David Chapin is an American

sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. While the term ''sailor'' ...

, 3 time World Champion in the Sunfish and

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classes, gold medalist at the

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, and winner of multiple North American and United States Championships in Sunfish, Snipe,

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, 470 and

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classes. He was U.S. Singlehanded Champion in 1977, sailed in

. In 1978 he was second at the Sunfish World Championship. In 1979 he won the Snipe World Championship, the Sunfish World Championship, the Snipe North American Championship, and the

United States Snipe National Championship The United States National Snipe Championship is the annual national championship for Sailing (sport), sailing in the Snipe (dinghy), Snipe class. It is among the oldest One-Design class championships in the United States. Between 1934 and 1947 it ...

. In 1980 he won the Snipe Western Hemisphere & Orient Championship, and was second at the Sunfish World Championship. In 1981 he won again the Sunfish World Championship, and the

. In 1982 he was third at the Sunfish World Championship, and won his second Snipe Western Hemisphere & Orient Championship, and his third

. In 1987 he won the gold medal at the

. He is of English ancestry being a direct descendant of Deacon Samuel Chapin.

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* Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American male sailors (sport) Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in sailing Sailors at the 1987 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games Open Snipe class world champions Sunfish class world champions World champions in sailing for the United States Texas Longhorns sailors 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-yachtracing-bio-stub