Long Beach Olympic Classes Regatta Launches Run to 2028 in L.A.

The Summer Olympic Games are set to arrive in Los Angeles in 2028, and the region started preparing itself and competitors with the 2025 Long Beach Olympic Classes Regatta organized by Long Beach and Alamitos Bay yacht clubs. Though the 2028 Olympic venue will be split — Long Beach will host the boardsailing, and Port of Los Angeles dinghy racing — this first regatta was held entirely in Long Beach.

The racing was held July 12–20 with well over 200 Olympic hopefuls participating. The US has its work cut out as American sailors managed top-10 finishes in only three out of 10 classes. The strongest were Nevin Snow and Ian MacDiarmid taking first in the 49er, and Paris Henken and Helena Scutt taking second in the 49er FX. 2025 ICSA College Sailor of the Year Justin Callahan and Lara Dallman-Weiss took first in the six-boat 470 class, though five of the competitors were from the US and one from Canada.

The iQFOILs and kiteboarders were able to test out their Olympic racing venue, while the dinghy classes will have to wait a little longer to start their training in the Port of Los Angeles.

Ian Barrows and Hans Henken picked up the US’s only medal in the 2024 Olympics, earning a bronze in the 49er class. Hans’ sister, Paris Henken, has reunited with 2016 Rio Olympic partner Helena Scutt to pursue an Olympic medal in Los Angeles in 2028.

California will be the home of many more competitive Olympic dinghy classes as they start arriving to train and prepare for the 2028 Summer Olympics.

You can see the full results of the Long Beach Olympic Classes Regatta here.