Mexico Cup Regatta, A Happening
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An unprecedented event took place last weekend in Riviera Nayarit, as the Nextel Mexico Cup Regatta, Bicentennial Edition events kicked off. They are part of the marine events that will go on during a full month in the destination, making up a real Nautical Extravaganza. President Felipe Calderon and Governor Ney Gonzalez presided over the opening competition.
On Saturday, February 27, the organizing committee chaired by Ernesto Amtmann, hosted a welcome cocktail party for the competitors in the Ocean Kitesurf and Optimist categories, which will see activity this week. In attendance at the reception was Governor Ney Gonzalez, as well as the president of the Mexican Sailing Association Ralph Nelles.
The representative of the sailors highlighted the efforts the destination and the state government are making to promote the destination, by supporting events like the Nextel Mexico Cup Regatta, Bicentennial Edition, which generates not only an immediate response from competitors, but important media exposure on an international level. The governor wished everyone “good luck, tail wind and full sails”.
“Ney Gonzalez is a great promoter, a visionary and a driving force behind tourism. We chose Riviera Nayarit to be the venue for the first edition of the Mexico Cup Regatta not only because of the wind an water conditions in the Bahia de Banderas, but also for the great support we received from all the sectors”, Nelles said during the presentation.
On Sunday, February 28, after the captains meeting and a flag hoisting protocol, the Mexorc craft took to sea for the first regatta. President Felipe Calderon, in the region for the opening of a desalination plant in the Litibú Integrally Planned Development, made the starting signal.
Visitors and Convention Bureau Director Marc Murphy congratulated the organizers and said events like these are great attractions that contribute to promote the destination and to revert the effects of the world crisis that affected occupancy rates during 2009 and early 2010. www.ExtravaganzaNautica.mx