Long Beach is Next Up at West Marine US Open Sailing Series

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The West Marine US Open Sailing Series continues the summer swing through California this week in Long Beach, one of the nation’s most popular sailing locations.

The site of the Olympic Sailing competition for the 2028 LA Games will be in the spotlight as sailors in eight classes will race over three days on July 9 to 11. Men and women sailors will be racing the 29er, Finn, Foiling Kite, iQFoil, ILCA 7, ILCA 6, ILCA 4, and Nacra 17. 

West Marine US Open Sailing Series – Long Beach is hosted by Alamitos Bay Yacht Club, Long Beach Yacht Club, and the US Sailing Center Long Beach. The regatta will be sailed in the waters of San Pedro Bay off Long Beach. 

The West Marine US Open Sailing Series launched in January 2021 in Florida with events at major sailing venues in Fort Lauderdale, Miami, and Clearwater. The series resumed in San Diego on June 12 – 13 and racing was conducted in five classes. Read the Recap from San Diego. 

Following the stop in Long Beach, the series continues up the California coastline to San Francisco on August 13 to 15. 

Mike Van Dyke, Rear Commodore of the Alamitos Bay Yacht Club and Event Co-Chair, discussed the Olympic Sailing legacy in the Long Beach area. “Southern California has a long legacy of producing Olympic and Paralympic athletes. Due to the weather and the almost year-round ability to train, the presence of youth development organizations, like CISA, promoting pathways to international and Olympic competition, we continue to be a hub for those with Olympic aspirations.”  

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Details: usopen.ussailing.org.     

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