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Results of the Season 2007/08

5. May 2008

Results and reports of international regattas can be found on okdia.org, the website of the OK Dinghy International Association.

New Zealand Ranking 2007/8

Thanks to Alistair Deaves for calculating the series!

The final ranking list 2007/8

Pos	Sailno	Name	Club	Points
1	NZL 502	Karl Purdie	Worser Bay BC	133
2	NZL 525	Steve McDowell	Worser Bay BC	130
3	NZL 511	Luke O'Connell	Napier SC	125
4	NZL 527	Mark Perrow	Wakatere BC	112
5	NZL 472	Alistair Deaves	Wakatere BC	109
6	NZL 497	Trent Pryce	Napier SC	95
7	NZL 517	Paul Rhodes	Worser Bay BC	92
8	NZL 509	Marty Weeks	Napier SC	83
9	NZL 523	Joe Porebski	Worser Bay BC	77
10	NZL 510	Grant Pedersen	Wakatere BC	76
11	NZL 529	Mike Wilde	Wakatere BC	73
12	NZL 526	Russell Wood	Wakatere BC	71
13	NZL 515	Dan Slater	Murrays Bay	66
14	NZL 521	Alistair Gair	RNZYS	64
15	GBR 2116	Nick Craig	Frensham Pond	62
16	NZL 524	Josh Junior	Worser Bay BC	60
17	GER 718	Peter Scheuerl	Napier SC	53
18	NZL 491	Matt Steven	Worser Bay BC	52
19	NZL 500	Philip Rzepecky	Wakatere BC	51
20	NZL 494	Rob Hengst	Napier SC	50
21	NZL 519	Sam Sparks	Worser Bay BC	50
22	NZL 530	Ben Morrison	Wakatere BC	46
23	NZL 498	Marty Pike	Napier SC	35
24	NZL 469	Owen Anderson	Worser Bay BC	34
25	NZL 504	Adrian Mannering	Napier SC	34
26	NZL 528	Andrew Pardington	Wakatere BC	32
27	NZL 475	Dave Hislop	RNZNSC	31
28	NZL 476	Dave Ridley	Pupuke	28
29	NZL 481	David Hoogenboom	Waiuku YC	23
30	POL 5	Darek Kras	Warsawa	22
31	NZL 515	Greg Wilcox	Blankenese SC	22
32	NZL 478	Dan Bush	Wakatipu	20
33	NZL 499	Simon Tucker	Wakatere BC	18
34	NZL 360	John Hoogerbrug	Napier SC	18
35	NZL 474	Pete Waters	RNZYS	16
36	NZL 493	Graham Lambert	Kawau Island	12
37	NZL 504	Nigel Mannering	Napier SC	12
38	NZL 470	Theo McDonnell	Worser Bay BC	11
39	NZL 330	Steven Rolls	Rotorua	10

2008 National Championships

New Plymouth

March 21.- 24.

DNF/DNS/DSQ/RAF = 29

2008 National Championships results

Pos	Sailno	Name	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Tot	Net
1	515	Slater	MBSC	2	8	6	1	1	3	2	1	24	16
2	2116	Craig	UK	8	4	1	4	3	9	4	4	37	28
3	521	Gair	RNZYS	3	7	5	5	12	4	3	2	41	29
4	491	Junior	WBBC (J)	5	1	2	6	11	2	7	7	41	30
5	531	Purdie	WBBC (V)	7	9	4	3	4	5	1	9	42	33
6	525	McDowell	WBBC	4	10	8	8	2	7	9	3	51	41
7	511	O'Connell	Napier	1	2	17	14	10	1	8	6	59	42
8	524	Steven	WBBC (J)	14	6	7	23	13	6	5	5	79	56
9	517	Rhodes	WBBC (V)	12	12	3	15	7	8	12	8	77	62
10	532	Deaves	Wakatere (V)	13	3	11	17	9	13	10	11	87	70
11	530	Morrison	Wakatere	10	5	13	9	6	15	17	RAF	104	75
12	527	Perrow	Wakatere	20	17	18	7	5	10	6	13	96	76
13	502	Pryce	Napier	6	11	19	18	20	16	11	12	113	93
14	529	Wilde	Wakatere (V)	9	15	14	16	16	19	14	17	120	101
15	523	Porebski	WBBC (V)	15	19	9	10	18	21	15	16	123	102
16	518	Pedersen	Wakatere	18	18	15	13	14	14	13	15	120	102
17	469	Anderson	WBBC	23	14	10	12	17	12	20	19	127	104
18	718	Scheuerl	Germany (V)	11	16	21	11	24	18	18	14	133	109
19	526	Wood	Wakatere	DNF	22	16	2	8	25	19	22	143	114
20	476	Ridley	Pupuke	DNF	DNC	12	19	DNS	11	16	10	155	126
21	509	Weeks	Napier (V)	17	13	24	21	21	20	25	18	159	134
22	POL5	Kras	Warsawa	16	20	26	24	19	23	22	20	170	144
23	497	Hengst	Napier	25	21	20	DNS	22	17	23	21	178	149
24	478	Bush	Wakatipu	22	27	22	22	15	24	24	25	181	154
25	499	Tucker	Wakatere	19	25	23	25	23	26	26	23	190	164
26	474	Waters	RNZYS	24	26	27	27	25 FOT	22	21	24	196	169
27	500	Rzepecky	Wakatere (V)	21	23	25	20	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNC	205	176
28	493	Lambert	Kawau Island	26	24	28	26	DNS	27	27	26	213	184

