2009 OK Dinghy World Championship Day 2

9:38 PM Mon 27 Jul 2009 GMT

'Fleet lining up for start - OK Dinghy World Championship' Marcus Wilhelmsson

OK Dinghy World Championship in Kalmar, Sweden Day two - Monday 27th July 2009.

In sunshine and a light breeze race 3 of the OK Dinghy World Championship in Kalmar, Sweden started promptly at 11:05. However dark clouds soon appeared, with the wind increasing and backing, necessitating the windward mark to be moved 30 degrees to port for the second beat. The short choppy waves also became more pronounced. Thomas Hansson-Mild (SWE), Jorgen Lindhardtsen (DEN) and Karl Purdie (NZL) chose the pin end to start.

Those that hit the left corner came out well ahead of those on the starboard side of the course, for example Gavin Waldron (GBR) tacked round the windward mark in 15th place, well ahead of many of the front runners. Purdie built an impressive lead on the two reaches, with Hansson-Mild and Lindhardtsen close behind. These three held their positions up the next beat, but Hansson-Mild was impressive on the downwind leg and overtook Purdie, with a boat
length separating each at the leeward mark.

Hansson-Mild and Lindhardtsen remained on the port side of the course, with Purdie tacking to the starboard side. At the finish, it was Purdie who got the gun.

1st Karl Purdie NZL
2nd Thomas Hansson-Mild SWE
3rd Jorgen Lindhardtsen DEN
4th Andre Blasse
5th Greg Wilcox NZL
6th Gunter Arndt GER
7th Bartosz Radocy POL
8th Terry Curtis GBR
9th Mogens Johansen DEN
10th Oliver Gronholz GER

The breeze had freshened for the start of the fourth race, with some roguish one metre waves appearing to catch the unwary OK Dinghy sailor. Once again the fleet got away at the first attempt, with individual recalls for a couple of sailors. Whereas port paid on the first beat of race 3, it was the sailors on the starboard side who benefitted in race 4. Hansson-Mild was first to the windward mark, with Lindhardtsen, Purdie and Nick Craig (GBR) close behind. There was little place changing to the finish, by which time Hansson-Mild had built a substantial lead on his competitors. The fresh breeze and waves provided optimal conditions for superb surfing conditions for all the competitors who came off the water exhilarated by the day's racing.

1st Thomas Hansson-Mild SWE
2nd Karl Purdie NZL
3rd Jorgen Lindhardtsen DEN
4th Nick Craig GBR
5th Andre Blasse AUS
6th Greg Wilcox NZL
7th Christian Olesen DEN
8th Gunter Arndt GER
9th Terry Curtis GBR
10th Pawel Pawlacczyk

Day 2 reflections:

Thomas Hansson-Mild commented that he grew up in an OK Dinghy, so he is pleased with his performance to date (two firsts and currently lying second overall) - but there are still six races to go. Living in Umea, 1,100 km and a two day drive north of Kalmar, Thomas explained how he is able to train when so far from the other OK Dinghies. 'I do a lot of cross-country skiing in winter as I have to wait for the ice breakers to clear the sea before I can start sailing again, probably a month after most have started to sail. There are plenty of icebergs to dodge, but I just get used to it! I am very fortunate that there is a very narrow stretch of water between Sweden and Finland at Umea. Here there are always big waves created by wind or current so I can practise my reaching and downwind techniques. I am able to increase my lead on Purdie on these legs. Fortunately Anders Widding has been an excellent training partner this year so I can also practise beating, though Purdie slowly reels me in on the beat. I have copied Peter Milne who used a four purchase mainsheet in 1999, to overcome my tennis elbow, it still, however gives me enough control for downwind sailing. We are fortunate to have a coach and a support boat this year, which has improved the confidence of the Swedish sailors, knowing there is spare equipment available should we need it.'

