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Craig extends again at OK Dinghy Worlds in Barbados

by Robert Deaves, OKDIA 30 May 2017 00:06 PDT 24-31 May 2017

Barbados delivered yet another challenging day of racing on the third day of the OK Dinghy World Championship in Carlisle Bay. Nick Craig, of Great Britain has built an eight lead after another solid day, while Jim Hunt moves up to second and New Zealand's Paul Rhodes climbs to third. Race wins went to Hunt and Craig.

Out on the race course the strong winds were favouring the left hand corner again, with the fleet heading into the beach to get the pressure into the top mark. The reaches were spectacular, and over all too quickly, with some huge rolling waves adding to the challenge to stay upright and in one piece until the gybe mark.

Leading round the top mark in Race 5 was Poland's Tomasz Gaj, from Craig and Australia's Roger Blasse. Defending world champion, Hunt, took the lead on the reaches and maintained it to the finish to win his first race of the week. Starting under the black flag one of the casualties was second overall Luke O'Connell from New Zealand.

Little changed for the start of Race 6 with 25 knots of wind making for some exciting racing. Poland's Pawel Pawlaczyk led at the top in Race 6, from Mark Perrow of New Zealand and Craig. Rhodes had moved up to second at the bottom mark but then Craig moved ahead and extended on the second upwind to begin to build a huge lead and win his fourth race from Australia's Brent Williams and Rhodes.

Overall, Craig now takes an eight-point lead over Hunt, with Rhodes another 10 points behind, with just four races to sail.

Craig commented, "Great day's sailing. It was the windiest day so far and I was feeling a bit light today. Probably gusting 25-28 knots, with fantastic reaches. Upwind I was struggling a bit to hold on at times. So I am just going to keep eating until tomorrow."

Keeping up his consistency, Blasse is now up to fifth. "Pretty trying conditions, though there wasn't as much weed around today so that was a good thing and the breeze was back in the east and that was a bit more manageable. It was good racing, but we've got a bit of work to do down in Oz; we are a bit off the pace, but it's all good racing and competitive stuff."

"So, another great day in Barbados," commented Rhodes after a great day for him. "The last race it was so close, just awesome racing. Really hard, shifty, current, all sorts of things to deal with, and some good close racing. I'm loving it."

Before the Pirates Cove Beach Party, the class held its Annual General Meeting with very little on the Agenda. Having just introduced new Class Rules, effective from June 1, there were no rule changes proposed, though there were a few personnel and event decisions to make. Mark Jackson, of Australia, was elected as President following the four-year term of Bo Teglers from Denmark, while Jonas Börjesson of Sweden was elected, following the retirement of long-term committee member Darek Kras of Poland.

Fleet development, improved finances and strengthened event management were a few of the areas that the meeting heard about. The gathering also approved the committee nomination for the 2018 European Championships to be held in Bandol, France in late September/early October.

Barbados is certainly living up to its reputation for great hospitality, but there are only two more days for the sailors to enjoy the Caribbean lifestyle. Two more races are scheduled on Tuesday from 12.30. The 2017 OK Dinghy World Championship consists of 10 races and concludes on Wednesday 31 May.

Follow the action on:

The event website is 2017.okworlds.org

Results after Day 3: (six races)

