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November 2017

Greg Wilcox extends lead in final OK Dinghy World Rankings of 60th Anniversary Year

Greg Wilcox
Greg Wilcox

After winning the German OK Dinghy championship in October, Greg Wilcox, from New Zealand, has extended his lead at the top of the final OK Dinghy World Ranking List of 2017 to 100 points. Tomasz Gaj, from Poland, remains second, while Henrik Kofoed Larsen, from Denmark, moves up to third.

The new release includes 10 events as well as some corrections and adjustments carried over from the previous release in August. Some 523 sailors are now included, and the list keeps growing as more and more sailors from across the world discover, and in some cases rediscover, the joys and fun of sailing the OK Dinghy.

Following a record breaking European Championship in Faaborg, Denmark in July, nine national and regional titles were decided in the European autumn, as well as the Nordic Championship in Nykøping, Denmark, where Anders Andersen, from Denmark, dominated the 45 boat fleet to win from Johan Bjørling, from Denmark, and Jonas Børjesson, from Sweden.

The biggest autumn event, as usual, was the Danish Championship, won by last year’s European champion, Bo Petersen. Wilcox was a clear second with Jens Lauge, from Denmark, fighting off some very good sailors to take third.

World ranked No. 2, Thomas Gaj, won another Polish title, while Kiwi, Luke Gower, won his first British Nationals. Thomas Hansson-Mild took the Swedish title in front of Wilcox and Jonas Qvist.

One of the growth areas in the class is the Low Countries with increasing numbers and interest, including many new boats in Belgium and the Netherlands. To reflect this, the ranking list now includes three events from the region. The ever popular Belgian Nationals, sailed on Lake Galgenweel in Antwerp, was won for the first time ever by a French sailor, Julien Dejugnat, with the first Belgian, Jacques Pirenne, in sixth place in the 33 boat fleet. Dejugnat also won the French southern national title, making it three titles in a year for him after winning the Mediterranean Championship in Bandol, in May, a non-ranking regatta, but the venue for the 2018 European Championship.

An impressive 46 sailors turned up for the Open Dutch Championship on the Oostersee. Jörg Rademacher, from Germany, won the event, but as only two races were sailed due to very light winds, the title was not assigned. Top Dutchman was Stephan Veldman in sixth. Then Malte Pedersen, from Denmark won the Belgian Autumn OK Regatta on the Lac de l’Eau d’Heure in southern Belgium.

The German championship was held at Flensburg at the end of September, and for the first time ever, Potsdam based sailmaker, Greg Wilcox, of Turtle Sails, won the title after many years of trying. He finished on equal points with double world champion André Budien with former European champion, Martin von Zimmermann, some way back in third.

At the end of the OK Dinghy’s 60th anniversary year it is looking in better health than ever. More new boats have been built than at any time since 1980, and with the next year’s world championship heading back to one of the classes favourite venues, Warnemünde, in Germany, it is looking like 2018 will be another great year for the OK Dinghy.

