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July 2014

Greg Wilcox leads OK Dinghy World Rankings as fleet prepares for huge European Championship

As the OK Dinghy class heads into its European Championship next weekend, the July release of the World Ranking list sheds some light on the current form as virtually all of the top European sailors will be present.

Despite changing the name of his sail making business to Turtle Sails, the 2002 World Champion, Greg Wilcox (NZL) has figured highly in all events he had competed in this year so far, including a near trouncing of the fleet at Warnemünde where he notched up five race wins in the seven races he sailed, to maintain his overall lead of the World Rankings for the third release in a row.

This latest release includes the results from the Spring Cup in Medemblik, Kiel Week, the Nordic Championships at Motala, Sweden and the just concluded Warnemünde Week. Every event was won by a former World or European Champion.

The Spring Cup marked the return to international competition of the 2004 World Champion, Jim Hunt (GBR), from Wilcox and Stefan Myralf (DEN). Kiel Week was up next with a win from the 2013 European Champion Bo Petersen (DEN). The 2012 World Champion Andre Budzien (GER) came second with Wilcox in third.

At the Nordic Championship in Sweden, Wilcox placed fifth, but the sensation of the event was 69-year old Jørgen Lindhardtsen (DEN), the 1978 World Champion, who won by one point from Petersen and Rene Sarabina Johannsen (DEN). Lindhardtsen then finished as runner up to Wilcox at Warnemünde, with Pawel Pawlaczyk (POL) in third.

As a result of his exploits, Lindhardtsen rises one place to fourth (he was last at the No 1. spot in 2008). The top 10 includes all the same sailors as last time with just some minor position changes. However, there is likely to be some bigger changes for the next release following the upcoming Europeans in Steinhude, Germany, which has attracted an impressive 115 entries. This will be the biggest ever OK Dinghy European Championship.

With so many boats racing, the fleet will be split into two and this current ranking release will be used to split the fleet for the first day's racing. This release includes 464 sailors from 14 countries having competed in at least one ranking event over the past two years. Those figures will increase after this year's major championships, as new entries are expected from Ukraine and USA.

The OK Dinghy World Ranking List is now 10 seasons old, having been established after the World Championship in 2005 as a useful marketing and promotional tool for the class. Since then it has been developed and compiled by Alistair Deaves (NZL), and has been used as a blueprint by several other international classes starting their own ranking lists or league tables. Later this year the class will publish a run down of the top 25 sailors over the past decade to celebrate the OKasion.

