Hamburg Sud New Zealand OK Dinghy Team

by New Zealand OK Dinghy Association on 23 Apr 2007 Preparation for the Hamburg Sud New Zealand OK Dinghy Team is now almost over even though the worlds are not until late July. The eleven members of the team meet at the Port of Napier on Saturday to load the boats into a container headed for Leba, Poland.

The boats are due to arrive in June and some of the team members will attend warm up regattas before the Worlds start on the 22 of July.
The OK Dinghy Worlds is usually limited to 82 boats, however in this, the 50th anniversary year of the OK Dinghy the limit has been lifted and well over 100 boats are expected.

Paul Rhodes (current New Zealand and Interdominion champion); “This year we have a very strong team and the preparation through out the year with the summer series has been great, we have the potential for a number of the guys to be in the top ten and most importantly in contention of the overall title”

The New Zealand team also includes young Napier sailor Luke O’Connell who will be going after the youth world champion title, last won by a New Zealander in 2002.

Team members this year are:

Paul Rhodes, Worser Bay, Wellington
Greg Wilcox, Worser Bay, Wellington
Joe Porebski, Worser Bay, Wellington
Matt Stechman, Worser Bay, Wellington
Steve McDowell, Worser Bay, Wellington
Karl Purdie, Worser Bay, Wellington
Mike Wilde, Wakatere, Auckland
Mark Perrow, Wakatere, Auckland
Alistair Deaves, Wakatere, Auckland
Trent Pryce, Napier Sailing Club, Naiper Luke O’Connell, Napier Sailing Club, Napier


The Hamburg Sud New Zealand OK Dinghy Team would like to acknowledge the support of our sponsors who have made this possible:

Hamburg Sud
Burnard International
Port of Napier
Vero


New Zealand OK Dinghy Association www.okdinghy.co.nz