Harold Fritz went to the Gulf coast championships the weekend prior to the NA's and sent a quick report
"Its 34+C & humid here in TX, starts right out in the morning and keeps burning all day. Unbearable without a breeze. Gulf coast regatta not bad - wind wasn't there on the second day till about 1pm. 5 races - no drop (needed 6 for drop). 65 Radials, some international kids too in prep for NAs. Dom finished 17th and Becky 23. We're getting used to the heat...slowly."
Dominick Fritz, Becky Power, Kyle Martin and Ricardo Montemayer attended the North Americans , both the events were held in Galveston Bay in southern Texas. The event had well over 200 competitors across 3 fleets of Lasers , Radials and 4.7's.
Many of the top Caribbean and central American teams were there in preparation for the central American games. (Ricardo and Natalia are planning to compete for Mexico).
Racing was called off the first day with thunderstorms caused by the exteame heat (40 C). There was no sign of any oil as some had predicted, a pleasant bay to sail in that gets a nice sea breeze most days except when a regatta rolls into town.
The second day the racing went off fine with generally light to medium winds. 3 races for the Lasers and 4 for the Radials. Becky and Dom sailed well in the Radial fleet , unfortunately Dom was OCS in one race and with only 4 qualifying races there was no drop (bad idea). We got into the dock at (pm that day after getting to the club at 8 am. Everyone was ready for bed after a quick dinner.
The final 2 days in the separated fleets was excellent , both Ricardo and Kyle climbed the ranks steadily and Ric finished a strong 9th and kyle a career high 15th.
Becky had great moment in the gold fleet with some tough races and ended a respectable 17th , Dom was disappointed to be in Silver fleet but sailed well to finish 4th.
After a week of 40 plus degrees temps and high humidity it was great to get back to Vancouver summer!
Results are @ http://www.lasernorthamericans.com/
Al
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