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• 15th August 2018
  SWE: National Championship, Träslövsläge
  Fredrik Lööf (SWE) won from Thomas Hansson-Mild (SWE) and Bo Petersen (DEN).
• 6th August 2018
  Top 10 gear list at worlds
  We added the gear used by the top ten at the worlds in Warnemünde to the results page.
• 24th July 2018
  Minutes of the AGM
  The Minutes of the AGM in Warnemünde are online now.
• 9th July 2018
  BEL Championships
  The Belgian National Championships were moved a weekend back to 15 - 16 September. Pre-Worlds
  Too much wind only allowed 3 races on the last day. Andrè Budzien (GER) won from Lars Brodtkorb (NOR) and Luke Gower (NZL) World Championships
  All Information about the worlds can be found on the 2018.okworlds.org website
• 4th July 2018
  OKDIA AGM papers
  The Treasurers report for the 2017 financials has been added
• 30th June 2018
  Forum
  As of 30th of June, the forum supplier we used closed all forums. We will sone have an archive of the old forum online and are looking into a new service.
• 22nd June 2018
  Kiel Week
  In challenging conditions Jan Kurfeld (GER) won from Bo Petersen (DEN) and Mads Bendix (DEN)
• 12th June 2018
  SWE Nordic Championship
  Back into the class Frederik Lööf (SWE) won from Bo Petersen (DEN) and Greg Wilcox (NZL)
• 11th June 2018
  NZL Brass Monkey
  A report about the Brass Monkey regatta in Napier by Rod Davis was added.
• 7th June 2018
  NZL Brass Monkey
  In very light conditions and sun on the first, rain on the second day in Napier, Steve McDowell won from Alistair Deaves and Thomas Olds.
• 1st June 2018
  OKDIA AGM papers
  Several papers related to the AGM in Warnemünde are published now, the Agenda, Rule Change Proposals, a report by the Chairman of the Technical Committee and proposals for future World Championships
• 21st May 2018
  SWE: Nynäshamn
  Jonas Börjesson won the second national event from Thomas Hansson-Mild and Bengt Larsson.
• 13th May 2018
  FRA: Mediterranean Championships 2018
  With too much wind the first day, light 5 races on the second day and perfect 12-15kn on the last day, Peter Zeiler (DEN) won from Julien Dejugnat and Timothée Petetin.
• 2nd May 2018
  NED: Spring Cup 2018
  The prestigious first big international event of the Northern Hemisphere season was won by Charlie Cumbley (GBR) from Jim Hunt (GBR) and Luke Gower (NZL).
• 25th April 2018
  GBR 2018 Inland Championship
  Held at Blithfield SC, Staffordshire, Terry Curtis won from Keith Byers and Tony Woods.
• 23rd April 2018
  2019 Worlds New Zealand
  The NOR for the worlds in New Zealand are published and the online entries are open.
• 17th April 2018
  SWE: Liros Nordic Race, Stenungsund
  Thomas Hansson-Mild won from Jonas Börjesson and Lars Edvall.
• 9th April 2018
  Mediterranean Championship 2018
  On the upcoming events page, we added Notice of race and a few more details about the event.
• 11th April 2018
  NZL Turangi 2018
  Better late than never, the results of Turangi, sailed beginning of March, are added. The regatta is a World ranking event.
• 11th March 2018
  World Ranking List March 2018
  While most of the top places stay the same, there are 18 new sailors on the list, which now includes 519 sailors from 13 countries.
• 16th February 2018
  World Championship 2018 – entries are open now
  Entries are open now at the organizers web-system. Going to be a great event and rumours have it that several German Finn sailors will try to campaign an OK for the event.
• 11th February 2018
  NZL: Interdom & National Championship 2018
  Held at Wakatere, the Worlds venue for 2019, Luke O'Connell won from Dan Slater and Ben Morrison.
• 28th January 2018
  AUS: National Championship 2018
  Held off the Gold Coast for the first time, Rob Mcmillan won from Greg Wilcox and Mark Jackson.
• 3rd January 2018
  THA: National Sports Day 2017
  Overall PO.2 Supakon Pongwichean won from LT.JG. Pariwat Aleemin and PO.1 Thanakan Korkerd, LT.JG. Pariwat Aleemin was first in Thai built boat.
• 25th December 2017
  Training Camp in Bandol in March 2018
  In Bandol, the venue for the 2018 European Championship (and the 2018 Mediterranean Championship), the top Dutch coach Han Beverwijk will do a 5-day camp 5-9 March.
• 27th November 2017
  AUS: Go for Gold 2017
  Michael Horvath won from Brent Williams and Folkert Janssen. NZL: East Coast Championship 2017
  Dan Slater won from Steve McDowell and Eric Rone.
• 26th October 2017
  NZL: Rum Bucket
  A quite breezy event was won by Dan Slater from Ben Morrison and Mark Perrow.
