The OK Dinghy World Championship concluded Friday with two spectacular races at Skovshoved, Denmark. The challenging wind conditions of the week were forgotten with two perfect races in 12-18 knots and some great downwind sailing. Johan Schubert, from Denmark, won both races to become the first Danish OK Dinghy World Champion since 1980. Wannes van Laer, from Belgium also had a great day to move up to second while Britain’s Matt Howard took the bronze.
No racing was possible on the penultimate day of the 2026 OK Dinghy World Championship at Skovshoved, Denmark, with bad weather – actually almost every kind of weather except snow – on Thursday. Sweden’s Niklas Edler will lead into the final day from Denmark’s Johan Schubert and Pim van Vugt, from the Netherlands with just two races possible on Friday. 203 boats from 14 nations and taking part.
Sweden’s Niklas Edler has taken the lead at the 2026 OK Dinghy World Championship at Skovshoved, Denmark, after the opening series concluded on Wednesday with two great races in some challenging conditions with wind from 10-26 knots. Denmark’s Johan Schubert moved up to second while Pim van Vugt, from the Netherlands moved up to the third. The race wins went to Edler, van Vugt, Schubert and Britain’s Matt Howard.
Only one race was sailed on the second day of the 2026 OK Dinghy World Championship at Skovshoved, Denmark, on Tuesday. Incoming thunderstorms meant an early end to the day after a breezy third race. Wannes van Laer from Belgium is leading the fleet ahead of Niklas Edler, from Sweden, in second while Denmark’s Johan Schubert is third. The race wins went to Edler and Germany’s Stefan Hoffmann. 203 boats from 14 nations are taking part.
The first day of the 2026 OK Dinghy World Championship at Skovshoved was a day of adages. Consistency is king. You can’t win it on the first day, but you can lose it. It was a very tricky day. And it was all of those things and much more.
On Sunday evening the 2026 OK Dinghy World Championship was opened at Hellerup Sejlklub after 203 boats from 14 nations completed registration and equipment inspection. It is the second largest OK Dinghy World Championship of all time.
The unstoppable momentum of the OK Dinghy class continues into 2026 with the second largest OK Dinghy World Championship of all time set to get underway at Skovshoved, Denmark next week. It has attracted an impressive 207 entries from 14 nations.
The 2026 OK Dinghy World Championship is being held at Skovshoved Harbour, hosted by the Royal Danish YC (KDY and Hellerup Sejlklub. Ten races are scheduled from 5-12 June. 207 sailors from 14 nations have entered.
The 2026 World Championship in Denmark, brings the class full circle, 70 years after the first boat was launched by its designer Knud Olsen, in Bandholm in the south of the country.