Ranking
RankNameNat.Sailno.PointsEvents sailed
(5 to count)
1Greg WilcoxNZL566999.7515
2Tomasz GajPOL1898.6910
3Henrik Kofoed LarsenDEN1487890.9110
4Martin von ZimmermannGER803868.3513
5Pawel PawlaczykPOL14860.458
6Jim HuntGBR11822.486
7Oliver GronholzGER783813.788
8Ralf TietjeGER78781.7111
9Andreas PichGER7780.1414
10Mark JacksonAUS768772.547
11Thomas Hanson-MildSWE100765.0211
12Ask AskholmDEN22745.8410
13Luke O'ConnellNZL546743.676
14Bo PetersenDEN1431729.579
15Sonke BehrensGER778689.147
16Jonas BorjessonSWE2830685.6310
17Andre BudzienGER71678.347
18Charlie CumbleyGBR1677.526
19Bo Reker AndersenDEN1667.7012
20Jorg RademacherGER775658.048
21Mats CaapSWE2797649.656
22Brent WilliamsAUS754623.676
23Peter HeideDEN1442622.787
24Mogens JohansenDEN1335617.987
25Eric RoneNZL536603.016
26Jens LaugeDEN10596.987
27Jorgen HolmDEN1477590.799
28Rainer PospiechGER11581.198
29Peter RobinsonAUS750581.096
30Marek BernatPOL7578.7212
31Anders AndersenDEN1450578.685
32Steve McDowellNZL545577.954
33Robert DeavesGBR10560.985
34Paul RhodesNZL517550.394
35Malte PedersenDEN7544.5716
36Tony WoodsGBR2179544.136
37Jesper HojerDEN1495542.044
38Stefan PaviaSWE20532.2211
39Johan BjorlingDEN1485526.654
40Luke GowerNZL573525.474
41Henrik Kimmer PetersenDEN1433517.065
42Richard BurtonGBR2183515.437
43Joe PorebskiNZL523512.956
44Frank StrelowGER791503.338
45Andrew RushworthGBR67500.927
46Ed BradburnGBR2185500.046
47Jorgen SvendsenDEN3495.934
48Mark PerrowNZL551491.834
49Chris FenwickNZL567486.554
50Grzegorz SalamonPOL19484.884
51Gunter ArndtGER2480.806
52Jacques PirenneBEL 230479.329
53Ingo BallersteinGER789477.456
54Bengt LarssonSWE8473.816
55David BourneGBR17470.677
56Nick CraigGBR2195468.432
57Stefan RassauGER12467.907
58Julien DejugnatFRA1827465.715
59Dirk GerickeGER22465.1710
60Alex ScolesGBR13462.375
61Thomas GlasGER731462.196
62Adrian CoulthardNZL531462.127
63Ralf MackmanGER800460.8511
64Jono CloughNZL498454.174
65Stefan MyralfDEN6450.057
66Marten BernesandSWE2803447.298
67Joe SchubertDEN107445.315
68Ronald FoestGER8444.945
69David HoogenboomNZL563440.216
70Hakan TornqvistSWE6439.645
71Ben MorrisonNZL560423.666
72Bob BuchananAUS766420.515
73Wolfgang HofenerGER3419.434
74Rob HengstNZL571418.055
75Mark SkeltonAUS753413.634
76Tim DaviesAUS739398.365
77John Skjoldby PetersenDEN1303396.765
78Jonny BillstromSWE3393.575
79Chris ArnellGBR21393.483
80Alain RenouxFRA1824393.026
81Roger BlasséAUS749390.972
82Christian MidtgaardDEN1304389.935
83Glenn WilliamsAUS719388.905
84Fritz Banner PedersenDEN1454373.936
85Mike WildeNZL575372.564
86Lars AndresenDEN1463371.224
87Hessel HoekstraNED667369.7615
88Bo TeglersDEN1402369.442
89Terry CurtisGBR69366.845
90Falk HagemannGER757361.725
91Lennart HanssonSWE2791359.195
92Russell WoodNZL526357.115
93Hans ElkjaerSWE99350.498
94Simon CowoodGBR3348.014
95Simon ProbertNZL565345.315
96Chris TurnerGBR0343.101
97Ingmar JanssonSWE2804336.166
98Grant WakefieldAUS736334.706
99Dave KetteridgeAUS725334.325
100Christian ThomsenDEN703321.653
101Thorsten SchmidtGER9320.9010
102Heinz RidderGER678315.5112
103Lutz BoguhnGER4312.818
104Daniel GroschlGER595310.416
105Arne MalmSWE80306.145
