Fifth Nereid’s yacht rally to be hosted in Guyana

Some 12 yacht will soon begin arriving in Guyana sailing from Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago and French Guiana for the fifth international Nereid’s rally.
The rally will be hosted at an official luncheon and welcome by Business Minister with responsibility for Tourism, Dominic Gaskin.
The cruisers, who will be spending some 10 days in Guyana offshore at the Hurakabra River Resort, will be sailing from the USA, Canada and Europe.
Regional Chairman of Bartica, Gordon Bradford, will be hosting the crew members to a day visit to explore the Baracara Falls.
The visit to Bartica, in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) will feature an exhibition and performance of our Indigenous culture in recognition of Amerindian Heritage Month.
Following that tour, the visiting yacht crews will be given the opportunity to visit Guyana’s Kaieteur Falls and other hinterland tourism attractions, as well as a day in Georgetown.
Hurakabra River Resort is organising three day trips to the Essequibo River beginning today, then on Saturday, September 16 and Sunday, September 17 to the resort during the rally via Fort Island to visit the Dutch Heritage Museum and including lunch and games at the Resort.
The rally will depart Guyana on September 22 to its final destination, via Suriname, at Saint Laurent on the Maroni River in French Guiana for an elaborate welcome by the Mayor of the town, complete with Trinidad and Tobago steel band.
The Nereid’s Rally was born when Italian sailor, David Matelicani, in sailing up the Essequibo River in 2011, met with Kit Nascimento, joint owner of Hurakabra River Resort with his wife Gem.
Matelicani, who had already started a Marina in Saint Laurent, immediately saw the potential for developing a marina in the Essequibo River, and as such, work started to have the rally here in Guyana.