Spinsheet Racer Profile of Jon Deutsch
on Thursday October 30, 2014 12:55PM
Spinsheet Magazine profiled Jon Deutsch in their racer profile for November:
How does someone from a powerboat family in Chatauqua, NY, get to Deltaville, VA become a racing sailor, and end up organizing and running the Laser Masters Atlantic Coast Championships Regatta . . . for which he is not even eligible?
Ask Jon Deutsch. The affable 30-something year old will tell you of a serendipity trail that led to Laser sailing and Fishing Bay Yacht Club (FBYC). Jon grew up in Chatauqua, but his family moved to Virginia in 1995, when his father took a job in Richmond. "My parents had a power boat in New York and joined Chatauqua Lake Yacht Club (CLYC), maily for the social activities," Jon says. But, that is where Jon discovered sailing. CLYC had a junior program that worked for Jon and introduced him to the sport.