It is all change at the top of the final OK Dinghy World Ranking List for 2011. Former World Champion Greg Wilcox (NZL) takes the top spot for the first time, moving up one place from the previous release after a fourth place finish at this summer's world championship in Largs. This release includes the World Championships, as well as National Championships in Denmark, Belgium, Poland, Sweden, Great Britain and France. The previous dominant nation, New Zealand, failed to show up in any numbers in Largs, so many have largely dropped out of the all important top 20. They will have to up their game and send a good fleet of boats to the 2012 World Championship in Denmark to get some ranking sailors back in the top 20. Despite winning the World Championship and the British nationals, Nick Craig (GBR) drops from first to fourth, mainly because he has to count other low scoring regattas compared with Thomas Hansson Mild (SWE) in second and Alistair Deaves (NZL) in third. Craig always suffers from lack of counting regattas. Wilcox, on the other hand, sailed in high scoring regattas such as the Danish Nationals and beat Craig at two of their four meetings this year. He is only the fourth sailor to top the list but also the first to get over 1000 points on the first appearance at the top. This was the result of sailing well at high scoring reagttas. Encouragingly there are lots of new names on the ranking list and it's especially good to see lots of Danish and German sailors getting new boats. This release is the 22nd issue of the OK Dinghy World Ranking list since it was introduced in 2005. There are now more than 700 sailors in the database, although many have no scoring points from the previous two seasons so don't appear in the latest list. The next release will be after the Interdominion Championship in New Zealand at Easter 2012. 600px ../../docs/greg-wilcox.jpg photo of Greg Wilcox rank helm country sail_no points events_sailed 1 Greg Wilcox NZL 522 1002.2 14 2 Thomas Hanson-Mild SWE 100 959.41 8 3 Alistair Deaves NZL 542 948.55 9 4 Nick Craig GBR 2134 906.64 8 5 Martin von Zimmermann GER 693 893.02 9 6 Jorgen Svendsen DEN 1385 867.4 11 7 Terry Curtis GBR 2118 811.89 9 8 Bartosz Rakocy POL 19 811.78 5 9 Tomasz Gaj POL 1 799.59 10 10 Christian Hedlund DEN 1368 798.08 14 11 Roger Blass? AUS 678 779.02 5 12 Andre Blasse AUS 729 704.35 8 13 Gunter Arndt GER 672 695.59 8 14 Sonke Behrens GER 690 693.55 7 15 Peter Robinson AUS 750 660.53 8 16 Stefan Myralf DEN 1388 658.16 10 17 Tony Woods GBR 2124 652.88 9 18 Karl Purdie NZL 531 650.48 5 19 Christian Olesen DEN 1340 650.25 5 20 Bo Teglers DEN 1402 639.89 7 21 Hans Elkjaer SWE 99 633.49 10 22 Rene Johannsen DEN 1393 619.77 10 23 Ralf