{"id":374439,"date":"2026-06-25T13:58:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T13:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/374439\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T13:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T13:58:07","slug":"on-the-water-alamitos-bay-yacht-club-hosts-fathers-day-car-show-press-telegram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/374439\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Water: Alamitos Bay Yacht Club hosts Father\u2019s Day car show \u2013 Press Telegram"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alamitos Bay Yacht Club hosts its annual Classic Car Show during Father\u2019s Day \u2014 with hot rods, high-end exotics and other automobiles taking center stage instead of ships.<\/p>\n

\u201cABYC\u2019s Classic Car Show on Father\u2019s Day had plenty of dad bods and hot rods,\u201d said ABYC\u2019s Lori Van Skyhook. \u201cMembers got to show off their high-end exotics, antiques, classics and hot rods on a perfect summer Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Tuna Club member John Lavaries presents a trophy to a youngster during a previous iteration of the club\u2019s \u201cKids Fishing Rodeo.\u201d (Courtesy of the Southern California Tuna Club)\n<\/p>\n

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A young boy fishes off the Belmont pier during a previous iteration of the Southern California Tuna Club\u2019s \u201cKids Fishing Rodeo.\u201d (Courtesy of the Southern California Tuna Club)\n<\/p>\n

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A new immersive experience, \u201cLife of a Sailor,\u201d opened aboard the Battleship Iowa during LA Fleet Week over Memorial Day weekend. (Courtesy photo by Rick Stipa)\n<\/p>\n

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Alamitos Bay Yacht Club hosts its annual Classic Car Show during Father\u2019s Day on Sunday, June 21. Organizer Michael Oliver stands in front of one of the cars. (Courtesy photo by David Murray)\n<\/p>\n

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Tuna Club member John Lavaries presents a trophy to a youngster during a previous iteration of the club\u2019s \u201cKids Fishing Rodeo.\u201d (Courtesy of the Southern California Tuna Club)\n<\/p>\n

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\nKids Fishing Rodeo<\/p>\n

The Southern California Tuna Club will welcome young people 15 years old and under to its 70th Annual \u201cKids Fishing Rodeo\u201d at the Belmont Veteran\u2019s Memorial Pier from 8 a.m. to noon Aug. 1.<\/p>\n

The young anglers will compete for prizes and raffle items, including trophies, bicycles, and fishing rods and reels. The event is sponsored by Tuna Club members and is free to attend.<\/p>\n

I recall attending this event as a child and kudos to the Tuna Club for continuing this tradition \u2014 and welcoming the next generation into the hobby. The club wants to make the day a great experience for everyone.<\/p>\n

Jesel Ortoff will provide hot dogs, chips and bottled water for the young anglers. Brian Young and his Department of Fish and Wildlife team will provide loaner fishing poles for participants without gear and distribute educational materials.<\/p>\n

Cal State Long Beach\u2019s Shark Lab will also bring its \u201cShark Shack,\u201d where kids can learn about sharks and rays, pick up a beach safety comic book, view preserved local specimens, and discover how researchers track and study these animals.<\/p>\n

For more information, go to socaltunaclub.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sailor\u2019s life<\/p>\n

After years of designing and building, the Battleship Iowa has opened the doors to the National Museum of the Surface Navy and its \u201cLife of a Sailor\u201d experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cLife of a Sailor\u201d is an interactive exhibit where those touring the battleship can better understand what it is like to be in the United States Navy.<\/p>\n

Constructed entirely within the Battleship IOWA, the display includes everything from a 60-foot video sculpture about the development of ships to a drill instructor yelling at a recruit in bootcamp to a large-scale cutaway of an actual working vessel<\/p>\n

In a press release, IOWA CEO Jonathan Williams addressed how the retired ship is evolving into more than a floating museum.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a story bigger than a museum here,\u201d he said. \u201cThis experience represents the first major immersive experience in our transformation into a national destination focused on the people of the Surface Navy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The interactive experience represents a $3.5 million investment. \u201cLife of a Sailor\u201d is included in general admission to the ship.<\/p>\n

To plan your visit to Battleship Iowa, go to pacificbattleship.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lone Sailor<\/p>\n

The exhibit on board the Iowa reminded me of our Long Beach Lone Sailor, the 7.5-foot-tall bronze statue located on Bluff Park since 2004. The statue honors all personnel of the U.S. Navy, symbolizing their service, sacrifice and dedication.<\/p>\n

The Navy Memorial\u2019s Statue City Program, launched in 1997, has placed 19 Lone Sailor statues worldwide, including in\u00a0 San Francisco; Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; and Normandy, France.<\/p>\n

Long Beach\u2019s local Lone Sailor Memorial Committee included Navy veterans, civic leaders, Partners of Parks and Fleet Reserve Association Branch 43. It took two years of fundraising, including a commemorative brick campaign, to build the plaza. There was also major support from Long Beach to secure the site at Bluff Park, which overlooks the Pacific.<\/p>\n

Each of the 19 statues worldwide represents the men and women who have served, are serving or will serve in the United States Navy.<\/p>\n

During my travels, I visited five of the various statues \u2014\u00a0 and our Long Beach sailor is the only one that faces the ocean. I recall visiting the statue in Esplanade Park, along the New River in Fort Lauderdale, and feeling sad \u2014 the statue looked out on a small channel with limited small craft traffic.<\/p>\n

The view from the Long Beach statue, meanwhile, includes massive ships entering the Port of Long Beach, sailboats racing and Catalina Island.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alamitos Bay Yacht Club hosts its annual Classic Car Show during Father\u2019s Day \u2014 with hot rods, high-end…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374440,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[7,3929,3930,131,133,132,137,3738],"class_list":["post-374439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-california","tag-grunion-on-the-water","tag-grunion-sports","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-los-angeles-county","tag-the-grunion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}