Thomas Hansson - OK Dinghy World Championship - Marcus Wilhelmsson

Results:

Results as of 16:21 on July 27, 2009

Overall

Sailed: 4, Discards: 0, To count: 4, Entries: 79, Scoring system: Appendix A

SailNo	Club	HelmName	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Total	Nett
NZL 531	Worser Bay Boating Club	Karl Purdie	4.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	8.0	8.0
SWE 100	Ume? Segels?llskap	Thomas Hansson-Mild	1.0	5.0	2.0	1.0	9.0	9.0
DEN 1364	Hvidovre Sejlklub	J?rgen Lindhardtsen	2.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	11.0	11.0
AUS 729	Black Rock Yacht Club	Andre Blasse	7.0	2.0	4.0	5.0	18.0	18.0
GBR 2134	Frensham Pond	Nick Craig	6.0	4.0	12.0	4.0	26.0	26.0
NZL 522	BSC	Greg Wilcox	9.0	6.0	5.0	6.0	26.0	26.0
GBR 2118	Upper Thames	Terry Curtis	3.0	7.0	8.0	9.0	27.0	27.0
POL 14		Pawel Pawlaczyk	5.0	8.0	15.0	10.0	38.0	38.0
GER 672	FYC	Gunter Arndt	13.0	17.0	6.0	8.0	44.0	44.0
SWE 2784	Karlshamns SS	Bo-Staffan Andersson	14.0	10.0	17.0	14.0	55.0	55.0
DEN 1340	Kalundborg sejlklub	Christian Olesen	12.0	16.0	21.0	7.0	56.0	56.0
GER 693	SCOe	Martin Zimmermann	17.0	15.0	13.0	12.0	57.0	57.0
POL 31		Antoni Pawlowski	26.0	9.0	14.0	11.0	60.0	60.0
DEN 1335	Solr?d Strand	Mogens Johansen	8.0	23.0	9.0	22.0	62.0	62.0
SWE 66	VSS	Jan-Erik Nystedt	22.0	14.0	11.0	16.0	63.0	63.0
GER 750	Segler-Verein Grossenheidorn	Ralf Tietje	10.0	26.0	20.0	21.0	77.0	77.0
SWE 2786	SS Kaparen	H?kan T?rnqvist	20.0	18.0	16.0	29.0	83.0	83.0
GER 755	BSV	Ingo Stelzer	19.0	13.0	18.0	35.0	85.0	85.0
DEN 1375	Hellerup Sejlklub	Christian Hedlund	15.0	22.0	24.0	25.0	86.0	86.0
POL 1		Tomasz Gaj	16.0	31.0	25.0	17.0	89.0	89.0
GER 690	SCOe	Soenke Behrens	18.0	21.0	33.0	23.0	95.0	95.0
POL 19		Bartosz Rakocy	39.0 DPI	26.0 DPI	7.0	31.0	103.0	103.0
DEN 13	Vallensb?k Sejlklub	Troels Lykke	31.0	30.0	26.0	19.0	106.0	106.0
SWE 99	Varbergs SS	Hans Elkjaer	21.0	38.0	30.0	18.0	107.0	107.0
SWE 2782	Getsk?rs SS	Jan-Erik Engholm	32.0	29.0	23.0	26.0	110.0	110.0
GER 730	SCST	J?rg Radem?cher	33.0	27.0	27.0	24.0	111.0	111.0
GER 740	PSCW	Arne Lindermann	23.0	11.0	35.0	44.0	113.0	113.0
GER 717	SSC	Oliver Gronholz	11.0	80.0 BFD	10.0	13.0	114.0	114.0
DEN 1377	Kal?vig B?delaug	J?rgen Holm Nielsen	25.0	35.0	28.0	28.0	116.0	116.0
SWE 2780	Getsk?rs SS	Claes Ahlstr?m	37.0	12.0	38.0	30.0	117.0	117.0
SWE 222	SKK	Per Jaensson	41.0	24.0	19.0	41.0	125.0	125.0
SWE 2741	Ume? Segels?llskap	Ulf Dagerbrant	39.0	32.0	22.0	32.0	125.0	125.0
SWE 11	StSS	Bengt Str?mberg	40.0	37.0	29.0	20.0	126.0	126.0
SWE 2787	VASS	Olle Albrektsson	29.0	39.0	32.0	27.0	127.0	127.0
POL 5		Darek Kras	35.0	20.0	42.0	40.0	137.0	137.0
SWE 2772	SS Kaparen	Ingemar Jansson	43.0	25.0	36.0	39.0	143.0	143.0
SWE 64	N?ttraby B?tklubb	Jonas Lindahl	30.0	33.0	54.0	33.0	150.0	150.0
GBR 2085	South Staffs	Gavin Waldron	38.0	46.0	31.0	36.0	151.0	151.0
DEN 1369	Hellerup Sejlklub	Bo Teglers	24.0	80.0 BFD	34.0	15.0	153.0	153.0
SWE 2770	NYSS	Jonas Andersson	45.0	28.0	44.0	37.0	154.0	154.0
