Vela LA

Small boat dealer for ILCA / Laser, Melges 15, Melges 14, Skeeta & Nikki and Opti. Providing excellent advice and customer service

Vela LA is offering Laser rentals at all major Laser events in California. Rent with Vela LA for any or all events. Visit Vela-LA.com to reserve your rental today.

08/24/2026

🏁 WEST COAST CHAMPS ARE COMING 🏁
The 2026 Melges 15 West Coast Championship hits Mission Bay YC in San Diego, Sept 19–20 — and it's the FINAL stop of the California State Championship Series🔥
⛵ VELA LA is proud to be sponsoring this event — we'll be on-site all weekend with our trailer stocked with parts, gear, and spares, plus our full support crew ready to keep your M15 racing.
🚤 NEW: We've got BRAND NEW Melges 15 charter boats available for sailors looking to jump into the fleet — don't sit this one out! Vakaros RaceSense rentals also available through us.
📩 DM us or email mailto:[email protected] for charters, Vakaros rentals, or anything else you need to be on the line in San Diego.
Two days. Seven races. One West Coast champion. See you at Mission Bay. 🌊

08/21/2026

⛵🏆 THE COUNTDOWN IS ON — 2026 ILCA 7 MEN'S WORLDS START THIS WEEKEND! 🇮🇪
From August 23–30, the world's best ILCA 7 sailors hit the startline on Dublin Bay in Dún Laoghaire — and the fleet is STACKED. 🔥
👀 Who we're watching:
🇦🇺 Matt Wearn (AUS) — back-to-back Olympic gold medalist (Tokyo + Paris). The man to beat, full stop.
🇮🇪 Finn Lynch (IRL) — two-time Olympian and 2021 Worlds silver medalist, sailing in front of a home crowd. Pressure is a privilege.
🇬🇧 Micky Beckett (GBR) — reigning ILCA 7 European Champion and Paris 2024 Olympian. Coming in hot off a Marstrand title. 💨
🇬🇧 Fin Dickinson (GBR) — U23 European Champion and senior bronze medalist. Britain's next big ILCA name is ARRIVING.
Plus a deep Irish contingent lining up to defend the bay: Tom Coulter, Roger Craig, Bobby Driscoll, and fresh-off-a-national-title Fiachra McDonnell 💪
~141 sailors. One bay. Eight days of championship racing. 🌊
Who's your pick for the podium? Drop it below 👇

07/20/2026

Exciting times at the San Pedro Olympic Class Regatta! We are onsite supplying Element 6 Evolution charter boats, gear and support.
Day 1 gave everyone a good taste of what the venue can offer with big wind and big swell!
Good luck to all the competitors!
Thanks to Lisa Bronitt # for the awesome 📸

07/08/2026

Broken tiller extension on race day? We've seen it. We've got the fix. 😤
Vela LA is on-site all week for the ILCA North American Championship (July 9–12, Cabrillo Beach YC) with a full stock of parts, gear, line, and spares.
If it breaks, we probably have it. If we don't, we'll help you figure it out.
Swing by and say hi to Tim — he'll be at the event all regatta long.
Good luck to every sailor on the line this week ⛵🔥�

06/17/2026

⛵️🔥 Element Six ILCA charters available for the Grand Slam OCR Regatta — race on the Olympic course in San Pedro California against the world's best in one fleet! 🌊🏆 Regatta: July 19–24 | Boats available from July 13. Very limited spots remaining — book NOW! 📩 mailto:[email protected]

06/10/2026

Here’s the revised caption:

Melges 15 California State Championship Series — Halfway Point Standings 🏆

With Long Beach Race Week just two weeks out, here’s where things stand in the California State Championship Series. The season isn’t over yet — plenty of points still on the table.

🥇 Robbie King / Karla Reinherdt
🥈 Morgan Paxhia / Emily Paxhia
🥉 Tim Zimmerman / Slater McArdle
4 • Kevin Thomas / Helen Burdett
5 • Nick Kofski / Sam Mobarek
6 • Jay Golison / Jackie Golison
7 • Roger O’Connor / Alexa Cavalieri
8 • Ian Sammis / Jax Sammis
9 • Brad Thompson / Adrian Winkelman
10 • Tim Clarke / Madeline + Morgan Clarke

Want to get in on the action at LBRW? Vela LA still has a few Melges 15 charters available — drop us a DM or hit the link in bio to lock in your boat. 🌊⛵

📍 Long Beach, CA
🛒 vela-la.com

06/04/2026

🌊 Long Beach Race Week is HERE — the biggest regatta in all of SoCal — and Vela LA is going to be RIGHT in the middle of it. 🏆 We'll be dockside all weekend with the full gear setup, so come find us. And the Melges 15 fleet? 20+ boats and counting — that's the LARGEST fleet at the entire regatta. ⚡ Want in? A few charters are still available. Don't miss the biggest week in West Coast sailing. Link in bio. 🔗

06/03/2026

Cal Race Week 2026 is a wrap for the Melges 15 fleet — and what a fleet it was. Light air and chop on Santa Monica Bay kept everyone honest, but the racing was absolutely dialed. Tight mark roundings, close finishes, and shifts that separated the podium from the pack.

🥇 [Robbie King/Karla Reinherdt]
🥈 [Morgan & Emily Paxhia]
🥉 [Jay & Jackie Golison]

What made it extra special this year was the people on the water. Husband and wife teams, parents racing alongside their kids — the Melges 15 brought families together and sent them out to battle it out on the racecourse. That’s the kind of fleet we love being a part of. 🤍

Huge congrats to everyone who showed up and raced hard. See you at the next one.

📸 JoySailing thanks Bonnie!!

06/02/2026

Element Six ILCA charters available for the Grand Slam OCR Regatta — Los Angeles Race on the Olympic course against the world’s best in one fleet. Regatta: July 19–24. Boats available from July 13. Very limited number remaining — book now! Contact Vela LA: [email protected]

04/15/2026

⚓ Pacific Coast Champs is THIS WEEKEND and the clock is ticking! 🏆

Before you rig up and hit the water at Coronado Yacht Club, make sure your ILCA kit is race-ready. We're talking:
🌊 Sails & sail numbers
👟 Hiking straps & boots
🔧 Bailers, tiller extensions & all the hardware

Order or DM us TONIGHT 🚨 for FREE event delivery!

Don't let a missing piece of kit stand between you and the podium. 🌤️

See you on the water 💨

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