Making the Cut: Large Whale Entanglement Response and the Importance of the On-Water Community
A Live Webinar with Natural Resource Specialist and Regional Large Whale Entanglement Response Coordinator, Ed Lyman, from the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary and under NOAA Fisheries’ Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program
Boaters: WE NEED YOUR HELP IN RESCUING WHALES!
Please join us for Saving Ocean Wildlife’s FREE WEBINAR
On September 28 at 7pm PST, you will:
Date: Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Time: 7pm-8pm PST
Location: On Zoom
Register: https://bit.ly/HumpbackWhaleDisentanglementEfforts
Monthly ALYC Dive and Snorkel Club meeting on Wednesday, 29 SEP 2021 at 6PM Pacific is happening!
This month we'll be visited by the LA County Sheriff's Department Reserve Dive Team. The Dive Team, called "Marine Company 218" is a combined sworn and civilian dive group that support's LA County's waterbound emergency services. I asked their leadership about being a guest speaker and they responded with a resounding YES and are bringing their watercraft to our dock for a walkthrough as well!
Promises to be a great time for anyone who can make it, and of course if you can't - Zoom link is still live!
Pacific Airshow Aboard Valor
Members are Welcome to View the Pacific Airshow Aboard Valor:
Your ALYC is hosting a full-day outing to view the 2021 Pacific Airshow. Twelve members and/or their family members are welcome to board the Valor at the Post Guest Dock, cruise out to an area near the Huntington Beach Pier, anchor all day and view the practice or actual airshow, then return to the Post before sunset.
Dates:
October 1, 2021 (Friday)
October 2, 2021 (Saturday)
October 3, 2021 (Sunday)
Schedule:
9:00 am – Board the Valor at Post 291 Guest Dock
10:30 am – Anchor at viewing location
11:00 am – Airshow scheduled activities begin
4:30 pm – Airshow scheduled activities end
6:00 am – Return to Guest Dock
Passengers:
Adult members – No children under 18 years old
Maximum 12 passengers each day
Food and Beverage:
Passengers will need to bring their own food and anything they wish to drink
Picnic style food. No cooking aboard the Valor on this outing
Bottled water and ice chests will be provided by the Club
Note:
All departure times, return times, anchoring locations, and other safety issues applicable to passengers are the sole discretion of the Valor skipper. The event may be modified or cancelled at any time by the Valor skipper for the safety of the passengers and crew.
Please read all of the following information BEFORE registering for this event.
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The Sail for the Visually Impaired will be on October 9, 2021. The event committee has approved the date and implimented high personal safety standards.
The Covid-19 Delta variant requires the American Legion Yacht Club to take a very cautious approach to this special day. Important decisions have already been made to protect all participants, including the Visually Impaired, Volunteers and boating Skipper plus their crew. At a minimum, this includes:
We recognize that these restrictions may cause a hardship for some people. We trust that these are only restrictions for 2021 and not future SVI events.
Review the following forms before you begin the registration process.
Visually Impaired Person and/or Companion (Groups may enter additional participants as guest registrations) - Medical Release - Canine Treatment Release Boat Skipper and Crew - Waiver of Liability Volunteer Reservations will establish your place in line. Final reservations will be established after all documents are presented via the online system. People will be served on a first-registered first-served bases. Personal requested or special needs will be accommodated as much as possible. A medical release must be acknowledge at registration. Click here to read the medical release. If you have a service dog that you will leave with ALYC representatives during the event, please print and fill out the Canine Treatment Authorization and bring it with you on the day of the event. We will use this document to check your dog in and out of our care.
Visually Impaired Person and/or Companion (Groups may enter additional participants as guest registrations) - Medical Release - Canine Treatment Release Boat Skipper and Crew - Waiver of Liability Volunteer
Reservations will establish your place in line. Final reservations will be established after all documents are presented via the online system. People will be served on a first-registered first-served bases. Personal requested or special needs will be accommodated as much as possible. A medical release must be acknowledge at registration. Click here to read the medical release. If you have a service dog that you will leave with ALYC representatives during the event, please print and fill out the Canine Treatment Authorization and bring it with you on the day of the event. We will use this document to check your dog in and out of our care.
Reservations will establish your place in line. Final reservations will be established after all documents are presented via the online system. People will be served on a first-registered first-served bases. Personal requested or special needs will be accommodated as much as possible.
A medical release must be acknowledge at registration. Click here to read the medical release.
If you have a service dog that you will leave with ALYC representatives during the event, please print and fill out the Canine Treatment Authorization and bring it with you on the day of the event. We will use this document to check your dog in and out of our care.
History
The annual Sail for the Visually Impaired (SVI) has grown to become one of the most important and well attended philanthropic events in Newport Harbor. Each year, over 250 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, guide dog sitters, 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.
Additional inquiries or questions for this year's SVI, please email SVI@ALYC.com.
Details to be determined.
General Membership Meeting
Special Presentation
Join us for the very 1st Annual ALYC Battle of the Paddle
Entry Fee: $20
Paddle Board Rental: $30 (If renting a paddle board, please complete waiver by clicking here.)
Schedule of Events:
Post Race Celebration
Will begin after all the paddlers finish. $5 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 counter clockwise 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. Please email secretary@alyc.com if you can help with any of the following:
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.
Everything you never knew you wanted to know about your club!
This informal orientation will help you become familiar with your unique yacht club. You'll learn about all yacht club activities and events and how to get involved. You'll walk away feeling confident in your abilities to reach out to the more than 1,000 members and make new friends. It's your club, help make it a fun one!
Spouses or significant others are welcome to attend.
Attire: Casual/Comfortable
Due to changing COVID conditions, we will continue to offer the New Member Orientation via Zoom for the remainder of 2021. Please register in order to receive a link.
Details to be announced.
Members and their guests are welcome to attend.
Due to changing COVID conditions, we are offering this meeting on Zoom as well. Please register to receive the link.
This will be the last dive and snorkel meeting for 2021. Meetings will resume in January.
Come down to the Post and meet some fellow ALYC Members. Wear your ALYC name badge. We will order off menu around 6:00.
Come meet up and meet a new friend!
We are entering Valor again in the Newport Harbor Christmas Parade of Lights. We need to line up volunteers to get ready, and hopefully we’ll win another award! We need help in the following areas:
Please email parade@alyc.com to volunteer!
To view the parade from the Post, please contact American Legion Post 291 for reservations.
