MEDIA 

Welcome to the media page for the 2010 Ok Dinghy World Championships. For any media requirements please contact ...

Mandy Burt 2010 OK Dinghy World Championship Media Liaison 
Phone: +64 4 970 2984        
Mobile: +64 21 643 064
Email: mandyjb@paradise.net.nz 

 

 PRESS RELEASES 

06-10 February 2010: Media Relases
Please note media releases for each day of the world champs are published on the homepage ... more

06 February 2010: TV One News backgrounds the OK Dinghy Class
Martin Tasker has filmed a background piece on the OK Dinghy class ... more

04 February 2010: Local sailors running hot
Local sailors have dominated the racing leading up to the world championships ... more

04 February 2010: Karl Purdie wins OK Dinghy National Championships
Yesterday, by winning the final race of the regatta Karl Purdie cemented his lead and became the NZ OK Dinghy National champion for 2010 ... more

02 February 2010: International Cat & Mouse on Day 2 of OK Dinghy National Championships
57 boats took to the water today, from all the seven countries entered in the2010 World Championships ... more

01 February 2010: Kiwis kicking kangaroos in interdominion standings
Despite postponement until after lunch - waiting for the 30 knots winds to abate - two races took place in the afternoon with 49 entrants taking to the water ... more

31 January 2010: Weather not 'OK' for OK dinghy world championships
Today registration took place for the OK nationals and interdominions ... more

27 January 2010: Everything you need to know about the OK dinghy world championships
What some facts and figures on the regatta? Check out the Sail World article here

26 January 2010: Sense of OKasion
In just over a week the much awaited 2010 OK Dinghy World Championship opens in 'windy' Wellington, New Zealand. For the 2008 World Champion, Karl Purdie (NZL), the 2010 championship has a special significance that few sailors ever get to experience ... more

 

 BACKGROUND INFORMATION 

Find out about ...

Read a Dominion Post article on the 2009 Interdominion Championships which were also held in Wellington here

Read a Dominion Post article which was published in 2008 when Wellington won the rights to host the World Championships here

The International OK Dinghy Association published a book about the class to celebrate it's 50th Anniversary. Check out some of the stories about OKs ...

  • Foreward to the book here
  • Some of the world's best sailors have sailed OKs here
  • Clive Roberts - a kiwi and OK sailing legend here
  • How KO became OK here
  • Peter Lester - another kiwi and OK sailing legend here
  • 50 Years of OK sailing here

 

 

 

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