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2025 OK Dinghy European Championship in Warnemünde - Overall

by Robert Deaves 10 Jul 04:44 PDT 4-9 July 2025

Britain's Charlie Cumbley has won the 2025 OK Dinghy European Championship, in Warnemünde, Germany, after all racing was cancelled on the last day with strong winds and passing storms. Canada's Ben Flower takes the silver while Sweden's Daniel Björndahl takes bronze.

The weather forecasts all week had not been entirely reliable and everything pointed towards a showdown between Cumbley and Flower. However, a glance at the sea state in the morning told a different story and while some forecasts predicted the wind dropping, many also predicted an increase with considerable rainfall and passing storms.

After an early three-hour postponement was made, the decision to cancel was made mid-morning with many sailors already packing up. By early afternoon it was gusting 30 knots on shore with a huge sea state, as everyone took shelter in the Lokschuppen for the prize-giving. The wind did not drop below 25 knots until late afternoon.

Cumbley was both pleased and surprised to win his second European title in the class, after first winning two years ago on Garda.

"Super pleased. I came into this event having not sailed since the last Europeans, so I thought I'd come here add put a line in the sand ahead of the worlds [On Garda in September] where I'm keen to do well. I thought if I could get top six, I would be pleased with the week so to win, I am a bit surprised but super happy."

On his speed and performance: "Most of the week was light to medium and I was really happy with my speed in that but just need to sort my starting really; the whole combination and remembering to sheet and steer and look where you are going at the same time. So, I will try and improve on that for Garda. But great racing as usual and great to sail in Warnemünde with some awesome waves."

On the upcoming world championship - already almost 160 entries: "It's going to be massive, should be an awesome event, the best worlds ever hopefully. The quality is going to be high, there are lots of people coming into the class, Finn and Laser sailors, and the class level just keeps growing and growing. It's going to be super hard but also great fun to have a crack at it. I think it will be the toughest fleet the OKs have ever had.

"With a mix of experienced sailors who have been in the fleet for years and new guys who are good from outside the class and they'll bring new ideas, new levels of fitness and strength, so I'm just going to have to keep chipping away and get a bit quicker. So, I am actually going to do some practice, and you can quote me on that."

Warnemünde delivered a range of conditions over the shortened series, with first class race management and on shore social events organised by the German class. With the world championship just eight weeks away, this was a good indication of form, however many more will join the fleet there for what is likely to be the toughest and largest world championship the class has ever had.

Photo galleries: www.flickr.com/photos/okdia/albums

Video highlights: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBHVNxQl_1RUgxKllWCmofBf6-YcsBlM_

Overall Results:

Veteran: Charlie Cumbley (1st)
Master: Andre Budzien (4th)
Grand Master: Jørgen Holm (39th)
Woman's Trophy: Juliane Hofmann (84th)

