Zihua Sailfest

Sailfest 2008: Tuesday Jan. 29th through Sunday Feb. 3, 2008

You are cordially invited to participate in the 7th Annual Zihua Sail Fest, scheduled for the days of January 29th through February 3rd of 2008!!!

This annual event is held in the beautiful Zihuatanejo Bay located at Lat: 17.6° N Lon. 101.5° W. In the true spirit of a "rondevue" vessels begin arriving in early November from as far away as Alaska and the Caribbean and drop anchor until February to participate in what is becoming one of Mexico's premier sailing events, the Zihua Sail Fest.

SailFest is a five-day festival that combines fun and games, heart-felt volunteerism and an outpouring of international friendship. Although the tone of the event is light-hearted, the cruisers’ goals are serious – to raise funds for the education of Zihuatanejo’s poorest children. Cocktail parties, live auctions, sailboat and dingy races, poker chases, kids day, beach parties, seminars, ham radio tests, chili cook-offs, street fairs, regattas and just some good old fashioned manual labor at the schools are just some of the events that highlight this gathering of "free spirits".

2007 the troops raised $47,000 U.S. and with matching funds was almost $95k which went for construction of Nueva Creaciones School and 12 other projects in other schools in the area.

The funds are administered by Por Los Niňos of Zihuatanejo, a Mexican registered non-profit corporation that was established to administer the funds raised by Sail Fest related activities. A nine member advisory committee composed of year round international residents, local bi-lingual Mexican residents and representatives of the sailing community makes all funding decisions.

We hope you plan to join us in 2008 to continue this endeavor that began only 6 years ago, but has gained international recognition as a "major" event. In 2006 there were 102 vessels registered! If you are planning to attend (either actually or with a "virtual" vessel) please fill out the annexed registration form so that we can properly coordinated the shirts, hats, food, drinks, accommodations and the many other requirements we have found to be necessary. Your collaboration is appreciated and we look forward to seeing you in Zihua!!!

Registration Form for Sailfest 2007: Adobe Acrobat Format (.pdf) | Rich Text Format (.rtf)

 

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