American Legion Yacht Club upcoming events

Sundowners Racing Series (Monday, May 18, 2026)

Tue, 19 May 2026 01:00:00 GMT

ALYC is the proud sponsor of the

Monday Night Sundowners Races, a series of sixteen races in Newport Bay.

Join us for Awards and Food after each race!

To register visit Regatta Network

For more information email race@alyc.com

Special Membership Event/Dive Team Meeting (Wednesday, May 27, 2026)

Thu, 28 May 2026 01:30:00 GMT

Limited spots available. Register today.

Register Here

A special event for all yacht club members presented by Commodore Wyatt and co-hosted by the dive team. Not just for divers but for anyone who loves travel, exotic ports of call and has a thirst for adventure.

Sundowners Racing Series (Monday, June 01, 2026)

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 01:00:00 GMT

ALYC is the proud sponsor of the

Monday Night Sundowners Races, a series of sixteen races in Newport Bay.

Join us for Awards and Food after each race!

To register visit Regatta Network

For more information email race@alyc.com

Sundowners Racing Series (Monday, June 08, 2026)

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 01:00:00 GMT

ALYC is the proud sponsor of the

Monday Night Sundowners Races, a series of sixteen races in Newport Bay.

Join us for Awards and Food after each race!

To register visit Regatta Network

For more information email race@alyc.com

New Member Orientation (Saturday, June 13, 2026)

Sat, 13 Jun 2026 22:30:00 GMT

Everything you never knew you wanted to know about your

American Legion Yacht Club!

Sundowners Racing Series (Monday, June 15, 2026)

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 01:00:00 GMT

ALYC is the proud sponsor of the

Monday Night Sundowners Races, a series of sixteen races in Newport Bay.

Join us for Awards and Food after each race!

To register visit Regatta Network

For more information email race@alyc.com

Sundowners Racing Series (Monday, June 22, 2026)

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 01:00:00 GMT

ALYC is the proud sponsor of the

Monday Night Sundowners Races, a series of sixteen races in Newport Bay.

Join us for Awards and Food after each race!

To register visit Regatta Network

For more information email race@alyc.com

Dive and Snorkel Team Meeting (Thursday, June 25, 2026)

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 01:30:00 GMT

Please make a reservation for yourself and your guest on the ALYC calendar. Bring a Veteran, a friend, or a family member but be sure to be there to enjoy the excitement.

Sundowners Racing Series (Monday, June 29, 2026)

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 01:00:00 GMT

ALYC is the proud sponsor of the

Monday Night Sundowners Races, a series of sixteen races in Newport Bay.

Join us for Awards and Food after each race!

To register visit Regatta Network

For more information email race@alyc.com

Old Glory Boat Parade Boat Registration (Saturday, July 04, 2026)

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 20:00:00 GMT

Skippers, Register Your Boats Early!

Registration is Open to ALL boats! Public is welcome to participate!

No Boat is too big or too small!

Saturday, July 4, 2026

Start Time: 1:00pm

End Time: 3:30pm

Register here

All registrants will receive an electronic skipper packet with map before the event.

We look forward to seeing you out there on the water with us!

SKIPPER INFORMATION WILL BE SENT TO EMAIL PROVIDED IN REGISTRATION.

Skippers are invited, but not required to attend, a skipper briefing in June and/July at the American Legion Yacht Club or via Zoom. More details to come!

We look forward to seeing you out there on the water with us!

Sundowners Racing Series (Monday, July 06, 2026)

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 01:00:00 GMT

ALYC is the proud sponsor of the

Monday Night Sundowners Races, a series of sixteen races in Newport Bay.

Join us for Awards and Food after each race!

To register visit Regatta Network

For more information email race@alyc.com

New Member Orientation (Saturday, July 11, 2026)

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 22:30:00 GMT

Everything you never knew you wanted to know about your

American Legion Yacht Club!

Sundowners Racing Series (Monday, July 13, 2026)

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 01:00:00 GMT

ALYC is the proud sponsor of the

Monday Night Sundowners Races, a series of sixteen races in Newport Bay.

Join us for Awards and Food after each race!

