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winner) and managed to go partly the right way and mostly the wrong way and ended up 12th. About five races into the season I was in fifth place and r ealized I'd Art Lange have to do a lot better in the second half. What made the difference was attending all of the races and winning two of them. "The most fun regatta this year was the 'Worlds' at Pinecrest Lake. The conditions were perfect for my skill set; the winds cooperated by punishing all of the other sailors and leaving me to enjoy the races. That does not happen too many times a season, and it's really special when it does happen." See www.eltoroyra.org. 1) Art Lange, 19 points; 2) Gordie Nash, RYC, 21; 3) John Pacholski, SCYC, 22. (46 boats)
El Toro Junior — F-Bomb Chase Englehart, RYC At age 13, Chase Englehart is one of the youngest El Toro sailors competing at his level. Some of the most important moments of his season were "sailing in high winds against the Hawaiians, a huge tacking duel on Lake Merritt against Peter Marlett to win the day, and when I was on Pinecrest Lake and I got a really high placing in the Senior fleet and passed many of the Seniors on the last race to get fifth overall." Chase's favorite regatta was the El Toro Nationals hosted by RYC. "The wind was a little high for a small person like myself, but I enjoyed hanging out with the Hawaiians and competing against them. Every day I am happy because that it is one day closer to the Nationals in Hawaii." The Nationals will be held on Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, in 2019. "I really owe it to the amazing junior program and coaches at RYC. I have been sailing there for six years, and it is the best thing that I could have done in my
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Chase Englehart
sailing career." N e x t y e a r, Chase is hoping to excel in J/22 sailing, win the El Toro season again, and "sail on as many big boats as I can so I can get my name out there."
1) Chase Englehart, 15 points; 2) Wesley Seifers, RYC, 21; 3) Kyle Schaefer, SCYC, 22. (22 boats)
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e'll wrap up our reports on the 2017 Season Champions with visits to the Yacht Racing Association (YRA), the Singlehanded Sailing Society (SSS) and the Bay Area Multihull Association (BAMA), plus the Lasers and possibly a few others, in the January 2018 issue of Latitude 38. — latitude/chris
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