Last Update: 26 January 2020, 11:22 GMT

Welcome to the International OK Dinghy Association

The OK Dinghy International Association (OKDIA) is the world organization for the OK-Dinghy class.
The OK Dinghy is a 4m long single-handed sailing racing dinghy.

The design of the OK dinghy celebrated it's 60th anniversary in 2017.

Next international Championships

2019 Worlds: Wakatere, Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand, 7-16 February
2019 Euros: Kiel, Baltic, Germany 22-25 June
2020 Worlds: Marstrand, Skagerrak, Sweden 7-15 August
2020 Euros: Lundeborg, Baltic Denmark 15-17 May
2021 Worlds: Arco, Lake Garda, Italy, 23-30 July
2022 Worlds: Lyme Regis, West Dorset, Great Britain, Euro Summer
2023 Worlds: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Euro Winter

Twitter and Facebook

There is a facebook OK Dinghy page,
a Twitter channel,
a YouTube channel,
and there is a RSS feed of course

What's new

Latest
Latest Information on twitter
Keep informed of the latest news by checking our twitter feed. Newsletter subscription
Subscribe to the Newsletter and get regular email updates on racing and other things around the OK Dinghy. Read the Magazine
On a regular basis, the International Association publishes a Magazine, a pdf – with reduced Image quality for faster download – is available here.
26th January 20
AUS: National Championship
Rob McMillan won from Mark Jackson and Tim Davies in very variable conditions, one day blown out, another calmed out… Upcoming Events
We started to try to get all national events in one calendar in which you can then filter by nation, dates etc.
Where we get the information, we also included links for the most common navigation apps on phones, so with one click you know how you get there.
We will try to add more events of more nations soon.
17th November 2019
The complete World Ranking
The November 2009 World Ranking is online now.
3rd November 2019
Upcoming events
We start to add the 2020 events to the calendar, if you have an event you wanted to be added, please let us know
12th October 2019
GER: National Championship 2019, Steinhude
Oliver Grohnholz (GER) wins from Tomasz Gaj (POL) and Stefan de Vries (NED)
15th September 2019
BEL: Belgian National Championship 2019, Antwerp
Tomasz Gaj (POL) won from Stefan de Vries (NED) and Stephan Veldeman (NED). GBR: British National Championship 2019, Abersoch
Nick Craig won from Richard Burton and Fergus Barnham.
8th September 2019
DEN: Danish National Championship 2019, Skive
Mats Bendix won from Bo Petersen and Anders Andersen. POL: Polish National Championship 2019, Gdańsk
Tomasz Gaj won from Radosław Droździk and Marek Bernat. FRA: South French National Championship 2019, Lacanau
Laurent Hay won from Timothe Petetin and Julien Dejungnat.
2nd September 2019
NED: Dutch National Championship 2019, Oosterzee
Wolfgang Höfener (GER) won from Stephan Veldman (NED) and Ralf Mackmann (GER).
10th August 2019
July 2019 OK Magazine as PDF
Dan Slater Wins Worlds • Lööf Retains European Title • Usa Revival • Equipment Report • The Lighter Side - and more
10th August 2019
Swedish Nationals 2019
Thomas Hansson-Mild wins from Niklas Edler and Emil Bengtson.
18th July 2019
Warnemünde Week 2019
Jan Kurfeld won from Greg Wilcox and Jan-Dietmar Dellas
16th July 2019
World Ranking July 2019
Thomas Hansson-Mild is new OK Dinghy World No. 1
25th June 2019
Euro 2019
Fredrik Lööf secures second OK Dinghy European title at Kieler Woche
24th June 2019
Euro 2019
Fredrik Lööf closing in on OK Dinghy European title defence in Kiel
23rd June 2019
Euro 2019
Lebrun and Lööf take wins on second day of OK Dinghy Europeans in Kiel
22nd June 2019
Euro 2019
Fredrik Lööf takes early lead in OK Dinghy European title defence in Kiel
8th May 2019
Spring cup 2019
A very windy (at times too much), rainy and cold Spring Cup saw André Budzien (GER) winning from William Heritage (GBR) and Richard Burton (GBR) and 36 other competitors from 7 nations.
1st May 2019
Letter by OKDIA to the President and CEO of World Sailing
OK Dinghy part of the SSL Ranking
Even before classes like the 49er and the Nacra, the OK Dinghy was invited to join the Star Sailors League ranking. Their system is slightly differen from our own ranking calculations and includes a lot more events, so the ranking will be slightly different over time to our own one. The complete World Ranking
The April 2009 World Ranking
10th April 2019
SWE: Liros Nordic Race, Stenungsund
Stefan Jaenson won from Mårten Bernesand and Hans Börjesson. NZL: Turangi Regatta
Luke O'Connell won from Eric Rone and Steve McDowell. Fredrik Lööf is new OK Dinghy World No. 1
Full ranking here soon. Rod Davis was voted sailor of the month April
Readers of the prestigious Seahorse Magazine voted for Rod Davis also for his accomplishments in the OK Class.
2nd April 2019
National Championships
Most National Championships for 2019 are added to the list of next events
3rd March 2019
European Championship 2019
The website 2019.okeuropeans.org is online and the entry process explained there World Championship 2019
Dan Slater is the new world champion with Freddy Lööf second and Josh Armit third
9th January 2019
AUS: National Championship
Roger Blasse won from Mark Jackson and Brent Williams
24th December 2018
Agenda of the AGM in Auckland
The Agenda, together with some other papers, is published as PDF's here now.
16th December 2018
AUS: Sail Melbourne
Roger Blasse won from Tim Davies and Mark Jackson
7th November 2018
Newsletter
Everything is loOKing up
17th October 2018
Wall Calendar 2019
A 2019 calendar featuring some of the best images from 2018 has been published.
Price is £13.99 plus tax and shipping.