Mackman GER 771 613.87 6 24 Mark Roberts AUS 739 607.15 8 25 Tim Davies AUS 732 585.79 5 26 Ben Morrison NZL 530 583.65 5 27 Paul Rhodes NZL 517 577.81 5 28 Luke O'Connell NZL 511 576.52 5 29 Brad Douglas NZL 539 572.27 5 30 Darek Kras POL 5 566.09 9 31 Mike Williams AUS 730 559 6 32 Rainer Dr Pospiech GER 765 552.17 7 33 Mogens Johansen DEN 1335 523.88 5 34 Radoslaw Drozdzik POL 4 511.04 10 35 Jens Makholm NOR 471 510.87 8 36 Oliver Gronholz GER 717 504.99 7 37 Andreas Pich GER 772 485.91 8 38 Dirk Dame GER 688 483.43 8 39 Jorgen Lindhartdsen DEN 1364 463.36 6 40 Pawel Pawlaczyk POL 14 461.02 6 41 Matt Steven NZL 519 454.12 4 42 Keith Byers GBR 2084 453.03 4 43 Steve McDowell NZL 525 440.17 4 44 Malte Pedersen DEN 1265 437.87 15 45 Andy Turner GBR 2123 427.12 5 46 Richard Burton GBR 1774 426.55 4 47 Antoni Pawlowski POL 31 422.9 5 48 Ralf Tietje GER 750 421.7 7 49 Andreas Deubel GER 760 417 8 50 Andrew Pardington NZL 528 416.5 5 51 Russell Wood NZL 526 416.25 4 52 Martin Bower GBR 2119 391.14 6 53 Gavin Waldron GBR 2085 386.18 4 54 Thomas Glas GER 731 377.81 5 55 Marty Weeks NZL 479 377.3 5 56 Ian Harris GBR 2142 373.75 3 57 Simon Davis GBR 2141 373.51 4 58 Jon Fish GBR 2136 373.08 6 59 Nigel Mannering NZL 500 368.81 4 60 Glenn Williams AUS 719 367.17 6 61 Andre Hennings GER 762 349.86 6 62 Paul Verrijdt BEL 214 340.74 9 63 Ronny Poelman BEL 220 338.91 8 64 Thorsten Schmidt GER 737 337.89 8 65 Ingmar Janson SWE 2772 335.66 7 66 Hakan Tornqvist SWE 2786 325.93 4 67 Julian Burnham GBR 2101 324.45 4 68 Alex Scoles GBR 2117 322.19 6 69 Lars Hultgren SWE 2794 317.18 4 70 Gary Lokum AUS 741 316.45 5 71 Jens Lauge DEN 1381 315.52 6 72 Antony Rich GBR 2121 310.79 3 73 Mark Jackson AUS 735 308.95 3 74 Owen Anderson NZL 469 305.94 4 75 Eddie O'Donnell AUS 734 304.97 6 76 Jorg Rademacher GER 775 303.52 5 77 Tim Goodbody IRL 10 301.26 3 78 Lennart Hansson SWE 88 296.26 5 79 Glenn Yates AUS 724 291.98 4 80 Rob Hengst NZL 533 286.38 4 81 Dirk Gericke GER 735 286.33 7 82 Bruce Ashton AUS 728 281.11 3 83 Ed Bradburn GBR 2116 280.85 1 84 Adrian Mannering NZL 504 279.71 3 85 Dan Bush NZL 478 274.65 3 86 Jonny Clough NZL 498 273.6 4 87 Peter Stephan GER 665 271.9 6 88 Peter Norborg DEN 1374 267.12 3 89 Jorgen Holm DEN 1377 265.18 6 90 Justin Barr AUS 721 262.05 4 91 Arne Lindemann GER 752 261.02 4 92 Christian Midtgaard DEN 1304 256.07 3 93 Peter Lynch AUS 726 255.31 6 94 Mike Wilde NZL 535 252.06 3 95 David Hoogenboom NZL 481 251.82 3 96 Bill Tyler AUS 692 248.11 8 97 Neil Goodhead GBR 2125 246.59 3 98 Jan-Dietmar Dellas GER 680 244.83 7 99 Erik Bork GER 695 244.45 4 100 Greg Wright NZL 475 239.44 3 101 Don Williams AUS 727 239.44 6 102 Kagan Weeks NZL 479 239.28 3 103 Stefan Haage GER 761 235.18 