Ranking
RankNameNat.Sailno.PointsEvents sailed
(5 to count)
1Greg WilcoxNZL5441019,9316
2Stefan MyrälfDEN1423981,6116
3Nick CraigGBR2150974,307
4Jørgen LindhartdsenDEN1364950,6415
5Jørgen SvendsenDEN1427902,4110
6Mark JacksonAUS735885,667
7Bo PetersenDEN1431870,8411
8Sönke BehrensGER778825,108
9André BudzienGER782819,616
10Martin von ZimmermannGER693811,2111
11Mike WilliamsAUS730795,336
12Luke O'ConnellNZL546773,578
13Mogens JohansenDEN1335755,1310
14Thomas Hanson-MildSWE100731,048
15Rene JohannsenDEN1393721,9813
16Terry CurtisGBR2118714,995
17Brent WilliamsAUS754702,295
18Jörg RademacherGER775701,569
19Alistair DeavesNZL542682,945
20Roger BlasséAUS749664,775
21Rüdiger PrinzGER773645,736
22Mike WildeNZL535643,196
23Lee ChildGBR2167639,754
24Bo Reker AndersenDEN1315637,5910
25Rob HengstNZL533637,489
26Paul RhodesNZL517622,645
27Jon FishGBR2151613,805
28Alex ScolesGBR2147604,576
29Mark RobertsAUS762603,757
30Tomasz GajPOL1601,888
31Rainer PospiechGER765577,697
32Christian HedlundDEN1369576,818
33Eddie O'DonnellAUS734568,365
34Hans ElkjaerSWE99567,2211
35Malte PedersenDEN1407566,8718
36Bo TeglersDEN1402566,025
37Adrian CoulthardNZL531565,589
38Robert DeavesGBR2138565,194
39Jens LaugeDEN1410559,638
40Andrew BakerAUS761558,206
41Peter RobinsonAUS750558,096
42Ben MorrisonNZL530540,287
43Gunter ArndtGER740531,1610
44Don WilliamsAUS727528,878
45Ralf TietjeGER787525,3110
46Andreas PichGER777523,618
47Jakub KaniaPOL27518,466
48Tony WoodsGBR2145498,996
49Matt StechmannNZL549497,506
50Jake WeeksNZL490490,696
51Mark SkeltonAUS753488,874
52Ask AskholmDEN1424488,557
53Christian MidtgaardDEN1304486,647
54Andre HenningsGER762481,867
55Russell WoodNZL526480,938
56Ralf MackmanGER771478,937
57Gary LokumAUS741476,787
58Radoslaw DrozdzikPOL4476,476
59Jorgen HolmDEN1377475,696
60Darek KrasPOL5470,375
61Jens MakholmNOR471467,005
62Richard BurtonGBR2042452,976
63Christian OlesenDEN1340441,364
64Pawel PawlaczykPOL14429,157
65Dawid KaniaPOL27426,074
66Lars AndresenDEN1433416,416
67Mats CaapSWE2797403,273
68Peter WibroeDEN1344391,194
69Jesper StrandbergDEN1421384,007
70Bruce AshtonAUS728381,935
71Hakan TornqvistSWE2786377,294
72Peter LynchAUS726376,296
73Jesper PetersenDEN1356369,097
74Dave KetteridgeAUS725368,384
75Peter ScheuerlGER618366,394
76Dirk GerickeGER735363,857
77Nigel ManneringNZL512361,734
78Jonny BillstromSWE2775359,885
79David BourneGBR2157351,914
80Henrik Kofoed LarsenDEN1397351,619
81Michael HorvathAUS744351,456
82Andreas DeubelGER760345,655
83Thomas GlasGER731345,225
84Falk HagemannGER757345,065
85Johannes DagerbrantSWE2741344,903
86Dirk DameGER750344,648
87Bengt LarssonSWE2796336,025
88Marten BernesandSWE2803328,885
89Tom LonsdaleGBR2147317,504
90Joe PorebskiNZL523315,497
91Juliane HofmannGER767311,945
92Elizabeth WilliamsAUS759306,315
93Bengt StrombergSWE11305,874
94Carsten SassGER690305,377
95Miles AddyNZL524304,116
96Simon dan PetersenDEN1375302,906
97Thorsten SchmidtGER737301,075
98Jens Christian JurlanderDEN1385299,594
99Oliver GronholzGER772293,614
100Bjorn AllansenSWE2796292,692
101Tim DaviesAUS739292,254
102Peter RudholmSWE2782290,375
103Martin BowerGBR2149288,707
104Keith ByersGBR2084285,924
105Andre BlasseAUS729280,443
106Marek BarnatPOL7279,425
107Janusz StobinskiPOL10279,314
108Heinz RidderGER651279,179
109Chris VisickAUS758279,095
110Jim HuntGBR2162275,832
111Lasse HanssonSWE2783275,134
112Lennart HanssonSWE2791264,233
113Ronald FoestGER688263,287
114Magnus GillgrenSWE2788263,165
115Brad DouglasNZL369253,413
116Peter HorneAUS764251,703