To register visit Regatta Network

For more information email race@alyc.com

Sundowners Racing Series (Monday, July 20, 2026)

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 01:00:00 GMT

ALYC is the proud sponsor of the

Monday Night Sundowners Races, a series of sixteen races in Newport Bay.

Join us for Awards and Food after each race!

To register visit Regatta Network

For more information email race@alyc.com

Sundowners Racing Series (Monday, July 27, 2026)

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 01:00:00 GMT

ALYC is the proud sponsor of the

Monday Night Sundowners Races, a series of sixteen races in Newport Bay.

Join us for Awards and Food after each race!

To register visit Regatta Network

For more information email race@alyc.com

Dive and Snorkel Team Meeting (Wednesday, July 29, 2026)

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 01:30:00 GMT

Please make a reservation for yourself and your guest on the ALYC calendar. Bring a Veteran, a friend, or a family member but be sure to be there to enjoy the excitement.

Warrior Cruise (Sunday, August 02, 2026)

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 17:00:00 GMT

Sundowners Racing Series (Monday, August 03, 2026)

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 01:00:00 GMT

ALYC is the proud sponsor of the

Monday Night Sundowners Races, a series of sixteen races in Newport Bay.

Join us for Awards and Food after each race!

To register visit Regatta Network

For more information email race@alyc.com

New Member Orientation (Saturday, August 08, 2026)

Sat, 08 Aug 2026 22:30:00 GMT

Everything you never knew you wanted to know about your

American Legion Yacht Club!

Sundowners Racing Series (Monday, August 10, 2026)

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 01:00:00 GMT

ALYC is the proud sponsor of the

Monday Night Sundowners Races, a series of sixteen races in Newport Bay.

Join us for Awards and Food after each race!

To register visit Regatta Network

For more information email race@alyc.com

Sundowners Racing Series (Monday, August 17, 2026)

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 01:00:00 GMT

ALYC is the proud sponsor of the

Monday Night Sundowners Races, a series of sixteen races in Newport Bay.

Join us for Awards and Food after each race!

To register visit Regatta Network

For more information email race@alyc.com

Sundowners Racing Series (Monday, August 24, 2026)

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 01:00:00 GMT

ALYC is the proud sponsor of the

Monday Night Sundowners Races, a series of sixteen races in Newport Bay.

Join us for Awards and Food after each race!

To register visit Regatta Network

For more information email race@alyc.com

Dive and Snorkel Team Meeting (Thursday, August 27, 2026)

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 01:30:00 GMT

Please make a reservation for yourself and your guest on the ALYC calendar. Bring a Veteran, a friend, or a family member but be sure to be there to enjoy the excitement.

60th Anniversary Alaska Cruise (Monday, September 14, 2026)

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 07:00:00 GMT

Sail for the Blind and Visually Impaired (SVI Participant Registration) (Saturday, October 10, 2026)

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT

Bonnie Lou Gibson Memorial Sailing for the Blind and Visually Impaired (SVi)

Please be informed of the following information BEFORE registering for this event.

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Please review the following questions on the registration form before you begin the registration process.

Every blind or visually impaired participant and every guide must register individually.

Personal requests or special needs will be accommodated to the greatest extent possible.

Service dogs are not allowed. We do not have the means to care for them while you are sailing.

All guests must be ambulatory and must be able to walk to the dock, walk down and up a semi-steep ramp, climb three steps, and enter a boat.

For your safety and the safety of our volunteers, guests who are in wheelchairs or use walkers are welcome to stay on the American Legion premise but will not be allowed to board the vessels/sailboats.

Guides - Please be advised that blind and visually impaired guests take priority in boat occupancy over guides, and you may be asked to give up your seat for a blind or visually impaired guest.

Staggering check-in time is to eliminate overcrowding. For everyone's safety, you will be contacted via email with your check in time prior to the event. Event starts at 10am and will have plenty of food and sailing opportunities.

History

The annual Sail for the Blind and Visually Impaired (SVI) has grown to become one of the most important and well attended philanthropic events in Newport Harbor. Each year many blind or visually impaired guests and their escorts spend a day sailing with volunteers from the American Legion Yacht Club and other area yacht clubs. There are over 150 volunteers acting as sailing skippers, crew, escorts to and from the docks, meal servers, check-in personnel, marina control, parking assignment, and other positions.