PosNatSail NoHelmR1R2R3R4R5R6Pts
1GBR GBR 6Charlie CUMBLEY1311‑839
2CAN CAN 26Ben FLOWER22311‑49
3SWE SWE 24Daniel BJÖRNDAHL3122‑13917
4GER GER 71Andrè BUDZIEN‑95145217
5GBR GBR 2261Nick CRAIG4‑1148.52119.5
6DEN DEN 12Jens ECKARDT62374UFD22
7DEN DEN 3Jørgen SVENDSEN2‑8737726
8GBR GBR 11Andy DAVIS4126‑201528
9SWE SWE 100Thomas HANSSON‑MILD3105‑129532
10NOR NOR 428Lars Johan BRODTKORB936106UFD34
11DEN DEN 21Bo PETERSEN156833UFD35
12DEN DEN 24Steen CHRISTENSEN18BFD7101238
13GER GER 51Sebastian SCHMIDT‑KLÜGMANN1445BFD111145
14GER GER 19Ulli KURFELD7‑4476171350
15SWE SWE 73Patric MURE19‑2098.512654.5
16DEN DEN 10Jens LAUGE1111115‑311755
17SWE SWE 72Benjamin HAMMERÖ11‑31105251061
18SWE SWE 386Mikael BJÖRNDAL546BFD272062
19SWE SWE 139Hans BÖRJESSON109BFD1226865
20DEN DEN 61Henrik KOFOED67BFD13192873
21DEN DEN 1604Claus MORTENSEN7121618‑39.52376
22GER GER 77Sönke BEHRENS1213161916‑2176
23GER GER 20Sebastian KAULE15324BFD151480
24SWE SWE 58Tomas FRANZEN18171016‑222283
25AUS AUS 81David MEEHAN2118131814‑2784
26DEN DEN 22Ask ASKHOLM20‑351316181885
27DEN DEN 44Carsten BECH17211215‑382590
28SWE SWE 61Olle ALBREKTSSON136113430‑3794
29NOR NOR 6Halvor SCHØYEN1223128‑413994
30POL POL 777Michal STRUMNIK87BFD221DNF95
31DEN DEN 4Thomas JACOBSEN2292311‑493499
32SWE SWE 2884Lars BERGFELDT16241424‑3626104
33POL POL 14Pawel PAWLACZYK23168BFD4216105
34GER GER 7Andreas PICH1719212028‑47105
35DEN DEN 140Malte PEDERSEN29‑421793219106
36GBR GBR 91Ian HOPWOOD1416252635DNC116
37GER GER 903Jens RABEN3120221729‑36119
38DEN DEN 71Søren CHRISTENSEN2118204DNFDNC120
39DEN DEN 1577Jørgen HOLM30133214‑3333122
40SWE SWE 63Jonas LANGNER13‑4226352424122
41DEN DEN 42Michael DINESEN31361511‑4532125
42GER GER 803Martin V ZIMMERMANN28BFD24212331127
43GER GER 29Matthias LEITL16252819‑5242130
44ESP ESP 77Mark BRANAGH8DNC142939.541131.5
45THA THA 444Morten JAKOBSEN20391529RET29132
46SWE SWE 2908Laban SOREN10289BFD4640133
47GER GER 98Johannes JANHSEN‑372919273430139
48ESP ESP 42Stephen BUTCHER33302022‑3735140
49SWE SWE 2897Jens Christian SCHAARUP37301713‑4744141
50GER GER 872Wolfgang BORK35223210‑5443142
51DEN DEN 65Anders GERHARDT‑HANSEN24253520‑4838142
52SWE SWE 436Johan ÅSTRADSSON24‑5419174448152
53DEN DEN 1621Thomas TEISNER291721BFD4345155
54GER GER 838Falk HAGEMANN42143026‑5146158
55GER GER 125Axel FISCHER2840182350DNS159
56GER GER 877Joachim EVERS3514402453DNC166
57GER GER 5Ralf TIETJEDNF3827146186
58GER GER 33Fabian ROSSBACHER382418BFD2789
59GER GER 908Michael NISSEN1815DNCDNC1292
60DEN DEN 80Søren ULSLEV235BFDBFD3694
61SWE SWE 171Joakim ANDREASSON331034BFD41394
62GBR GBR 15Matthew WEBB302726BFD204.5107.5
63GER GER 167Niels TIMM26‑37373159108
64GER GER 78Stefan HAAGE‑453129211414109
65DEN DEN 1642Peter WITT26‑2922271916110
66GER GER 81Jan‑Dietmar DELLAS322136‑391111111
67DEN DEN 25Søren SIGURDSSON36‑38283288112
68GER GER 11Rainer Joachim POSPIECH‑42343328915119
69GER GER 132Philipp MENKE27‑4123301821119
70DEN DEN 26Per KAABER2533‑41301618122
71DEN DEN 33Henrik KIMMER‑362624252424123
72SWE SWE 28Per JONSSON323731‑44720127
73GER GER 28Andreas DEUBEL22‑5329411323128
74POL POL 7Marek BERNAT4012‑44282230132
75SWE SWE 99Hans ELKJAER2536BFDBFD124.5134.5
76GER GER 27Michael KLUEGEL‑41413333273137
77GER GER 79Frank STRELOW2732272526DNC137
78DEN DEN 1595Thomas MEYER‑442242382319144
79GER GER 618Peter SCHEUERL‑432839232826144
80DEN DEN 28Jesper ARENTOFT3427‑37362128146
81GER GER 22Dirk GERICKE43‑4734153131154
82GER GER 839Claus STOCKHARDT3935BFDBFD1712159
83GER GER 8Ronald FOEST‑463930324125167
84GER GER 80Juliane HOFMANN453431BFD3027167
85THA THA 88Matt NORTON40‑4825353929168
86GER GER 9Thorsten SCHMIDT51434122DSQ17174
87SWE SWE 2919Martin GRÖNDAHL‑474644372522174
88GER GER 37Mathis VORNDRAN4645354015UFD181
89GBR GBR 2298Matthew HOWARD515DNCDNCDNCDNC189
90SWE SWE 42Peter ERIKSSONDNFDNFBFDBFD1010189
91GER GER 870Knut RAMIN‑483340433837191
92NED NED 690Sybren HORNSTRA47‑5038393732193
93GER GER 749Peter Valentin PETERSEN‑494643344033196
94GER GER 16Heinz RIDDER38‑4443423638197
95SWE SWE 101Pontus GABEL192345BFDDNCDNC199
96DEN DEN 1487Claus Møller CHRISTENSEN34473631DNCDNC204
97DEN DEN 1477Anton AAKERLUND54‑5539453535208
98GER GER 66Christian KIRCHNER5052423629DNC209
99DEN DEN 99Gabriel FERNANDES‑525146463236211
100DEN DEN 55Henrik SØGREN44403833DNCDNC211
101POL POL 77Adam JANKOWSKI524946BFD3434215
102GER GER 4Lutz BOGUHN3919DNCDNCDNCDNC226
103GBR GBR 18Deryck LOVEGROVE495045BFD33DNC233
104GER GER 850Heiner HIRTHE53484837DNCDNC242
105GER GER 904Ralph‑Matthias SCHOTH55494738DNCDNC245
106GER GER 783Philipp WALTHER51514840DNCDNC246
107GER GER 38Cord PRIGNITZDNF26DNCDNCDNCDNC250
108NED NED 691Gabor HELMHOUT4143DNCDNCDNCDNC252
109GER GER 40Bernd SCHULZ STÜCHER50524747DNCDNC252
110GER GER 24Karsten KATH4845DNCDNCDNCDNC261
111DEN DEN 15Jesper HVIDTVEDDNCDNCDNCDNCDNCDNC281

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