Nick Craig retakes OK Dinghy World Number one spot
by Robert Deaves, OKDIA 17 Dec 2010 07:48 GMT
The final release of the OK Dinghy World Rankings for 2010 brings a familiar face back to the top. Former world champion and long time World Number 1 Nick Craig (GBR) has retaken the number 1 spot with a scant half a point lead over current world champion Karl Purdie (NZL). The 2002 World Champion Greg Wilcox (NZL) rounds out the top three after a very successful season.
This release includes results from the Europeans in Medembik, as well as the
Danish, British, Polish, German, Swedish, Belgian and French national
championships.
By some incredibly involved arithmetic Purdie finds himself just half a
point off retaining his number 1 spot. This is purely due to Craig sailing
more events in the current season. Craig's lead will only last until Easter
though, unless he intends to compete in the Interdoms in Melbourne. Terry
Curtis (GBR) climbs to his highest ranking of fourth while the 2009 World
champion Thomas Hansson-Mild drops to fifth after taking the summer off.
Interest in the class is certainly on a high, with subsequent world
championships set for Denmark, Thailand and then Australia in coming years.
The next list will be out in April after the Australian and New Zealand
Nationals and the Interdominion Championship. The Kiwis intend to send a
strong team to Melbourne so it looks set to be another high scoring regatta
for them, cementing many of the top 20 places. However with the 2011 World
Championship being held in Largs, Scotland, many of the Europeans will be
looking to up their game and make a strong challenge for the top 10.
OK Dinghy World Rankings - December 2010: (top 20 out of 403)
Pos Name Nation Sail no. Points Events
1 Nick Craig GBR 2134 966.10 7
2 Karl Purdie NZL 531 965.58 7
3 Greg Wilcox NZL 522 946.94 12
4 Terry Curtis GBR 2118 909.85 10
5 Thomas Hanson-Mild SWE 100 822.45 7
6 Paul Rhodes NZL 517 797.91 5
7 Sonke Behrens GER 690 765.19 9
8 Jorgen Svendsen DEN 1385 743.57 8
9 Russell Wood NZL 526 733.12 5
10 Ben Morrison NZL 530 729.33 5
11 Steve McDowell NZL 525 728.23 5
12 Mike Williams AUS 730 727.12 5
13 Andre Blasse AUS 727 720.80 6
14 Tomasz Gaj POL 1 696.38 11
15 Matt Steven NZL 519 696.28 5
16 Roger Blassé AUS 678 695.70 5
17 Jorgen Lindhartdsen DEN 1364 687.07 12
18 Adrian Mannering NZL 504 673.62 5
19 Dan Bush NZL 478 645.70 5
20 Christian Hedlund DEN 1375 638.73 18