Tradition is a staple element in San Diego Yacht Club’s Puerto Vallarta Race, and the 35^th running in 2020 will have many shining examples of tradition. Fleet starts will be held on March 5, 6 and 7. Some of the fastest boats and most experienced ocean sailors will race the 1,000nm course from San Diego to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

The winners of the last three PV Races (Disney/Pyewacket, Schulze/Horizon, Pethick/Bretwalda3) are registered for the 2020 race and are eager to win another trophy. Sailors who have sailed in the race dozens of times will be back for the latest competition. Wayne Zittel and Roy Disney have been skippering teams in this event going back over 20 years are ready for the next challenge.

For one team, San Diego Yacht Club’s 2020 Puerto Vallarta Race will be the first step towards a journey around the world.

Viva Mexico, a VOR 65 skippered by Erik Brockmann, will be making their racing debut during the 2020 Puerto Vallarta Race as part of their campaign to compete in The Ocean Race 2021. Brockmann’s goal is to bring Mexico back into The Ocean Race almost 50 years after Mexico’s Sayula II competed and won the first Whitbread Round the World Race in 1973-74. Among the crew we will see Co-Owners Ricardo Brockmann, Loernzo Berho and Yon Belausteguigoitia who have been competing in the PV Race during the past decade in the Vincitore and Peligroso Racing programs. Also involved in supporting the Viva Mexico project is San Diego Yacht Club’s Malin Burnham.

San Diego Yacht Club is hosting two seminars prior to the Puerto Vallarta Race related to safety at sea. November 16-17, 2019 will be an Advanced First Aid and CPR for Mariners seminar. January 25-26, 2020 will be a US Sailing Safety at Sea Seminar. Register for either at https://sailaweighllc.com/shop-orderbymenu-order/.

San Diego Yacht Club is proud to host the 2020 Puerto Vallarta Race, featuring the 1,000nm course from San Diego to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Racing to the Mexican mainland is a tradition for SDYC going back to 1953.