Report by Alistair Deaves and Ben Morrison

The 2008 OK Dinghy National Championships were held at New Plymouth Yacht Club over Easter in varying and sometimes difficult conditions. The fleet was, without too much doubt, one of the most competitive ever assembled in New Zealand outside a World Championship. Competitors included:

• Nick Craig of England, current- and triple- World OK Champion;
• Dan Slater, current NZ Olympic Finn representative and silver medallist in the recent Finn World Championships;
• Alistair Gair, silver medallist in the 2007 Etchell World Championships, silver medallist in the 2002 OK World Championships and 2002 OK National Champion;
• Josh Junior, silver medallist in the Laser class at the most recent Youth World Championships;
• five previous OK World Championship medallists (Paul Rhodes, Alistair Gair, Ben Morrison, Mark Perrow and Karl Purdie); and
• eight previous National and Inter-dominion OK champions.

Also present was Darek Kras from Poland, vice president of the international OK Dinghy class association, OKDIA.

The fleet also included four brand new boats, custom built for Mike Wilde, Ben Morrison, Karl Purdie and Alistair Deaves by Chris Brown and Alistair Deaves. The new boats are a superb product and production is ongoing, so that the standard of the New Zealand equipment will be very good for the 2010 OK World Championship being held in Wellington in February of that year.

The weather forecast for Easter was for mainly light winds. Friday’s first race adhered to the forecast with a slowly backing and variable northerly. Those who chose the left side of the course reaped the benefits of the persistent lefthand shift, never to be headed. The race was led from start to finish by Napier sailor Luke O’Connell with Dan Slater taking 2nd, and Alistair Gair 3rd.

The wind was slightly steadier for the Race 2 as the westerly sea breeze settled in. O’Connell again popped out in front, but after a close battle he had to settle for 2nd while Josh Junior took the win, with Alistair Deaves claiming 3rd.

Saturday produced a steadily building breeze, and in Race 3 Nick Craig showed that he had recovered his jetlag, showing the form that has earned him three consecutive world titles to lead throughout from Junior in 2nd and defending national champion Paul Rhodes in 3rd.

With the wind gusting to 20 knots for Races 4 and 5, and a lengthened course, Dan Slater began to show his skill and race fitness, producing some real speed in his borrowed wooden boat to take two victories. The seas were quite large by this time, providing some exciting downhill rides and a number of spectacular capsizes. Russell Wood also revelled in the breezy conditions, posting a 2nd placing in Race 5. However, by the end of Race 6 the wind was dying fast and many struggled across in the finish line in very little breeze. Steve McDowell hung on to finish 2nd behind Slater, with the consistent Craig taking 3rd.

Overnight after two days of racing, Slater had a healthy lead of nine points from Craig, with Alastair Gair lying 3rd after some consistent sailing.

With a light wind from the east and a large westerly swell coming in, conditions for Sunday’s racing can only be described as testing. The left side of the course paid for most of the upwind legs due to a persistent left hand shift, while running down wind into the large swell frustrated the sailors and required fine control to produce speed. Slater proved his form once again by scoring 3rd, 2nd and 1st places in Races 6, 7 and 8 and extending his lead in the overall standings. With a 9th and two 4th places, Craig hung on to second place overall while Gair closed up with good results of 4th, 3rd and 2nd in the lighter conditions. O’Connell picked up another race win in Race 6, with Worser Bay sailor Karl Purdie winning Race 7 in his new sea blue boat The Flying Torzini.

