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Nereid’s Yachting Rally departs Guyana

Sep 27, 2015 News

The third Nereid’s Yachting Rally recently departed the Essequibo River for Suriname then to finally conclude in French Guiana at St. Laurent du Maroni.

The fleet of 10 yachts arrived in Guyana on September, 11.

Yachtsmen and women journeyed from as far as New Zeeland, France, Italy, Canada and Australia and as close as French Guiana, Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados to take part in this event.
They were officially welcomed to Guyana by Minister of Tourism, Cathy Hughes, and hosted to a lunch at Hurakabra River Resort by the Minister herself.

At the official welcoming reception held the day after the arrival of the rally, owner of the Hurakabra Resort, Kit Nascimento, and his wife Gem Nascimento extended a warm welcome to the yachtsmen and women.

David Matelicani, the mastermind who came up with the concept of the rally, also delivered brief remarks. It was discovered that Matelicani actually ventured off to Guyana by accident and, had it not been for that misfortune, Guyana would have never realised its potential of unlocking that tourism aspect. Matelicani was actually sailing along the border of Venezuela when a storm struck and his yacht floated all the way into Guyana’s shores. There, he and the Nascimentos got to talking and the Nereid’s Rally was born.

Chairman of Region Seven, Gordon Bradford, also welcomed the Rally to Bartica and the Region and took the Rally participants on a tour of Bartica, the Mazaruni-Cuyuni area and Marshall Falls rapids.

Hurakabra River Resort has expressed its appreciation of the sponsorship of the Rally’s visit to Guyana by Banks DIH Limited and the additional wifi data access provided to the cruisers by Inet Communications, facilitating the cruisers being able to upload pictures of Guyana to friends and family overseas and on the social media.

During the Rally’s visit, several of the visitors enjoyed trips to the Kaieteur Falls, Iwokrama and Rock View, arranged by Hurakabra Tours, and were fortunate to get an introduction to the International Music Festival while visiting Rock View on the day prior to the opening of the festival.

The visiting yachtsmen and women expressed considerable pleasure at having the opportunity to visit the wonders of Kaieteur Falls and Guyana’s beautiful hinterland tourism attractions and remarked on the efficiency in which all the resorts linked up for their connection and transportation to these interior locations.

During the Rally, the visiting boats anchored off Bartica and Baganara Island Resort, as well as Hurakabr River Resort, getting a true taste of the many attractive and safe anchorages offered on the Essequibo River for visiting yachts.

The Nereid’s Rally has served to bring attention to Guyana’s Essequibo River as a growing and attractive destination for cruising yachts and resulted in many other yachts arriving immediately prior to and following the Rally. There are currently some eight yachts in the Essequibo River enjoying GUyana waterways, flora and fauna.

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