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Refreshments will be served. 905-338-2077 / 1-800-361-6688 Tuesday September 10th, 2019 2:00pm - 4:00pm James Juhasz admits he might have a little bit of an obsessive personality. Which might explain the 14 guitars hanging on the wall at home, including a home- made Flying V he and his dad built themselves. And guitars are just a hobby. "I don't half-ass any- thing," he says. "It's either no effort or it's everything I've got." That approach has served him well in the pur- suit of his passion. He made his World Cup sailing debut in January in Miami and finished fourth at the Northfinished fourth at the Northf American Laser Champion- ships in July. In October, the Oakville sailor will compete in the Laser Under-21 World Championships in Croatia. Juhasz started sailingJuhasz started sailingJ when he was seven after his parents signed him up for a summer camp at the Bronte Yacht Club. When the two-Yacht Club. When the two-Y week camp ended, his dad asked him if he wanted to do another two weeks. Juhasz jumped at the chance and soon the club became his summer home. "I was pretty much al- ways the youngest in the dif- ferent levels and I was al-ferent levels and I was al-f ways described as the keen- est sailor. I wanted to go out whether it was raining or re- ally windy," he said. "When I got into high school, my friends would make fun offriends would make fun off me because I would just dis- appear for two months when school ended." At 14, he was invited to an Ontario sailing combine and made the provincial team the following year. That was about the time Ju- hasz started thinking about how far he could go in the sport and set his sights on making the national team and going to the Olympics. He chose Queen's Univer- sity because the national sailing program is based out of Kingston - "It was the only school I applied to," he says - and he is studying geogra- phy because learning about weather patterns can help him devise strategies while sailing. "It makes it a little easier to sit through lec- tures." That paid off at his first World Cup. Racing againstWorld Cup. Racing againstW 100 of the top Laser sailers in the world, Juhasz's top fin- ish in the first 10 races was 21st place. But before his fi- nal race, he and his coach devised a plan. "The last day, the clouds were rolling through in a very erratic way. We decid- ed to be very aggressive with the strategy," said Ju- hasz, who finished fourth in that final race. "If you see something, you have to go all the way and make the most of it and we put that in- to play." The 20-year-old heads in- to his second under-21 worlds feeling much better prepared. Last year's event was his first European event, so on top of compet- ing in the biggest regatta of his life to that point, he was also getting his first experi- ence dealing with extreme time changes, language bar- riers and trying to maintain a healthy diet in a foreign country. He has since raced in Portugal in May and Ger- many in June, giving him a little more experience in preparing for an interna- tional event. He's also had success at home, finishing third at the senior Canadian nationals. It's all part of his plan to represent Canada at the Olympics, one that he can see becoming a little clearer every day. "You start off with a big group of young kids, and then suddenly there's only a handful of people left," he said. "It comes down to showing what you can do to try to make that national team." JUHASZ LASER-FOCUSED ON OLYMPIC DREAM James Juhasz will compete in the Laser Under-21 World Championships in Croatia in October. The 20-year-old Oakville sailor hopes to land a spot on the national team and represent Canada at the Olympics. LDBruce photo HERB GARBUTT hgarbutt@metroland.com COMMUNITY