The event ended in somewhat of an anti-climax on Monday morning in the rain and 4 knots of dying breeze, when it was decided to cancel all racing for the day and bring the series to a close. Thus Dan Slater became 2008 OK National Champion in comprehensive fashion, with current world champion Nick Craig second and Alistair Gair third. First junior was Josh Junior in fourth place overall, and first veteran was Karl Purdie in fifth place overall. A new division was added to the class this year, the 100K Club, for skippers weighing over 100kg, and the 2008 100K Club Champion was the 2004 OK National Champion, Russell Wood.

New Plymouth Yacht Club ran a great event and all sailors enjoyed their time in New Plymouth. The class looks in very good condition with plenty of new faces and new boats at the 2008 nationals, and interest is expected to continue to increase further in the run up to the 2010 World Championships in Wellington.

2008 Hurricane Classic

Wellington

February 9.- 10.

2008 Hurricane Classic results

Pos	Sailno	Name
1	525	S McDowell
2	517	Paul Rhodes
3	531	K Purdie
4	511	L O'Connell
5	523	Joe Porebski
6	504	Adrian Mannering
7	528	Andrew Pardington
8	509	Marty Weeks
9	519	Sam Sparks

2007 East Coast Championships

Napier

November 17.- 18.

2007 East Coast Championships results

Pos	Sailno	Name	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Net
1	525	S McDowell	WBBC	4	1	2	1	5	6	13
2	472	A Deaves	Wakatere	2	8	1	5	3	2	13
3	502	K Purdie	WBBC	3	2	4	3	2	5	14
4	511	L O'Connell	NSC	1	3	3	4	6	4	15
5	521	G Pederson	NSC	5	5	6	7	13	1	24
6	527	M Perrow	Wakatere	8	6	5	6	1	7	25
7	524	M Stechmann	WBBC	7	7	9	2	4	DNS	29
8	504	A Mannering	NSC	9	10	7	DNS	8	3	37
9	497	T Price	NSC	6	4	12	DNF	9	12	43
10	519	S Sparks	NSC	11	14	8	8	7	13	47
11	000	R Hengst	NSC	13	9	DNF	9	10	10	51
12	509	M Weeks	NSC	12	12	10	10	15	8	52
13	500	P Respecky	Wakatere	14	11	11	11	16	9	56
14	498	M Pike	NSC	10	13	13	12	11	11	57
15	1524	D Hislop	RNZYS	15	15	14	13	12	14	68
16	330	S Rolls	Rotorua	DNS	16	DNF	14	14	15	76

Report by Steve McDowell

OK Dinghy World Champion to visit NZ

The OK Dinghy Summer Series reached Napier last weekend for some excellent close racing and brought the news that the current and 3 time World Champion, Nick Craig (GBR), has booked his flights and will be competing in the NZ OK Nationals at New Plymouth over Easter.

Says Craig, ”The Kiwi OK fleet is without doubt the most competitive in the world, with huge depth and talent. It will be great to race against them next year”. Craig is seeking a record fourth consecutive World Championship next year in Warnemunde, Germany and will be using the NZ Nationals to hone his skills. Craig normally sails an NZ built icebreaker hull and will be chartering a similar boat for this event. This years silver medalist Mark Perrow (NZL) and bronze medalist Karl Purdie (NZL) will be out to give Craig a hard time though.

Meanwhile, Napier turned on the style for the OK fleet over the weekend of December 1/2 with sun and force 2-3 sea breezes on both days of the OK East Coast Championships. The racing was extremely close with 5 different winners to the 6 races. Last years winner Steve McDowell from Worser Bay again took the title, but after a bad second day only won the regatta on a count-back from Alistair Deaves of Wakatere. The closeness of the sailing was emphasized in the results with the top four places only separated by 3 points.

It should be noted that distinguished class veteran Joe Porebski decided to sail a Laser this weekend on Lake Taupo. For this crime he will be shouting the bar at the next event in Wellington.

The next event in the Summer Series will be the Hurricane Classic to be held from The Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club, Wellington in February. This will be used as the first test event for the 2010 OK Worlds being held at this venue.

Karl Purdie still leads the Summer Series, but now only by 1 point from McDowell. Third is Luke O’Connell, then Perrow and Deaves.

2007 Turangi International Open

Turangi, Lake Taupo

November 17.- 18.

2007 Turangi International Open results

Pos	Name	Sailno	Club
1	Karl Purdie	502	Worser Bay BC
2	Luke O'Connell	474	Napier SC
3	Steve McDowell	525	Worser Bay BC
4	Trent Pryce	497	Napier SC
5	Grant Pederson	518	Wakatere BC
6	Alistair Deaves	472	Wakatere BC
7	Mark Perrow	527	Wakatere BC
8	Mike Wilde	529	Wakatere BC
9	Russell Wood	526	Wakatere BC
10	Marty Weeks	509	Napier SC

Report by Steve McDowell

Fourteen sailors gathered in Turangi over the weekend for the second regatta of the 2007-2008 Summer series they were not disappointed weather wise being treated to 6-8knot winds and brilliant sunshine over both days.