106Jesper BendixDEN1492303.702
107Thomas SkeppmarkSWE2809303.664
108Lars EdwallSWE59300.122
109Henri SkouDEN1483298.163
110Gavin WaldronGBR2163293.783
111Simon CoxGBR4290.405
112Christian TellerDEN1457289.943
113Keith ByersGBR2176289.302
114Jorg SylvesterGER777285.196
115Jan-Erik EngholmSWE2782284.642
116Sefton PowrieNZL564283.185
117Ian HopwoodGBR2188273.332
118Przemyslaw DrozdzikPOL44271.625
119Jan Hempel SparsoDEN140270.982
120Mike WilliamsAUS730268.583
121Carsten SassGER690267.897
122Claus StockhardtGER784266.656
123Dirk DameGER75260.952
124Deryck LovegroveGBR18257.146
125Jesper StrandbergDEN77256.666
126Elizabeth WilliamsAUS759252.855
127Tim NormannDEN1482251.675
128Sipke HeokstraNED638248.109
129Lars Jorgen AndresenDEN1463247.714
130Rod DavisNZL561245.374
131Thomas MeyerDEN1348244.215
132Fabian GronholzGER6244.023
133Stephan VeldmanNED663243.875
134Anders BuhlDEN1395238.172
135Lars Johan BrodtkorbNOR428238.001
136Dean ColemanNZL568237.204
137Jorgen LindhartdsenDEN142234.813
138Stefan HagerlandSWE10234.003
139Bo JensenDEN70233.596
140Patrick NicolasFRA1830232.354
141Jorn WilleGER721230.312
142Henrik HamannDEN1424227.953
143Peter RudblomSWE77226.795
144Brian TerpDEN1473225.643
145Timothe PetetinFRA828223.453
146Niels BjorlingDEN1465219.752
147Juliane HofmannGER767219.563
148Eddie O'DonnellAUS734215.294
149David CarrollGBR85209.113
150Claes AvellanSWE2816205.796
151Jan BechmannGER567205.114
152Gerd BreitbartGER607203.015
153Jan KurfeldGER806202.721
154Will CroxfordGBR2124201.392
155Sybren HornstraNED669200.066
156Ulf SahleSWE55198.864
157Rodney TiddGBR2178196.814
158Ben SteelGBR84196.543
159Folkert JanssenAUS733194.794
160Poul VincentsDEN1392194.473
161Radoslaw DrozdzikPOL4192.522
162Frederic LamarqueFRA1764192.083
163Knut RaminGER751191.125
164Stig FrandsenDEN1396191.066
165Glenn YatesAUS767190.634
166Peter HorneAUS762190.083
167Phil CovenyNZL569189.203
168Nils TrollandDEN1481188.364
169Tom LonsdaleGBR8186.323
170Claes HeymanSWE2802183.845
171Ronny PoelmanBEL220181.084
172Morten AndrersenDEN12181.002
173Jan-Dietmar DellasGER680179.856
174Niels TrolandDEN1481179.051
175Per SorensenDEN1437178.587
176Dan SlaterNZL562177.852
177Frederik RoentgenGER651176.478
178Jon HammondGBR64176.385
179Lars MollerDEN126175.476
180Philippe CowezBEL 221174.317
181Peter LynchAUS726173.894
182Peter WibroeDEN1344173.662
183Rene BrunnDEN1430172.133
184Philip RzepeckyNZL574169.843
185Joost RommelaereBEL248169.585
186Peter KorsbjergDEN1441168.813
187Jonas QuistSWE666168.402
188Ken CarrollGBR46168.037
189Christian HeinzeGER10165.196
190Jean Louis PetetinFRA1836164.843
191David HaseldineAUS688164.222
192Thomas KvistDEN1336160.153
193Anders WiddingSWE10159.674
194Dan BushNZL478156.393
195Soren SigurdssonDEN1458155.554
196Douglas PowellGBR2145155.101
197Peter ZeilerDEN666153.663
198Robert SwieckiPOL40153.525
199Jean Claude LidonFRA1810153.043
200Jaroslaw RadzkiPOL10149.552
201Sam JedigDEN1438149.493
202Peter LesterNZL 550149.172
203Michael WolfGER799149.144
204Rene Sarabia JohannsenDEN1442148.752
205Jon FishGBR2151146.382
206Will Turner GBR2169146.252
207Hans BorjessonDEN1393145.642
208Paul VerrijdtBEL214143.103
