Weston wins Optimist regatta on home course in Redondo Beach
Chance Weston, 15, of Hermosa Beach, leads approaching the leeward gate of the Optimist West Coast Championships Regatta, hosted by the King Harbor Yacht Club last weekend. Photo by Will Weston Hermosa Beach sailor Chance Weston closed out his domestic Optimist class sailing career by taking first place on his home course in the Optimist West Coast Championship Regatta on Sunday at King Harbor. The regatta attracted 75 competitors, a sign of youth sailing’s resurgent popularity. It was the largest of any local youth regatta in over 10 years. The King Harbor Yacht Club and King Harbor Youth Association hosted the event. Weston began his sailing career racing sabots at the King Harbor Yacht Club when he was 11. He then moved on to racing the 8-foot opti boats with the Cabrillo Yacht Club. Over the past year and a half he has trained with a small group of sailors in Santa Barbara. The training paid off with a convincing win for the 15-year-old Mira Costa High School student. He won three of his six races and finished nine points ahead of the second place competitor. The key to his victory, he said, was making the fewest mistakes. Because the upper age limit for opti racing is 15…
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