• 5th October 2017
  Some catching up on events: GER: National Championship
  Very variable, light to start with, very windy at the end. Greg Wilcox won from André Budzien and Martin v. Zimmermann. Nordic Championship
  At Nykøbing in Denmark, Anders Andersen (DEN) won from Johan Bjørling (DEN) and Jonas Børjesson (SWE). GBR: National Championship
  Herne Bay deliverd very variable conditions from very strong to no wind, Luke Gower won from Terry Curtis and Alex Scoles. POL: National Championship
  Sailed off Gdańsk, Tomasz Gaj won from Grzegorz Salamon and Jarosław Radzki. SWE: Träslövsläge Autumn Regatta
  Jonas Qvist won from Jan-Erik Engholm and Jonas Börjesson. BEL: National Championship
  Sailed on the Galgenweel, first time a french won the title! Julien Dejugnat (FRA) won from Stephan Veldman (NED) and Ralf Mackmann (GER).
• 4th September 2017
  NED: National Championship
  In very light conditions only 2 races at Oosterzee were possible. Jörg Rademacher won from Ralf Mackmann and Claus Stockhardt, all from Germany. 46 competitors from seven nations competed.
• 28th August 2017
  DEN: National Championship
  81 Sailors from 4 nations competed in tricky conditions. Bo Petersen (DEN) won from Greg Wilcox (NZL) and Jens Lauge (DEN).
• 15th August 2017
  SWE: National Championship
  With sunny weather and very nice sailing conditions, the Swedish nationals saw Thomas Hansson-Mild (SWE) winning from Greg Wilcox (NZL) and Jonas Qvist (SWE).
• 31st July 2017
  European Championship 2016
  Lars Johan Brodtkorb makes history for Norway by winning OK Dinghy European title. Charlie Cumbley (GBR) takes silver with Bo Petersen (DEN) in bronze position.
• 23rd July 2016
  We added forms for competitors to declare interest to compete in future Worlds and Europeans, please fill them if you plan to go, it makes t easier for us to make it great events. Worlds 2018 in Warnemünde, Germany Europeans 2018 in Bandol, France Worlds 2019 in Auckland, New Zealand
• 11th July 2016
  Warnemünde Week 2017
  Christian Rasmussen (DEN) won from Jonas Börjesson (SWE) and André Budzien (GER).
• 26th June 2017
  GER: Kiel Week
  Jim Hunt (GBR) convincingly won Kiel Week from Greg Wilcox (NZL) and Sönke Behrens (GER) - results had some errors from the mid-places, they are corrected now.
• 19th June 2017
  AGM Minutes
  The Minutes for the AGM in Barbados is online now.
• 12th June 2017
  SWE: USS Regatta
  On the weekend 10-11 June the USS-regatta in Uppsala, Sweden was held. Thomas Hansson-Mild won from Stefan Pavia and Jonas Börjesson. FRA: Northern Championship
  On the weekend 3-5 June the French Northern Championship on Lac Du Der was sailed. Ralf Mackmann won from Julien Dejugnat and Timothe Petetin.
• 5th June 2017
  New Class rules
  A reminder that since the 1st of June 2017 the new Class rules are in effect. They are completely re-written but a lot of effort went into making sure that they don't change the boats and equippment.
• 1st June 2017
  World Championship 2017
  Nick Craig sailed a quite flawless series to secure his 5th world championship title, followed by last years champion Jim Hunt and 2014's runner up Luke O'Connell.
• 14th May 2017
  Features
  The latest magazine and newsletters are linked from here now. FRA: Championnat de Méditerranée
  The first Mediterranean Championship was held at Bandol this year, Julien Dejugnat won from Alain Renoux and Timothe Petetin.
• 8th May 2017
  New Class rules
  After a lot of work the completely re-written class rules will come into effect from 1 June and are published now. NED: Spring Cup 2017
  With sailors from 5 nations, this was the last big events before the worlds in Barbados. Jim Hunt won from Charlie Cumbley and Richard Burton. SWE: Stenungsund 2017
  On the weekend 29-30 April 2017 the Stenungsund regatta was held in Sweden, Thomas Hansson-Mild won from Jonas Börjesson and Jan-Erik Engholm. THA: Hua Hin Regatta 2017
  From 26-30 April 2017 the Hua Hin Regatta was held in Thailand, Thanakan Korkerd won from Pariwat Aleemin and Kitsadar Sirisakon. NZL: Season Ranking 2016/7
  With all ranking regattas held, Ben Morrison leads the ranking from Luke O'Connell (same points) and teve McDowell just one point behind. NZL: Turangi 2017
  The Turangi weekend also was the North Island Championship, thus counting towards the world ranking, won by Steve McDowell from Ben Morrison and Luke O'Connell.
• 22th December 2016
  Paul Elvstrøm and the early days of the OK Dinghy
  Paul was a committed supporter of the OK from the very beginning in 1956