7 104 Christian Heinze GER 607 232.29 6 105 Ben Lutz NZL 470 227.07 3 106 Juliane Hofmann GER 767 226.94 4 107 Adrian Coulthard NZL 472 222.92 5 108 Jakub Kania POL 27 222.31 3 109 Jan-Erik Engholm SWE 2782 218.57 3 110 Jorg Sylvester GER 726 217.15 2 111 Peter Wallace AUS 716 215.25 5 112 Carsten Sass GER 539 213.85 6 113 Mathieu Chenuil FRA 723 212.55 4 114 Peter Scheuerl GER 718 209.3 3 115 Andrew Baker AUS 744 204.9 6 116 Trent Pryce NZL 502 199.72 2 117 Richard Furneaux AUS 694 198.23 6 118 Ask Askholm DEN 1302 194.41 4 119 Darren Prior GBR 2107 192.65 3 120 Darren Hunt AUS 641 191.23 3 121 Chris Perry GBR 2096 191.1 3 122 Deryck Lovegrove GBR 2130 188.55 5 123 Rudiger Prinz GER 773 184.13 2 124 Ivan Pedersen DEN 1256 182.68 4 125 Marek Jarocki POL 16 182.65 2 126 Adrian Walker GBR 2126 181.92 3 127 Falk Hagemann GER 757 177.97 3 128 Chris Devine NZL 502 175.72 3 129 Bill Bradburn GBR 2135 175.18 3 130 Robert Swiecki POL 40 174.34 6 131 Raymond Dodard FRA 1764 169.7 4 132 Mark Perrow NZL 476 165.9 2 133 Lasse Hansson SWE 2775 165.8 3 134 Simon Shaw GBR 2137 163.77 5 135 Jurgen Splieth GER 727 163.07 4 136 Kay Nickelkoppe GER 747 162.29 2 137 Paul Pike GBR 2104 161.44 4 138 Jan Bechmann GER 567 160.94 5 139 Janusz Stobinski POL 10 160.06 3 140 Jesper Petersen DEN 335 159.08 2 141 Heinz Ridder GER 651 156.07 7 142 Will Turner GBR 2045 153.46 1 143 Gerd Breitbart GER 662 152.8 4 144 Robert Deaves GBR 2138 152.1 1 145 Simon Hoult GBR 2140 151.98 2 146 Frederic Lamarque FRA 1764 150 2 147 Krzysztof Dabkowski POL 58 148.95 1 148 Marten Bernesand SWE 511 147.13 3 149 Claes Heyman SWE 2763 140.85 5 150 Bengt Larsson SWE 2764 140.82 5 151 Jan Eric Nystedt SWE 66 140.42 2 152 Jonas Andersson SWE 2770 138.61 2 153 Brent Williams AUS 738 137.15 4 154 Dawid Kania POL 27 137.05 2 155 Dave Ketteridge AUS 725 135.94 2 156 Sam Jedig DEN 1329 133.41 4 157 Jan Hartmann GER 666 131.84 2 158 Brad Johanson USA 1010 129.51 4 159 Matt Stechmann NZL 524 129.29 4 160 Karsten Kath GER 728 128.07 6 161 Yannick Laumans BEL 205 126.51 2 162 Torsten Albrecht BEL 691 126.44 5 163 Mark Skelton AUS 736 126.2 1 164 Anders Widding SWE 2739 123.36 3 165 Tom Lonsdale GBR 2068 123.23 2 166 Martin Werdermann GER 770 121.82 4 167 Claes Ahlstrom SWE 2780 121.39 2 168 Graham Pearce AUS 737 120.56 3 169 Michael Wolf GER 774 118.46 3 170 Mieczyslaw Poplonyk POL 333 117.42 2 171 David O'Donnell AUS 695 115.51 4 172 Andre Budzein GER 225 115 1 173 Gareth Wells AUS 742 114.49 2 174 Jakub Dworniczak POL 24 113.74 3 175 Alain Renoux FRA 3 112.07 2 176 Uwe Bohm GER 599 111.67 2 177 Evert Nijzink NZL 515 110.2 3 178 Marty Pike NZL 536 109.51 3 179 Michel Lesure LUX 1 108.75 2 180 Marina Dellas GER 724 108.18 6 181 Dave Cooper