Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico - The 8th Annual WesMex International Small Boat Regatta, which was held at the Vallarta Yacht Club, concluded successfully on Sunday, April 21, 2013. With recorded winds up to 18 knots, the regatta scored ten races over three days of fierce competition on Banderas Bay.

With a record attendance of 249 athletes from all over Mexico, the United States and Canada, and support from the four Class Associations, The Mexican Sailing Federation and large presence of the Mexican Navy, WesMex is emerging as the country's largest small Boat Regatta.

2013 WesMex Regatta Winners

C420 - 40 Athletes
First Place: MEX - C420 14 Nicolas Flores & Alfonso Garcia Bringas Rivera
Second Place: MEX - C420 17 Camila Flores & Maria Pelayo
Third Place: MEX - C420 2 Joaquin de Los Angeles Garcia & Gabriel Toribio de la Cruz

Laser - 67 Athletes

Laser Standard
First Place: CAN - Laser Standard 200610 Robert Davis
Second Place: CAN - Laser Standard 17 Evert Mclaughlin
Third Place: CAN - Laser Standard 197561 Tom Ramshaw

Laser Radial Overall
First Place: MEX - Laser Radial 204223 Ander Belausteguigoitia
Second Place: CAN - Laser Radial 197053 Al Clark
Third Place: MEX - Laser Radial 172980 Erik Brockmann

Laser Radial Female
First Place: MEX - Laser Radial 200614 Elena Oetling Ramírez
Second Place: MEX - Laser Radial 170555 María Pérez Vázquez Aldana
Third Place: MEX - Laser Radial 170002 Tania Benítez Rodríguez

Optimist Advanced - 62 Athletes

Advanced Overall Male
First Place: MEX - Optimist MEX 706 Enrique Saavedra
Second Place: MEX - Optimist 708 Giovanni Aloi Timeus
Third Place: MEX - Optimist 687 Eduardo Ragasol

Advanced Overall Female
First Place: MEX - Optimist MEX 717 Alejandra Margarita Valdez Montemayor
Second Place: MEX - Optimist MEX 776 Yazmín Alejandra Peña Bravo
Third Place: MEX - Optimist MEX 744 Keyla Darani Hernández Oviedo

Advanced Category B
First Place: MEX - Optimist 768 Bruno Aloi Timeus
Second Place: MEX - Optimist MEX 788 Carlos Sainz
Third Place: MEX 778 Johann Patricio Lahnstein Almaguer

Advanced Category C
First Place: MEX - Optimist MEX 824 Adrian Zapata Pérez
Second Place: MEX - Optimist MEX 777 Marissa Montemayor Fernández
Third Place: MEX - Optimist 794 Gonzalo Flores

Optimist Beginners - 36 Athletes

Optimist Beginners Female
First Place: MEX - Optimist 596 Valentina Resana
Second Place: MEX - Optimist MEX 891 María de Los Ángeles Ochoa Ceja
Third Place: MEX - Optimist 797 Natalia Valdespino

Optimist Beginners Male
First Place: MEX - Optimist 902 Esau Suastegui Cobos
Second Place: MEX - Optimist 859 Martin Fabre
Third Place: MEX – Optimist 793 Juan Pablo Velázquez León

Sail Boards - 34 Athletes

RSX Female
First Place: MEX 9 Demita Vega
Second Place: MEX 68 Cristina Ortiz Vivas
Third Place: MEX 67 Andrea Ortiz Vivas

RSX Male
First Place: MEX 2 Mauricio Martínez de Alba
Second Place: MEX 11 Ignacio Berenguer
Third Place: MEX 43 Daniel Quintanilla Pérez

Techno-293 Female
First Place: MEX 89 Renata Olivares
Second Place: MEX 77 Nataly Jesús Canto Nahuat
Third Place: MEX 150 María Jaber Lara

Techno-293 Male
First Place: MEX 39 Diego Jiménez
Second Place: 293 MEX 58 Juan Bosco Varela Barba
Third Place: 293 MEX 83 Diego Becerra

For Complete results please visit wesmexregatta.org.

Special recognition goes out to Event Chairperson Linda Green, the Vallarta Yacht Club volunteers and staff, the Riviera Nayarit Convention and Visitors Bureau, FIBBA, and to the generous contributions of our sponsors: Paradise Village Resort and Marina, O’Rourke & Associates, Lloyd, Todo Vela Mexico, Los Arroyos Verdes, Bambu Naturals, Opequimar, PV Sailing and SYS, among others, in conjunction with the Federacion Mexicana de Vela and the Mexican Optimist, Laser and Board Class Associations, who all together made this event possible.

Once again, the Vallarta Yacht Club shows its great organization capacity for hosting World Class Regattas and its well intended support to the development of the sport of Sailing in Mexico.