2009 OK Dinghy World Championship Day Three

7:31 PM Tue 28 Jul 2009 GMT

'Andre Blasse - 2009 OK Dinghy Worlds' Mary Reddyhoff

The flatter water and lighter breeze on day three at the OK Dinghy World Championship in Kalmar, Sweden was a welcome change to the previous two days of racing.

The OK Dinghy races to the triangle, sausage, final beat format which suits this 52 year old design. There was a general recall for the first start, but the second, still under blue peter, was successfully away with three individual recalls.

The majority of the fleet started at the committee boat end, but some of the leaders opted for clearer air further along the line. At the windward mark Nick Craig (GBR) and Greg Wilcox (NZL) were clear ahead of Thomas Hansson-Mild (SWE), Jan-Erik Engholm (SWE), Terry Curtis (GBR) and Martin Zimmerman (GER).

At the wing mark Craig had to give water to Wilcox who pulled away from the chasing pack. With a rising breeze, the fleet closed on the leading group up the beat, but Wilcox continued to increase his lead down the run. On the final beat Wilcox was chased by Hansson-Mild on the right side of the course, but the lead remained unchanged, with Wilcox winning his first race in this championship, with Hansson-Mild second and Antoni Pawlowski (POL) third.

1st Greg Wilcox NZL
2nd Thomas Hansson-Mild SWE
3rd Antoni Pawlowski POL
4th Nick Craig GBR
5th Terry Curtis GBR
6th Jan-Erik Engholm SWE
7th Mogens Johansen DEN
8th Arne Lindermann GER
9th Martin Zimmermann GER
10th Bo-Staffan Andersson SWE

With a dying wind, race six looked threatened for some time. However, with five already completed, there were sufficient races held for the World Championship series to be assured. As the countdown to the start began the wind increased to ensure a good race would be held, albeit in a shifting wind.

The black flag caught eight sailors from six countries on the second start. Bunched at the pin end in light airs, it took a long time for the competitors to sail into free air. Bo-Staffan Andersson (SWE), the most successful OK Dinghy World Champion ever, led the fleet on the first triangle, but as the wind picked up and veered for the second beat the heavier sailors slowly overhauled him as they sailed to the newly laid windward mark.

With the increasing wind, a wave pattern built up that enabled Karl Purdie (NZL) and Jorgen Lindhardtsen (DEN) to surf into the lead at the leeward mark.

Andre Blasse (AUS), the newly elected President of the OK Dinghy International Association, lying seventh at the leeward mark, sailed into third at the finish. Martin Zimmermann (GER), who needed three stitches in his index finger after a washing up accident on Sunday, was able to sail to his potential today, finishing fourth.

1st Karl Purdie NZL
2nd Jorgen Lindhardtsen DEN
3rd Andre Blasse AUS
4th Martin Zimmermann GER
5th Bo-Staffan Andersson SWE
6th Nick Craig GBR
7th Soenke Behrens GER
8th Jan-Erik Engholm SWE
9th Ralf Tietje GER
10th Ulf Dagerbrant SWE

On completion of the sixth race, the discard could now take effect. Three of the top ten sailors are carrying an OCS, so the series is still wide open.

