The ILCA 7 Men’s World Sailing Championship will be held in Nayarit.

From May 21 to 28, 2022, the ILCA 7 Men’s World Sailing Championship will be held in Nayarit.

The Mexican team is made up of Yanic Gentry Torfer, Juan Ignacio Pérez Soltero, Gerardo Benítez Rodríguez, Alejandro Pérez and Namkhai Bourquin, who will be active on Saturday at the Vallarta Yacht Club.

There will be 45 countries that will participate, in which Australia, Belgium, the United States, Canada, Spain, France, Great Britain, Italy, Holland, Portugal, New Zealand, Turkey, Sweden, Japan and India stand out.

Banderas Bay is the second largest in North America and the activities will take place there due to its wind conditions that allow good navigation due to its consistent directions and speeds.

This tournament is the first date of the ILCA World Championship, later the Master World Championship will take place from May 30 to June 7 and will end with the ILCA 6 Master from July 9 to 17.

The ILCA (International Laser Class Association) is the individual Olympic boat approved by the World Sailing (International Sailing Federation) and is the most popular in the world with more than 217 thousand boats. .

The ILCA 7 class refers to the individual men’s boat that has a 7.06 m2 sail, its mainsail area is 7.07m2, 4.21m long and 1.37m wide and weighs approximately 57kg.

It was created by Bruce Kirby, who was a nautical journalist from Ottawa, Canada, however, he took a professional turn in his career and invented the first Laser boat (currently ILCA). Kirby participated in three Olympic games (Melbourne 1956, Enoshima 1964 and Mexico 1968).

Source: Vprosports.mx

Last Updated on 10/08/2022 by Puerto Vallarta Net

Last Updated on 10/08/2022 by Puerto Vallarta Net