OK Dinghy World Ranking List – No change at top

by Robert Deaves on 23 Mar 2017 For the first time in the history of the OK Dinghy World Ranking List, not only are the top three three unchanged, but the entire top 20 of the March 2017 release are unchanged from the previous release. European Champion, Bo Petersen (DEN) continues to lead from Thomas Hansson-Mild (SWE) and Greg Wilcox (NZL).

The only events since the October release have been the national titles in New Zealand and Australia.

At the New Zealand Nationals in January at Worser Bay in Wellington, Ben Morrison (above) won from Luke O’Connell and Steve McDowell. McDowell got his revenge later, winning the North Island Championships in Turangi in February.

Mark Jackson won his sixth Australian national title at Drummoyne Sailing Club in Sydney Harbour in January from Mark Skelton and Peter Horne.

Excluding Wilcox, who resides in Germany, Jackson is the highest ranked sailor from down under in 13th place, while O’Connell makes a jump from 99th to 60th. Big changes in the rankings are expected after the May World Championship in Barbados, where large Australian and New Zealand teams have entered.

At the class begins its 60th anniversary year, the ranking list has also exceeded 500 entries for the first time.

The next ranking list release will be just before the European Championship in Faaborg, Demark and just after Warnemunde Woche.

Rank	Name	Country	Sail No.	Points	No. of Events
1	Bo Petersen	DEN	1431	1046.06	13
2	Thomas Hanson-Mild	SWE	100	1021.77	10
3	Greg Wilcox	NZL	544	985.70	14
4	Charlie Cumbley	GBR	2173	985.08	8
5	Stefan Myralf	DEN	6	972.41	10
6	Richard Burton	GBR	2183	951.13	8
7	Martin von Zimmermann	GER	693	908.29	14
8	Pawel Pawlaczyk	POL	14	898.22	9
9	David Bourne	GBR	17	874.86	8
10	Tomasz Gaj	POL	1	866.10	9
11	Andre Budzien	GER	792	863.19	9
12	Jim Hunt	GBR	1	856.13	7
13	Mark Jackson	AUS	735	817.51	7
14	Jorgen Svendsen	DEN	3	810.22	8
15	Bo Reker Andersen	DEN	1	801.29	16
16	Mats Caap	SWE	2797	798.78	5
17	Henrik Kofoed Larsen	DEN	1397	784.63	9
18	Jonas Borjesson	SWE	2809	779.94	9
19	Andreas Pich	GER	797	763.57	14
20	Robert Deaves	GBR	2156	750.83	8