PosSail NoHelmR1R2R3R4R5R6Pts
1GBR 2195NICK CRAIG1112‑316
2GBR 11JIM HUNT234‑51414
3NZL 517PAUL RHODES5‑9566325
4NZL 546LUKE O'CONNELL3224(bfd)1728
5AUS 749ROGER BLASSE10‑15375934
6NZL 551MARK PERROW204732(dsq)36
7NZL 545STEVE McDOWELL4168‑174638
8GBR 2191CHRIS TURNER68‑2588838
9AUS 768MARK JACKSON‑27761191144
10NZL 566GREG WILCOX910‑2010111050
11DEN 3JORGEN SVENDSEN1914141‑23553
12POL 14PAWEL PAWLACZYK‑2451718101363
13POL 1TOMASZ GAJ86‑282272366
14AUS 754BRENT WILLIAMS11182120‑33272
15DEN 1402BO TEGLERS NIELSEN16171013‑261672
16NZL 498JONO CLOUGH17‑201214121974
17GER 803MARTIN v.ZIMMERMANN7111533(dnf)1278
18DEN 1397HENRIK KOFOED ‑ LARSEN28‑34119151578
19GER 772OLIVER GRONHOLZ(ret)12261622783
20NZL 567CHRIS FENWICK18‑311323142290
21GER 778SOENKE BEHRENS1513341519‑4096
22GER 5RALF TIETJE2121‑33121731102
23GBR 10ROBERT DEAVES1229192121‑37102
24AUS 750PETER ROBINSON‑43379262020112
25NZL 523JOE POREBSKI142424(dsq)2727116
26DEN 22ASK ASKHOLM25232319‑3026116
27NZL 575MICHAEL HOLDEN WILDE3328‑44291618124
28NZL 536ERIC RONE1322‑36362529125
29GBR 13ALEX SCOLES26192930(bfd)24128
30NZL 531ADRIAN COULTHARD293032‑401325129
31AUS 719GLENN WILLIAMS372622‑434014139
32GER 775JOERG RADEMACHER2225‑40273532141
33GBR 2163GAVIN WALDRON‑524416411838157
34DEN 1335MOGENS JOHANSEN4039183434(dnf)165
35GER 7ANDREAS PICH35‑4135313135167
36NZL 565SIMON PROBERT39‑4831323928169
37NZL 571ROB HENGST343630‑452844172
38DEN 1442PETER HEIDE‑JORGENSEN36422728‑4343176
39NZL 563DAVID HOOGENBOOM‑503250243639181
40GER 11RAINER POSPIECH234047‑553845193
41DEN 1481NILS TROLAND4145‑59374230195
42SWE 2791LENNART HANSSON384341(ret)2946197
43GER 75DIRK DAME45383942‑5133197
44GBR 2176KEITH BYERS3027‑55513753198
45POL 19GRZEGORG SALAMON3233(dnf)ret4421211
46NZL 568DEAN NEIL COLEMAN‑575343254941211
47GER 6FABIAN GRONHOLZ‑603548494636214
48DEN 1399CHRISTOPHER JOE SCHUBERT(dsq)4646444534215
49DEN 1407MALTE PEDERSEN425157‑672447221
50GER 757FALK HAGEMANN51‑5542385451236
51GER 22DIRK GERICKE48‑5945475050240
52GER 8RONALD FOEST47(ret)62355642246
53AUS 736GRANT WAKEFIELD6157515432(dnf)255
54GER 731THOMAS GLAS44493748(dnf)dns259
55GER 767JULIANE HOFMANN5447‑58565349259
56NZL 569PHIL COVENY3163(dnf)595257262
57AUS 688DAVID HASELDINE55‑5853465855267
58AUS 767GLENN YATES4961(dnf)624754273
59GER 12STEFAN RASSAU53(dnf)dnf524152281
60NZL 564SEFTON POWRIE59525639(dnf)dns287
61AUS 725DAVID KETTERIDGE58643850(dns)dns291
62GER 678HEINZ RIDDER64‑7063615748293
63POL 40ROBERT SWIECKI69605263(dnf)58302
64NZL 574PHILIP RZEPECKY4650(dsq)53dnfdns311
65DEN 1458SOREN SIGURDSSON7265(dnf)665556314
66FRA 1833FABIEN CAPEILLERES565649(dnf)dnsdns323
67SWE 55ULF SAHLE63626157(dns)dns324
68GER 777NADINE TIETJE6254(dnf)dns48dnf326
69AUS 706ERIK THOMPSON65685465(dnf)dnf333
70AUS 766ROBERT BUCHANAN66696060(dns)dns336
71AUS 738KEVIN KNOTT68676458(dns)dns338
72GBR 2116TIM O'LEARY7574(dnf)6859dns357
73GER 697JOERG POSNY7066(dnf)64retdns362
74AUS 716DAVID SWALES6772(dnf)69retdns370
75GER 539ULRICH BORCHERS7676(dnf)70dnsdns384
76NZL 550TONY BIERRE7171(dnf)dnsdnsdns385
77GBR 2058MARY REDDYHOFF7473(dnf)dnsdnsdns390
78GER 788JESSICA FINKE7375(dnf)dnsdnsdns391
79GBR 2159RUSSELL WARD(dns)dnsdnsdnsdnsdns405
7911111Charlie Gloomeau(dns)dnsdnsdnsdnsdns405

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