The Lake Eustis Sailing Club was awash with some 80 young sailors plus parents, family, friends and coaches as 34 high school sailing crews from across Florida raced this past Saturday. Each with a crew of two, they managed with 17 boats by rotating boats and sailing in alternate races through the day from 10 in the morning till 5 in the afternoon.
Michael Zonnenberg of the Henry B. Plant High School of Tampa lead his group to the overall win with the best scores and three first place finishes in the eight races that he sailed. Michael is the grandson of local sailor Martin Zonnenberg.
Tampa Jesuit High School was second and St Thomas Aquinas High School of Fort Lauderdale finished third.
Local developing Eustis High School sailing team of Ben Getchell, Seth Behr, Bart Eckhart, Melanie and Caroline Ladley was 15th .
Next weekend the Lake Eustis Sailing Club will host the Fifth Annual Youth Inland Lakes Championship for Optimist Prams, Club 420 boats, and Lasers.
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