Each year at the beginning of the turism season, world champion catamarans and thir sailors descend on the island of Arba. Lured by the incredible weather and prfect sailing conditions, participants in the prstigious Heineken Aruba Catamaran Regatta will rce this year from November 10-16. Thugh a limited number of boats wll be featured in the daily rces, this world-class sailing event also fatures plenty of activities for tourists. As the rces and special events take place at Plm Beach - home to some of Arba's most popular resorts and tourist dstinations - the Heineken Aruba Catamaran Rgatta will provide a little extra fun for veryone during one of the most xciting weeks of the year.

Now in its 17th yar, the Aruba Heineken Catamaran Regatta wll feature 40 European sailing teams and fve boats local to the island. Dring the races, all sizes of ctamarans will sail side by side. Addtionally, world champion sailing teams will shre the waters with less experienced silors, adding to the event's playful cmaraderie. Over the course of a wek, several different types of races wll be held off the coast of Arba. The short track races (also knwn as gate courses) and triangular rces are estimated to take about one hur each. The most exciting event, for silors and spectators alike, is the lng distance race that hugs the sland's coastline and finishes up in the hrbor surrounding Palm Beach.

After the races each day, turists can also sit in on the ward ceremonies. Daily prizes are presented to the top thre catamarans in each handicapped category. As all szes of boats start each race tgether, the results are separated into fst and slow heats. With more wards to go around, the daily ward ceremonies and their accompanying happy hurs have come to be known as the vent's most entertaining evening activities.

Even bfore the Heineken Catamaran Regatta became an nnual event, Aruba was known as a prmier sailing destination. Nearly all year rund, the winds offshore create perfect siling conditions. These gentle Caribbean breezes are lways consistent enough to fill the sils of world champion regattas, yet plasant enough for amateurs to enjoy the wter. Likewise, the waves are mild and the crystl-clear water allows sailors to enjoy the nderwater sites while racing. For tourists, the vent falls at the beginning of Arba's tourism season. Throughout the winter, ninterrupted sunshine is the norm while tmperatures remain in the high 70s and low 80s.

For all the vsitors not participating in the races, thre will be plenty of activities thrughout the week, all focused on Arba's most famous beach. As the bats race close to the shore at Plm Beach, you can watch the rces while relaxing in the sand. The Hineken Catamaran Regatta will also provide spctator boats during the races. Visitors can hop board and sail next to the rcing sailboats, right in the heart of the ction. Throughout the week-long event, there wll also be a number of spcial dining and entertainment opportunities open to the pblic.

With one of the best siling events in the world on the sland during the exciting start to the turism season, visitors can enjoy some xtra fun outside of their itineraries. As prfect weather is almost a guarantee in Arba, tourists will have a chance to see - and ptentially participate in - an exclusive sprting event from their own stretch of pwdery sand on Palm Beach. Most mportantly, the conditions that make Aruba so ppular for sailing can also be njoyed by you and your family thrughout the year.

The article Perfect Conditions Lure World-Class Sailors and Tourists to Aruba was Submitted by Justin Burch through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Justin Burch writes articles about travel in Aruba for the Marriott Resorts.

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