GBR 2031 105.83 4 182 Ulf Dagerbrandt SWE 2741 104.49 2 183 Kaspar Andresen DEN 1369 104.29 1 184 Mike Walker AUS 655 100.03 3 185 Pierre Debicki FRA 69 99.86 2 186 Svend Erik Molbech DEN 1366 99.34 2 187 Joe Schubert RSA 31 98.73 4 188 John Douglas NZL 535 98.02 1 189 Thomas Augustesen DEN 1324 97.77 2 190 Maxine Manca FRA 1336 97.35 3 191 Alan Atkin GBR 2129 96.29 4 192 Marek Barnat POL 7 96.1 3 193 Philippe De Kervenoael FRA 0 95.5 1 194 Jean Claude lidon FRA 1810 94.71 2 195 Jerzy Bojanowski POL 18 94.08 3 196 Marc Boizard FRA 1734 94.07 2 197 Christian Huss GER 742 93.89 4 198 Paul Bouts BEL 151 93.79 2 199 Jan Siebe de Vries NED 22 93.38 3 200 Robert Cambell Grey GBR 2139 93.09 2 201 Peter Wibroe DEN 1344 92.5 1 202 Brian Quayle GBR 2062 91.75 2 203 Daen Dorazio AUS 715 90.98 1 204 Chris Mason AUS 722 90.1 2 205 Julian Bishop NZL 516 86.75 3 206 Julien Dejugnat FRA 0 86.5 1 207 Maurycy Chomicz POL 66 85.15 2 208 Nick Gray AUS 711 85 1 209 Chris Visick AUS 708 83.93 1 210 Jonathon O'Donnell AUS 660 83.72 2 211 Sven Beye GER 715 82.01 2 212 Yan Rialland FRA 1562 82 1 213 Robert Davis AUS 735 81.88 1 214 Olivier Ronsiaux FRA 1818 81.39 3 215 Jesper Strandberg DEN 1315 81.14 2 216 Tim Normann DEN 1392 80.71 1 217 Katharina Huss GER 606 80.16 4 218 Gunnar Goronzi GER 766 78.24 2 219 Mathias Fisker DEN 1345 76.79 1 220 Joost Rommelaere BEL 203 75.62 2 221 Per Sorensen DEN 1350 74.49 2 222 Dennis Olsson SWE 661 74.26 3 223 Robert Glowacki POL 3 73.18 2 224 Claus Stockhardt GER 642 72.31 1 225 Jakob Christensen DEN 1326 71.75 3 226 John Hoogerbrug NZL 458 71.3 2 227 Carl Hultgren SWE 2668 71.09 1 228 Poul Christiansen DEN 1277 70.99 3 229 Ben Steel GBR 2080 70.38 1 230 Teddy Arrowsmith GBR 2012 69.63 2 231 Piotr Przewozny POL 117 69.61 3 232 Magnus Gillgren SWE 2750 68.72 3 233 Peter Rudholm SWE 2721 68.01 2 234 Freddy Ottosen DEN 1382 67.97 3 235 Thomas Christensen DEN 1336 67.69 2 236 Douglas Parker AUS 702 67.66 3 237 Kai Wehmhoerner GER 745 67.42 5 238 Thorsen Simon GER 730 67.08 1 239 Bartosz Parzuchowski POL 55 66.14 1 240 Robby Werdermann GER 577 65.03 4 241 John Skjoldby Petersen DEN 1303 65 1 242 Kacper Jarocki POL 16 63.18 2 243 Simon dan Petersen DEN 1375 63.04 1 244 Lasse Lante SWE 2494 62.44 2 245 Jurgen Illers GER 643 60.75 1 246 Knut Ramin GER 751 59.82 2 247 Stig Frandsen DEN 1396 59.3 2 248 Soren Rugaard-Larsen DEN 1384 59.11 1 249 Wim Saeys BEL 128 58.46 1 250 Mads Terkelsen DEN 1401 55.18 1 251 Didier Soulies FRA 74 55 1 252 Bertil Eliasson SWE 111 54.74 2 253 Mateusz Kaesmarek POL 46 54.63 4 254 Rod Andrew BEL 1 54.15 2 255 Chris Fenwick NZL 509 52.86 1 256 Sven Marchot GER 640 52.72 2 257 Mike Edwards GBR 2126 51.65 1 258 Jacques Boizard FRA 1117 51.64 2 