117Jan Eric NystedtSWE2749250,323
118Folkert JanssenAUS733248,074
119Antony RichGBR2121247,985
120Sven BeyeGER715247,107
121Ingmar JansonSWE2772242,175
122Antony NossiterAUS765240,422
123Tim NormannDEN1392234,295
124Gert BreitbartGER662234,155
125Lars HultgrenSWE2795233,903
126Stefan HaageGER781228,795
127Philippe De KervenoaelFRA1823227,936
128Peter MilneAUS694223,372
129Mads BrockhussDEN1419222,896
130Sam JedigDEN1388222,874
131Carl HultgrenSWE2794222,082
132Jörg PosnyGER697215,705
133Philip DubbinAUS729214,842
134Simon DavisGBR2141212,043
135Jono CloughNZL498210,504
136Anders BuhlDEN1347207,413
137Paul VerrijdtBEL214206,956
138Joe SchubertDEN1399206,685
139John ShirleyNZL 539205,884
140Chris PerryGBR2148205,194
141Raymond DodardFRA1820204,686
142Erik BorkGER695201,784
143Brett GrahamRSA32200,946
144Per SorensenDEN1350199,565
145Deryck LovegroveGBR2130194,985
146Rob MacmillanAUS 0193,532
147Hinnerk RiesGER670189,292
148Jonas BorjessonSWE2809188,133
149John Skjoldby PetersenDEN1303186,943
150Ron FergussonAUS618184,324
151Douglas ParkerAUS752184,005
152Finn Gheury NZL553183,666
153Stephen MooreAUS755182,814
154John BallGBR2158182,671
155Jan-Dietmar DellasGER680181,364
156Bartosz RakocyPOL19181,251
157Chris FenwickNZL509180,964
158Marty PikeNZL472180,936
159Michael BrownAUS736180,742
160Claus SparreDEN1411180,513
161Toby RamsayGBR2100177,723
162Anders WiddingSWE2792177,463
163Adam MallingDEN1291175,783
164Fritz Banner PedersenDEN1331174,772
165Peter KirkegaardDEN1316171,654
166Gareth WellsAUS742163,433
167Richard FurneauxAUS694163,395
168Mieczyslaw PoplonykPOL333161,863
169Kagan WeeksNZL485157,243
170Anders AndersenDEN1346155,001
171Ivan PedersenDEN1256150,832
172Soren SigurdssonDEN1313150,603
173Gunnar GoronziGER766149,182
174Glenn WilliamsAUS719147,873
175Claes AhlstromSWE2780146,883
176Freddy OttosenDEN1395142,463
177Rod DavisNZL511141,463
178Stig FrandsenDEN1396141,016
179Stephan VeldmanNED663139,593
180Guillaume de KervendaelFRA1823137,764
181Arne MalmSWE2752137,622
182Steve McDowellNZL545136,402
183Robert SwieckiPOL40136,143
184Alain RenouxFRA1824135,122
185Mathias FiskerDEN1345135,001
186Lars Jorgen AndresenDEN1428133,193
187Dan BushNZL478132,083
188Christian HeinzeGER607132,072
189Erik ThompsonAUS706131,816
190Claus StockhardtGER642127,302
191Neil GoodheadGBR2125126,692
192Craig MacauleyAUS678125,322
193Ed BradburnGBR2116124,362
194Jan DisselGER225123,522
195Antoni PawlowskiPOL31122,042
196Peter van der SchaafNED664121,502
197Tim SmithAUS740121,003
198Mikael NielsenDEN1416120,873
199Mads TerkelsenDEN1401118,482
200Stefan PaviaSWE2805118,331
201Lars HanssonSWE22118,282
202Robert Glowacki POL3116,792
203Justin BarrAUS721116,792
204Glenn YatesAUS684115,023
205Ulf SahleSWE2790114,993
206Andy TurnerGBR2123114,422
207Paul BoutsBEL151113,272
208Will Turner GBR2045113,171
209Gavin WaldronGBR2163111,252
210Mark PerrowNZL541110,582
211Jan BechmannGER567110,014
212Adrian ManneringNZL504109,142
213Ronny PoelmanBEL220106,573
214Kacper JarockiPOL16106,152
215Sven MarchotGER640105,494
216Rene BrumDEN1430105,162
217Julian BishopNZL516103,282
218Mathias LivbjergDEN142103,021
219Olle AlbrektssonSWE2787102,501
220Lasse LanteSWE2494101,513
221Tomasz DemblinskiPOL58101,382
222Johnny Leif HansenDEN1342101,183
223Simon CoxGBR2122100,512
224Egon PetersenDEN131899,902
225Chris HallAUS75898,923
226Yannick LaumansBEL20597,191
227Mathieu ChenuilFRA72395,173
228Dirk LoeweGER78994,171
229Per WestlundSWE275094,053
230Soren Rugaard-LarsenDEN138493,751
231Jörg SylvesterGER72693,712
