OK Dinghy International Association Press Release

2009 OK Dinghy World Championship Kalmar, Sweden

Sunday 26th July 2009

Le peloton à la bouée de largue

After two general recalls, the race officer, Patrik Schander, used the black flag to get the clear start for the first race of the OK World Championships in Kalmar, Sweden. Sailing in sunshine and a moderate breeze, the 71 OKs set off up the 20 minute beat. The majority of the fleet remained on the starboard side of the course with Thomas Hansson-Mild (SWE) and Jorgen Lindhardtsen (DEN) leading at the windward mark. They created a big lead on the following pack, led by Terry Curtis (GBR) and defending champion Karl Purdie (NZL). The order remained unchanged to the finish.

Hansson-Mild was delighted to continue his winning ways. He won the last race of the World Championship in Warnemunde in 2008 and now starts the 2009 Championship with a win.

Race 1

1. Thomas Hansson-Mild SWE
2. Jorgen Lindhardtsen DEN
3. Terry Curtis GBR
4. Karl Purdie NZL
5. Pawel Pawlaczyk POL
6. Nick Craig GBR
7. Andre Blasse AUS
8. Mogens Johansen DEN
9. Greg Wilcox NZL
10. Ralf Tietje GER

Départ de la 2e manche

After a general recall at the start of race 2 there was a short delay while the wind backed to a more southerly direction.

Karl Purdie et Nick Craig

On voit bien la différence de souplesse en latéral entre un C-Tech et un Ceilidh pour 2 barreurs d’un poids équivalent,

As it settled back to the original direction, the race officer lost no time in starting the race with a black flag, claiming three premature starters. The moderate breeze persisted, creating a short chop that was difficult to sail over when the wind pressure dropped. Nick Craig (GBR) rounded the windward mark first, with Purdie close behind. Having been penalised by the jury in race 1 Craig sailed a conservative reach, Purdie however, managed to surf past and steadily increased his lead for the remainder of the race. Andre Blasse (AUS) managed to pass Craig, as did Lindhardtsen on the line !

Race 2

1. Karl Purdie NZL
2. Andre Blasse AUS
3. Jorgen Lindhardtsen DEN
4. Nick Craig GBR
5. Thomas Hansson-Mild SWE
6. Greg Wilcox NZL
7. Terry Curtis GBR
8. Pawel Pawlaczyk POL
9. Antoni Pawlowski POL
10. Bo-Staffan Andersson SWE

Day 1 reflections

Purdie, who leads the fleet, reflected on the day’s racing. "The first race was OK, but I did not get a good start, spending most of the time on Curtis’ transom. The shifts are predictable, and with everyone travelling at very similar speeds, it is difficult to get past your opponents. In the second race I had a better start and was able to be more aggressive than Craig in my sailing of the reaches as he had received the yellow flag in the first race. I am pleased with my results - though they are not as good as last year’s." He won both races last year.

Jorgen Lindharsten

Ex-Olympian, Lindhardtsen continues to show the rest of the fleet how to sail an OK Dinghy. He is currently in second place, on equal points with Purdie. Now 64 years of age, more than 20 years Purdie’s senior, he commented that it could have been so much worse as, whilst trying to break out from Curtis’ cover, he did a bad tack, just saving a capsize by pirouetting back onto his original tack.

Blasse commented, "It was a good day", as he made the most of the breezy conditions, while seasoned campaigner Curtis said, "this is my best ever first day at a World Championship."

