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
- Thomas Hansson-Mild SWE
- Jorgen Lindhardtsen DEN
- Terry Curtis GBR
- Karl Purdie NZL
- Pawel Pawlaczyk POL
- Nick Craig GBR
- Andre Blasse AUS
- Mogens Johansen DEN
- Greg Wilcox NZL
- 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
- Karl Purdie NZL
- Andre Blasse AUS
- Jorgen Lindhardtsen DEN
- Nick Craig GBR
- Thomas Hansson-Mild SWE
- Greg Wilcox NZL
- Terry Curtis GBR
- Pawel Pawlaczyk POL
- Antoni Pawlowski POL
- 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 |