Vallarta Yacht Club’s WesMex Regatta Keeps It Small

The very active Vallarta Yacht Club keeps sailing going on Banderas Bay. San Diego’s Vallarta Race finished at the end of February, followed by the just-finished MEXORC, with Banderas Bay Race week coming up March 19-23. In the midst of all that the Vallarta Yacht Club ran the WesMex Small  Boat Regatta for Optis, ILCAs and 420s.

Charity Palmatier from Vallarta YC shared some photos and included the suggestion that a few more California dinghy sailors should consider tuning up their racing skills in the warm waters of Banderas Bay during next year’s WesMex Regatta.

Winner of the ILCA 6 fleet was Elena Oetling, who will be representing Mexico at the Paris Olympics when they all race in Marseille.

You can see full results of the WesMex International Small Boat Regatta here.

There’s plenty of hot racing in the warm-weather cruising grounds of Banderas Bay. We’ll have a report on MEXORC in the upcoming April issue.