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OK Dinghy Europeans Preview and World Rankings

by Robert Deaves, OK Dinghy International Association 17 Jul 2013 18:13 BST 20-26 July 2013
Always a healthy turnout for the OK European Championships © OK Class Association

The 2013 OK Dinghy Europeans Championship gets under way at the Yacht Club de Carnac, France this weekend. The OK Dinghy class only holds a Europeans when the world championship is outside Europe, so it follows on from the class worlds in Thailand at Easter. However such is the dynamic and the spread of the fleet that only 17 of the 68 entries for Carnac were present in Thailand, so for many sailors this will be their major event of the year. The start of the event also coincides with the July 2013 release of the OK Dinghy World Ranking list.

The 68 sailors heading to Carnac come from 10 countries and include sailors from Australia and New Zealand. Unlike some classes these sailors are able to take the overall title; there is no continental segregation in the OK Dinghy class. Bringing the championship to France has also boosted the home fleet with an encouraging 14 French entries, the highest number at an international event for many years.

The line up also includes four former world champions, one of which, the four time world champion Nick Craig (GBR) is also the only sailor present to hold the European title, and that was 11 years ago. Neither the current world champion, nor the current European champion, nor the world No.1 will be present in Carnac, but the fleet is so deep and competitive that there are still plenty of big names taking part.

The 2002 world champion Greg Wilcox (NZL) is back again, as well as the 2009 world champion Thomas Hansson-Mild (SWE), while this year also brings the return of the 2004 world champion Jim Hunt (GBR). Hunt has only sailed a handful of OK Dinghy regattas since his world title in 2004, but he is sure to be a strong challenger nevertheless.

While the largest team is from Great Britian, the Danes are fielding a very strong team as usual with world No. 3 Stefan Myralf (DEN) hoping to improve on his eighth place at this years worlds while world No. 7 Bo Pettersen (DEN) has been putting in some good domestic results and should be near the top.

For Myralf it will be a return to the place where he won the Laser European Championship 32 years ago. His world No. 3 ranking is his highest ever and he has competed in more qualifying regattas than anyone else in the top 30. He just placed second at Warnemunde Week and third at Swedish Nationals. He has been putting the time in and with a new boat, could well be the surprise of the week.

One place ahead of Myralf in both those regattas was Wilcox, who while being New Zealand's only entry lives in Germany. As well as winning Warnemunde Week, he also picked up the silver at the Nordics earlier this year. Most sailors are expecting a light week, conditions in which Wilcox usually excels. Another favourite has to be Hansson-Mild. He has already won the Nordic and Swedish Championships this year and took bronze in Warnemunde, though he skipped the worlds.

In the new release of the OK Dinghy World Rankings, Jorgen Svendsen (DEN) has retained his No.1 place, but has chosen to compete at the Finn Europeans at Warnemunde next week instead, as has World No.9 Andre Budzien (GER). This leaves Wilcox as the top ranked sailor in Carnac just ahead of Myralf, who moves up two places from the previous release, and Craig, who has dropped two places. Former world No. 1 Wilcox has moved up just one place to second.

In spite of the fact that he has done very little OK Dinghy sailing since the worlds this year, Craig goes into the Europeans as one of the clear favourites. His record speaks for itself and he can never be discounted. How well the others go we'll have to wait and see. There are a lot of new names in the class this year, so predicting the form is not easy.

The July release of the world ranking includes the Spring Cup in Medemblik, which were won by Thomasz Gaj (POL), The Nordics, Kiel Week, won by Budzien, the Swedish Championship and Warnemunde Week.

In Carnac, registration and measurement begins on Saturday 20 July with the practice race on Sunday afternoon. The 10 race series takes place from Monday 22 through to Friday 26 July.

