Club de Yates

Club de Yates de Acapulco (English: Acapulco Yacht Club) is a yachting club located in Acapulco, Mexico. Opened in December 1955, it served as host of the sailing events for the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

Since the 1968 Games, the yacht club continues to serve as a sailing venue.

References

1968 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. p. 76. (English) & (French)
Official website history. (Spanish)

Venues of the 1968 Summer Olympics

Olympic venues in sailing

1900: Meulan, Le Havre 1908: Ryde, Hunters Quay 1912: Nynäshamn 1920: Ostend, Buiten Y 1924: Le Havre, Meulan 1928: Buiten Y, Zuiderzee 1932: Los Angeles Harbor 1936: Kiel Bay 1948: Torbay 1952: Harmaja, Liuskasaari 1956: Port Phillip 1960: Gulf of Naples 1964: Enoshima 1968: Club de Yates 1972: Bay of Kiel 1976: Portsmouth Olympic Harbour 1980: Olympic Regatta in Tallinn 1984: Long Beach Shoreline Marina 1988: Busan Yachting Center 1992: Olympic Harbour 1996: Wassaw Sound 2000: Rushcutters Bay 2004: Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre 2008: Qingdao International Sailing Centre 2012: Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy 2016: Marina da Glória

Coordinates: 16°50′16″N 99°54′17″W / 16.83778°N 99.90472°W / 16.83778; -99.90472

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