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The Alamitos Bay Yacht Club offers junior sailing programs designed for children 6 to 18. Sailors in the program will be given the opportunity to sail and race their own (or chartered) Naples sabot, Laser Radial, or 420; travel to regattas, have a big boat experience, and receive first rate instruction. We have year-round classes that will provide an environment of fun, safety, and sailing that is ideal for sailors of all skill levels.
Riley Gibbs wins 2010 Sabot Nationals! ABYC places in every fleet!
Team ABYC just came back from an incredibly successful Sabot Nationals at Mission Bay. We are so excited to announce that after a 25 year drought from having an ABYC sailor bring home the national championship, Riley Gibbs won the 2010 Sabot Nationals with 11 points defeating the defending champion Connor Kelter!
Rob Rice was 3rd overall and Matt McDermaid was 6th which made ABYC the only club to boast numerous finishers in the top 6! Additionally, Brian MacLean finished 2nd in the Silver fleet and Rory Gaudio followed him in 5th place overall. Rory was also the recipient of the Peggy Lenhart most improved sailor award moving up from 21st in Iron (127th overall) last year to 5th in Silver (40th overall) this year. Mila Bakker finished 5th in Bronze followed closely by Bradley Clinton in 6th and Emily Golison finished in 2nd place in Iron just two points out of first.
Other notable accolades:
- Of the 24 sailors we sent down, 23 qualified.
- ABYC fielded 8 sailors in Gold, 4 in Silver, 7 in Bronze, 4 in Iron, and Matthew Fairbanks represented ABYC at every day of the Cove Cup
- Riley Gibbs also won a perpetual trophy for having the overall best score for Flight Selections and the Championship series
- Sawyer Gibbs got a brand new skateboard at the raffle and Johnny Blumberg got a brand new Ullman Sail :-)
- The SCYYRA Dick Sweet Perpetual Trophy winner was officially announced as ABYC (another trophy lacking our name for the past two plus decades until this year)
- Rob Rice was just 3 points out of 2nd in Gold, and Matt was just 4 points out of 5th.
- Long Beach Yacht Club's winners were greeted with extremely loud cheers from their friends on the bay when Kyle Blair got 1st in Bronze and Jack Berg got 4th. Congrats to our ABF teammates!
Our team fought as hard as can be imagined and we are extremely proud of them for their hard work. We are also very thankful to the parents for being an amazing support team and the coaching staff which worked so hard to help the kids achieve what they were capable of.
Complete results can be viewed at http://www.sdyc.org/sabot. Again, congratulations to all!
Jack Jorgensen and Samantha Gebb are Named Youth National Double-Handed Champions!
Just one week after Sabot Nationals, two or our most accomplished sailors headed down to San Diego as well to compete in the Bemis National Double-Handed Championship. This is a US Sailing sanctioned event that allows the competitors no contact with coaches or with parents during the day. Each competitor is told to turn in their cell phones at the beginning of the event and all boats are provided by US Sailing to provide as even a playing field as possible. The event truly measures the talent of the sailors by themselves with no outside aid. To qualify for this event, a sailor must be in the top of their area. For Southern California (Area J), the Junior Olympics at Santa Barbara Yacht Club was the measuring point and Jack and Samantha received 2nd at this event which qualified them for the National Championship.
But this national title was not a one-time effort. Jack and Sam have qualified for nationals twice before and after receiving 8th the first year when the championship was held in the midwest, they set their sights on getting back to the event and winning it. Last year, it was held on the east coast and Jack and Sams valiant effort fell short giving them 4th place overall. While still an excellent finish, both sailors decided they had one more push in them. This year was particularly important because Samantha has graduated and is off to Princeton in the fall, meaning it would be their last year as a team to try to win the Bemis National Championship.
This years championship was on the wire right up until the last day of the event when the top three boats were separated by just one point. Jack and Samantha had their game faces on but started the day with a 6th which put them in a compromising situation; they had to have two good races to finish up or the championship could slip away. Jack and Samantha had been there before though in numerous regattas where it came down to the wire. It paid off as they grabbed a 1st place finish in the second race of the final day putting them one point ahead of the Mission Bay Yacht Club team of Kate Rakelly & Colleen Hacket, and two points ahead of Alex Curtiss and Katie Hall of Chicago Yacht Club. With one race to go, the tension was malleable; it all came down to the last race. Jack and Sams last start left them coming off on the second row and made for some nerve-racking watching, but as the race progressed, Jack and Sams consistent boat speed allowed them to work their way towards the front of the fleet and in a twist of fate, a large left wind shift forced the race committee to move the windward mark for the second upwind. Samantha relayed to me later that there was discussion of which mark to go to; the old windward that was still left in the water for the lasers or the new mark that had been set due to the wind shift. She felt strongly it was the new one despite some of the fleet apparently having similar questions and heading towards the old one (did I mention Samantha is going to Princeton in the fall). Jack smartly listened to her and they rounded the correct mark in first and on their way to a national championship.
