By Douglas Dommermuth
The United States National Championship was sailed in San Diego, California at Mission Bay Yacht Club on August 17-19, 2018. Six FDs sailed eight races in winds between 8-12 knots in the ocean. Boats traveled from Canada and Florida to sail in the Nationals. Paul Scoffin and Brendan Heussler won the National Championship, winning 5 of 8 races. Three teams, Paul Scoffin and Brendan Heussler, Lin Robson and Kim McDonald, and Douglas Dommermuth and Michael Manning, used the national championship as preparation for the worlds in New Zealand. All the racers attended a Hawaii Luau on Saturday evening. We convened our annual meeting. Douglas Dommermuth (flying_dutchman@cox.net) and Gerhard Panuschka (panuli5@yahoo.com) were elected respectively president and secretary of the United States Flying Dutchman class.
Rank Sail Club Skipper Crew R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 Total Nett
1st NZL 145 MBYC Paul Scoffin Brendan Heussler 2 1 (3) 1 1 1 1 3 13 10
2nd USA 36 SPSC Lin Robson Kim McDonald 3 2 1 2 (4) 2 2 1 17 13
3rd USA 153 MBYC Douglas Dommermuth Michael Manning 1 (4) 2 3 2 4 3 4 23 19
4th USA 88 Inverness YC Mike Meszaros Gerhard Panuschka (5) 5 4 4 3 5 4 2 32 27
5th USA 1453 Santa Cruz YC Buzz Ballenger Taylor Ballenger 4 3 (5) 5 5 3 5 5 35 30
6th CAN 311 Wabamun SC Derrick Hiltz Bruce Barss (6) 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 48 42