209Remi BlandureauFRA1769142.746
210Jan Eric NystedtSWE2749140.362
211Henri BerengerFRA1472140.184
212Duncan EllisGBR2189139.802
213Arne JohanssonSWE2480138.173
214Soren NielsenDEN1461137.684
215Susanne MackmannGER771137.654
216Jessica FinkeGER788137.4110
217Przemyslaw KryszczynskiPOL9135.701
218Richard FurneauxAUS740134.965
219Erik ThompsonAUS706134.316
220Palle LarsenDEN1329132.903
221Peter van der SchaafNED670130.482
222Olof StenstromDEN1484129.293
223Michel LesureLUX1126.243
224Morten JensenDEN1489125.802
225Jesper SommerDEN1316124.322
226Sven BeyeGER715124.122
227Thomas ChristensenDEN1415122.533
228Frederik SvendsenDEN8119.831
229Gareth WellsAUS742119.103
230Axel ProppGER746118.782
231Christian RasmussenDEN1446118.442
232Karsten KrausGER809117.371
233Stig LassenDEN1382116.301
234Marty PikeNZL554115.975
235Jonas AnderssonSWE2783115.962
236Svend Erik MolbechDEN1424115.791
237Laurent PetetinFRA1828115.272
238Maya Hanson MildSWE0114.541
239Christian OlesenDEN1340112.542
240Christen KockDEN1250112.003
241Tim O'LearyGBR2116111.833
242Mark RobertsAUS762107.943
243Simon DavisGBR999106.853
244Frank BergDEN66106.032
245Tim McDowellNZL466105.544
246Nigel ManneringNZL512105.372
247Francois PodevynBEL207103.445
248Rainer HaacksGER806102.631
249Nick LoganGBR2136102.323
250Per WestlundSWE2815101.392
251Peter MilneAUS69499.252
252Brian FogedDEN498.952
253Uli BorchersGER53998.655
254Peter ThyboDEN1497.996
255Bertil EliassonSWE11196.713
256Ray HallNZL50295.331
257Sven Christian KochGER77194.211
258Antony RichGBR212194.133
259Kevin KnottAUS73893.903
260Mary ReddyhoffGBR205893.344
261Nadine TietjeGER77792.471
262Stefan FagerlandSWE281291.791
263Mads Bjorndal RoblDEN133391.652
264Kelvin HoldtAUS70891.431
265Anders Gerhardt-HansenDEN149990.512
266Flemming HostgaardDEN130589.844
267Stefan HaageGER78189.832
268Anthony OsmanGBR2889.621
269Andreas DellwigGER7888.633
270Frederik Dahl HansenDEN142688.581
271Sven MarchotGER64088.272
272Jonas JemtSWE6088.143
273Paul PikeGBR208087.974
274Christopher ArnellGBR2186.861
275Axel FisherGER74686.822
276Simon dan PetersenDEN137586.622
277Jimmy HansenDEN117785.793
278Jorg PosnyGER69784.253
279Svend JacobsenDEN11284.034
280Lasse HanssonSWE2283.792
281Andre BlasseAUS72983.291
282Hendrik RyninkNED66882.893
283Troels TrabjergDEN082.001
284Erik DubreuilFRA181681.283
285Chris DevineNZL54881.103
286Jean-Pierre GailesFRA10480.431
287Hinnerk RiesGER67079.471
288Nicklas HeideDEN145179.001
289Fabien CapeilleresFRA183378.801
290Benjamin DowneyAUS73277.861
291Martin StenderDEN140977.501
292Don WilliamsAUS72776.693
293Peter PlesnerDEN150576.502
294Kim ViborgDEN134676.001
295Bob ChapmanAUS70475.141
296Jan CarlssonSWE1774.871
297Peter BacklundSWE279374.552
298Tom PedersenDEN126174.501
299Nigel ComberNZL51174.504
300Marina DellasGER77973.176
301Bruce AshtonAUS72873.142
302Mark RutherfordAUS75772.431
303Anthony RidgeGBR2572.311
304Ulf DagerbrandtSWE274172.051
305Rob McmillanAUS 76671.852
306Matt StechmannNZL54971.731
307Rod AndrewBEL170.664
308Andrew MartinGBR9970.613
309Antony NossiterAUS76570.471
310Henrik Bohm JensenDEN144370.441
311Patrick DebaereFRA104469.902
312Johannes DagerbrantSWE281069.231
