Sailors Bring Honor

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Two 12 year old sailors bring honor to the state of Nayarit in the Mexican National Olympics
June 7, 2006, Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit: Every year Mexico has a competition for the top junior athletes from every State. This year the event, called the Olimpiadas Nacional, was held in Acapulco on May 12-16. Representing the State of Nayarit, the Vallarta Yacht Club entered two youths from their newly formed Junior Program, Manuel Dussault Gomez and Paul Alexandro Moreno McCarthy. These two novice sailors placed 8th and 10th respectively in their class of 20 and 31st and 41st in the overall competition of 104 sailors.

When asked about the event, Vallarta Yacht Club Director, Dan Green, indicated: "We are extremely proud of these two young men and their coach Adize Oceane, who worked very hard over the last 2 months to prepare for this prestigious event. The Vallarta Yacht Club is committed to developing world class sailors through its junior program and making Banderas Bay one of Mexico's premier sailing venues."

The Vallarta Yacht Club (VYC), is a non-profit organization, which was founded in 2005. It began it's Junior program last year with the purchase of 8 Olympic class Optimist sail boats. It is a member of the Mexican Sailing Federation and recently hosted the Mexican Optimist Association qualifying race for the North American and European Championships. The junior program coach, Adze Oceane, was herself a French National ranked Optimist sailor. Although, not much larger than her students; she is an energetic, inspiring and very qualified coach. The VYC Optimist program is available to all youths in the Banderas Bay area (ages 8 – 14).

The Club plans to begin a Laser fleet in 2007 which will be available to all youths from ages 14 – 85. For more information on the VYC Junior program, it's costs and availability, contact Adze Oceane at 322 222 8771 or the Club Manager Raphael at 322 297 2222.