGBR205840,652
348Susanne MackmannGER65340,651
349Freddy OttosenDEN139540,191
350Peter KirkegaardDEN131640,082
351Jan DisselGER22539,321
352Drummond SydenhamGBR195739,251
353Johanna Andrew BeckerBEL2938,193
354Lars DueDEN139036,981
355Frederic le DelaizirFRA181236,671
356Mads TerkelsenDEN140135,981
357James CowsmeadowAUS56234,932
358Soren SigurdssonDEN131334,931
359Harmen de VriesNED 55534,292
360Philippe ThomieresFRA82033,331
361Bob BourneGBR215533,251
362Jesper HansenDEN131333,172
363Henrik Bohm JensenDEN133932,821
364Jake O'DonnellAUS69532,161
365Jessica FinkeGER73431,912
366Francois PodevynFRA105331,862
367Susanne MackmanGER72331,341
368Trent PryceNZL50231,001
369Marty WeeksNZL47931,001
370Patrice DeroutFRA11030,001
371Kare Andresen DEN13328,611
372Asa HolmquistSWE275328,433
373Sybren HornstraNED33628,391
374Gareth CaldwellGBR212428,001
375Stephen SchmidtAUS74527,682
376Manut PhotongTHA727,231
377Matt StevenNZL42726,741
378Philippe DarcosFRA12926,671
379Dave HallUSA49026,522
380Philippe CowezBEL 22125,321
381Zbigniew DryznerPOL136124,401
382Marc GriseNZL47223,902
383Will BrantonGBR217123,501
384Francis Pons JeanFRA106723,331
385Mathieu ChenuilFRA72323,212
386Chris SalthouseNZL47922,671
387Thomas KvistDEN121922,332
388Chris BiscombGBR208322,291
389Michael RonneDEN130222,291
390Terrence BenadeAUS67321,392
391Paul AldridgeGBR206521,251
392Henning Biering NeilsenDEN135720,991
393Johnny Leif HansenDEN134220,191
394Anders OestergaardDEN133120,002
395Supakon PongwicheanTHA119,831
396Ingemar StigSWE270319,801
397Tim HurstGBR203219,001
398Majiej ChmielewskiPOL9519,001
399Jonathon O'DonnellAUS66018,751
400Robert KempAUS66718,002
401Peter LesterNZL 55018,002
402Jens WehmeierGER74917,471
403Tom PearceAUS73717,361
404Jerzy BojanowskiPOL1817,271
405Bill BradburnGBR213517,121
406Jesper AndersenDEN98117,031
407Magnus HaglundSWE275316,671
408Peter AebeloeSWE278416,401
409James maynardNZL40015,871
410Rafal KranciszewskiPOL8015,231
411Per Bo HansenDEN134114,921
412Michal KimszalPOL9414,501
413Martin WerdermannGER77014,231
414Lars FagerbergSWE11813,751
415Lasse HarngrenSWE270013,751
416Ben SteelGBR208013,651
417Lukasz UrbanowiczPOL62413,181
418Rolf WahlqvistNOR44412,291
419Mathew CockGBR2012,251
420Graham ArcusNZL 36011,832
421Ed GoodeyNZL47211,751
422Simon WhiteheadNZL 47011,672
423Robby WerdermannGER57710,821
424Rasmus RosenkvistDEN1310,711
425Thomas NevelingGER66410,631
426George SolnariROM70210,151
427kevin RiallandFRA111010,001
428Yves PapegaaiBEL 28310,001
429Simon GreeningGBR206210,001
430Xavier BeckiusFRA111710,001
431Mikotaj PugowskiPOL8110,001
432Adrian WalkerGBR21269,971
433Michael JorgensenDEN13309,661
434Maxine MancaFRA13369,221
435Eugen HadamovskyGER07,501
436Wieslaw JanczakPOL6497,051
437Nick FramptonGBR20276,731
438Mikael PetersenDEN1406,501
439Daniel GroschlGER5956,491
440Troels LykkeDEN12626,451
441Roland GadsbyGBR20885,001
442Ingmar HelessonSWE26725,001
443Jacek FajferPOL415,001
444Marina DellasGER7244,981
445Alwin H SchmidtGER4354,001
446Greg TobinAUS7084,001