313Patrice RovereFRA170968.701
314Mark FisherAUS76168.002
315Claus Hoj JensenDEN1167.421
316Hayden WhitburnNZL51566.521
317Stephen MooreAUS75566.393
318Dittmer BehrmannGER77365.632
319Michael Boris PetersenDEN7265.563
320Gary LokumAUS74165.502
321Jonathan Prom ScharffDEN137765.151
322Jean-Yves GeoffroyFRA125764.781
323Robert BanckenNED63864.522
324Gunnar GoronziGER76664.342
325Peter WallaceAUS74664.291
326Jacob BangDEN8863.762
327Gerard BonnetFRA175663.672
328Per JaenssonSWE22263.082
329Philip DubbinAUS72962.951
330Jan Siebe de VriesNED65262.261
331Jacob LundingDEN6162.241
332Chris VisickAUS75861.832
333Andrew BakerAUS76161.802
334Steve WilsonAUS74161.571
335Didier SouliesFRA79460.871
336Olof LindgrenSWE271960.771
337David SwalesAUS71660.482
338Niels-Kristian TerkildsenDEN145360.261
339Christian HussGER74259.773
340David van der WendeNZL53059.001
341Uwe BohmGER59958.882
342Michael AireyGBR4658.461
343Joris van BaarleBEL62758.363
344Chris ColemanNZL49758.281
345Thomas JacobsenDEN127558.001
346Johanna Andrew BeckerBEL2957.904
347Michael HorvathAUS74455.412
348Dirch ZibrandtsenDEN126255.393
349Dawid KaniaPOL2755.001
350Lars HendriksenDEN755.001
351Soren ChristiansenDEN138255.001
352Luke FarthingGBR218455.001
353Rolf WahlqvistNOR44454.872
354Brett GrahamRSA3253.332
355Brett DanielNZL47053.232
356Michael BrownAUS73652.911
357Edward CrichtonGBR209352.501
358Karsten KathGER79352.432
359Birgit MeterGER52751.942
360Per-Erik JohanssonSWE279151.061
361James PagettAUS78650.711
362Claus Moller ChristensenDEN140350.391
363Phillippe ChelleFRA650.001
364Maximilian KiepGER65950.001
365Gunnar LarssonSWE280549.491
366Frederic le DelaizirFRA181249.131
367Michal GajPOL1148.571
368Klaus JorgensenDEN142548.532
369Ralph EriksenDEN143248.322
370Thomas EgeskovDEN10047.532
371Bernard CoursieresFRA166447.482
372Harm de VriesNED 67246.413
373Ken ZierDEN144146.001
374Tomas MeyerDEN134845.962
375Noel MasseronFRA2945.581
376Mike WalkerAUS65545.332
377Allen HansenSWE276344.501
378Ron FergussonAUS61844.282
379Andrew StephensenAUS7542.571
380Mads TruelsenNOR140542.501
381Erwin VeldmanNED65242.321
382David RoseGBR216842.191
383Alistair DeavesNZL54241.001
384Stephen WilsonAUS74140.711
385Adrian ManneringNZL50439.621
386Jesper JakobsonDEN143239.542
387Arnd GlundeGER76939.471
388Mats HovdeSWE1538.211
389Henrik BendsenDEN144337.891
390Tony BierreNZL55037.781
391Philippe BradferFRA213337.391
392Oliver HuberGER8337.371
393Rasmus RosenkvistDEN130237.191
394Phil BarnettAUS68037.141
395Jakob BennikeDEN138737.001
396Craig MacauleyAUS67836.611
397Martin BakDEN137735.921
398Brian BrunnDEN138035.501
399Mats PeterssonSWE272735.381
400Paul BoutsBEL15135.382
401Peter MeyerGER63834.912
402Peter StephanGER66534.752
403A per SorensenDEN105234.611
404Justin BarrAUS72134.101
405Lars DueDEN139033.951
406Bengt StrombergSWE1133.851
407Pierre GaryFRA32533.481
408Thomas FauconFRA72333.211
409Benoit DevillersBEL 2133.133
410Andreas LindhSWE160731.921
411Rob WayAUS031.711
412Bob BourneGBR217031.352
413Vig per SorensenDEN143731.141
414Bjorn LindvallSWE2130.961
415Andy OsmanGBR5930.771
416Tony SaundersNZL48130.451
