Thomas Hansson-Mild back at OK Dinghy No.1
by Robert Deaves 3 Sep 08:13 BST
Thomas Hansson-Mild back at OK Dinghy No.1 © Robert Deaves /
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Thomas Hansson-Mild, from Sweden, has retaken the lead at the top of the OK Dinghy World Ranking for the first time since December 2023, as the class heads into a packed Autumn programme. Denmark's Bo Petersen moves up to second with Canada's Ben Flower in third.
The latest release, No. 61, started with the Spring Cup Medemblik in May, won by Nick Craig from Andy Davis and Stefan Hoffmann. The biggest event of the year, the World Championship in Skovshoved had 203 entries and won by Johan Schhubert from Wannes van Laer and Matt Howard.
Also included are the Pomorie Regatta in Bulgaria, won by Radoslav Raev, Kiel Week was won by Sebastian Scmidt-Klügmann from Henrik Been and Flower, and Warnemunde Woche won by Andre Budzien from Cord Prignitz and Scmidt-Klügmann, the Dutch Nationals at Zuidaardmeer won by Gabriel Medeiros Konigsfeld and French Nationals at Lacanau won by Pierre Arringi
Hansson-Mild then won both the Nordics in Kristianhamm and the Swedish title in Varberg, while Petersen was second in the Nordics and won the Danish title. Steen Christiansen placed second at the Danish and third at the Nordics to move up to sixth overall.
This weekend the German Championship gets under way, followed soon after by the European Championship in Bruinisse, in The Netherlands and the Autumn Trophy in Bandol France, just before the fleet gets ready to send boats to Thailand for the 2027 World Championship.
September 2026 OK Dinghy World Ranking: (top 20, full ranking list here)
| Pos | Helm | Nat | Sail No | Pts | Events sailed |
|---|
| 1 | Thomas Hansson‑Mild | SWE | 100 | 990.44 | 9 |
| 2 | Bo Petersen | DEN | 21 | 989.73 | 12 |
| 3 | Ben Flower | CAN | 26 | 974.8 | 11 |
| 4 | Ulli Kurfeld | GER | 19 | 9592 | 8 |
| 5 | Charlie Cumbley | GBR | 6 | 949.14 | 8 |
| 6 | Steen Christensen | DEN | 24 | 939.75 | 10 |
| 7 | Sönke Behrens | GER | 77 | 925.35 | 11 |
| 8 | Jens Eckardt | DEN | 12 | 920.75 | 5 |
| 9 | Hans Börjesson | SWE | 139 | 895.78 | 8 |
| 10 | Sebastian Schmidt‑Klügmann | GER | 51 | 889.9 | 6 |
| 11 | Patric Mure | SWE | 73 | 878.85 | 11 |
| 12 | Mikael Björndal | SWE | 386 | 859.69 | 5 |
| 13 | Daniel Björndahl | SWE | 24 | 857.53 | 4 |
| 14 | Henrik Kofoed Larsen | DEN | 61 | 837.69 | 8 |
| 15 | Pawel Pawlaczyk | POL | 14 | 8333 | 8 |
| 16 | Mark Perrow | NZL | 4 | 830.88 | 8 |
| 17 | Ask Askholm | DEN | 22 | 830.18 | 7 |
| 18 | Niklas Edler | SWE | 71 | 819.17 | 6 |
| 19 | David Meehan | AUS | 81 | 816.83 | 5 |
| 20 | Tomas Franzen | SWE | 58 | 812.64 | 11 |