That Alamitos Guy is DONE!...
Well it looks like that "Alamitos" dude got thrown on the fire and burnt to a crispy brown. I hope you all enjoyed him. I'm enjoy him not taking over my computer anymore. Man he was a persistent little guy! :)

Joking aside ... I understand the South Seas Adventure was a HUGE hit. So sad I didn't make it down for the festivities. If you took any pictures, please shoot them my way so I can include them in next week's Reader.

I've shared Chuck Clay's videos of the event on the ABYC Facebook page. If you aren't friends with Chuck on Facebook, you can now see his awesome "live videos" of the South Seas Adventure here:

https://www.facebook.com/AlamitosBayYachtClub/

Thanks Chuck!

A few things on the calendar this week:

Lido Twilights this evening and tomorrow.

Annual Election and Membership Meeting tomorrow night at the Club. You won't want to miss that ... especially since it's election related.

Craig Ramsey is back sharing Junior Program News. I posted the first one IN THIS READER because we had the room. Usually it's a link I include. If you're not already involved with our Junior Program, now is a great time to volunteer time or see how you can help out. Craig's contact info in listed below.

First day of Fall is just hours away. Seems like we were just planning Easter Brunch.
Go figure...

Hope you all have a fantabulous weekend!


Stacy Massey
Your ABYC Communications Cheerleader *\0/*
Junior Program News
Happy Thursday ABYC Sailors!
 
Welcome back to the ABYC Junior Program Weekly Updates! We had a fantastic action-packed summer that brought our youth out on the water and finished off with some great regattas!

We are very excited for the upcoming programs and regattas for the juniors here at ABYC in the coming months. Head on over to  abyc.org/junior-home  to see what's going on!


Special Announcements:
 
Here is a note from the Alamitos Bay Sailing Foundation!
Hit the Road Kids:  traveling to sailing regattas is one of the best parts about our sport. You get to sail in new venues, visit cool places, meet new friends and hone your skills against top competition.  And then come back to tell your friends what a great trip it was. Maybe you want to go to the 29er Nationals this summer on the east coast, or Laser PCCs at the Columbia River Gorge or Opti Nationals to name a few.  We are looking into organizing a trailer and coach to the Laser PCCs at the Gorge this summer and there are spots available on the 29er class trailer for sending 29ers cross country too.
 
The Alamitos Bay Sailing Foundation is here to assist you in accomplishing your goals by providing travel grants to championship level events.  To get started, check out the Grant requirements at  https://www.alamitosbaysailingfoundation.org/grants/ . For questions contact  alamitosbaysf@gmail.com  or one of the foundation board members.
 
 
This Past Week’s Events:
Last weekend we officially finished our summer-time activities with the USODA Pacific Coast Championships, held here at ABYC. Conditions were fantastic both days, allowing Race Committee to fit in 8 whole races! All of our sailors did a fantastic job winning some battles and fighting valiantly in others! We are very excited to see this many Optimists here in Southern California, with the regatta totaling 95 entries!!! ABYC's High School programs started up earlier this month and have traveled to their first regatta already at NHYC for SoCal #1. We are excited to have two new schools with us this year! We are happy to have Los Alamitos HS and Ernest McBride HS join LB Sato Academy and Woodrow Wilson HS! The teams are already pushing hard to make this their best year yet!


This Upcoming Week:
We have plenty of programs coming up, one of the best places to keep up to date this season is to check out our  CALENDAR ! It is up to date all of the time with our upcoming events and you can even add it to your own calendar with only a few clicks!


Events On the Horizon:

See you out on the water!



Craig Ramsay
Director of Sailing Programs | Alamitos Bay Yacht Club
ABYC Kids & Such
A week or so ago I asked people to send me their pictures of their children starting school. I waited a few weeks hoping I'd get more contributions... but didn't want to wait much longer. Here's the amazing submissions I received of our ABYC Kids/Young Adults on their
"First Day of School".

Keep 'em coming if you feel so led!

~ Stacy
Ryan Schack
...is now a sophomore at Cal Maritime, majoring in Marine Transportation. As you may or may not know, he just finished another summer as a Junior coach, but wasn’t pictured since his Cal Maritime cruise ended during the first week of summer camp. He was also the former ABYC Jr. Commodore.  
Stewart McCaleb
Stewart started 5th grade this year. He's excited about school and about his continual love of sailing Opti's. Go get 'em Stewart!
Evene and Regatta Flyer Downloads
Upcoming Events
September 20 & 27:
Lido Twilights

September 21, 2018:
Annual Meeting and Election

September 22, 2018:
Junior Program Clinic

Sunday, October 7, 2018:
Commodore's Appreciation Breakfast

Saturday, October 20, 2018:
Commodore's Installation "The Prom"

Friday, October 26, 2018:
Club ABYC Halloween

Friday, November 2, 2018:
Club ABYC A Night with Sharon Green

Sunday, November 4, 2018:
Fall Patio Breakfast
Click the above calendar for a direct link
to our ABYC Calendar...