Smyth Wins Again in Tornado Class at Olympic Trials

Fair winds of seven to nine knots along the Southern California coast carried Randy Smyth a step further in his comeback campaign Sunday when he won his second race in two tries in the U.S. Olympic sailing trials for Tornado catamarans at Marina del Rey.

Smyth, who won a silver medal at Long Beach in 1984, skipped the 1988 Games while working with Dennis Conner’s catamaran defense of the America’s Cup against New Zealand.

Smyth moved from Huntington Beach to Florida in ’89 and sails with Keith Notary.

In other classes, world champions J.J. Isler of San Diego and Pam Healy of Pt. Richmond remained unbeaten in women’s 470 at Newport Beach, and Jon Pinckney of Irvine, moved into contention by winning the Finn race.