Category OK Dinghy masts

As one of the major suppliers to the OK class it is unsurprising that Ceilidh Masts were at the forefront of the recent OK World Championships 2026 held in Denmark.

Our warm congratulations to everyone who sailed, especially Johan Schubert (DEN) who became the first Danish OK Dinghy World Champion since 1980. Wannes van Laer (BEL) who took silver in his first ever OK event and Matt Howard (GBR) who completed the podium.

Interestingly the top 3 all used different sail manufacturers, with masts specifically tailored to the design preferences of each manufacturer. The differences are small, but at Ceilidh the aim is to build masts that suit the sail designs, and not have the sailmakers struggling with the curves we produce.

With many of the southern hemisphere sailors that came to the 2023 OK Dinghy Worlds in Lyme Regis buying Ceilidh masts for the event last year, these masts have all been shipped back to Australia and are sharing the spoils together with masts from our colleagues at C-Tech at the Pre-Worlds 2024 that has just completed in Brisbane. Congratulations to Dave Clark who won the Pre-Worlds.

As always our thanks to Robert Deaves for the great reports and photos. Please link here to his article on the event.

UPDATED. Our new dinghy mast bolt (suitable for the Finn/OK and Splash) has a quick release pint, large size easy to grip parts and has been designed to be used on all goosenecks with a outer width between 45 and 52mm. The part is manufactured by our partners Allen Brothers and is manufactured from A4 grade stainless steel parts, the bolt is simple to place and tighten and can be locked safely so that it never falls off at the wrong moment. For further enquiries, refer to our webshop.

With the OK Dinghy World Championships beginning next week in New Zealand the fleet sailed a Pre-Worlds during the weekend of 2-3 February. This event is always useful to get an idea of how the different mast /sail combinations are working with most of the top sailors in the class taking part.

Our congratulations to Jan Kurfeld (GER) who won the event, closely followed by Nick Craig (GBR) in 2nd both using Ceilidh Composite Technologies PRO masts.

For further information on the Worlds please use one of the links below.

Event website including results and notice board: 2019.okworlds.org
Wakatere Boating Club website: www.wakatere.org.nz
 
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Having placed 2nd at the World Championships earlier this summer Fredrik Lööf from Sweden has won the European Championships after a thrilling final day of racing. After changing material supplier after the Worlds, Fredrik has been working together with Ceilidh and Green Sails to find the best combination to suit him. Racing was close, with 3 sailors  challenging at the top in the great conditions of Bandol. In the last race Fredrik pulled away to secure his first title in his class. Congratulations.

The Ceilidh Composite Technologies OK Dinghy mast dominated the recent OK Dinghy World Championships 2018 held in Warnemünde, Germany. With André Budzien (GER) taking first place after a very closely fought event (Taking Gold with the tiebreaking last race win) our masts were used by 7 of the top 10. The mast has been developed to suit each sailmakers requirements which helped to ensure 3 different sailmakers were represented in the top 10. This year has seen the introduction of our PRO mast, which with added High Modulus material to modify the response of the mast in wind and waves. While this mast suits the more physical sailor our standard mast proved also to be a race winner.

Results

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With a solid series counting a 4th place as his worst non discardable result Jim Hunt (GBR) has won the OK Dinghy World Championships 2016. Having joined forces with Ceilidh Composite Technologies early in 2015 Jim has consistently produced winning sails to fit our masts. Congratulations to all those who were involved in the development.