Day one saw four sailors fighting for the wining positions, Karl Purdie, Luke O’Connell, Steve McDowell and Trent Pryce; each of these sailors won a race however it was Pryce and Purdie who had the most consistent day, being first and second respectively at the end of racing.

Interestingly these four didn’t have it all there own way, the depth of the class is such that all four race winners had results further back in the fleet than they would like, especially McDowell and O’Connell who had a 10th and 11th respectively in race three.

Day two saw much the same conditions a lovely 6-8 knots on shore breeze, although this time a little more shifty. Race one was again taken out by Pryce showing good tactical nous in the tricky conditions and a touch more speed than the chasing pack, he was closely followed by O’Connell and McDowell, Purdie was further back in the fleet resulting in a very close four way battle for the championship.

Race 6 was another tricky affair, with all of the leaders “deep” in the pack, Aucklanders Mark Perrow and Grant Pederson took the early lead. By the second beat Purdie took a chance on the left hand corner as: ”The pressure looked good out there” – although it look like a desperation move to the rest of the fleet! Purdie however did managed to find an advantage and bounced back from nearly last to first with in the space of one beat, he held this until the finish giving him a slight lead over the pack.

Race seven was a close one however the battle for the title was almost over after the start when Pryce was over the start line early, Purdie and McDowell jumped out on the fleet and then had a very close race including a tacking duel up to the finish line, Purdie held on to win the race and the series. O’Connell continued his consistent form and took out second with McDowell third and Pryce fourth.

2007 Labour Weekend Regatta, North Shore Champs

Takapuna Boating Club, Takapuna Beach, Auckland

October 20.- 22.

North Shore Champs results

Pos	Sailno	Name	Club	R1	R2	R3	Points
1	NZL 527	Mark Perrow	Wakatere BC	1	1	2	4
2	NZL 517	Paul Rhodes	Worser Bay BC	3	4	1	8
3	NZL 502	Karl Purdie	Worser Bay BC	2	3	4	9
4	NZL 525	Steve McDowell	Worser Bay BC	5	7	3	15
5	NZL 474	Luke O'Connell	Napier SC	8	13	6	27
6	NZL 526	Russell Wood	Wakatere BC	4	2	DNC	29
7	NZL 509	Marty Weeks	Napier SC	14	12	5	31
8	NZL 523	Joe Porebski	Worser Bay BC	15	8	8	31
9	NZL 481	David Hoogenboom	Waiuku YC	7	5	DNS	35
10	NZL 515	Greg Wilcox	Blankenese SC	6	9	DNC	38
11	GER 718	Peter Scheuerl	Napier SC	11	6	DNC	40
12	NZL 1524	Dave Hislop	RNZNSC	20	14	9	43
13	GBR 472	Alistair Deaves	Wakatere BC	10	10	DNS	43
14	NZL 360	John Hoogerbrug	Napier SC	16	DNC	7	46
15	NZL 529	Mike Wilde	Wakatere BC	13	11	DNS	47
16	NZL 497	Trent Pryce	Napier SC	12	15	DNC	50
17	NZL 528	Andrew Pardington	Wakatere BC	9	DNC	DNC	55
18	NZL 500	Philip Rzepecky	Wakatere BC	17	17	DNS	57
19	NZL 494	Rob Hengst	Napier SC	18	18	DNC	59
20	NZL 504	Nigel Mannering	Napier SC	21	16	DNS	60
21	NZL 498	Martin Pike	Napier SC	19	19	DNS	61
22	NZL 519	Sam Sparks	Worser Bay BC	22	20	DNC	65

Report by Steve McDowell

The 2007 North Shore OK Dinghy Champs took place over labour weekend at Takapuna Boating club, 22 sailors attended from around the country only ones day racing was possible however due to strong winds.

Race one and two were both won by Mark Perrow showing the form that earned him second place at the recent world champs in Poland, he was closely followed by Wellington sailors Karl Purdie and Paul Rhodes (third and fifth at the worlds) and Aucklander Russell Woods.

The last race was similar to the previous two but saw Rhodes take out the race closely followed by Perrow.

Other sailors showing some skill in the difficult conditions were young Napier sailor Luke O'Connell and Aucklander Mike Wilde who launched his new boat that morning; this is first of the new ice breaker hulls built by Performance Composites in Auckland, with orders now on the books it looks like there will be plenty of competition in the up coming regattas.

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