Craig toppled

As OK class publish their World Ranking List

Consistent results and consistent showing from Jørgen Lindhardtsen (DEN) has taken him back to the top of the final OK Dinghy World Ranking List of 2008, knocking the triple world champion Nick Craig (GBR) of the top spot for the first time in two years. Uncharacteristic performances from Craig at the both the world championship (where he finished second) and Kiel Week (third), combined with missing several of the later season events has cost him dearly, though with a new boat beckoning for 2009, he is still a long way from being a has-been. Meanwhile Lindhardtsen, competed in one more event than Craig and also convincingly won his 13th Danish National title to add to other great results earlier in the year to reverse Craig's 30 point lead and take the overall lead for the second time in the history of the Ranking List.

The actual sailors in the top 10 remain exactly the same for this issue, but some have shuffled places. World Champion Karl Purdie (NZL) remains in third, having not competed in any events since the last release, although with the southern hemisphere season only just getting underway, there could be big changes for the next release. A good performance from Purdie at the Interdominion and New Zealand Nationals should allow him to take the lead.

Gunter Arndt (GER) moves up one place to fourth and Christian Olesen (DEN) moves up four places to fifth. Ironically, after winning both the Belgian Nationals and the British Nationals, Terry Curtis (GBR) drops one place to seventh. The other events included in this issue are the Polish Nationals, won by Antoni Pawlowski (POL), the Swedish Nationals, won by Thomas Hansson-Mild (SWE) and the French Nationals, won by Noël Masseron (FRA).

For the first time ever the ranking list now includes 397 competitors from 12 nations. The next release will be in March after the main events down under have been completed.

OK Dinghy World Ranking November 2009 - top 30

Pos Name Nation Sail Points Events
1 Jørgen Lindhartdsen DEN 1364 909.08 12
2 Nick Craig GBR 2116 881.51 12
3 Karl Purdie NZL 531 867.84 7
4 Gunter Arndt GER 672 866.67 8
5 Christian Olesen DEN 1340 847.49 10
6 Martin von Zimmermann GER 493 836.69 12
7 Terry Curtis GBR 2118 835.80 10
8 Mark Perrow NZL 527 810.19 9
9 Andre Blasse AUS 727 807.07 8
10 Steve McDowell NZL 525 790.76 7
11 Thomas Hanson-Mild SWE 2767 784.91 9
12 Oliver Gronholz GER 717 781.59 10
13 Pawel Pawlaczyk POL 14 774.04 8
14 Thomas Glas GER 731 762.87 13
15 Luke O'Connell NZL 511 760.95 10
16 Karsten Hitz GER 744 739.59 8
17 Greg Wilcox NZL 522 734.55 6
18 Jorgen Holm DEN 1371 718.96 12
19 Hans Elkjaer SWE 99 702.43 8
20 Marek Jarocki POL 16 674.97 8
21 Robert Deaves GBR 2119 674.74 5
22 Jon Fish GBR 2122 668.35 8
23 Rene Johannsen DEN 1361 659.19 7
24 Alistair Deaves NZL 532 652.69 6
25 Bo Teglers DEN 1324 641.38 10
26 Ralf Tietje GER 750 637.34 10
27 Andreas Pich GER 747 632.23 10
28 Trent Pryce NZL 502 629.62 7
29 Jan Eric Nystedt SWE 66 607.56 7
30 Alex Scoles GBR 2117 602.77 10