A variety of official 2022 PV Race shirts and hats are available for order online now. Merchandise will be available for pickup at SDYC March 10-12.

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Thirty-two boats are already registered for the 2022 Puerto Vallarta (PV) Race scheduled for March 10-18, 2022. Although there is still time for new boats to pop up on the entry list, the current list of 32 makes the 2022 running of the biennial event the largest since 2000. So, what keeps intriguing sailors to gather their crews for multiple nights of offshore racing down the pacific coast?

NEW FOR 2021-2022 - Refresher Course

If your certification has lapsed in the last 10 years for the International (ISAF) Offshore Safety at Sea with Hands-on Training you no longer need to take the Complete Two-day Course. Refresher Courses (Day-2 Modified Hands-on Only) are being offered at select locations.

MEXORC 2022 on it's 45th edition will take place in Banderas Bay, Puerto Vallarta from the 19th to the 23rd of March 2022. The venue will be Marina Vallarta BVG where the participating fleet will dock under privileged conditions. The Official lodging with attractive rates will be the Flamingo Hotel Puerto Vallarta among other options.

This Regatta is supported by the Acapulco Yacht Club, San Diego Yacht Club and the PV RACE 2022. The organization is working on a variety of accommodation options having already secured good deals with the Hotel Flamingo Puerto Vallarta located next to the marina. The ratings rule will be ORR. There will be 4 or 5 categories in accordance with ratings and also with the number of identical boats that could compete as a class.

Racing will be a mix of W/L races as well as 20-30 mile coastal racing on a couple of days.

March 19:
0900: Skippers Meeting and Registration at MEXORC tent
1330: Races 1, 2: Windward/Leeward Courses
1800-1930: Cocktails in MEXORC tent

March 20:
1300: Races 3, 4: Windward/Leeward Courses
1800-1930: Cocktails in MEXORC tent, sponsored by SMA Yachts

March 21:
1230: Race 5: "Las Marietas"
2030: Cocktails/Dinner at restaurant in Marina Vallarta TBD

March 22:
1300: Races 6, 7: Windward/Leeward Courses
1700-1930: Cocktails in MEXORC tent

March 23:
1300: Race 8: Pursuit Race
1900: Gala dinner and prize giving

San Diego Yacht Club is proud to announce the biennial international yacht race from San Diego, California to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico will be held March 10 – 18, 2022. SDYC has been running the West Coast’s only continuous yacht race to mainland Mexico, a tradition that began in 1953.

The tables are set for the awards presentation and unfortunately, there are still a couple of ORR Class 6 competitors on the course. For those privileged few that are taking full ownership of their commitment to sail the course with no time limit - Congratulations.

Thursday started with a chase with Cabron pursuing Pyewacket 70, erasing what was once a 40 mile lead to come side by side with their Class 1 rival. Just after 0100 PST Thursday, with both teams within boat lengths of each other, they dueled for the line, actually missing the port end on the first pass and both boats scrambling to reverse course and re-round the port end of the virtual finish line. One can only imagine the match race tactics, flying lines and crew work needed to keep these ocean titans moving, in the dark, with close quarter maneuvering. In the end Cabron is the line honors winner of the 2020 PV Race, while Pyewacket 70 wins Class 1 on corrected time including a 1 hour corrected time penalty assessed to Pyewacket as a result of the match race at the finish. After over a 1,000 miles, the first to finish honors came down to a dial up at the finish and some string theory.

Daily commentary from Roger Gatewood's J/145 Katara as they compete from Class 5 in the 2020 PV Race.