232Volker PaatzGER76992,553
233Frank StrelowGER72792,243
234Bertil EliassonSWE11191,332
235Kai WehmhoernerGER64990,595
236Nik WallisAUS72087,593
237A per SorensenDEN105287,182
238Robert JarockiPOL11686,452
239Mike WalkerAUS65585,633
240Michael MorrisonNZL55585,453
241Jan Siebe de VriesNED55584,883
242Julien DejugnatFRA182783,732
243Stefan RassauGER76183,662
244Samuel HainesAUS67482,682
245Michael JorgensenDEN133082,453
246Jean Claude lidonFRA181081,432
247Henning Biering NeilsenDEN135780,092
248Yves KaminskiGER75579,143
249Eric RoneNZL53678,122
250Karl Johan OsthSWE274075,232
251Jake O'DonnellAUS69575,082
252Magnus FlachSWE280774,282
253Lars DueDEN139073,951
254Ulf DagerbrandtSWE274173,032
255Sren HolmDEN072,831
256Poul ChristiansenDEN140572,673
257Mike EdwardsGBR212672,311
258Teddy ArrowsmithGBR201272,022
259Thomas ChristensenDEN141571,713
260Claes HeymanSWE276370,813
261Przemyslaw DrozdzikPOL2169,652
262Paul PikeGBR210468,423
263Troels LykkeDEN126267,912
264Ralph EriksenDEN143267,713
265Claes AvellanSWE229567,361
266Bob BourneGBR215566,501
267Christian HussGER74264,344
268Alan AtkinGBR212964,273
269Eric KopkaFRA125764,182
270Daen DorazioAUS71563,751
271Michel LesureLUX163,441
272Claus Hoj JensenDEN140063,351
273Lynge Thang JorgensenDEN139163,253
274Dean ColemanNZL50063,042
275Hendrik KjeldsenDEN137162,311
276Frederik Dahl HansenDEN126262,301
277Poul VincentsDEN127562,283
278Luke CromieAUS67261,372
279Rafal KranciszewskiPOL8061,032
280Per JaenssonSWE22260,191
281Bill TylerAUS69259,522
282Jacub ChristensenDEN211959,231
283Uwe BohmGER59957,811
284Marty WeeksNZL47957,722
285Bill BradburnGBR213557,562
286Thomas AlbrectsenDEN143457,291
287Jonas QuistSWE3357,271
288Fabian GronholzGER63257,061
289Sefton PowrieNZL54756,703
290Chris SalthouseNZL47956,671
291Peter NorborgDEN137456,511
292Magnus BagerSWE274656,022
293Bjorn LindvallSWE212155,892
294Katharina HussGER60655,483
295Julian BurnhamGBR210155,251
296Henrik Bohm JensenDEN133954,992
297Peter NielsenDEN133454,952
298Tom PearceAUS73754,732
299Rolf WahlqvistNOR44454,582
300Karsten KathGER78354,583
301Manut PhotongTHA754,451
302Stephen SchmidtAUS74554,343
303Knut RaminGER75154,073
304Wilhelm KathGER74853,972
305Hamish FenwickNZL50053,751
306Matt StevenNZL42753,481
307Michael FlavellAUS54352,842
308Michal GmajPOL5352,772
309Maxine MancaFRA133652,242
310Kim W HolmDEN138951,251
311Sven ThuressonSWE268151,172
312Phil CovenyNZL47550,923
313Chris DevineNZL54850,522
314Olivier HontanxFRA177950,001
315Uli BorchersGER53949,572
316Jurgen IllersGER64349,211
317Thomas KvistDEN121948,413
318J P WilliamsGBR211248,081
319Per Bo HansenDEN134147,423
320Jonas JemtSWE280846,981
321Michal GajPOL1146,821
322Joost RommelaereBEL20346,561
323Peter StephanGER66546,402
324Mathew HixNZL 52445,001
325Frederic LamarqueFRA176444,601
326Chris BiscombGBR208344,591
327James CowsmeadowAUS56244,322
328Marc Vande Ghinste FRA181143,751
329Michael LindhSWE275543,581
330Ian HarrisGBR214243,331
331Bjorn WestergaardDEN132142,501
332Norbert PetrauschGER63040,304
333Slava UstovytskyiAUS71740,283
334Nick FramptonGBR202740,132
335John HendersenAUS71540,052
336John BurnhamGBR210140,001
337Martin WerdermannGER77039,772
338Supakon PongwicheanTHA139,661
339Yann RiallandFRA166339,201
340Zbigniew DryznerPOL136139,042
341Remi BlandureauFRA176939,013
342Brian QuayleGBR206238,751
343Lukasz UrbanowiczPOL62438,672
344David O'DonnellAUS69538,461
345Nigel ComberNZL51038,174
346Patrice RovereFRA170937,401
347Mitchell WilsonAUS75135,792
348Dan AgerGBR212035,001
