Veteran sailor Malcolm Smith topped the Bermuda contingent at the Sunfish North American Championships at the weekend in Barrington, Rhode Island.Smith, a former World and North American Sunfish Champion, finished fifth in the 98 boat fleet with finishes of 1, 32, 13, 2, 3, 22 and claimed third place in the Masters Division.He will be representing Bermuda later this year at the Pan Am Games in the Sunfish.This year’s event had a distinctive international flavour as many Pan Am participants used the regatta as a warm up for the Games.Right on Smith’s heels was youth sailor Mackenzie Cooper, 16, who won the final race of the regatta to finish seventh overall with scores of 9, 20, 5, 14, 26, 1.Cooper also picked up second place overall in the Youth Division and was runner up in the Youth North American Championship event, sailed two days before the Open regatta.Optimist sailor Benn Smith, 12, took time out to sail against his veteran father in his first Open Championship regatta and finished 74th. It is believed he was the youngest sailor at this event.