Toshiba 2006 OK Worlds at Belmont, Australia

Toshiba 2006 OK Worlds at Belmont, Australia - Overall

by Robert Deaves 17 Feb 2006 07:19 GMT

Second world title for Nick Craig

The brilliant Australian sunshine returned for the final day of the Toshiba 2006 OK Dinghy World Championship in Belmont, Lake Macquarie but the wind was a bit late turning up. When it finally arrived two hours late, things started to get interesting. Jorgen Lindhardtsen (DEN) won the first race to bring him to within one point of Nick Craig (GBR) for the title. The final race showdown between Lindhardtsen and Craig didn’t materialise as an uncharacteristic error from Lindhardtsen left him chasing the fleet.

The fleet went afloat at 10.00 for a scheduled 11.00 start, drifted around for an hour in no wind and came ashore again. At 13.00 out they went again and this race nine was started in about 10 knots. Lindhardtsen started at the pin and hit the left hand corner before leading into the first mark followed by Jon Fish (GBR), Roger Blasse (AUS) and Craig, who had had a bad started and bailed out to the right side of the course. Lindhardtsen led all the way to win the race. Craig pulled through Fish and Blasse on the final beat to secure second.

After a general recall, race ten got underway in similar conditions. Again Lindhardtsen started at the pin and headed left while Craig started at the committee boat and also headed left. At the top mark Craig had a narrow lead over Fish and Robert Deaves (GBR). Lindhardtsen had trouble finding the windward mark, overstood and rounded about 12th. The ever cool Craig led all the way to win the race and the championship with Greg Wilcox (NZL) moving up to second and Karl Purdie (NZL) to third. This was the first time since the race format was changed to 10 races that the final race had been sailed – and with 40 minutes to spare.

Lindhardtsen credited Craig saying, “Nick sailed fantastically this week. Early on I thought he was having problems with his speed but the last three days he has sailed exceptionally well.” Craig also spoke of Lindhardtsen. “Jorgen is a legend. It’s like racing against a 25 year old sometimes. He’s so fit and focused and really hard to beat. I think what is really awesome is that he went for it 100 per cent every race, sailing extremely hard and was obviously here to win. I really hope he will be back next year in Poland, as I will be.”

For the second year running the bronze medal goes this year to Greg Wilcox, who is also President of the OK Dinghy International Association. His second place in the last race was enough to pull ahead of team mate Karl Pudie who had started the day in third place.