Results as of 16:28 on July 28, 2009

Overall

Sailed: 6, Discards: 1, To count: 5, Entries: 79, Scoring system: Appendix A

Rank	SailNo	Club	HelmName	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Total	Nett
1st	NZL 531	Worser Bay Boating Club	Karl Purdie	4.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	(80.0 OCS)	1.0	89.0	9.0
2nd	SWE 100	Ume? Segels?llskap	Thomas Hansson-Mild	1.0	5.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	(80.0 BFD)	91.0	11.0
3rd	DEN 1364	Hvidovre Sejlklub	J?rgen Lindhardtsen	2.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	(30.0)	2.0	43.0	13.0
4th	AUS 729	Black Rock Yacht Club	Andre Blasse	7.0	2.0	4.0	5.0	(25.0)	3.0	46.0	21.0
5th	GBR 2134	Frensham Pond	Nick Craig	6.0	4.0	(12.0)	4.0	4.0	6.0	36.0	24.0
6th	NZL 522	BSC	Greg Wilcox	9.0	6.0	5.0	6.0	1.0	(80.0 BFD)	107.0	27.0
7th	GBR 2118	Upper Thames	Terry Curtis	3.0	7.0	8.0	9.0	5.0	(22.0)	54.0	32.0
8th	POL 31		Antoni Pawlowski	(26.0)	9.0	14.0	11.0	3.0	11.0	74.0	48.0
9th	GER 693	SCOe	Martin Zimmermann	(17.0)	15.0	13.0	12.0	9.0	4.0	70.0	53.0
10th	SWE 2784	Karlshamns SS	Bo-Staffan Andersson	14.0	10.0	(17.0)	14.0	10.0	5.0	70.0	53.0
11th	POL 14		Pawel Pawlaczyk	5.0	8.0	15.0	10.0	16.0	(18.0)	72.0	54.0
12th	GER 672	FYC	Gunter Arndt	13.0	17.0	6.0	8.0	(19.0)	19.0	82.0	63.0
13th	DEN 1335	Solr?d Strand	Mogens Johansen	8.0	23.0	9.0	22.0	7.0	(28.0)	97.0	69.0
14th	DEN 1340	Kalundborg sejlklub	Christian Olesen	12.0	16.0	21.0	7.0	(27.0)	16.0	99.0	72.0
15th	SWE 2786	SS Kaparen	H?kan T?rnqvist	20.0	18.0	16.0	(29.0)	12.0	12.0	107.0	78.0
16th	SWE 66	VSS	Jan-Erik Nystedt	22.0	14.0	11.0	16.0	(33.0)	20.0	116.0	83.0
17th	GER 690	SCOe	Soenke Behrens	18.0	21.0	(33.0)	23.0	15.0	7.0	117.0	84.0
18th	GER 750	Segler-Verein Grossenheidorn	Ralf Tietje	10.0	26.0	20.0	21.0	(35.0)	9.0	121.0	86.0
19th	SWE 2782	Getsk?rs SS	Jan-Erik Engholm	(32.0)	29.0	23.0	26.0	6.0	8.0	124.0	92.0
20th	POL 1		Tomasz Gaj	16.0	(31.0)	25.0	17.0	14.0	26.0	129.0	98.0
21st	DEN 1375	Hellerup Sejlklub	Christian Hedlund	15.0	22.0	24.0	25.0	(26.0)	13.0	125.0	99.0
22nd	DEN 1377	Kal?vig B?delaug	J?rgen Holm Nielsen	25.0	(35.0)	28.0	28.0	11.0	14.0	141.0	106.0
23rd	GER 755	BSV	Ingo Stelzer	19.0	13.0	18.0	(35.0)	29.0	29.0	143.0	108.0
24th	GER 730	SCST	J?rg Radem?cher	(33.0)	27.0	27.0	24.0	21.0	17.0	149.0	116.0
25th	POL 19		Bartosz Rakocy	(39.0 DPI)	26.0 DPI	7.0	31.0	24.0	31.0	158.0	119.0
26th	GER 740	PSCW	Arne Lindermann	23.0	11.0	35.0	44.0	8.0	(80.0 BFD)	201.0	121.0
27th	GER 717	SSC	Oliver Gronholz	11.0	(80.0 BFD)	10.0	13.0	13.0	80.0 BFD	207.0	127.0
28th	SWE 2741	Ume? Segels?llskap	Ulf Dagerbrant	(39.0)	32.0	22.0	32.0	37.0	10.0	172.0	133.0
29th	DEN 1369	Hellerup Sejlklub	Bo Teglers	24.0	(80.0 BFD)	34.0	15.0	42.0	21.0	216.0	136.0
30th	SWE 99	Varbergs SS	Hans Elkjaer	21.0	38.0	30.0	18.0	(41.0)	30.0	178.0	137.0
31st	DEN 13	Vallensb?k Sejlklub	Troels Lykke	31.0	30.0	26.0	19.0	(36.0)	32.0	174.0	138.0
32nd	SWE 222	SKK	Per Jaensson	41.0	24.0	19.0	41.0	18.0	(80.0 BFD)	223.0	143.0
33rd	SWE 2780	Getsk?rs SS	Claes Ahlstr?m	37.0	12.0	(38.0)	30.0	31.0	37.0	185.0	147.0
34th	GER 665	SCST	Peter Stephan	(47.0)	34.0	40.0	38.0	23.0	23.0	205.0	158.0
35th	POL 5		Darek Kras	35.0	20.0	42.0	40.0	22.0	(80.0 BFD)	239.0	159.0
36th	SWE 2787	VASS	Olle Albrektsson	29.0	39.0	32.0	27.0	(56.0)	34.0	217.0	161.0
37th	SWE 64	N?ttraby B?tklubb	Jonas Lindahl	30.0	33.0	(54.0)	33.0	34.0	36.0	220.0	166.0
38th	SWE 11	StSS	Bengt Str?mberg	40.0	37.0	29.0	20.0	(52.0)	48.0	226.0	174.0
39th	GBR 2085	South Staffs	Gavin Waldron	38.0	46.0	31.0	36.0	(53.0)	27.0	231.0	178.0
40th	GER 607	SCV	Christian Heinze	53.0	53.0	37.0	(80.0 DNF)	17.0	24.0	264.0	184.0