417Tim SmithAUS74030.331
418Jean Pierre LidonFRA10430.311
419Koen SchellengNED66630.062
420Martin BowerGBR6630.002
421Willem DijkstaNED60929.901
422Michael LindhSWE281429.741
423Christophe BouvierFRA198929.571
424Jakob WitthoftDEN133729.501
425Jens Magleby SorensenDEN127729.341
426Peter ScheuerlGER61829.231
427John HammondGBR6429.061
428Henrik HansenDEN142429.041
429Per TrolleDEN4128.671
430Olof Gunnar LarssonSWE280528.081
431Erik OtterstadDEN132428.031
432Michael MorrisonNZL55527.501
433Tom LeeGBR172827.311
434Luke CromieAUS67226.752
435Norbert PetrauschGER63026.703
436Douglas ParkerAUS75226.571
437Nils MarlingDEN135426.501
438Sean HomanAUS69426.431
439Lukas BruingGER74625.891
440Pascal PerraudFRA7925.651
441Michael FlavellAUS54325.492
442Bill MackyNZL47925.462
443Gerard LindgrenSWE1325.412
444Samuel PodevynBEL13125.333
445Reidar SarheimNOR46325.022
446Bjarne HansenDEN147825.001
447Ingo GriemDEN141724.892
448Neil GoodheadGBR212524.691
449Sverker HardSWE275324.101
450Samuel HainesAUS70824.061
451Waldermar CzyzPOL823.181
452Chris HallAUS75822.811
453Wilhelm KathGER74822.561
454Sven ThuressonSWE4322.522
455Paul DuttonGBR217222.432
456Etienne DelpechFRA153421.741
457Philippe ThomieresFRA82021.732
458Greg SalamonPOL1921.601
459Sjouke BusNED56621.461
460Lars FagerbergSWE276821.351
461Sam WoodsGBR213121.141
462David VincentAUS69520.861
463Marty WeeksNZL47920.581
464Magnus FlachSWE280720.381
465Nik WallisAUS72020.301
466Charlie GloomeauBAR119.561
467Mikael NielsenDEN144819.471
468Jan La PorteNED18019.271
469John ShirleyNZL 53918.851
470Hans GenefkeDEN141018.821
471Magnus BagerSWE274618.461
472Mitchell WilsonAUS69517.992
473Waldemar WtoczkowskiPOL1217.881
474Jean-Francis PonsFRA106717.831
475Claes AhlstromSWE280017.501
476Jef DelhezNED65817.071
477Peter AebeloeSWE278416.922
478Lasse LantzSWE278416.541
479Fran PodevyncoisBEL20716.151
480Christian Saabye SimonsenDEN1415.812
481Philippe DarcosFRA12915.002
482Russell WardGBR215915.001
483Ralph GriegerGER64514.881
484Maxine MancaFRA133614.871
485Jan BehrendtGER75914.671
486Magnus GillgrenSWE281214.621
487Pierre DarcheBEL014.291
488Per RunestamSWE28013.651
489Rasmus ClausenDEN134213.551
490Katharina HussGER60613.291
491Timo PapasokratisBEL22412.901
492Johnny Leif HansenDEN134212.891
493Barbarra BorgerNED59912.822
494James CowsmeadowAUS56212.771
495Bruce SchofieldAUS67912.711
496Julian BishopNZL51611.921
497Mikael HaglundSWE275311.731
498Alan RobinsonGBR10011.561
499John HendersenAUS71511.521
500Jurgen IllersGER64311.002
501Marc GriseNZL47211.001
502Andy TurnerGBR212310.961
503Florent DelacourtFRA76910.001
504James LeyAUS66710.001
505Phil BentonGBR216710.001
506Lasse HarngrenSWE27009.811
507Jakub KrynickiPOL1409.551
508Brenda HoultGBR199.231
509Slava UstovytskyiAUS7609.011
510Fredrik WibergSWE27558.851
511Dick van der ZeeNED6658.291
512Joakim SivikSWE27797.881
513Terrence BenadeAUS6737.751
514Paul DeaneGBR20347.191
515Dave HallUSA4906.731
516Robert KempAUS6676.501
517Jorg HagerGER8016.381
518Per Bo HansenDEN13415.661
519Ashley ParkinsonAUS7115.241
520Asa HolmquistSWE27535.001
521Graham ArcusNZL 3605.001
522Lex RyninkNED6685.001
523Simon OstrowskiPOL935.001