349Asa HolmquistSWE275334,793
350Jerzy BojanowskiPOL1834,551
351Piotr FalczynskiPOL4534,231
352Magnus HaglundSWE275333,331
353Darren HuntAUS74632,691
354Rod AndrewBEL132,501
355Didier SouliesFRA79432,001
356James maynardNZL40031,741
357Adrian WalkerGBR212631,602
358Thomas AllanssonSWE279631,141
359Trent PryceNZL50231,001
360Bob ChapmanAUS70430,381
361Marek JarockiPOL1630,111
362Krister CarlssonSWE277929,991
363Jakob ChristensenDEN132629,912
364Mary ReddyhoffGBR205829,791
365Peter YatesAUS74829,231
366Bartosz Przbysz POL4728,751
367Kare Andresen DEN13328,611
368Jacques BoizardFRA106728,401
369Svend Erik MolbechDEN140428,301
370Robby WerdermannGER57727,902
371Robert BanckenNED63827,633
372Michael WolfGER77427,621
373Lars FagerbergSWE11827,501
374Ben SteelGBR208027,311
375Terrence BenadeAUS67327,262
376Jan TaelmanBEL20726,881
377Czyz WaldemarPOL8126,842
378Tobias WillmannGER74626,751
379Simon WhiteheadNZL 47026,672
380Henrik KjeldsenDEN137125,851
381George SolnariROM70225,381
382Bartosz ParzuchowskiPOL5525,101
383Simon ShawGBR213725,001
384Graham ArcusNZL 36024,833
385Jean-Claude WillecommeFRA123924,801
386Harmen de VriesNED 55524,061
387Dave CooperGBR203123,851
388Tomas JohanssonSWE263123,751
389Bernard CoursieresFRA111723,001
390Robert KempAUS66723,002
391Jens ThomsenDEN133722,822
392Darius HeinemannPOL20122,751
393Michael RonneDEN130222,291
394Jakub DworniczakPOL2421,441
395Peter AebeloeSWE278421,402
396Thomas NevelingGER66421,251
397Erik DubreuilFRA104421,201
398Tom DodsonNZL36020,911
399Edward CrichtonGBR200720,381
400Ingemar StigSWE270319,801
401Pawel NowickiPOL1119,621
402Noel MasseronFRA2919,401
403Jonathon O'DonnellAUS66018,751
404Ingo GriemDEN128418,751
405Michel LaclauFRA180117,601
406Evert NijzinkNZL51517,411
407Evett NyzinkNZL 51517,411
408Jesper AndersenDEN98117,031
409Jean Jacques CharpentierFRA18616,921
410David SwalesAUS71616,541
411Simon HoultGBR214016,251
412Henrik BendsenDEN138316,041
413Mikolaj PrzybylaPOL4615,961
414Oliver RonsliauxFRA181815,801
415Mikael HaglundSWE275315,451
416Ashly ParkinsonAUS62915,381
417Niels Jorgen LarsenDEN134315,001
418Eugen HadamovskyGER015,001
419Carsten SchelerDEN129114,811
420David van der WendeNZL49214,351
421Wieslaw JanczakPOL64914,091
422Philippe ThomieresFRA82014,001
423Matthias WiechmannGER23313,751
424Tim HurstGBR203213,331
425Frank PraterAUS72413,081
426Claus HagerupDEN137812,501
427G WakefieldAUS70311,921
428Ed GoodeyNZL47211,751
429Tomas ForsellSWE264111,251
430Mike O'DwyerNZL51811,211
431Kay NickelkoppeGER74711,041
432Jessica FinkeGER73410,971
433Rasmus RosenkvistDEN1310,711
434Sebastian DrozdzikPOL4410,481
435Laurent PabionFRA17110,401
436Johanna Andrew BeckerBEL2910,001
437Roland GadsbyGBR208810,001
438Sam ThomsonGBR210810,001
439Daniel BjorkmanSWE274710,001
440Ingmar HelessonSWE267210,001
441Jacek FajferPOL4110,001
442Greg TobinAUS70810,001
443Marina DellasGER7249,961
444John HoogerbrugNZL4589,661
445Roy OttebornSWE7528,751
446Nils TrollandDEN3028,681
447Jacques MoriliereFRA6968,601
448M FryAUS7098,461
449Rhys LankesterGBR21448,331
450Carl BaernarpSWE27397,501
451D WadeAUS387,311
452Thomas DembinskiPOL516,831
453Jean Yves AlluaumeFRA1106,801
454Lennart RundqvistSWE20196,741
455Matt BatesGBR20676,671
456Matt PerryNZL4586,551
457Mikael PetersenDEN1406,501
458Daniel GroschlGER5956,491
459Stephen WilsonAUS7515,001
460Laurence PicardFRA17695,001
461Sam BlocksidgeGBR20925,001
462Mikolaj PsiakowskiPOL4695,001
463Goerge SolonariAUS7025,001
464Bruce EllinghamNZL4665,001
465Alwin H SchmidtGER4354,001