OK Dinghy News/Results

2011 C-Tech mast wins the International OK Dinghy Worlds in Scotland

The 2011 OK Dinghy Worlds have been won in Largs Scotland by Nick Craig from Great Britain, Nick wins for the 4th time.  2nd place went to Martin Von Zimmerman, 3rd to Thomas Hansson-Mild with a C-Tech mast and 4th to Greg Wilcox also with a C-Tech mast. 

C-Tech masts have now won the OK Worlds 4 years running.

photo courtesy: Neil Goodhead

2010 C-Tech mast wins the Brass Monkey regatta NZ  

The 2nd annual OK Dinghy Brass Monkey regatta at Napier Sailing Club was won by Karl Purdie, the twice OK Dinghy World champion.  Sailing with a C-Tech mast onboard, Karl has won his 2nd Brass Monkey event and was followed by Matt Steven in 2nd place and Alistair Deaves in 3rd.

2010 C-Tech mast wins the OK Dinghy Worlds 3 years in a row 

New Zealand's Karl Purdie won the 2010 OK Dinghy Worlds with a C-Tech high modulus OK mast

Karl fought off stiff competition during the regatta from other World Champions to become the World and veteran champion for 2010.   

"Once again thank you for providing a crucial part of the winning engine" Karl Purdie, February 2010 

C-Tech were proud sponsors of the 2010 OK Worlds

Click here for the OK Dinghy International Association press release - OK Dinghy World Champions chat January 2010  

2010 OK Dinghy Pre-Worlds won with a C-Tech mast

New Zealander Karl Purdie won the OK Dinghy Pre-Worlds with a C-Tech high modulus OK mast.

1st - Karl Purdie (NZL) 
2nd - Paul Rhodes (NZL)
3rd - Nick Craig (GBR)

Karl previously won the OK Dinghy World Championship in 2008, also sailing with a C-Tech high modulus mast onboard.

2009 OK Dinghy Worlds won with a C-Tech mast

Thomas Hansson-Mild (SWE) won the 2009 OK Dinghy Worlds with a C-Tech OK mast.

Defending champion Karl Purdie, also sailing with a C-Tech mast, was beaten by just 1 point in a very tight championship. 

Thomas is World Champion for the first time. 7/10 top race winners sailed with C-Tech masts and equipment.

2009 OK Dinghy Pre-Worlds won with a C-Tech mast

Greg Wilcox from Wellington has won Gold at Kiel week, the OK Dinghy Pre World regatta, otherwise known as the International Swedish Championships.  Using a C-Tech mast Greg joins an elite group of Kiwi sailors who have achieved this feat. 

2008 OK Dinghy Worlds won with a C-Tech mast

In 2008 Karl Purdie (NZL) won the OK Dinghy World Championship in Warnemunde, Germany with a C-Tech mast onboard. 

A further 5 C-Tech masts were placed in the top 10. 

Read an interview with Karl Purdie and NZ Boating Magazine July 2008.   

2008 - 09 C-Tech OK Dinghy Australian Champs Results

The above table shows the results for the 47th OK Dinghy Championships which took place at South Lake Macquarie amateur sailing club, NSW.  37 entries took part in five days of racing and C-Tech proudly supplied the above 8 entries which all placed within the top 10.