41st	SWE 2772	SS Kaparen	Ingemar Jansson	43.0	25.0	36.0	39.0	45.0	(80.0 BFD)	268.0	188.0
42nd	POL 44		Radoslaw Drozdzik	47.0 DPI	(56.0 DPI)	56.0	42.0	20.0	25.0	246.0	190.0
43rd	SWE 2770	NYSS	Jonas Andersson	(45.0)	28.0	44.0	37.0	44.0	43.0	241.0	196.0
44th	GER 726	SSC	J?rg Sylvester	44.0	42.0	45.0	(49.0)	28.0	41.0	249.0	200.0
45th	DEN 1370	Bramsn?s Sejlklub	Jesper Strandberg	36.0	36.0	41.0	50.0	43.0	(80.0 BFD)	286.0	206.0
46th	GER 711	SCH	Ralf Mackmann	27.0	66.0	48.0	34.0	(80.0 OCS)	35.0	290.0	210.0
47th	SWE 511	SKK	M?rten Bernesand	51.0	43.0	47.0	45.0	(62.0)	40.0	288.0	226.0
48th	NOR 467	Hellerup Sejlklub	Jens Makholm	28.0	50.0	(80.0 DNC)	80.0 DNF	39.0	33.0	310.0	230.0
49th	GBR 1774	West Oxford	Richard Burton	56.0	(80.0 BFD)	39.0	60.0	40.0	38.0	313.0	233.0
50th	SWE 2740	Karlskrona SS	Karl-Johan ?sth	(55.0)	45.0	50.0	46.0	48.0	45.0	289.0	234.0
51st	GER 745	YCBG	Rainer Pospiech	(57.0)	41.0	51.0	48.0	54.0	46.0	297.0	240.0
52nd	GER 688	SVM	Dirk Dame	52.0	40.0	49.0	43.0	59.0	(80.0 BFD)	323.0	243.0
53rd	DEN 1301	Sejlklubben Esrum S?	Rasmus Cavling Clausen	54.0	48.0	43.0	52.0	(61.0)	47.0	305.0	244.0
54th	GER 735		Dirk Gericke	48.0	51.0	46.0	47.0	(55.0)	52.0	299.0	244.0
55th	AUS 685	Wangi RSL Amateur Sailing Club	Jonathan O\'Donell	46.0	52.0	(80.0 DNC)	56.0	49.0	44.0	327.0	247.0
56th	SWE 2739	Ume? Segels?llskap	Anders Widding	58.0	58.0	52.0	(62.0)	38.0	42.0	310.0	248.0
57th	SWE 2672	SS Kaparen	Bengt Larsson	71.0	47.0	59.0	63.0	(80.0 DSQ)	15.0	335.0	255.0
58th	DEN 1329	Bramsn?s Sejlklub	Sam Jedig	49.0	59.0	(64.0)	61.0	32.0	58.0	323.0	259.0
59th	GER 606	SCF	Katharina Hu?	59.0	(61.0)	57.0	53.0	46.0	50.0	326.0	265.0
60th	DEN 1265	Kongelig Dansk Yachtklub	Malte Pedersen	(65.0)	44.0	55.0	55.0	57.0	55.0	331.0	266.0
61st	GER 714	SCF	Christian Hu?	(64.0)	56.0	53.0	54.0	51.0	56.0	334.0	270.0
62nd	AUS 724	Wangi Sailing Club	Glenn Yates	50.0	55.0	(80.0 DNC)	51.0	67.0	49.0	352.0	272.0
63rd	NZL 516	Worser Bay Boating Club	Julian Bishop	(60.0)	54.0	58.0	58.0	50.0	53.0	333.0	273.0
64th	GER 651	SVP	Heinz Ridder	63.0	57.0	62.0	57.0	(64.0)	39.0	342.0	278.0
65th	FRA 723	CYVIA	CHENUIL Mathieu	66.0	(68.0)	61.0	59.0	58.0	54.0	366.0	298.0
66th	SWE 2217	SS Svearna	Magnus Bager	(67.0)	64.0	67.0	64.0	47.0	61.0	370.0	303.0
67th	SWE 2591	TBS	Arne Malm	62.0	63.0	63.0	(65.0)	60.0	59.0	372.0	307.0
68th	GER 487	SCST	Gunnar Goronzi	68.0	65.0	66.0	(80.0 DNS)	63.0	51.0	393.0	313.0
69th	SWE 2756	SKK	Simon Polteg	66.0 DPI	67.0 DPI	60.0	67.0	(80.0 OCS)	57.0	397.0	317.0
70th	SWE 2738	SS Kaparen	Peter Aebeloe	70.0	60.0	65.0	(80.0 DNS)	66.0	62.0	403.0	323.0
71st	FRA 2000	SNF Sports Nautiques de la Frette	Gautier ARIBAUD	(69.0)	67.0	68.0	66.0	65.0	60.0	395.0	326.0
72nd	DEN 1324	Hvidovre Sejlklub	Jan Larsen	(80.0 DNC)	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	480.0	400.0
72nd	DEN 1366	Skovshovede Sejlklub	Svend Erik Molbech	(80.0 DNC)	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	480.0	400.0
72nd	DEN 1333	Hellerup Sejlklub	Stefan Myr?lf	(80.0 DNC)	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	480.0	400.0
72nd	SWE 111	SSKA Segels?llskapet Kaparen	Bertil Eliasson	(80.0 DNC)	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	480.0	400.0
72nd	AUS 726	Wangi RSL Sailing Club	Peter Lynch	(80.0 DNC)	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	480.0	400.0
72nd	POL 16		Marek Jarocki	(80.0 DNC)	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	480.0	400.0
72nd	POL 424		Piotr Przewozny	(80.0 DNC)	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	480.0	400.0
72nd	GER 744	SSC	Karsten Hitz	(80.0 DNC)	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	480.0	400.0

