Kalmar Raceweek

Pictures from OK Dinghy WC

2009-08-01

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Bathing dinghy sailors

2009-08-01

Final results for OK Dinghy WC

2009-07-30

Thomas Hansson-Mild from Sweden screaming out his joy after coming 3th in the last race and securing the win in the OK Dinghy World Championship, just one point before Karl Purdie New Zealand.

Final results

And as usual we have a written report from todays races. Big thanks to Mary Reddyhoff OKDIA.

Race 9 and 10

2009-07-30

Results race 9

Results race 10

Daily report

2009-07-29

Richard Burton, at 18 years old, is experiencing his first World Championship, competing for the Junior trophy

Bo-Staffan Andersson received his trophy in recognition of being the most successful OK Dinghy sailor ever.

Read full report here.

Race 7 and 8

2009-07-29

The eighth race are on its way. On both starts today the boats cleared the line well. So no need for any recalls and black flags today.

During the second race the RC had to lengthen the course to archive the target time. Some sailors also had to abandon the race with boat problems after the wind picked up.

Results for race 7.

Results for race 8.

Overall standing.

Tuesday report

2009-07-29

Report from Tuesdays sailing and an interview with the retired President of OKDIA, Greg Wilcox.

Read it here.

Images and report from second race day

2009-07-28

More images from the second day of racing.

Read the report from the second days of racing

Results Race 5 and 6

2009-07-28

Race 5 is done with shifting winds and just barely enough wind to sail sometimes. The boats are on there way on the second and last race for today. Hopefully the wind will be enough to finish the race.

Update: A lot of course changes later the second race for today are done. Updated results below.

Results for race 5

Results for race 6

Standing overall

Video from 4th race today

2009-07-27