Two kiwis on the podium at OK Dinghy Worlds

Two kiwis on the podium at OK Dinghy Worlds
Date Released: 30 July 2007
From: Jodie Bakewell-White

Two kiwis on the podium at OK Dinghy Worlds

New Zealand has won silver and bronze at the OK Dinghy World Championships sailed in Leba, Poland which finished over the weekend. Mark Perrow won silver and Karl Purdie won bronze, with a further six kiwis finishing in the top 15 places.

Nick Craig of Great Britain won his third consecutive OK Dinghy World Championship in extreme conditions that tested all the sailors to the limit. This championship was one of the most open for a number of years, with five nations in the top ten. In the top 20 there were six from New Zealand, clearly showing form in the breezy conditions as well as four from the UK, three from Germany and two from Denmark.

Nick Craig is only the second person in the 50 year history of the class to win the title three years in a row. From 1991-1993, Bo Staffan Anderson (SWE) won three of his four world titles. Craig is now in a position to rewrite history at the world championships next year in Warnemunde, Germany.

About the event…

The 2007 OK Dinghy World Championships took place in Leba, Poland from 21-27 July. 118 OK Dinghies from Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, New Zealand, Poland and Sweden took part in the eight race series.

OK Dinghy World Championships 2007
Top fifteen Final Results

1st - Nick CRAIG, GBR
2nd - Mark PERROW, NZL
3rd - Karl PURDIE, NZL
4th - Karsten HITZ, GER
5th - Paul RHODES, NZL
6th - Gunter ARNDT, GER
7th - Jorgen LINDHARDTSEN, DEN
8th - Matt STECHMANN, NZL
9th - Andrew BLASSE, AUS
10th - Fabian GRONHOLZ, GER
11th - Terry CURTIS, GBR
12th - Martin VON ZIMMERMANN, GER
13th - Jonathan FISH, GBR
14th - Greg WILCOX, NZL
15th - Joe POREBSKI, NZL

Full results are available through the regatta website.

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