{"id":438414,"date":"2026-08-20T14:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/438414\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T14:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:56:10","slug":"on-the-water-cal-20-class-championships-naples-island-swim-take-place-off-long-beach-coast-press-telegram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/438414\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Water: Cal 20 Class Championships, Naples Island Swim take place off Long Beach coast \u2013 Press Telegram"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last weekend was a busy one on Long Beach waters, with both a major sailing regatta and the annual Naples Swim taking place.<\/p>\n

64th Cal 20 Class Championships<\/p>\n

In what turned out to be one of the most competitive Cal 20 Class Championships in several years, Keith Ives and Chuck Stevens claimed their seventh title in a 28-boat fleet, according to Cal 20 class secretary Todd Smith.<\/p>\n

The regatta, hosted by the Long Beach Yacht Club, took place in Long Beach Harbor from Friday to Sunday, Aug. 14-16. Consistency was the key for the seasoned team of Ives and Stevens, who finished no worse than fifth in the seven-race series.\u00a0 But it still wasn\u2019t easy, according to Ives.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou guys really made us work hard to win this regatta,\u201d he said of his fellow competitors during the awards ceremony.<\/p>\n

Other top finishers included 2025 champion Chris Vilicich in second place. In third place was Noah Stapleton, who is entering his sophomore year at Brown University.<\/p>\n

The Cal 20 field included several past champions and top five finishers from prior years. And each finishing position was tightly contested in what is a close-grouped, tactical form of sailboat one design racing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Cal 20 is one of the largest and most competitive one design keelboat classes on the West Coast,\u201d Ives said.<\/p>\n

Despite the boats being out of production for decades, most of the ones in the fleet have been lovingly restored and rigged to competitive racing standards.<\/p>\n

The class also demonstrated its age diversity, with the youngest skipper being 10 years old and the most senior competitor being 81 years old. The class motto is appropriately coined as \u201cone design sailing for all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Long Beach lived up to its reputation as one of the finest sailing venues in North America, with breezes ranging from 7 to 9 knots on Friday, and building to the mid-teens over the weekend. LBYC deployed the latest technology, with robotic marks that were controlled to maneuver and hold a fixed position for precise location.<\/p>\n

In addition to the large Gold Fleet, there were seven Bronze fleet boats racing in their own separate competition. The Bronze fleet is targeted for those newer to racing and those from Shoreline Yacht Club of Long Beach, who participate in their Cal 20 program. The Bronze champion this year was Warren Wolfe, who is one of the Shoreline YC\u2019s Cal 20 leading organizers.<\/p>\n

For full results, go to regattanetwork.com\/clubmgmt\/applet_regatta_results.php?regatta_id=31550&show_crew=1<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Naples Island Swim
\n\"ThisThis year\u2019s Naples Island Swim, which took place on Sunday, Aug. 16, drew more than 800 competitors. (Courtesy of Naples Island Swim)<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s Naples Island Swim, which took place on Sunday, Aug. 16, drew hundreds of swimmers \u2014 some of whom were so speedy, they outran a gondola.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s according to Sue Dvonch and Greg Shea, co-race directors of the Naples Swim.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat an amazing day we had on Alamitos Bay,\u201d they said together. \u201cWe had over 800 swimmers, about 80 volunteers and some unbelievably fast and inspiring swims.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was the first year,\u201d Shea added, \u201cthat a swimmers caught and passed the gondola that leads the way.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the event, there were volunteers on the water (including those from Kahakai Outrigger Canoe Club and Long Beach Lifeguards), while others managed the set-up, handled registration, did body marking, did live announcing, distributed T-shirts, or performed various other tasks.<\/p>\n

Next year\u2019s swim is planned for Aug. 15.<\/p>\n

For additional information and to register, go to shorturl.at\/wy2gS<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Naples Island Swim results<\/p>\n

3-mile women\u2019s race:<\/p>\n

First place: Sharon Guerrero.
\nSecond place: Allison Arnold.
\nThird place: Vanessa Morales.<\/p>\n

3-mile men\u2019s race:<\/p>\n

First place: Yohann Guerrero.
\nSecond place: Diego Morales.
\nThird place: David Alfaro.<\/p>\n

3-mile team award:<\/p>\n

1-mile team award:<\/p>\n

500-yard team award:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last weekend was a busy one on Long Beach waters, with both a major sailing regatta and the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438415,"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-438414","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\/438414","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=438414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}