259 Mary Reddyhoff GBR 2058 51.28 2 260 Andrew Rushworth GBR 2134 49.44 1 261 Lars Jorgen Andresen DEN 1347 49.29 1 262 Thierry Damblon BEL 44 49.12 2 263 Mads Brockhuss DEN 1359 48.83 2 264 Joe Porebski NZL 523 48.57 1 265 Matt Bates GBR 2067 47.64 3 266 Bob Buchanan AUS 726 47.5 1 267 Tom O'Donnell AUS 695 47.32 2 268 Karsten Kraus GER 743 47.31 1 269 Stephan Veldman NED 500 46.92 1 270 Noel Masseron FRA 29 46.79 1 271 Reinhard Grassmel GER 700 45.66 2 272 Johhny Leif Hansen DEN 1342 45.36 1 273 Norbert Petrausch GER 630 45.34 5 274 Yves Kaminski GER 755 44.92 1 275 Uli Borchers GER 587 44.71 2 276 Piotr Falczynski POL 45 44.55 1 277 Jonny Billstrom SWE 14 44.51 1 278 Anders Andersen DEN 1346 44.06 1 279 Konrad Kierzek POL 62 43.94 2 280 A per Sorensen DEN 1052 43.39 1 281 Dean Dorazio AUS 673 42.63 2 282 Guillaume de Kervendael FRA 2133 42.31 1 283 Fabian Gronholz GER 632 42.24 2 284 Max Schlink NZL 508 41.66 3 285 Nicolas Lavauzelle FRA 0 41.5 1 286 O Nicholas AUS 717 41.25 1 287 Egon Petersen DEN 1318 41.12 2 288 Stefan hagerland SWE 10 40.98 1 289 Wilhelm Kath GER 748 40.67 2 290 Sebastian Knorr GER 57 40.38 2 291 Nik Wallis AUS 720 40.24 2 292 Marc Vande Ghinste BEL 14 40 1 293 Brett Graham RSA 32 40 1 294 Ernst Ramin GER 708 40 1 295 Pete Turner GBR 2059 39.78 1 296 Robert Bancken NED 638 39.69 3 297 Michael Flavell AUS 543 38.15 1 298 Bob Austin GBR 2065 37.99 2 299 Erik Thompson AUS 642 37.94 3 300 Bernd Willmann GER 660 37.05 2 301 Mateusz Geowienko POL 22 35.91 1 302 Milosz Wojewski POL 22 35 1 303 Christopher Arnell GBR 2015 34.11 1 304 Yann Rialland FRA 1663 33.93 1 305 Fritz Banner Pedersen DEN 1331 33.5 1 306 Magnus Bager SWE 2217 33.34 2 307 Donat Kujawinski POL 201 33.33 1 308 Thomas Berger GER 659 32.62 1 309 Erik Dubreuil FRA 0 32.5 1 310 Stig Hyling Munchaus DEN 1386 32.31 1 311 Frank Prater AUS 679 31.88 1 312 Jens Christian Jurlander SWE 222 31.39 1 313 Johanna Andrew Becker BEL 29 31.36 2 314 Chris Hall AUS 0 31.11 1 315 Martin Evans GBR 2115 31.05 1 316 Lynge Thang Jorgensen DEN 1371 31.01 2 317 Laurence Picard FRA 1769 30.93 3 318 Olof Lindgren SWE 2719 30.91 1 319 Ulf Sahle SWE 2790 30.65 1 320 Hendrik Kjeldsen DEN 1371 29.64 1 321 Richard Gadsby GBR 2088 29.3 1 322 Patrick Laumans BEL 205 29.11 1 323 Roland Gadsby GBR 1748 28.87 1 324 Tony Thresher GBR 2133 28.71 1 325 Bartosz Przbysz POL 47 28.33 1 326 Bernard Coursieres FRA 0 28 1 327 Andy Holmes GBR 2127 27.98 1 328 Nigel Comber NZL 510 27.14 1 329 Jakob Witthoft DEN 1337 26.79 1 330 Jan Taelman BEL 207 26.15 1 331 E Williams AUS 673 25.63 1 332 Oliver Burrows GBR 0 25.35 1 333 Tom Pedersen DEN 1261 25.06 1 334 Remi Blandureau FRA 0 23.5 1 335 Tobias Willmann GER 404 23.43 1 336 Michael Jorgensen