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OK Dinghy World Ranking List July 2013: (best 5 results to count)

PosHelmNatSail NoPtsEvents sailed
1Jorgen SvendsenDEN1420957.611
2Greg WilcoxNZL544934214
3Stefan MyralfDEN1408912615
4Nick CraigGBR2150863.519
5Jorgen LindhartdsenDEN1364833.1713
6Roger BlasséAUS749831.196
7Bo PetersenDEN1421827.998
8Martin von ZimmermannGER693803.4613
9Andre BudzienGER782787.555
10Paul RhodesNZL51778676
11Alistair DeavesNZL542781.468
12Mark JacksonAUS735751.566
13Mike WilliamsAUS730739.155
14Mogens JohansenDEN1335728.7412
15Terry CurtisGBR2118724.935
16Sonke BehrensGER778707.67
17Thomas Hanson‑MildSWE100699.679
18Luke O'ConnellNZL546679.536
19Gunter ArndtGER740676811
20Jon FishGBR2151655.897
21Rene JohannsenDEN1393651.8611
22Jens LaugeDEN1410642.238
23Rob HengstNZL533623.926
24Mark SkeltonAUS736612.745
25Alex ScolesGBR214761077
26Jens MakholmNOR471605.917
27Jorg RademacherGER775601.728
28Hans ElkjaerSWE99596.6915
29Robert DeavesGBR2138591.244
30Christian MidtgaardDEN1304575.618
31Jorgen HolmDEN1377575.127
32Rudiger PrinzGER77355778
33Eddie O'DonnellAUS734551.656
34Malte PedersenDEN1407551.2217
35Christian OlesenDEN1340540.264
36Jakub KaniaPOL27531.626
37Adrian CoulthardNZL531530.537
38Mark RobertsAUS74752456
39Peter RobinsonAUS750522.847
40Peter ScheuerlGER618513.225
41Rainer Dr PospiechGER765506.736
42Jake WeeksNZL490506.156
43Ben MorrisonNZL530495.495
44Pawel PawlaczykPOL14487.546
45Christian HedlundDEN1398483.398
46Andreas PichGER777473.929
47Tomasz GajPOL1470.518
48Brent WilliamsAUS754467.423
49Gary LokumAUS741458.957
50Ralf TietjeGER787458.379
51Darek KrasPOL545825
52Andre BlasseAUS729457.216
53Peter WibroeDEN1344455.144
54Jens Christian JurlanderDEN1385448.735
55Andrew BakerAUS761440.765
56Richard BurtonGBR2042430.376
57Jesper PetersenDEN1356424.386
58Bartosz RakocyPOL19419.624
59Don WilliamsAUS727419.58
60Tony WoodsGBR2145415.976
61Janusz StobinskiPOL1039185
62Oliver GronholzGER772388.726
63Mike WildeNZL535374.662
64Radoslaw DrozdzikPOL4373.787
65Russell WoodNZL526368.834
66Lee ChildGBR2152368.662
67Andre HenningsGER752363.284
68Jesper StrandbergDEN14233635
69Thomas GlasGER731359.156
70Ingmar JansonSWE2772356.658
71Antoni PawlowskiPOL31351.35
72Ask AskholmDEN1418349.954
73Andreas DeubelGER760340.297
74Tim NormannDEN1392335.835
75Dave KetteridgeAUS725331.334
76Miles AddyNZL482329.125
77Jan‑Dietmar DellasGER680324.936
78Dirk GerickeGER735322.857
79Peter LynchAUS726322.785
80Joe PorebskiNZL52332274
81Ralf MackmanGER771321.936
82Carsten SassGER539321.137
83Simon dan PetersenDEN1375313.376
84Juliane HofmannGER76730656
85Bengt StrombergSWE11305.874
86Heinz RidderGER651305.219
87Marten BernesandSWE511303.945
88Hakan TornqvistSWE2786303.74
89Per SorensenDEN1350300.596
90Bjorn AllansenSWE2796292.692
91Thorsten SchmidtGER737291.987
92Lars AndresenDEN140328763
93Brad DouglasNZL539285.563
94Stefan HaageGER781280.937
95Dirk DameGER750280.237
96Claus SparreDEN1411278.423
97Bruce AshtonAUS72827584
98Simon DavisGBR2141273.656
99Martin BowerGBR2149272.676
100Lars HultgrenSWE2795269.354
101Sam JedigDEN1388264.784
102Keith ByersGBR2084263.223
103Falk HagemannGER757261.95
