DAY TWO: North American Championships
Day two of the RC Laser North American Championship was a day of sail changes. The forecast from the “always accurate weather man” was 10-15 with more in the afternoon. That never really happened that way. A sails all morning in really nice comfortable east northeast winds and then the NW filled in and we sailed B sails from lunch to mid-afternoon with C sails for the balance of the day. Some heats had a mix of A and B and later a mix of C and B. At the end of two days Jim Kaighin, from the Bahamas, has realed off 4 firsts and a second of the 10 races completed so far for the lead by 4 points regatta. Barr Batzer from Sable Palm Model Yacht Club near Fort Lauderdale is in second with consistent races in the top ten all day. Rob Seidelmann, from West Jersey’s RC Laser Fleet, is in third, winning two heats on the day.
Highlight of the regatta is Lindsay Kaighin, the 13 year old daughter of Mike Kaighin, who has sailed quite well and has spent a couple of races in the A Fleet. The current smile on her face is the fact that she is going to bed in the A FLEET with her BLUE clothes-pin (representing the A Fleet) clipped to her pajamas.
SOME RESULTS With NO Throwouts (one T/O for every 6 races) …More reporting tomorrow.
- Jim Kaighin 30
- Barr Batzer 34
- Rob Seidelmann 37
- Hank Buchanan 59
- Jack Ward 66
- Mike Kaighin 67
- Myles Loesel 68
- Rocky Cale 77
- Dave Branning 81
- Jim Flach 89
- Tom Lucke 101
- Victor Oberg 126
- Scott Loesel 146
- Jim Craft 150
- Chuck Weaver 153
- Gary Sharp 153
- Harry Henkel 161
- Roger Baldwin 165
- Scott Rice 165