DEN 1330 23 2 337 Josh Weeks NZL 518 22.86 1 338 Susanne Mackman GER 723 22.68 1 339 Berndt Svennsson SWE 2755 22.27 1 340 Mikkel Hvalsoe DEN 1301 21.29 1 341 Ashly Parkinson AUS 629 20.54 1 342 Kevin Knott AUS 500 20.37 1 343 Soren Sigurdsson DEN 1313 19.82 1 344 J Cummins AUS 659 19.38 1 345 Nick Frampton GBR 2060 19.35 1 346 Len Masson GER 690 19.23 1 347 Philippe Thomieres FRA 0 19 1 348 Paul Richards AUS 666 18.97 1 349 Rafal Kranciszewski POL 80 18.64 1 350 Maciej Malag POL 20 18.33 1 351 Arne Malm SWE 2591 17.95 1 352 Manca Macime FRA 1336 17.86 1 353 Rune Larsen DEN 1359 17.86 1 354 Nicolas Silvy FRA 1044 17.86 1 355 Ques Papegaai BEL 596 16.92 1 356 Graham Lambert NZL 493 16.48 2 357 R Bugg AUS 688 16.25 1 358 Henrik Kjeldsen DEN 1212 15.56 1 359 Czyz Waldemar POL 81 15 1 360 Philippe Darcos FRA 129 15 2 361 Michael Morrison NZL 501 14.29 1 362 Petter Bengtsson SWE 2668 14.13 1 363 Per Hansen DEN 1341 13.93 1 364 Andreas Risne SWE 1 13.64 1 365 Ralf Gerbig GER 357 13.5 1 366 Terrence Benade AUS 673 13.5 1 367 Mikael Jorgensen DEN 1330 13.5 1 368 Arkadiues Sarowski POL 23 13.33 1 369 Thomas Neveling GER 664 13.04 1 370 Marc Warnecke GER 41 12.92 1 371 Jean Vaenge BEL 221 12.31 1 372 Ralph Eriksen DEN 1159 11.96 1 373 Pawel Wozniak POL 272 11.67 1 374 Susanne Mackmann GER 724 11.51 1 375 Daniel Groschl GER 656 10.8 1 376 Bengt Stromberg SWE 11 10.76 1 377 Mikael Haglund SWE 2753 10.76 1 378 Conrad Brown USA 610 10.59 1 379 Soren Andersen NOR 7 10.38 1 380 Grant Pedersen NZL 490 10 1 381 Russell Peterson AUS 667 10 1 382 Bjorn Lindvall SWE 2121 10 1 383 Jakub Reszka POL 20 10 1 384 Wietze Huitema NED 22 10 1 385 lars Borggren SWE 2750 9.32 1 386 Filip Fazula POL 52 8.33 1 387 Dominique Istasse BEL 125 8.21 1 388 kevin Rialland FRA 1110 8.21 1 389 Andreas Silvan GER 624 8 1 390 Peter Aebeloe SWE 2784 6.44 1 391 Jake O'Donnell AUS 660 6.4 1 392 Cornelia Wirbeleit GER 633 6.29 1 393 Kim W Holm DEN 1389 6.06 1 394 Andres Blasco Cortes ESP 1 5 1 395 Nigel Harvey AUS 610 5 1 396 Ingo Stelzer GER 755 5 1 397 Ingemar Helgesson SWE 2672 5 1 398 Adam Krzyzkowski POL 220 5 1 399 Rudiger Lippert GER 399 4 1 400 Bartosz Szymik POL 65 6.7 1 401 Dominique Istasse BEL 125 6.5 1 402 Ed Dutton GBR 2128 6.4 1 403 Jake O'Donnell AUS 660 6.4 1 404 Sam Blocksidge GBR 2092 6.4 1 405 Cornelia Wirbeleit GER 633 6.29 1 406 Sven Beye GER 715 6.08 1 407 Peter Nielsen DEN 1272 5 1 408 Jonas Borup DEN 1339 5 1 409 Jake Cracknell GBR 2012 5 1 410 Per Bo Hansen DEN 1341 5 1 411 Nigel Harvey AUS 610 5 1 412 Marek Czarniecki POL 7 5 1 413 Rune Larsen DEN 1159 5 1 414 Hendrik Kjeldsen DEN 1212 5 1 415 Claus Hagerup DEN 1378 5 1 416 Rudiger Lippert GER 399 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