104Jonny BillstromSWE2775261.593
105Mats CaapSWE2797261.152
106Bo TeglersDEN1402260.653
107Johanne DagerbrantSWE2741253.752
108Lasse HanssonSWE2775253.333
109Lennart HanssonSWE88252.424
110Magnus GillgrenSWE2750252.35
111Bengt LarssonSWE2752252.215
112Lars Jorgen AndresenDEN1381246.93
113Henrik LarsenDEN1413245.765
114John Skjoldby PetersenDEN1303245.743
115Mads BrockhussDEN1419241.887
116Joe SchubertDEN1399241.218
117Freddy OttosenDEN1395240.44
118Tim DaviesAUS739237.594
119Ivan PedersenDEN1256236.93
120Mark PerrowNZL541236.613
121Brett GrahamRSA32234.495
122Carl HultgrenSWE279422282
123Hinnerk RiesGER670220.562
124Mathias FiskerDEN1345215.283
125Tom LonsdaleGBR2112211.314
126Jorg PosnyGER697210.395
127Chris FenwickNZL509207.663
128Mieczyslaw PoplonykPOL333204.113
129Chris VisickAUS75820034
130Gert BreitbartGER662199.23
131Soren SigurdssonDEN1313198.124
132Marty WeeksNZL479197.734
133Raymond DodardFRA1820197.234
134Peter RudblomDEN2782187.673
135Peter StephanGER665187.554
136Matt StechmannNZL52418752
137Peter KirkegaardDEN13161863
138Mads TerkelsenDEN1401184.813
139John BallGBR2158182.671
140Anders WiddingSWE2792177.463
141Elizabeth WilliamsAUS759177.342
142Claes AhlstromSWE2780175.423
143Gunnar GoronziGER766174.953
144Anders BuhlDEN1347173.482
145Sven BeyeGER715172.145
146Paul VerrijdtBEL214167.488
147Mikael NielsenDEN1337166.22
148Kacper JarockiPOL16165.153
149Johnny Leif HansenDEN134216494
150Gavin WaldronGBR2085161.263
151Marek BarnatPOL7158.685
152Jono CloughNZL498158.633
153Lars HanssonSWE22158.162
154Richard FurneauxAUS694157.384
155Anders AndersenDEN13461551
156Trent PryceNZL50215393
157Hamish FenwickNZL500152.982
158Peter NorborgDEN1374151.412
159Dawid KaniaPOL2715122
160Jan Eric NystedtSWE66148.982
161Marek JarockiPOL16146.62
162Douglas ParkerAUS752145.914
163Stig FrandsenDEN1396145.195
164Chris PerryGBR2148144.224
165Neil GoodheadGBR2125144.113
166Bill TylerAUS692140.735
167Frederic LamarqueFRA1764139.22
168Deryck LovegroveGBR2130137.534
169Glenn YatesAUS684136.414
170Julien DejugnatFRA126913652
171Alain RenouxFRA1824130.652
172Egon PetersenDEN1318130.214
173Erik BorkGER695129.883
174Philippe De KervenoaelFRA2133129.752
175Mathew HixNZL 52412882
176Per JaenssonSWE22212521
177Soren Rugaard‑LarsenDEN1384123.32
178Ronny PoelmanBEL220121.564
179Per WestlundSWE2750121.463
180Antony RichGBR2121121.222
181Yves KaminskiGER755120.893
182Michael JorgensenDEN1330120.524
183Andy TurnerGBR2123118.862
184Julian BishopNZL516117.592
185Robert SwieckiPOL40116.193
186Ian HarrisGBR2142113.172
187Henrik KogoedDEN1413112.712
188Stephen MooreAUS755112.693
189Henrik Bohm JensenDEN1339112.512
190Erik ThompsonAUS706111.746
191Poul ChristiansenDEN1405110.315
192Christian HussGER742109.646
193A per SorensenDEN1052109.542
194Daen DorazioAUS715109.242
195Michael MorrisonNZL50110623
196Kai WehmhoernerGER649105.125
197Jake O'DonnellAUS695104.323
198Maxine MancaFRA1336102.523
199Olle AlbrektssonSWE2787102.51
200Karl Johan OsthSWE2740101.512
201Olivier HontanxFRA17791001
202Tim GoodbodyIRL1099.681
203Thomas ChristensenDEN13369923
204Stephen SchmidtAUS74596.734
205Folkert JanssenAUS61096.152
206Alan AtkinGBR212995.724