I am particularly proud of this accomplishment because it displays something that we try to teach our sailors, but only an individual can decide to take the road of true persistence. In this case, the accomplishment and all its glory goes to these sailors who displayed the persistence, patience and hard work it takes to be a national champion. The ABYC burgee will now be carried on the F. Gregg Bemis Trophy for the first time in its 35 year history (it is the only US Sailing national championship trophy that had previously not been won by a team representing ABYC).
Congratulations to Jack and Samantha US Double-Handed National Champions!
Complete results and press release can be found online at: Bemis Results
There are videos of Jack and Sam sailing with comment online at: Bemis Videos (They are featured in the 2nd, 5th and 6th video)
Team ABYC Brings Home the Dick Sweet Team Race Trophy for First Time in 25 Years!!!
This years team composed of Rob Rice, Matt McDermaid, Jacob Rosenberg and alternate Johnny Blumberg did what no other team from anywhere in the Long Beach area has ever done in the 25 year history of the Dick Sweet Team Race Series; they won the whole thing.
The team which stood alone at the top of the standings after the first two regattas was poised to pull it off, but the championship was on the line as the last regatta of the series was held at Newport, the home bay of the second place team. But none of our sailors were strangers to the bay and all of them had prepared for events like this over the course of numerous regattas in the past. There was a quiet and cool confidence about the team; they knew they were going to win it before they went in. Still, its easy to get superstitious about these things and nobody was ready to assume anything. They carried a strong record of 17 wins and 1 loss into the final event, maintaining a reasonable lead on the 13 and 5 second place Newport team, but with the home bay advantage, it could have all been up for grabs. Also, San Diego had not fielded the previous years top sailors all at once and the rumor was that they would all be at the last event to try and do some catch up in the standings.
In the end, it didn't make a difference. The ABYC team was so fast it was only necessary for them to team race occasionally even in the lighter Newport breeze, boasting several 1st, 2nd, 3rd combinations to dominantly win. It became apparent reasonably quickly that all the wins that occurred in the first two events were no fluke. In fact if there was a fluke, it was the one loss that they had at the first regatta a narrow loss partly due to some rough starts. They would never again lose a race and finished the Dick Sweet Team Race Series with a 26 win, 1 loss record. They beat the previous years champions (SDYC) every time they raced them as well as this years second place team (NHYC) who finished with 21 wins and 7 losses.
Congratulations to our team race champions on their stellar victory and for bringing home the trophy to ABYC for the first time ever!
To view complete results, visit the Events page.
ABYC 2010 Fall Program Registration Packet is Now Available!
ABYC is proud to announce the 2010 Fall Junior Sailing Program! The award winning ABYC Junior Program will commence this year on August 29th and run through December 12th. The racing classes include coaching for all regattas the ABYC team is attending including six potential move up regattas throughout the duration of the program as well as a team race clinic and make-up clinic for anyone who missed along the way. The Beginner and Intermediate program are a slightly extended morning program to dip into a little of the afternoon breeze and continue to hone their sabot skills. Laser, CFJ, and C420 classes are available as well if there is enough interest and will be supported with coaching at all applicable regattas.
Sign up by August 20th to assure space in the program.
Medical consent forms should also be turned in when submitting your application. All of which can be found on this webpage or in the main office of ABYC. Also remember to apply for boat storage space through the main office of ABYC if you do not have storage already. Charter boat storage is included in the charter fee.
Download 2010 FALL Program Registration Packet!
- 2010 Fall Calendar
- Medical Consent Form
A Medical Consent must be filled out for all programs.
- Code of Conduct Agreement
A Code of Conduct form must be filled out for all programs.
- Frequently Asked Questions
Don't forget to read our frequently asked questions. It is particularly helpful for newcomers
- 2010 Morning Classes Parent Handbook - (Morning Sailors)
- 2010 Racing Parent Handbook - (Afternoon Sailors)
Sabot Trailers Get a Makeover
Thanks to Latham Bell and his crew of helpers who fixed up the sabot nine pack trailers tremendously completely revamping all tie downs, lights, paint, bunks, and dolly holders. The trailer fix it crew included Latham, Doug Jorgensen, Steve Bloemeke, Shawn Fife, Terek Elsharhawy, and Chris Peoples.
  
2010-2011 ABYC Junior Board
Students who are interested in applying to be on the ABYC Junior Board should download the application and submit it no later than Sunday, August 29th, 2010 to the Junior Director at ABYC.
Junior Board Applications
2010 Summer Program Forms
Charter Boat Forms
Other Forms and Info
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For questions, please contact our Junior Director:
Brad Schaupeter
abyc.jrprogram@gmail.com
(562) 434-9955. |
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