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e-Newsletter - April 2017
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Opening shot - Nick Craig port tacks the fleet at the British Winter Championship
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Another great season of OK Dinghy sailing ahead
As we begin our 60th year the OK Dinghy class has a lot to celebrate. We remain a strong, healthy and vibrant class that is witnessing growth levels as strong as any for a generation.
We have more boat builders building more new boats than any time in recent memory. By April 1 this year, OKDIA has sold more new boat plaques that in the whole of each of the previous eight years. We have not seen this many new boats being since the mid-1980s.
We have some fantastic venues lined up for this year, and for the coming years. The World Championship in Barbados will be very special and the Europeans in Denmark will be a great event with the normal great Danish hospitality. Preceded by a coached clinic, and with the main 60th anniversary celebrations held there, this will be one not to miss.
Many of those not going to Barbados are looking forward to the traditional Medemblik Spring Cup, or the Mediterranean Cup in Bandol, an area of significant growth in recent years.
A new magazine will be landing on your doormats soon, we have some new event branding to showcase this year, and a new book is being put together. There is a lot to get involved in and a lot of OK Dinghy sailing to be done.
Enjoy the season, wherever you are sailing OK.
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Above: Who remembers these days? We want to hear your stories. Read on...
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The latest OK Dinghy International magazine hit the presses this week and will be on its way to all paid members in the next few weeks. Thanks to all those who contributed in articles and advertising.
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Coached Clinic at the OK Dinghy Europeans - Faaborg, Denmark
The 2017 OK Dinghy European Championship will be held in Faaborg, Denmark during the last week in July. For many sailors it will be the main of the year, and the 60th anniversary celebrations will be focussed on this event.
One of the new innovations for 2017 will be a Coached Clinic immediately before the championship. We have secured the assistance of a range of past champions and class experts for a one or two day, clinic open to all.
Greg Wilcox, Thomas Hansson-Mild, Charlie Cumbley, Stefan Myralf, Andrew Rushworth, and maybe more will be on hand, to prepare you for the championship with on the water coaching in race situations.
Ask them whatever you like, whenever you like. There is a sign-up form on the event website at 2017.okeuropeans.org, so when you enter the championship just tick the box to say you will be attending the clinic and then pay the £15 fee to cover the costs of booking the safety boats.
The Notice of Race has been published on the event website at okeuropeans.org. Online entry is to open and you will need to send your entry fees through your National Association.
The schedule is:
Sunday 22 July - Camping open
Sunday 22 and/or Monday 23 July - Coached Clinic
Tuesday 24 July - Tune up race
Wednesday 25 July to Saturday 28 July - Racing
Saturday 28 July - Prizegiving Dinner
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For "girls only" in Barbados
Juliane Hofmann has kindly donated the first OK Dinghy Worlds Women Trophy for the best female result at OK Dinghy World Championships.
60 years too late but never mind.
Special thanks to the 'gentlemen' Simon Cox for the half model and Jan Dissel for the wooden backing.
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Nick Craig had few problems winning the 2017 British OK Dinghy Winter Championship on Saturday 11 March at Alton Water in Suffolk, from Alex Scoles and Robert Deaves. Report and more photos here.
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project 60 - Telling the OK story, the OK way
OK sailors have now been having fun for sixty years. The OK has great racing, a fascinating history, it has exceptional social competence, and it occasionally even social incompetence, but what this means is that the OK has a lot of tales to tell: short tales, long tales, tall tales and a few unrepeatable tales.
However, after sixty years, it’s high time these OK tales were told in full so that the OK sailors of the future will know what they are getting themselves into. As part of the celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the OK Dinghy, a new book is being published. Under the working title, project 60, this will be the story of the OK through personal anecdotes and stories: funny stories, sailing stories, notorious prizegivings, travelling stories, and perhaps, even the occasional drinking story. It will be a reflection of the people in the class who enjoy racing such an OK boat in OK company.
So please think of a great story (try not to libel too many people) and send in your story, whether it’s 100 words or 2,000 words. Please send all contributions to publicity@okdia.org
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The dates have been changed for the British National Championship at Herne Bay Sailing Club due to an unforeseen clash with an air show. The new dates are 21–24 September.
This event is also part of the Triangle Trophy which includes the Spring Cup from 5–7 May in Medemblik, The Netherlands, and the Northern National French Championship from 3-5 June at Lac du Der, France
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For those not going to Barbados to enjoy the saling, sunshine and rum, online entry is now open to the Spring Cup at Medembik, here.
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Other news
1. OKDIA AGM 2017
The date for this has been provisionally set for Monday 29 May at Barbados Yacht Club. The agenda can be found here along with supporting papers. No rule submissions this year as the new Class Rules are about to be published.
2. New Class Rules
The final version is now 99.9% approved by all, and we expect them to come it to force on June 1.
3. Kiel Week
The organizers decided to move the date for reduced early entry fee forward, it's the 1st of May now, so if you know you're going and want to save some money, remember to enter before 1st of May.
4. Website
Please remember to send all your regatta reports to both webmaster@okdia.org and publicity@okdia.org
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OK Dinghy World Ranking List - April 2017
For the first time in the history of the OK Dinghy World Ranking List, not only are the top 3 three unchanged, but the entire top 20 of the March 2017 release are unchanged from the previous release. European Champion, Bo Petersen (DEN) continues to lead from Thomas Hansson-Mild (SWE) and Greg Wilcox (NZL). See full list here
Rank |
Name |
Nat. |
Sailno. |
Points |
Events sailed
(5 to count) |
1 |
Bo Petersen |
DEN |
1431 |
1046,06 |
13 |
2 |
Thomas Hanson-Mild |
SWE |
100 |
1021,77 |
10 |
3 |
Greg Wilcox |
NZL |
544 |
985,70 |
14 |
4 |
Charlie Cumbley |
GBR |
2173 |
985,08 |
8 |
5 |
Stefan Myralf |
DEN |
6 |
972,41 |
10 |
6 |
Richard Burton |
GBR |
2183 |
951,13 |
8 |
7 |
Martin von Zimmermann |
GER |
693 |
908,29 |
14 |
8 |
Pawel Pawlaczyk |
POL |
14 |
898,22 |
9 |
9 |
David Bourne |
GBR |
17 |
874,86 |
8 |
10 |
Tomasz Gaj |
POL |
1 |
866,10 |
9 |
11 |
Andre Budzien |
GER |
792 |
863,19 |
9 |
12 |
Jim Hunt |
GBR |
1 |
856,13 |
7 |
13 |
Mark Jackson |
AUS |
735 |
817,51 |
7 |
14 |
Jorgen Svendsen |
DEN |
3 |
810,22 |
8 |
15 |
Bo Reker Andersen |
DEN |
1 |
801,29 |
16 |
16 |
Mats Caap |
SWE |
2797 |
798,78 |
5 |
17 |
Henrik Kofoed Larsen |
DEN |
1397 |
784,63 |
9 |
18 |
Jonas Borjesson |
SWE |
2809 |
779,94 |
9 |
19 |
Andreas Pich |
GER |
797 |
763,57 |
14 |
20 |
Robert Deaves |
GBR |
2156 |
750,83 |
8 |
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Please send all content for inclusion in future e-newsletters to publicity@okdia.org.
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