207Fritz Banner PedersenDEN1331951
208Peter RudholmSWE278291.892
209Didier SouliesFRA79491.52
210Bertil EliassonSWE11191.332
211Peter HorneAUS73390.771
212Piotr FalczynskiPOL4590.732
213Dan AgerGBR212090.22
214Jonas BorjessonSWE6090.192
215Ulf SahleSWE279087.823
216Steve McDowellNZL54587.591
217Karl PurdieNZL53185.991
218Lynge Thang JorgensenDEN139185.274
219Jean Claude lidonFRA181085.22
220Glenn WilliamsAUS71984.942
221Claes HeymanSWE276384.874
222Nigel ManneringNZL51284.481
223Simon ShawGBR213784.412
224Jakub DworniczakPOL2483.923
225Ed BradburnGBR211683.331
226Bartosz ParzuchowskiPOL5583.262
227Teddy ArrowsmithGBR201282.723
228Mathieu ChenuilFRA72382.643
229Jan DisselGER22580.782
230John BurnhamGBR2101801
231Marty PikeNZL53679.752
232Yann RiallandFRA166378.41
233Adrian ManneringNZL50478.281
234Jonathon O'DonnellAUS66077.723
235Hendrik KjeldsenDEN137177.132
236David O'DonnellAUS69576.921
237Guillaume de KervendaelFRA182376.683
238Henning Biering NeilsenDEN135776.231
239Robert Glowacki POL376.112
240Gerd BreitbartGER66275.633
241Jacques BoizardFRA106775.32
242Patrice RovereFRA170974.81
243Tom PearceAUS73774.732
244Krzysztof DabkowskiPOL5874.481
245Martin WerdermannGER77074.433
246Chris HallAUS75873.93
247David BourneGBR210773.331
248Arne LindemannGER75272.91
249Paul PikeGBR210471.653
250Eric KopkaFRA125771.21
251Rafal KranciszewskiPOL8070.472
252Stephan VeldmanNED66370.393
253Henrik KjeldsenDEN137169.812
254Bill BradburnGBR213569.222
255Dan BushNZL4786991
256Kagan WeeksNZL48568.971
257Andrew PardingtonNZL52868.381
258Katharina HussGER60668.35
259Knut RaminGER75167.813
260Gareth WellsAUS74267.691
261Lasse LanteSWE249466.833
262Phil CovenyNZL47566.63
263Per HansenDEN134165.463
264Darren HuntAUS74665.381
265Michael WolfGER7746572
266Simon CoxGBR212263.331
267Nigel ComberNZL51063.324
268Brian QuayleGBR206263.282
269Rolf WahlqvistNOR4446313
270Peter NielsenDEN133462.412
271Bob ChapmanAUS70460.771
272Ralph EriksenDEN115960.693
273Jakob ChristensenDEN132660.533
274Bernard CoursieresFRA1117602
275Jacub ChristensenDEN211959.231
276Poul VincentsDEN127558.962
277Erik DubreuilFRA104458.652
278Peter YatesAUS74858.461
279Bartosz Przbysz POL4757.51
280Mike WalkerAUS65557.322
281Jonas QuistSWE3357.271
282Zbigniew DryznerPOL136156.832
283Toby RamsayGBR210056.671
284Arne MalmSWE275256.671
285Svend Erik MolbechDEN140456.61
286Troels LykkeDEN1330551
287Przemyslaw DrozdzikPOL2153.851
288Nick FramptonGBR202753.331
289Adrian WalkerGBR212653.163
290Justin BarrAUS72152.531
291Robby WerdermannGER57752.393
292Kaspar AndresenDEN136952.141
293Jan Siebe de VriesNED65252.124
294Jan BechmannGER56751.553
295Kim W HolmDEN138951.251
296Jean‑Claude WillecommeFRA123949.61
297John DouglasNZL 5354911
298Frank StrelowGER72748.92
299Tim SmithAUS74048.382
300Tobias WillmannGER74648.152
301Mary ReddyhoffGBR205847.572
302Todd HughesAUS50047.311
303Kay NickelkoppeGER74747.13
304Robert JarockiPOL11646.541
305Christian HeinzeGER60745.922
306Chris BiscombGBR208344.591
307Peter WallaceAUS71643.731
308Yannick LaumansBEL2054381
309Asa HolmquistSWE275342.923
310Thomas KvistDEN121942.592
311Bjorn WestergaardDEN132142.51
312Ashly ParkinsonAUS6294142
