Flight of the Lasers awards winners

The annual Flight of the Lasers, conducted by the Commodores Club of

the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with the Newport

Harbor Yacht Club, was held Sunday in Newport Harbor, with 70 of 73

laser entries finishing. All seven byte entries finished.

Award winners are as follows.

Laser class

1. -- Clark Fonda, Newport Harbor Yacht Club

2. -- Harrison Turner, California Yacht Club

3. -- Cole Hatton, Newport Harbor Yacht Club

4. -- Ned Jones, Newport Harbor Yacht Club

5. -- Mark Gaudio, Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club

6. -- Philip Thompson, Newport Harbor Yacht Club

7. -- Carter Ford, Lido Isle Yacht Club

8. -- Philip Gautschi, Lido Isle Yacht Club

9. -- Peter Parker, Newport Harbor Yacht Club

10. -- Ted Schweitzer, Balboa Yacht Club

Byte class

1. -- Russell Bate, Newport Harbor Yacht Club

2. -- Randall Hause, Newport Harbor Yacht Club

3. -- Ned Lyon, Newport Harbor Yacht Club

Special awards

First girl -- Lynn Walls (12th, lasers), Lido Isle Yacht Club

Youngest girl -- Clara Bate (7), Newport Harbor Yacht Club

Youngest boy -- Henry Bate (10), Newport Harbor Yacht Club

First parent/child team -- Jeff and Matt McDermaid, Alamitos Bay

Yacht Club

Best costumes -- Kevin Raff and Kyle DeClerck, Balboa Island Yacht

Club

Best decorated boat -- Blair Belling and Mary Buckingham, Newport

Harbor Yacht Club

Bravery -- Ali Thompson and three crew members, Balboa Island

Yacht Club