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The Danish top the men's ranking with Jesper Radich, fresh from his victory over countryman Jes Gram-Hansen in the Bermuda Gold Cup, making his first appearance at the top of the tree, albeit by the narrowest of margins - just 20 points separate the two leading men.

Karol Jablonski (POL), World Champion Ice Sailor as well as reigning ISAF World Match Racing Champion, remains steady in third place in the rankings whilst previously ranked number one, Peter Holmberg (ISV), currently on Louis Vuitton Cup duty with Oracle BMW Racing has dropped to third overall.

The biggest move up in the men's rankings, from sixteenth to eighth comes from Johnie Berntsson (SWE). With a recent string of successes in grade 2 and 3 events, he makes his first foray into the top ten in the world. Henrik Jensen, second recently in the Swedish National Championship, makes his first appearance in the top twenty.

Ironically, arguably one of the best starting helmsmen in the Louis Vuitton Cup, James Spithill (AUS), currently sailing with OneWorld, has this time round dropped out of the top twenty and now resides in 36 position.

Open Rankings

Position	Forename	Surname	Nation	Previous
1	Jesper	RADICH	DENMARK	4
2	Jes	GRAM-HANSEN	DENMARK	2
3	Karol	JABLONSKI	POLAND	3
4	Peter	HOLMBERG	VIRGIN ISLANDS	1
5	Bjorn	HANSEN	SWEDEN	5
6	Mikael	LINDQVIST	SWEDEN	7
7	Ed	BAIRD	USA	11
8	Johnie	BERNTSSON	SWEDEN	16
9	Francois	BRENAC	FRANCE	9
10	Mathieu	RICHARD	FRANCE	13
11	Paolo	CIAN	ITALY	8
12	Staffan	LINDBERG	FINLAND	12
13	Andrew	ARBUZOV	RUSSIA	14
14	Mattias	RAHM	SWEDEN	15
15	Philippe	PRESTI	FRANCE	10
16	Gavin	BRADY	NEW ZEALAND	6
17	Cameron	APPLETON	NEW ZEALAND	22
18	Lars	NORDBJERG	DENMARK	19
19	Henrik	JENSEN	DENMARK	21
20	Martin	ANGSELL	SWEDEN	26

Women

Marie Bjorling (SWE) remains at the top of the women's rankings, despite only managing to finish second in the Bermuda International Women's Championship. Malin Millbourn, with a victory in the Saint Quay Women's Match Racing, moves up a credible six places into second.

The biggest shock is the drop of current ISAF World Champion Lis Baylis (USA) from third to sixth, after a disappointing result in Bermuda. A new entry into the top twenty Martina Karlemo (FIN) moves up to seventeenth place from twenty fourth.

With the Rolex Osprey Cup starting this Wednesday in St Petersburg, Florida, many of the competitors will be hoping to consolidate or improve their ISAF ranking. One such sailor is Klaartje Zuiderbaan (NED) having recently returned to match racing from the Volvo Ocean Race aboard Amer Sports Too, she has immediately improved her position from twentieth to ninth, and looks forward to further improvement.

Linda Rahm (SWE, who's new husband Mattias is consolidating his poition in the top twenty of the Open Rankings at fourteenth, moves up from nineteenth to sixteenth following her recent fourth place at the BUKOWSKIS Womens Nordic Match Racing Championship.

Women's Rankings

Position	Forename	Surname	Nation	Previous
1	Marie	BJORLING	SWEDEN	1
2	Malin	MILLBOURN	SWEDEN	7
3	Marie	FAURE	FRANCE	6
4	Lotte	MELDGAARED PEDERSEN	DENMARK	2
5	Nina	BRAESTRUP	DENMARK	10
6	Liz	BAYLIS	USA	3
7	Giulia	CONTI	ITALY	5
8	Sabrina	GURIOLI	ITALY	9
9	Klaartje	ZUIDERBAAN	NETHERLANDS	20
10	Dorte O.	JENSEN	DENMARK	4
11	Ines	MONTEFUSCO	ITALY	13
12	Claire	LEROY	FRANCE	12
13	Gwen	JOULIE	FRANCE	11
14	Sandy	GROSVENOR	USA	14
15	Christelle	PHILIPPE	FRANCE	15
16	Linda	RAHM	SWEDEN	19
17	Martina	KARLEMO	FINLAND	24
18	Anne	LEHELLEY	FRANCE	8
19	Betsy	ALISON	USA	18
20	Katie	SPITHILL	AUSTRALIA	16