Aquece Rio Regatta 2015 NOR Published

Published on February 26th, 2015

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (February 25, 2015) – The Notice of Race for the Aquece Rio – International Sailing Regatta 2015, the Olympic Test Event, has been published. The Aquece Rio is the second of two Rio 2016 Olympic Test Events. The first was held in 2014. This year, Rio will welcome sailors once again from August 13-22 with racing taking place inside and outside of Guanabara Bay.

Each ISAF Member National Authority is entitled to enter one boat in each Olympic event and must apply to enter by May 1, 2015. Sailors will compete in an opening series before Medal Races on August 20 – 22, bringing the regatta to a close.

The Rio 2016 Olympic Sailing Competition will take place at the Marina da Glória, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and will feature 380 athletes competing across ten events. Racing is scheduled to take place from August 8-18, 2016 and the competition format for all events is fleet racing.

Click here to view the Notice of Race.