Event website : www.kalmarraceweek.se
Class website : www.okdia.org

Text : Mary Reddyhoff, OKDIA
Photos : Mary Reddyhoff

SailNo	Club	HelmName	Race 1	Race 2	Total	Nett
SWE 100	Umeå Segelsällskap	Thomas Hansson-Mild	1.0	5.0	6.0	6.0
DEN 1364	Hvidovre Sejlklub	Jørgen Lindhardtsen	2.0	3.0	5.0	5.0
GBR 2118	Upper Thames	Terry Curtis	3.0	7.0	10.0	10.0
NZL 531	Worser Bay Boating Club	Karl Purdie	4.0	1.0	5.0	5.0
POL 14		Pawel Pawlaczyk	5.0	8.0	13.0	13.0
GBR 2134	Frensham Pond	Nick Craig	6.0	4.0	10.0	10.0
AUS 729	Black Rock Yacht Club	Andre Blasse	7.0	2.0	9.0	9.0
DEN 1335	Solrø Strand	Mogens Johansen	8.0	23.0	31.0	31.0
NZL 522	BSC	Greg Wilcox	9.0	6.0	15.0	15.0
GER 750	Segler-Verein Grossenheidorn	Ralf Tietje	10.0	26.0	36.0	36.0
GER 717	SSC	Oliver Gronholz	11.0	80.0 BFD	91.0	91.0
DEN 1340	Kalundborg sejlklub	Christian Olesen	12.0	16.0	28.0	28.0
GER 672	FYC	Gunter Arndt	13.0	17.0	30.0	30.0
SWE 2784	Karlshamns SS	Bo-Staffan Andersson	14.0	10.0	24.0	24.0
DEN 1375	Hellerup Sejlklub	Christian Hedlund	15.0	22.0	37.0	37.0
POL 1		Tomasz Gaj	16.0	31.0	47.0	47.0
GER 693	SCOe	Martin Zimmermann	17.0	15.0	32.0	32.0
GER 690	SCOe	Soenke Behrens	18.0	21.0	39.0	39.0
GER 755	BSV	Ingo Stelzer	19.0	13.0	32.0	32.0
SWE 2786	SS Kaparen	Håkan Törnqvist	20.0	18.0	38.0	38.0
SWE 99	Varbergs SS	Hans Elkjaer	21.0	38.0	59.0	59.0
SWE 66	VSS	Jan-Erik Nystedt	22.0	14.0	36.0	36.0
GER 740	PSCW	Arne Lindermann	23.0	11.0	34.0	34.0
DEN 1369	Hellerup Sejlklub	Bo Teglers	24.0	80.0 BFD	104.0	104.0
DEN 1377	Kaløvig Bådelaug	Jørgen Holm Nielsen	25.0	35.0	60.0	60.0
POL 31		Antoni Pawlowski	26.0	9.0	35.0	35.0
GER 711	SCH	Ralf Mackmann	27.0	66.0	93.0	93.0
NOR 467	Hellerup Sejlklub	Jens Makholm	28.0	50.0	78.0	78.0
SWE 2787	VASS	Olle Albrektsson	29.0	39.0	68.0	68.0
SWE 64	Nättraby Båtklubb	Jonas Lindahl	30.0	33.0	63.0	63.0
DEN 13	Vallensbæk Sejlklub	Troels Lykkes	31.0	30.0	61.0	61.0
SWE 2782	Getskärs SS	Jan-Erik Engholm	32.0	29.0	61.0	61.0
GER 730	SCST	Jörg Rademàcher	33.0	27.0	60.0	60.0
POL 5		Darek Kras	35.0	20.0	55.0	55.0
DEN 1370	Bramsnæs Sejlklub	Jesper Strandberg	36.0	36.0	72.0	72.0
SWE 2780	Getskärs SS	Claes Ahlström	37.0	12.0	49.0	49.0
GBR 2085	South Staffs	Gavin Waldron	38.0	46.0	84.0	84.0
POL 19		Bartosz Rakocy	39.0 DPI	26.0 DPI	65.0	65.0
SWE 2741	Umeå Segelsällskap	Ulf Dagerbrant	39.0	32.0	71.0	71.0
SWE 11	StSS	Bengt Strömberg	40.0	37.0	77.0	77.0
SWE 222	SKK	Per Jaensson	41.0	24.0	65.0	65.0
SWE 2772	SS Kaparen	Ingemar Jansson	43.0	25.0	68.0	68.0
GER 726	SSC	Jörg Sylvester	44.0	42.0	86.0	86.0
SWE 2770	NYSS	Jonas Andersson	45.0	28.0	73.0	73.0
AUS 685	Wangi RSL Amateur Sailing Club	Jonathan O\'Donell	46.0	52.0	98.0	98.0
POL 44		Radoslaw Drozdzik	47.0 DPI	56.0 DPI	103.0	103.0
GER 665	SCST	Peter Stephan	47.0	34.0	81.0	81.0
GER 735		Dirk Gericke	48.0	51.0	99.0	99.0
DEN 1329	Bramsnæs Sejlklub	Sam Jedig	49.0	59.0	108.0	108.0
AUS 724	Wangi Sailing Club	Glenn Yates	50.0	55.0	105.0	105.0
SWE 511	SKK	Mårten Bernesand	51.0	43.0	94.0	94.0
GER 688	SVM	Dirk Dame	52.0	40.0	92.0	92.0
GER 607	SCV	Christian Heinze	53.0	53.0	106.0	106.0
DEN 1301	Sejlklubben Esrum Sø	Rasmus Cavling Clausen	54.0	48.0	102.0	102.0
SWE 2740	Karlskrona SS	Karl-Johan Östh	55.0	45.0	100.0	100.0
GBR 1774	West Oxford	Richard Burton	56.0	80.0 BFD	136.0	136.0
GER 745	YCBG	Rainer Pospiech	57.0	41.0	98.0	98.0
SWE 2739	Umeå Segelsällskap	Anders Widding	58.0	58.0	116.0	116.0
GER 606	SCF	Katharina Huß	59.0	61.0	120.0	120.0
NZL 516	Worser Bay Boating Club	Julian Bishop	60.0	54.0	114.0	114.0
SWE 2591	TBS	Arne Malm	62.0	63.0	125.0	125.0
GER 651	SVP	Heinz Ridder	63.0	57.0	120.0	120.0
GER 714	SCF	Christian Huß	64.0	56.0	120.0	120.0
DEN 1265	Kongelig Dansk Yachtklub	Malte Pedersen	65.0	44.0	109.0	109.0
FRA 723	CYVIA	CHENUIL Mathieu	66.0	68.0	134.0	134.0
SWE 2756	SKK	Simon Polteg	66.0 DPI	67.0 DPI	133.0	133.0
SWE 2217	SS Svearna	Magnus Bager	67.0	64.0	131.0	131.0
GER 487	SCST	Gunnar Goronzi	68.0	65.0	133.0	133.0
FRA 2000	SNF Sports Nautiques de la Frette	Gautier ARIBAUD	69.0	67.0	136.0	136.0
SWE 2738	SS Kaparen	Peter Aebeloe	70.0	60.0	130.0	130.0
SWE 2672	SS Kaparen	Bengt Larsson	71.0	47.0	118.0	118.0
SWE 111	SSKA Segelsällskapet Kaparen	Bertil Eliasson	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	160.0	160.0
DEN 1324	Hvidovre Sejlklub	Jan Larsen	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	160.0	160.0
DEN 1366	Skovshovede Sejlklub	Svend Erik Molbech	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	160.0	160.0
DEN 1333	Hellerup Sejlklub	Stefan Myrälf	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	160.0	160.0
POL 424		Piotr Przewozny	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	160.0	160.0
GER 744	SSC	Karsten Hitz	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	160.0	160.0
AUS 726	Wangi RSL Sailing Club	Peter Lynch	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	160.0	160.0
POL 16		Marek Jarocki	80.0 DNC	80.0 DNC	160.0	160.0