For sailors, LA28 will be more than an Olympic Games. It will be a homecoming. Olympic sailing will return to Southern California in July 2028, with ten events divided between two venues. Belmont Shore in Long Beach will host the men’s and women’s kite and windsurfing events. The Port of Los Angeles will host the men’s and women’s dinghy, mixed dinghy, mixed multihull, and men’s and women’s skiff events. The schedule will begin with board racing at Belmont Shore on July 16 and conclude with the skiff medal races at the Port of Los Angeles on July 28. The Port will also host the Nacra 17 mixed multihull—the fast, fully foiling Olympic catamaran sailed by several teams featured by The Skiff Sailing Foundation. Southern California has a long Olympic sailing history. The Port of Los Angeles hosted Olympic sailing in 1932, while Long Beach hosted the sport in 1984. LA28 will bring it back to both locations, placing today’s athletes on waters shaped by generations of racing, training, and innovation. For athletes already training in San Pedro and Long Beach, the advantage is not merely geographic. Every day on these waters can build local knowledge: the wind patterns, sea state, current, traffic, and tactical decisions that may matter in 2028. But familiarity alone is not enough. Reaching an Olympic starting line requires years of coaching, equipment development, international competition, physical preparation, and qualification. That is where The Skiff Sailing Foundation’s mission meets the moment. The Foundation promotes and supports high-performance sailing by helping qualified athletes and programs access equipment and approved funding as they pursue national and international goals. Current profiles include Nacra 17 and ILCA 7 campaigns working toward LA28, along with athletes building the experience required to compete at the highest levels of the sport. LA28 may last only a few weeks, but an Olympic campaign is built over years. The next chapter is already being written on the waters of Southern California.