313Chris DevineNZL4544131
314Yan RiallandFRA1562411
315Karsten KathGER74840.273
316Pawel NowickiPOL1139.231
317Norbert PetrauschGER63038.853
318Noel MasseronFRA2938.81
319Darren PriorGBR210738.361
320Philippe ThomieresFRA82037.52
321Thomas AugustesenDEN132437.411
322Marc BoizardFRA173436.51
323Julian BurnhamGBR210136.41
324Robert Cambell GreyGBR213936.381
325Magnus BagerSWE221736.372
326Ulf DagerbrandtSWE274136.251
327Claus StockhardtGER64236.151
328Remi BlandureauFRA79936.152
329Michel LaclauFRA180135.21
330Michel LesureLUX1351
331Ed GoodeyNZL47233.442
332Magnus HaglundSWE275333.331
333David SwalesAUS7163381
334Henrik BendsenDEN13833281
335Mikolaj PrzybylaPOL4631.921
336Brad JohansonUSA101031.712
337Oliver RonsliauxFRA181831.61
338Paul BoutsBEL15131.541
339Marina DellasGER72431.443
340Graham PearceAUS73731.41
341Thomas AllanssonSWE279631.141
342James CaseGBR2096311
343Maurycy ChomiczPOL6630.911
344Dave CooperGBR203130.461
345Jurgen IllersGER64330.381
346Torsten AlbrechtBEL69129.812
347Pierre DebickiFRA6929.751
348Carsten SchelerDEN129129.621
349Wim SaeysBEL12829.231
350Jerzy BojanowskiPOL1828.751
351Graham ArcusNZL 46728.53
352Michal GmajPOL5328.271
353Joost RommelaereBEL2032881
354Chris MasonAUS72227.881
355Tim HurstGBR203226.671
356Frank PraterAUS72426.151
357Olivier RonsiauxFRA181825.251
358Jurgen SpliethGER727251
359Lukasz UrbanowiczPOL62424.621
360Jan HartmannGER66623.61
361Robert BanckenNED63823.483
362Bjorn LindvallSWE212122.51
363Daniel GroschlGER59521.622
364Sebastian DrozdzikPOL4420.961
365Alwin H SchmidtGER43520.822
366Laurent PabionFRA17120.81
367Nicolas LavauzelleFRA020.751
368Matt BatesGBR20672082
369Marc Vande Ghinste BEL14201
370Sam ThomsonGBR2108201
371Mateusz KaesmarekPOL4619.562
372John HoogerbrugNZL45819.311
373Michael FlavellAUS5431981
374Thierry DamblonBEL4418.851
375Jorg SylvesterGER726181
376Mateusz GeowienkoPOL2217.951
377Nils TrollandDEN30217.361
378Czyz WaldemarPOL8117.311
379Laurence PicardFRA176917.252
380Jacques MoriliereFRA69617.21
381Rhys LankesterGBR214416.671
382Kevin KnottAUS50016.541
383Rod AndrewBEL116.541
384Simon HoultGBR214016.251
385Sven MarchotGER64015.532
386Mikael HaglundSWE275315.451
387Niels Jorgen LarsenDEN1343151
388Richard GadsbyGBR208814.651
389Peter NielsenAUS64014.621
390Uli BorchersGER58714.231
391Magnus FlashSWE275513.711
392Thomas DembinskiPOL5113.651
393Lunge JorgensenDEN139113.651
394Konrad KierzekPOL6213.641
395Jean Yves AlluaumeFRA11013.61
396Jan TaelmanBEL2071381
397Oliver BurrowsGBR012.681
398Claus HagerupDEN137812.51
399Nik WallisAUS7201231
400Reidar SarheimNOR46310.851
401Johanna Andrew BeckerBEL2910.771
402Stephen WilsonAUS751101
403Per Bo HansenDEN1341101
404Sam BlocksidgeGBR2092101
405Mikolaj PsiakowskiPOL469101
406Len MassonGER6909.621
407Rune LarsenDEN13598.931
408Michael CollinsAUS6728.851
409Bob AustinGBR20658.731
410Ques PapegaaiBEL5968.461
411William VilletAUS5086.921
412Ralf GerbigGER3576.751
413Terrence BenadeAUS6736.751
414Lennart RundqvistSWE20196.741
415Jean VaengeBEL2216.151
416Peter AebeloeSWE278451
417Philippe DarcosFRA12951
418Jakub ReszkaPOL2051
419Wietze HuitemaNED2251

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