OK's announce Ranking list

by Robert Deaves on 20 Dec 2005 The first release of an International ranking list for the International OK Dinghy includes some 287 sailors from 10 nations. The new ranking list is the first indicator of form for the upcoming Toshiba World Championships in Belmont, Australia in February. This new innovation for the International OK Dinghy Class has highlighted the recent worldwide growth in numbers as the class approaches its 50th year.

It’s no surprise that Nick Craig (GBR), the 2005 World Champion, leads the list, 33 points clear of second place with a perfect score of 5 first places at the Medemblik Spring Cup, Kiel Week, Warnemunde Week, the Danish Nationals and the Worlds. Second placed Jorgen Lindhartdsen (DEN) - the 'old man of the 'sea' of the OK class - lies in second after a string of top 5 results in 2005 including a second at the Danish Nationals and the Nordics. Third placed Greg Wilcox (NZL) - the 2002 World Champion - marked a return to form in 2005 with a bronze medal at the worlds and a second at Warnemunde.

The December 2005 ranking list includes results from the 2005 World championships, Nordics, Spring Cup, Kiel, Warnemunde, Interdominions and National championships from Poland, New Zealand, Australia, Great Britain, France, Denmark, Sweden, Belgium and Germany.

Each event is weighted between 1 and 2 according to the number of top 20 ranked sailors competing, while the World Championship is always weighted as 2.5. Events will remain on the list on a two year rolling system, with updates issued at strategic intervals during the year.