SVI had humble beginnings, starting in 1990, when Bonnie Gibson and Bobbie Reed of the Women's Sailing Association - Orange County (WSA-OC) took 15 blind people sailing on a 40-foot sailboat. A year later, in 1991, American Legion Yacht Club (ALYC) Commodore J.T. Tarwater established ALYC and Post 291 as the host for SVI. Commodore Tarwater’s legacy continues today as the ALYC not only continues to host but also manages the organization and leadership of SVI.

ALYC is proud of our legacy as the host of SVI and delighted to lead this event.

As always, SVI is one of the highlights on our annual calendar.

Waiver of Liability

SVI Participant

In order to be granted boarding privileges to a boat participating in this Sail for the Visually Impaired event, I agree to comply with all the rules and instructions governing this event. I hereby release the American Legion Post 291 and the ALYC, their officers, agents, or committee personnel, and the skipper and owner of vessel, from any and all liability for injury to myself or yacht to the extent that such release does not discharge the insurance carrier under the provisions of the insurance policy on the yacht participating in this event. I assume any risk of injury arising out of my participation in this event, failure or breakage of the yacht sailed on or any of its equipment, or weather conditions.

In the event of any medical emergency, I grant the representatives for this sailing event to take any action deemed necessary to protect ALL participants' health and safety, including but not limited to placing the participant under the care of a doctor or in a hospital, at any place, for medical examination or treatment, at my expense.

Upon registration you will be sent an agenda to include the following: check-in location, parking information, weather apparel and footwear, and more!

If you need assistance with the registration process, please contact

Vickie White 949-701-1505

Janette Wehrmann 949-258-7438

American Legion Yacht Club SVI Committee

Battle of the ALYC Paddle (Saturday, November 07, 2026)

Sat, 07 Nov 2026 15:00:00 GMT

Annual Battle of the ALYC Paddle

Schedule of Events:

7am - 7:45am - Check-in
8am - Balboa Island Race begins (Long Course)
8:10 - Lido Island Race begins (Short Course)

Post Race Celebration

Will begin after all the paddlers finish. Breakfast burritos, coffee and water will be available. Prizes will be awarded.

Race Rules:

Start will be in the water adjacent to the American Legion docks. Courses will circumnavigate either Balboa Island or Lido Island in a counterclockwise direction. Contact with other participants is to be avoided. All state and local laws must be adhered to while participating in the race. A life jacket is required to be worn or attached to the paddleboard and a leash is recommended.

Volunteers:

We will need volunteers to help on race day.

Arrival Check in
Finish line set up
Water safety observers
Land safety and crowd control
Race committee
Food procurement and sales
Quartermaster sales
Clean up

Participant Waiver for Race Registration:

I know that participating in a paddle board race is potentially hazardous activity, which could cause injury or death. I will not enter and participate unless I am medically able and properly trained, and by my signature, I certify that I am medically able to perform this event, and am in good health, and I am properly trained. I agree to abide by any decision of a race official relative to any aspect of my participation in this event, including the right of any official to deny or suspend my participation for any reason whatsoever. I attest that I have read the rules of the race and agree to abide by them. I assume all risks associated with running in this event, including but not limited to: falls, contact with other participants, the effects of the weather, including high heat and/or humidity, traffic and the conditions of the water, all such risks being known and appreciated by me.

Having read this waiver and knowing these facts and in consideration of your accepting my entry, I, for myself and anyone entitled to act on my behalf, waive and release the American Legion Yacht Club, the American Legion Post 291, the city of Newport Beach, and all event sponsors, their representatives and successors from all claims or liabilities of any kind arising out of my participation in this event, even though that liability may arise out of negligence or carelessness on the part of the persons named in this waiver.

I grant permission to all of the foregoing to use my photographs, motion pictures, recordings or any other record of this event for any legitimate purpose.

You will be able to acknowledge the waiver on the registration page.

Participant Waiver for Race Registration:

I grant permission to all of the foregoing to use my photographs, motion pictures, recordings or any other record of this event for any legitimate purpose.

You will be able to acknowledge the waiver on the registration page.