Thomas Hansson-Mild leads last OK Dinghy World Ranking of 2026
After the European autumn events have concluded, Thomas Hansson-Mild has maintained his lead in the November 2026 release of the OK Dinghy World Ranking list. Ben Flower moves up one place to second with Ulli Kurfeld also up one place to third. The list includes 677 sailors from 21 countries.
The latest release, No.62, includes six events in September and October including the European Championship at Bruinisse, in The Netherlands, won by Nick Craig from Pim van Vugt and Hansson-Mild.
The biggest climber in the top 10 is Germany’s Stefan Hoffmann, up 19 places to fourth, while New Zealand’s Sean Cleary is also up 19 places to seventh after a series of good results at the European regattas. Former World No.1, Greg Wilcox, is also back into the top 10, up 11 places.
At the German Championship, in Ratzeburger Andre Budzien won from an impressive fleet of 75 entries from Pim van Vugt and Cord Prignitz. In the UK, Matt Howard won the British Nationals at Tynemouth ahead of Charlie Cumbley and Oliver Davenport
2026 Finn and OK Dinghy Varberg. Credit Robert Deaves
Howard then won the Autumn Cup in Bandol from Cumbley and Tim Petetin. Pawel Pawlaczyk won the Polish Championship at Puck from Marek Bernat and Jaroslav Soltys, and finally, Wannes de Laer won the Belgian Nationals at Plat Taille from Steven Jamar and Eric Bonhomme.
While the European season is almost over, many containers are now being packed for shipping to the 2027 World Championship, in Pattaya, Thailand, in February, were more than 100 entries are expected. In addition, that southern hemisphere events will start with the South Australian State titles in November 2026 and conclude in Turangi, New Zealand in April 2027.
The next release will be April 2027.
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