Annually, the U.S. Youth National Championship regatta attracts the top competitive sailors under 20 years old, and this year Little Egg Harbor Yacht Club hosted 83 youth sailors competing across four classes from June 21 through Monday. While none of the sailors were local to Long Beach Island, several of the divisions featured the best among youth sailing and some tight races on Barnegat Bay.

One of the close ones involved Laser sailors Chase Carraway of Carolina Yacht Club, Caleb Yoslov of San Francisco Yacht…