LONG BEACH, Calif.---Once again the path to glory for the best young sailors in the United States leads through Long Beach and the Alamitos Bay Yacht Club as host of the 2009 US Sailing ISAF Youth World Qualifier and US Youth Multihull Championship Saturday through Monday, Jan. 17-19.

2009 US Sailing ISAF Youth World Qualifier & US Youth Multihull Championship Alamitos Bay Yacht Club, Long Beach, Calif. Jan. 17-19, 2009

The Martin Luther King weekend event will see about 80 boys and girls ages 19 and under from around the country sailing Laser Radials in separate classes, boys sailing International 420s, girls in Club 420s and both sailing Hobie 16s as an open class.

The winners in each class will qualify for the 39th Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship at Buzios, Brazil July 9-18. The fleets will include 17 sailors who were recently selected for the Under 18 (U18) and Under 23 (U23) US Sailing teams, geared to put leading prospects on a track to the Olympics.

The Hobie 16s, with 11 boats provided by the Hobie Cat Co., also will be chasing the national title for the Arthur J. Stevens Trophy. John Lovell, a 2004 Olympic silver medalist in the Tornado class, is chairman for the multihull competition.

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Steven Smith
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