Ranking List – December 2005

Rank Name Nationality Points No.of Events
1 Nick Craig GBR 830.00 5
2 Jorgen Lindhartdsen DEN 797.25 5
3 Greg Wilcox NZL 768.66 8
4 Ulf Brandt DEN 724.73 5
5 Mogens Johansen DEN 681.95 5
6 Mark Perrow NZL 679.94 6
7 Frank Hansen DEN 658.65 5
8 Alistair Deaves NZL 658.59 5
9 Gunter Arndt GER 613.61 4
10 Martin von Zimmerman GER 610.97 4
11 Thomas Hanson-Mild SWE 580.03 4
12 Pawel Pawlaczyk POL 562.51 4
13 Oliver Gronholz GER 561.14 5
14 Steve McDowell NZL 551.90 4
15 Jesper Petersen DEN 514.93 4
16 Hans Elkjaer SWE 497.73 4
17 Thomas Glas GER 488.92 5
18 Sonke Behrens GER 487.81 4
19 Trent Pryce NZL 486.46 6
20 Jonas Quist SWE 486.19 3
21 Troels Lykke DEN 478.53 4
22 Mike Wilde NZL 463.44 5
23 Jon Fish GBR 463.33 4
24 Christian Mitgard DEN 450.26 4
25 Grant Pedersen NZL 448.54 6
26 Thorsten Schmidt GER 420.43 5
27 Andreas Pich GER 405.19 4
28 Peter Stephan GER 391.24 6
29 Christian Heinze GER 381.62 5
30 Andre Blasse AUS 368.99 3
31 Robert Deaves GBR 350.92 3
32 Bo Teglers DEN 349.46 4
33 Roger Blassé AUS 348.57 2
34 Marek Jarocki POL 345.21 3
35 Rainer Rehbehn GER 344.19 3
36 Fabian Gronholz GER 336.60 4
37 Arne Lindemann GER 332.17 4
38 Karl Purdie NZL 331.48 3
39 Janusz Stobinski POL 321.33 3
40 Darren Hunt NZL 317.00 5
41 Jonal Lindahl SWE 310.35 3
42 Philip Rzepecky NZL 305.79 5
43 Paul Rhodes NZL 300.81 3
44 Peter Wibro DEN 293.90 2
45 Jakob Kania POL 285.54 3
46 Jorg Sylvester GER 283.16 4
47 Ben Morrison NZL 282.18 3
48 Russell Wood NZL 269.96 3
49 Darek Kras POL 264.63 5
50 Joe Porebski NZL 261.81 3
51 Ivan Pedersen DEN 260.92 3
52 Ingmar Janson SWE 252.42 3
53 Juliane Hofmann GER 245.81 4
54 Dirk Dame GER 243.50 3
55 Uwe Bohm GER 242.63 3
56 Wayne Avery NZL 231.74 2
57 Adrian Mannering NZL 228.64 3
58 Paul Verrijdt BEL 222.43 4
59 David Hoogenboom NZL 220.49 3
60 Christian Senst GER 217.48 3
61 Jan Hartmann GER 199.63 3
62 Christian Hartmann GER 198.30 2
63 Neil Goodhead GBR 195.38 2
64 Gunner Specht GER 187.00 3
65 Daniel Groschl GER 179.70 3
66 Terry Curtis GBR 174.04 2
67 Heinz Ridder GER 173.63 4
68 Mark Geboes BEL 172.30 5
69 Ralf Mackman GER 170.00 2
70 Falk Hagermann GER 169.43 2
71 Dirk Gericke GER 169.05 3
72 Alex Scoles GBR 168.81 2
73 Owen Anderson NZL 153.46 2
74 Jan Eric Nystedt SWE 150.74 2
75 Karsten Kath GER 148.75 5
76 Katharina Huss GER 146.73 3
77 John Ball GBR 139.52 1
78 Claus Deichgraber DEN 139.22 2
79 Marc Vande Ghinste BEL 138.80 2
80 Nigel Mannering NZL 138.33 2
81 Per Arne Olsen SWE 135.06 2
82 Gavin Waldron GBR 133.00 2
83 Thierry Damblon BEL 129.00 2
84 Michel Lesure LUX 128.00 2
85 Peter Nielsen AUS 116.93 2
86 Per Baagoe DEN 115.68 1
87 Henrik Sogren DEN 115.65 2
88 Peter Lynch AUS 114.72 2
89 Szymon Kostrewski POL 111.89 2
90 Rod Andrew BEL 111.20 2
91 Tom Pearce AUS 110.94 3
92 Antoni Pawlowski POL 110.00 1
93 Karsten Kraus GER 108.57 1
94 Ralf Tietje GER 108.43 2
95 Peter Scheuerl GER 107.14 2
96 P Horne AUS 105.12 1
97 Steve Dunn GBR 105.00 1
98 Tony Clifford NZL 104.74 2
99 Antony Rich GBR 103.85 2
100 Max Nystedt SWE 103.72 2
101 Olle Heimersson SWE 102.81 3
102 T Davies AUS 102.68 1
103 Maciej Angielczyk POL 102.00 1
104 P Forster AUS 100.24 1
105 Nick Gray AUS 100.16 2
106 M McQueen AUS 97.80 1
107 Andy Turner GBR 97.50 2
108 Tomasz Kosmicki POL 96.00 1
109 Mike Edwards GBR 95.19 2
110 Tomasz Gaj POL 94.00 1
111 Rob Hengst NZL 93.96 3
112 Mark Jackson AUS 92.93 1
113 Kay Wickelkoppe GER 92.00 1
114 Rene Johannsen DEN 91.82 1
115 M Williams AUS 90.49 1
116 Paul Richards AUS 90.00 1
117 Richard Furneaux AUS 89.67 2
118 Carsten Sass GER 89.00 2
119 Jorg Posny GER 88.86 1
120 Dan Ager GBR 86.73 1
121 Matt Hibbard NZL 86.28 2
122 Slawomir Blaszka POL 86.00 1
123 Peter Burton AUS 85.61 1
124 Peter Torngaard DEN 85.00 1
125 Dave Kettridge AUS 83.17 1
126 Ian Harris GBR 83.08 1
127 Jedrzej Sznajder POL 82.00 1
128 James McAllister AUS 80.73 1
129 Piotr Przewozny POL 80.00 1
130 Pete Turner GBR 79.42 1
131 Frederic Lamarque FRA 78.40 1
132 Bob Chapman AUS 78.29 1
133 Per Jaensson SWE 76.67 1
134 Jan Mellis BEL 76.00 1
135 Robert Glowacki POL 76.00 1
136 E O'Donnell AUS 75.85 1
137 Bill Bradburn GBR 75.77 1
138 Norbert Petrausch GER 74.00 3
139 Wojciech Kalkowski POL 74.00 1
140 C Visick AUS 73.41 1
141 Tim O'Leary GBR 72.12 1
142 Bartosz Przbysz POL 72.00 1
143 John Hoogerbrug NZL 71.15 2
144 Glen Yates AUS 70.98 1
145 Pawel Trybus POL 70.00 1
146 B Holly AUS 68.54 1
147 Bob Bourne GBR 68.46 1
148 Adrian Gorka POL 68.00 1
149 Per Sorensen DEN 67.73 2
150 Ortwin Zimmer GER 67.60 1
151 Peter Bergh SWE 67.14 1
152 P Wallace AUS 66.10 1
153 Jan Siekierzynski POL 66.00 1
154 John Meadowcroft GBR 64.81 1
155 Gert Breitbart GER 64.55 1
156 Jakub Jankowski POL 64.00 1
157 Jan Larsen SWE 63.71 2
158 Bill Tyler AUS 63.66 1
159 Selwyn Pedrsen NZL 63.59 2
160 Dave Cooper GBR 62.88 2
161 Mats Petersson SWE 62.38 1
162 Andrew Pardington NZL 62.38 1
163 Jaroslaw Kucynski POL 62.00 1
164 Ed Bradburn GBR 61.15 1
165 Anders Gunnersen DEN 61.14 1
166 Rene Delecluse FRA 60.40 1
167 P Yates AUS 58.78 1
168 Jan-Dietmar Dellas GER 58.33 1
169 Christian Huss GER 58.25 3
170 Milosz Wojewski POL 58.00 1
171 Wolfgang Feierabend GER 57.76 2
172 Torbjorn Svensson SWE 57.62 1
173 Uwe Rademacher GER 56.92 3
174 Bertil Eliasson SWE 56.19 2
175 Janusz Zimer POL 56.00 1
176 Uwe Fredrick GER 55.11 1
177 Henrik Moll DEN 54.32 1
178 Maciej Pezala POL 54.00 1
179 T Burton AUS 53.90 1
180 Michel Jamar BEL 52.00 1
181 Maciej Misko POL 52.00 1
182 C McQueen AUS 51.46 1
183 Peter Nielsen DEN 50.91 1
184 Michal Stachowiak POL 50.00 1
185 Maxine Manca FRA 49.60 1
186 Bengt Stromberg SWE 49.26 2
187 Paul Richards AUS 49.02 1
188 Hakon Olsen SWE 48.18 1
189 Lars Lindahl SWE 48.10 1
190 Jerzy Bojanowski POL 48.00 1
191 Poul Christiansen DEN 47.50 1
192 John Skjoldby DEN 47.27 2
193 M Walker AUS 46.59 1
194 Sam Minns GBR 46.54 1
195 Piotr Przewozny POL 46.14 1
196 Graeme Bates NZL 46.03 2
197 Senne Deboeure BEL 46.00 1
198 Tobias Wickelkoppe GER 46.00 1
199 Sven Marchot GER 44.71 1
200 J Barr AUS 44.15 1
201 Sam Jedig DEN 44.09 1
202 Radoslaw Wiacek POL 44.00 1
203 Kennedy Karlsson SWE 43.33 1
204 Alexander Hirsch GER 42.40 1
205 Marina Dellas GER 42.22 1
206 Jakub Kowalczyk POL 42.00