GER 665	SCST	Peter Stephan	47.0	34.0	40.0	38.0	159.0	159.0
DEN 1370	Bramsn?s Sejlklub	Jesper Strandberg	36.0	36.0	41.0	50.0	163.0	163.0
GER 711	SCH	Ralf Mackmann	27.0	66.0	48.0	34.0	175.0	175.0
GER 726	SSC	J?rg Sylvester	44.0	42.0	45.0	49.0	180.0	180.0
GER 688	SVM	Dirk Dame	52.0	40.0	49.0	43.0	184.0	184.0
SWE 511	SKK	M?rten Bernesand	51.0	43.0	47.0	45.0	186.0	186.0
GER 735		Dirk Gericke	48.0	51.0	46.0	47.0	192.0	192.0
SWE 2740	Karlskrona SS	Karl-Johan ?sth	55.0	45.0	50.0	46.0	196.0	196.0
GER 745	YCBG	Rainer Pospiech	57.0	41.0	51.0	48.0	197.0	197.0
DEN 1301	Sejlklubben Esrum S?	Rasmus Cavling Clausen	54.0	48.0	43.0	52.0	197.0	197.0
POL 44		Radoslaw Drozdzik	47.0 DPI	56.0 DPI	56.0	42.0	201.0	201.0
DEN 1265	Kongelig Dansk Yachtklub	Malte Pedersen	65.0	44.0	55.0	55.0	219.0	219.0
GER 607	SCV	Christian Heinze	53.0	53.0	37.0	80.0 DNF	223.0	223.0
GER 714	SCF	Christian Hu?	64.0	56.0	53.0	54.0	227.0	227.0
SWE 2739	Ume? Segels?llskap	Anders Widding	58.0	58.0	52.0	62.0	230.0	230.0
GER 606	SCF	Katharina Hu?	59.0	61.0	57.0	53.0	230.0	230.0
NZL 516	Worser Bay Boating Club	Julian Bishop	60.0	54.0	58.0	58.0	230.0	230.0
DEN 1329	Bramsn?s Sejlklub	Sam Jedig	49.0	59.0	64.0	61.0	233.0	233.0
AUS 685	Wangi RSL Amateur Sailing Club	Jonathan O\'Donell	46.0	52.0	80.0 DNC	56.0	234.0	234.0
GBR 1774	West Oxford	Richard Burton	56.0	80.0 BFD	39.0	60.0	235.0	235.0
AUS 724	Wangi Sailing Club	Glenn Yates	50.0	55.0	80.0 DNC	51.0	236.0	236.0
NOR 467	Hellerup Sejlklub	Jens Makholm	28.0	50.0	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNF	238.0	238.0
GER 651	SVP	Heinz Ridder	63.0	57.0	62.0	57.0	239.0	239.0
SWE 2672	SS Kaparen	Bengt Larsson	71.0	47.0	59.0	63.0	240.0	240.0
SWE 2591	TBS	Arne Malm	62.0	63.0	63.0	65.0	253.0	253.0
FRA 723	CYVIA	CHENUIL Mathieu	66.0	68.0	61.0	59.0	254.0	254.0
SWE 2756	SKK	Simon Polteg	66.0 DPI	67.0 DPI	60.0	67.0	260.0	260.0
SWE 2217	SS Svearna	Magnus Bager	67.0	64.0	67.0	64.0	262.0	262.0
FRA 2000	SNF Sports Nautiques de la Frette	Gautier ARIBAUD	69.0	67.0	68.0	66.0	270.0	270.0
SWE 2738	SS Kaparen	Peter Aebeloe	70.0	60.0	65.0	80.0 DNS	275.0	275.0
GER 487	SCST	Gunnar Goronzi	68.0	65.0	66.0	80.0 DNS	279.0	279.0
AUS 726	Wangi RSL Sailing Club	Peter Lynch	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	320.0	320.0
POL 16		Marek Jarocki	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	320.0	320.0
POL 424		Piotr Przewozny	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	320.0	320.0
GER 744	SSC	Karsten Hitz	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	320.0	320.0
SWE 111	SSKA Segels?llskapet Kaparen	Bertil Eliasson	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	320.0	320.0
DEN 1324	Hvidovre Sejlklub	Jan Larsen	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	320.0	320.0
DEN 1366	Skovshovede Sejlklub	Svend Erik Molbech	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	320.0	320.0
DEN 1333	Hellerup Sejlklub	Stefan Myr?lf	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	320.0	320.0