A President retires - Greg Wilcox retired as President of the OK Dinghy International Association last night, handing over to Andre Blasse, who will be in post for four years. He finished in fitting style by winning race 5.

Wilcox reflected upon his success today. 'I had a good start and sailed up the middle of the course with Craig. We were equally matched for speed on the first reach, but as inside boat, I had the advantage and managed to sail away from him. On the second beat we again were playing the shifts in the middle of the course, with Craig gaining on me initially. I felt I was faster on the run and pulled away from Craig. I opted to turn on the starboard leeward gate mark and covered Hansson-Mild up the beat. This side paid as Craig, who tacked on the port buoy could only manage 4th at the finish'.

'It has been a privilege to be President of OKDIA. During my four year term we have introduced the 'Hall of Fame', which recognises the input of those who developed the class in its early days and celebrates the successes of all the great sailors who have and are still sailing the OK Dinghy today'.

'We have seen a significant increase in the number of new boats being built in the last four years, which has stimulated the second hand boat market and encouraged many new faces to experience the joys of sailing an OK Dinghy'.

Current World Champion, Karl Purdie, said 'It was the reason I moved into OKs, as Wilcox, World Champion in 2002, was the role model I was looking for to improve my sailing.'

Wilcox added 'The Committee has also undertaken a thorough review of the rules to make sure the OK Dinghy keeps up with modern trends. I am now handing over the Presidency to Andre Blasse, who, I know, will make an excellent President as he is as keen as me to see the continuing success of the OK Dinghy worldwide.'

The OK Dinghy World Championship continues to Thursday, with four more races scheduled to complete the series.

by Mary Reddyhoff OKDIA