Little change in final OK Dinghy World Ranking ahead of 2022 World Championship

by Robert Deaves 28 Jul 2022 05:03 PDT

Kieler Woche for OK Dinghies, June 18-21 © Robert Deaves

The final OK Dinghy World Ranking list ahead of next week's World Championship in Marstrand, Sweden, has changed little since the previous release, with Thomas Hansson-Mild, from Sweden going into the first world championship since 2019 as the World No 1.

Fellow Swede, Fredrik Lôöf and Poland's Tomazs Gaz, are still second and third but both will be absent in Marstrand.

The two events included in this release are the British Nationals at Herne Bay and Warnemunde Woche, in Germany.

Russ Clark won a very close British championship from Paul Childs, with Swede, Patric Mure in third. In Warnemünde, the series was significantly shortened due to extreme weather with Ulli Kurfeld, from Germany, taking the win from Denmark's, Bo Petersen, and Sweden's Benjamin Hammero.

Kieler Woche for OK Dinghies, June 18-21 - photo © Robert Deaves

The Swedes have been waiting for a home worlds for two years after the 2020 championship in Marstrand had to be cancelled due to the pandemic, but with 115 entries this year, and a lot of new faces entered, it will be a fascinating title chase.

Also, with maximum ranking list points on offer at the worlds, and only a small number of sailors making the trip from down under, there are sure to be some major changes to the ranking list in the near future.

Racing in Marstrand starts on August 8

Top 100 rankings: Download full list here [XLSX file]

Pos	Name	Country	Number	Points	No. events
1	Thomas Hansson‑Mild	SWE	100	946.35	9
2	Fredrik Lööf	SWE	69	924.71	7
3	Tomasz Gaj	POL	1	894.89	12
4	Greg Wilcox	NZL	599	867.54	16
5	Luke Gower	NZL	573	762.46	8
6	Steve McDowell	NZL	579	735.18	6
7	Luke O'Connell	NZL	578	733.47	6
8	Ask Askholm	DEN	22	728.86	10
9	Bo Petersen	DEN	1507	725.67	12
10	Chris Turner	GBR	44	700.78	6
11	Mark Jackson	AUS	768	698.38	8
12	Jan Kurfeld	GER	18	694.41	6
13	Ralf Tietje	GER	5	691.49	11
14	Rod Davis	NZL	592	677.94	7
15	Ben Morrison	NZL	580	661.41	5
16	Andrew Phillips	NZL	559	660.11	4
17	Brent Williams	AUS	775	6557	5
18	Jesper Højer	DEN	20	653.62	8
19	André Budzien	GER	71	651.84	8
20	Lars Johan Brodtkorb	NOR	428	636.70	5
21	Sönke Behrens	GER	77	625.47	9
22	Rainer Pospiech	GER	11	624.91	7
23	Chris Fenwick	NZL	567	607.76	6
24	Martin von Zimmermann	GER	803	606.46	9
25	Eric Rone	NZL	583	598.91	6
26	Richard Burton	GBR	8	593.16	5
27	Mark Skelton	AUS	753	593.12	6
28	Hans Börjesson	SWE	139	589.55	7
29	Wolfgang Höfener	GER	3	586.64	10
30	Dan Slater	NZL	562	583.36	3
31	Henrik Kofoed Larsen	DEN	1487	579.70	7
32	Tim Davies	AUS	791	569.97	5
33	Pawel Pawlaczyk	POL	14	566.31	8
34	Oliver Gronholz	GER	72	5621	7
35	Russell Wood	NZL	552	553.90	4
36	Stefan de Vries	NED	6	551.17	6
37	Jørgen Holm	DEN	1577	549.52	9
38	Gunter Arndt	GER	2	549.12	6
39	Mathew Mason	NZL	570	543.33	3
40	Simon Probert	NZL	565	542.96	8
41	Marek Bernat	POL	7	537.64	11
42	Andreas Pich	GER	7	533.55	12
43	Halvor Schøyen	NOR	6	531.12	7
44	Stephan Veldman	NED	673	530.59	10
45	Paul Rhodes	NZL	577	523.49	4
46	Peter Robinson	AUS	774	522.26	6
47	Mike Wilde	NZL	575	522	6
48	Mats Caap	SWE	797	514.72	6
49	Rohan Lord	NZL	584	500.67	3
50	Jens Lauge	DEN	10	498.74	5
51	Mark Perrow	NZL	581	490.38	4
52	Jono Clough	NZL	498	486.68	4
53	Thomas Olds	NZL	546	465.79	5
54	David Bourne	GBR	17	464.66	6
55	Nick Craig	GBR	2208	4632	3
56	Anders Andersen	DEN	1450	459.47	5
57	Stefan Jaenson	SWE	722	455.91	7
58	Jesper Bendix	DEN	700	454.22	7
59	Roger Blassé	AUS	749	453.71	4
60	Malte Pedersen	DEN	7	4463	12
61	Stefan Pavia	SWE	20	444.72	5
62	Ronald Foest	GER	8	441.89	8
63	Jörg Sylvester	GER	826	440.81	9
64	Brett Daniel	NZL	561	430.81	5
65	Thomas Glas	GER	731	429.29	6
66	Jörg Rademacher	GER	775	428.18	6
67	Hans Elkjaer	SWE	99	427.61	6
68	Jan‑Dietmar Dellas	GER	81	423.76	10
69	David van der Wende	NZL	530	419.51	3
70	Keith Byers	GBR	2176	418.94	7
71	Jan Hempel Sparsø	DEN	1510	418.56	5
72	Julien Dejugnat	FRA	1820	417.84	7
73	Grant Wakefield	AUS	776	415.50	6
74	Dirk Dame	GER	75	414.21	6
75	Bengt Larsson	SWE	4	410.55	7
76	Alistair Deaves	NZL	542	409.45	5
77	Dirk Gericke	GER	22	408.21	9
78	Joe Schubert	DEN	1399	397.97	6
79	Jan‑Erik Engholm	SWE	88	392.84	6
80	Gordon Sims	NZL	587	389.84	4
81	Stefan Rassau	GER	12	382.33	5
82	Glenn Williams	AUS	786	376.89	5
83	Ulli Kurfeld	GER	19	376.26	5
84	Lutz Boguhn	GER	4	373.10	8
85	Jacob Lunding	DEN	1385	370.33	4
86	Bob Buchanan	AUS	766	369.60	10
87	Josh Armit	NZL	485	368.45	1
88	Adrian Coulthard	NZL	588	366.96	5
89	Falk Hagemann	GER	838	364.62	7
90	Steve Wilson	AUS	741	363.84	4
91	Mats Bendix	DEN	1528	362.50	3
92	James Bevis	AUS	778	3627	3
93	Sam Marshall	NZL	482	3618	3
94	Valerian Lebrun	FRA	11	353.58	3
95	Ian Hopwood	GBR	2188	353.53	4
96	Frank Strelow	GER	79	3539	7
97	Tony Woods	GBR	2252	352	5
98	Ralf Mackman	GER	773	350.87	6
99	Alex Scoles	GBR	13	344.77	4
100	Thorsten Schmidt	GER	9	344.40	8