Next year’s OK World Championship will be sailed in the sunny Baltic resort of Leba in Poland.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	Pts
1	GBR2116	N Craig	[9.0]	7	3	6	3	2	2	1	2	1	27
2	DEN1348	J Lindhardtsen	1	3	7	8	2	3	8	2	1	[10.0]	35
3	NZL522	G Wilcox	[13.0]	6	1	1	12	6	6	9	8	2	51
4	AUS678	R Blasse	6	4	12	5	1	9	[25.0]	7	4	6	54
5	NZL502	K Purdie	7	9	2	3	4	4	7	[21.0]	19	3	58
6	AUS720	M Williams	10	2	[28.0]	15	5	5	1	10	10	4	62
7	AUS716	P Horne	15	13	[17.0]	14	8	8	4	4	6	12	84
8	AUS719	A Blasse	3	1	[39.0]	10	7	12	37	5	25	14	114
9	NZL504	A Mannering	4	11	4	16	6	16	[39.0]	8	33	18	116
10	NZL525	S McDowell	11	8	15	11	17	10	[24.0]	14	20	16	122
11	NZL526	R Wood	8	14	22	4	11	1	[51.0]	3	32	28	123
12	NZL472	A Deaves	17	10	19	18	13	[38.0]	3	16	18	11	125
13	GBR2081	R Deaves	16	16	14	17	14	13	11	18	[22.0]	7	126
14	NZL521	M Perrow	5	20	36	2	10	11	[53.0]	11	12	20	127
15	DEN1340	J Petersen	2	18	[51.0]	13	23	14	18	17	17	8	130
16	GBR2110	J Fish	23	32	5	7	26	[36.0]	9	13	3	15	133
17	AUS718	P Burton	24	23	6	12	29	32	21.0G	[78.0G]	5	5	157
18	GBR2118	T Curtis	14	22	[46.0]	29	24	24	13	12	11	9	158
19	AUS724	R Howard	22	5	21	9	15	18	15	30	[43.0]	27	162
20	NZL491	M Bismark	21	17	34	39	9	17	[46.0]	15	7	13	172
21	NZL523	J Porebski	18	15	26	20	27	7	[57.0]	6	26	31	176
22	AUS722	P Foster	20	25	11	30	19	25	19	22	16	[46.0]	187
23	NZL497	T Pryce	19	24	31	[40.0]	21	31	16	24	29	24	219
24	AUS703	M McQueen	32	34	18	35	16	22	[59.0]	31	9	25	222
25	GBR2084	J Meadowcroft	33	30	[58.0]	27	25	39	12	29	13	23	231
26	NZL500	P Rzepecky	31	29	[41.0]	25	20	23	14	33	27	38	240
27	NZL518	G Pedersen	29	[40.0]	10	33	34	27	22	28	24	34	241
28	AUS676	T Davies	27	[70.5]	16	37	22	15	32	26	47	19	241
29	AUS681	M Gleeson	30	26	23	[56.0]	28	19	27	43	14	43	253
30	GER680	J Dellas	[80.0F]	12	9	23	33	21	42	23	40	55	258
31	GER718	P Scheuerl	35	19	42	32	30	33	30	19	[50.0]	22	262
32	NZL481	D Hoogenboom	26	28	24	[45.0]	43	29	5	40	30	45	270
33	AUS711	N Gray	38	42	30	[49.0]	32	20	35	27	21	30	275
34	AUS713	P Lynch	34	35	25	19	[52.0]	28	21	25	52	41	280
35	AUS610	T Burton	45	49	8	21	47	[54.0]	28	35	28	26	287
36	GBR2117	A Scoles	40	[56.0]	20	46	44	45	29	32	31	17	304
37	SWE99	H Elkjaer	25	21	49	47	31	40	[54.0]	20	34	37	304
38	AUS672	D Ketteridge	52	36	35	36	[55.0]	48	10	41	44	29	331
39	SWE2756	P Jaensson	[80.0C]	46	40	41	46	41	17	36	48	32	347
40	SWE2759	P Olssen	28	39	[78.0O]	53	49	44	45	46	23	21	348
41	AUS704	B Chapman	39	33	[65.0]	24	50	37	26	51	41	47	348
42	GBR2100	D Ager	36	43	33	61	35	[66.0]	47	45	15	35	350
43	AUS694	R Furneaux	48	48	43	51	40	35	20	49	[62.0]	33	367
44	AUS693	E O'Donnell	43	47	48	44	38	30	50	39	35	[51.0]	374
45	AUS696	J McAllister	[80.0C]	80.0C	13	26	18	26	33	34	78.0F	78.0C	386
46	NZL498	D Hunt	[51.0]	45	47	48	48	34	38	37	51	39	387
47	GBR2108	N Goodhead	47	53	37	22	54	[60.0]	43	53	37	44	390
48	AUS721	J Barr	46	44	[64.0]	31	36	52	41	50	42	49	391
49	AUS628	B Ashton	50	41	29	28	51	42	44	57	[63.0]	52	394
50	AUS708	C Visick	44	52	38	43	41	46	40	[55.0]	39	53	396
51	AUS668	P Wallace	42	37	45	[58.0]	39	55	49	38	38	54	397
52	AUS641	B Holly	37	31	[68.0]	59	37	50	52	42	46	57	411
53	GER632	F Gronholz	53	57	27	55	45	53	[64.0]	47	49	40	426
54	AUS692	B Tyler	54	54	[62.0]	42	56	58	23	52	61	42	442
55	AUS709	P Yates	55	51	[61.0]	38	42	43	55	44	57	61	446
56	GER695	D Gericke	56	[63.0]	53	34	57	56	60	48	45	59	468
57	AUS689	G Yates	49	50	57	60	53	49	31	54	[66.0]	66	469
58	GBR2007	A Rich	60	55	32	57	[78.0F]	59	61	78.0C	36	36	474
59	POL189	D Kras	57	58	44	65	59	47	[66.0]	59	55	50	494
60	AUS695	J Hogan	58	[68.0]	67	68	66	57	36	56	56	65	529
61	SWE2757	T Svenesson	41	38	50	66	60	62	58	[78.0F]	78.0F	78.0C	531
62	AUS655	D Coleman	59	59	66	63	64	51	[68.0]	62	59	48	531
63	GER699	J Hoffman	63	61	55	62	62	[78.0F]	67	61	58	58	547
64	AUS646	M Walker	[69.0]	66	60	52	65	64	56	66	65	63	557
65	AUS636	A Stiel	62	60	63	69	61	[78.0C]	65	60	53	64	557
66	NZL493	G Lambert	65	64	54	67	[78.0F]	78.0C	63	63	54	56	564
67	AUS666	S Wilson	12	27	59	[78.0F]	78.0S	78.0C	78.0S	78.0C	78.0C	78.0C	566
68	AUS680	C McQueen	64	62	70	[73.0]	58	61	62	65	64	62	568
69	AUS715	T Pearce	[80.0C]	80.0C	52	50	63	78.0F	34	58	78.0F	78.0C	571
70	AUS660	D O'Donnell	66	[80.0C]	56	64	68	65	70	64	60	60	573
71	AUS612	D Parker	68	67	[73.0]	71	69	63	69	67	67	67	608
72	AUS619	E Kennedy	70	70.5	[78.0F]	75	72	67	72	69	69	70	634.5
73	AUS687	E Furneaux	[80.0C]	69	71	74	70	78.0F	71	68	68	69	638
74	AUS698	G Gillespie	[80.0C]	80.0C	69	54	78.0F	78.0C	48	78.0C	78.0C	78.0C	641
75	AUS663	A Maclean	61	65	72	72	67	[78.0F]	78.0F	78.0C	78.0C	78.0C	649
76	GBR2048	R Thorne	[80.0F]	80.0C	74	70	71	78.0C	78.0S	78.0C	70	68	667
77	AUS685	D Smith	67	[80.0C]	78.0F	78.0C	78.0S	78.0C	78.0S	78.0C	78.0C	78.0C	691