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`!David Chapin`! is an American `F33f`_`[sailor`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Sailing_(sport)]`_`f, 3 time World Champion in the `F33f`_`[Sunfish`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Sunfish_(sailboat)]`_`f and `F33f`_`[Snipe`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Snipe_(dinghy)]`_`f classes, gold medalist at the `F33f`_`[Pan American Games`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Pan_American_Games]`_`f, and winner of multiple North American and United States Championships in Sunfish, Snipe, `F33f`_`[Laser`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Laser_(dinghy)]`_`f, `F33f`_`[470`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=470_(dinghy)]`_`f and `F33f`_`[Soling`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Soling]`_`f classes.`:cite-ref-1[`F5bf`_`[1`#cite-note-1]`_`f]

He was U.S. Singlehanded Champion in 1977, sailed in `F33f`_`[Laser`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Laser_(dinghy)]`_`f.`:cite-ref-2[`F5bf`_`[2`#cite-note-2]`_`f]

In 1978 he was second at the Sunfish World Championship.`:cite-ref-3[`F5bf`_`[3`#cite-note-3]`_`f]

In 1979 he won the `F33f`_`[Snipe World Championship`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Commodore_Hub_E._Isaacks_and_O'Leary_Trophies]`_`f,`:cite-ref-4[`F5bf`_`[4`#cite-note-4]`_`f] the Sunfish World Championship,`:cite-ref-5[`F5bf`_`[5`#cite-note-5]`_`f] the `F33f`_`[Snipe North American Championship`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Snipe_North_American_Championship]`_`f,`:cite-ref-6[`F5bf`_`[6`#cite-note-6]`_`f] and the `F33f`_`[United States Snipe National Championship`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=United_States_Snipe_National_Championship]`_`f.`:cite-ref-7[`F5bf`_`[7`#cite-note-7]`_`f]

In 1980 he won the `F33f`_`[Snipe Western Hemisphere & Orient Championship`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Snipe_Western_Hemisphere_&_Orient_Championship]`_`f,`:cite-ref-8[`F5bf`_`[8`#cite-note-8]`_`f] and was second at the Sunfish World Championship.`:cite-ref-9[`F5bf`_`[9`#cite-note-9]`_`f]

In 1981 he won again the Sunfish World Championship,`:cite-ref-10[`F5bf`_`[10`#cite-note-10]`_`f] and the `F33f`_`[United States Snipe National Championship`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=United_States_Snipe_National_Championship]`_`f.

In 1982 he was third at the Sunfish World Championship,`:cite-ref-11[`F5bf`_`[11`#cite-note-11]`_`f] and won his second `F33f`_`[Snipe Western Hemisphere & Orient Championship`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Snipe_Western_Hemisphere_&_Orient_Championship]`_`f,`:cite-ref-12[`F5bf`_`[12`#cite-note-12]`_`f] and his third `F33f`_`[United States Snipe National Championship`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=United_States_Snipe_National_Championship]`_`f.

In 1987 he won the gold medal at the `F33f`_`[Pan American Games`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Sailing_at_the_1987_Pan_American_Games]`_`f.`:cite-ref-13[`F5bf`_`[13`#cite-note-13]`_`f]

He is of English ancestry being a direct descendant of Deacon `F33f`_`[Samuel Chapin`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Samuel_Chapin]`_`f.

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• `F0af`_`[References`#references]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[External links`#external-links]`_`f

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>>References

`:cite-note-1`!1.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-1]`_`f "Results, Roster, Mystery Guest Bios & More". 50th E Scow Blue Chip Regatta.

`:cite-note-2`!2.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-2]`_`f "Previous Winners". US Sailing.

`:cite-note-3`!3.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-3]`_`f "Results Worlds 1978". International Sunfish Class Association.

`:cite-note-4`!4.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-4]`_`f "1979 Worlds". Snipe Bulletin.

`:cite-note-5`!5.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-5]`_`f "Results Worlds 1979". International Sunfish Class Association.

`:cite-note-6`!6.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-6]`_`f "Chapin Captures North American Trophy" (PDF). Snipe Bulletin.

`:cite-note-7`!7.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-7]`_`f "Commodore Charles E. Heinzerling Trophy". SCIRA USA.

`:cite-note-8`!8.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-8]`_`f "Chapin Edges To Western Hemishpere Win" (PDF). Snipe Bulletin.

`:cite-note-9`!9.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-9]`_`f "Results Worlds 1980". International Sunfish Class Association.

`:cite-note-10`!10.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-10]`_`f "Results Worlds 1981". International Sunfish Class Association. Archived from the original on February 3, 2017. Retrieved February 2, 2017.

`:cite-note-11`!11.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-11]`_`f "Results Worlds 1982". International Sunfish Class Association.

`:cite-note-12`!12.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-12]`_`f "Dave Chapin Retains Western Hemisphere Trophy" (PDF). Snipe Bulletin.

`:cite-note-13`!13.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-13]`_`f "Snipe Class Pan Am Participation" (PDF). SCIRA.

>>External links

• Dave Chapin at `F33f`_`[World Sailing`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=World_Sailing]`_`f

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