2025 Junior Invitational

Early entries close at midnight on Jan 5, 2025.  Enter by1800 on Jan 10, 2025.

COMMUNICATION WITH RACE OFFICIALS

• HEARING REQUESTS – GENERAL INFORMATION
  • Hearing requests can be filed from your smart phone using the US Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing-App and emailed to [email protected]
    • Download the US Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing-App from the App Store or Google Play. Click on the link for information about the US Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing-App.
  • Alternatively, use the US Sailing Hearing Request Form (Fill out form; save it; email it to [email protected]; add diagram to email or bring one to hearing.)
    • Users of iOS (Apple) devices will need to download Adobe Reader from the App Store in order to be able to fill in the form on their devices. Adobe Reader is free.
  • Or, you can send an email to [email protected] with the following details:
    • for protests: identify the protestor, the protestee, and the incident;
    • for requests for redress: identify the reason for making it.
• SCORING INQUIRY – GENERAL INFORMATION
  
  • Scoring Review Request can be submitted by email to [email protected]. Click on the link below and provide the requested information and send the email.
    • Scoring Review Request
  • After filing the inquiry form, be sure to report to the Race office at Alamitos Bay Yacht Club to discuss your inquiry with the race committee and find out the response to your inquiry.
• HEARING SCHEDULE and SUMMARY OF DECISIONS
• The hearing schedule and summary of decesions are posted [on the notice board located in the breeze way between the ABYC Galley and the Quarterdeck.][below.]
• Times are approximate only.It is the responsibility of the competitors to make ensure their witnesses are also available at this time.

HOSPITALITY

• The hospitality of ABYC is extended to all participants.
• The galley will be open each day. Breakfast, bag lunches and adult beverages are available.
• The club bar will be open after racing.
• ABYC yard rules do not allow dogs, other than service dogs, onto the property or boat yard.

PARKING AND STORAGE

• Due to space limitations, vehicle parking on ABYC grounds is restricted.
• Off‐street metered parking is available across the street in municipal lots.
• Street parking is available. Street sweeping occurs on Thursday and Friday, check the signs when parking as the parking tickets are expensive.
• Parking of unattached trailers on public streets is prohibited.

BOAT LAUNCHING

• Your entry includes launching, recovery, and storage for visiting competing boats from the day prior to the event to the day following the event.
• The ABYC Yard is open Wednesday through Sunday from 0830 to 1700.
• ABYC members who store their boats in the yard should submit a Vessel Underway Form.
• Visiting competing boats may request extended storage online at https://abyc.org/visiting-sailors. The cost is $20.00 per day paid in advance, multi-boat trailers, oversized trailers will be priced according to space requirements.
• Any boat or trailer found on ABYC property without prior written authorization from ABYC is subject to impound and associated fees.

LEAVING AND RETURNING TO OCEAN COURSES

• The centerline “Keep Right” buoys from the edge of the Alamitos Bay Yacht Club basin to the end of the Alamitos Bay jetty (including A mark at the end of the jetty) are a continuous obstruction. Boats entering or leaving Alamitos Bay must take these buoys to port.
• The AquaLink ferry to downtown Long Beach uses this channel and you are required to keep clear of them at all times.

For further information email [email protected] or call +1 (562) 434-9955

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