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Bay of
Banderas Week
One week of sailboats and lots of fun!... |
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by Jesus de Avila - Editor
of PVMirror.com (Leer
versión en español)
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Can you imagine the arrival of a
rainbow made up of hundreds of sailboats coming into
our bay at the same time? Well, here we go!...
November will most definitely be
a fantastic month for the Bay of Banderas! The excitement
will begin with the prestigious 9th International Gourmet
Festival. That will be followed by the traditional 48th
Sailfish Tournament on the 20, 21 and 22. That month
we will also host the 2nd
Vallarta Cup Golf tournament scheduled for the 13,
14 and 15. And that will not be all there is in November!
At the Yacht Club at Paradise Village, Sr. Richard [Dick]
Markie, Marina Director in Nuevo Vallarta, announced
recently that with the support of some of the Bay’s
businessmen, the organization has begun for what will
be an unprecedented event in the Bay, an event that
will serve as a multicolored setting for all the events
and tournaments already scheduled as well as those that
may yet come!
Richard said that the idea is to
take advantage of the inertia of the Baja
Ha-Ha Regatta organized by Latitude
38 that is held each year over a 750-mile course
from San Diego, California, to Cabo San Lucas in Baja
California. After the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers, Baja
Ha-Ha covers the longest route in the world for an international
regatta. Over the last nine years, approximately 900
sailboats and 2,500 crew have participated in it. During
that regatta sailboats have to dock in exotic places
such as Turtle Bay and Bahía de Santa María.
This year, they hope to attract a large number of sailboats
starting on November 9th to extend their voyage to Puerto
Vallarta in order to provide the finishing touch on
Thanksgiving Day, November 27th , in our Bay.
According to the information Richard
shared with us, this would be an excellent opportunity
for us to make our Bay known to the travelers’
market in a most innovative way, besides representing
an additional and substantial source of income for the
area for years to come. Thanks to this event, for a
number of weeks - and in some cases months - this year,
the entire region will benefit.
The plan is that during the week
of November 17-23, sailors will continue fulfilling
various activities that will enable them to know the
strategic points and places within our Bay. All the
while they would get to spend time together and get
involved with the community. The whole week will be
action-filled and one of the main events will be the
poker game. The goal of the game is to get the best
hand, but in this case instead of everyone sitting down
around a poker table to play, they will have to visit
various places every day in different parts of the Bay,
where the representative of each boat will receive a
card in a sealed envelope. The idea is to put all the
cards together on the last night -when everyone will
indeed be seated at the Yacht Club- as each sailor will
open the envelope to show his card to all those gathered.
Bay of Banderas Week
The Concept:
A week filled with activities, promotions and fun around
our beautiful bay. Aimed specifically at participants
in the Baja
Ha-Ha Regatta.
The Date:
Considering the time participants in the Baja
Ha-Ha Regatta will need to recuperate after their
last celebration in Los Cabos on November 9th, as well
as the time they will need to reach the Bay of Banderas,
the best day to start would be November 17th.
Projections:
The purpose is to create an avalanche of participation
and ideas that will enable us to increase the passion
for this event from year to year while continuing to
promote our bay area. If we commit ourselves to offer
the best we have to our new visitors, we will ensure
that the “Bay of Banderas Week” will become
a tradition thus generating income for the entire region.
PVMirror.com is responsible for the
official electronic coverage of this event. Consequently,
it will give us great pleasure to keep you updated with
all the latest news as they occur.
Jesús de Avila
editor@pvmirror.com
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