Capella Pedregal Sponsors World Championship Billfish
Release Tournament in Cabo San Lucas
CABO SAN LUCAS – May 9, 2007 – Capella Pedregal, the premier resort and residential community under development in Cabo San Lucas, has announced their participation as the exclusive real estate and title level sponsor in the 2007 World Championship Billfish Release Tournament (WCBRT). The all-release circle hook tournament will take place in Cabo San Lucas, May 27-31, 2007
Capella Pedregal Sponsors World Championship Billfish Release Tournament in Cabo San Lucas
The WCBRT expects nearly 70 fishing boats and a projected 200+ anglers for 2007. In 2006, the WCBRT set the world record for the number of fish released in a single fishing event with over 260 Marlin caught and released. The WCBRT promotes competition, sportsmanship and the advancement of billfish conservation in a manner that will insure healthy billfsh populations and exciting fshing experiences today and in the future. Backed by The Billfish Foundation Organization, the WCBRT requires mandatory use of circle hooks on live and dead baits, and a single J-hook or Circle hook on a lure. The tournament attracts anglers from worldwide ports of distinction and the 2007 WCBRT is a qualifying event for the Rolex / IGFA Off-Shore Championship and will include a Junior World Championship Division.
Capella Pedregal is committed to preserving Los Cabos' natural resources; chief amongst which is marine life, including the area billfish. Capella Pedregal's founders, the Diaz Rivera family, recognize the important role the species has served in Cabo's boom and are committed to its preservation and sustainability through its support of the WCBRT. Cabo was first known as a billfish destination for the who's who of Hollywood. Captained private yachts, followed by private planes carrying Hollywood's elite, would arrive in Cabo where their passengers would enjoy the laidback attitude and phenomenal fishing. Frequented primarily by anglers in earlier years, Cabo is now known as a sophisticated world class resort destination famous for its golf, dinning and shopping.
The Diaz Rivera family arrived in Cabo in 1974, and its most recent creation, Capella Pedregal, will open in 2008. Upon its Spring 2008 opening, Capella Pedregal will consist of 31 fractional Capella Residences, ranging from 3,500 to 4,500-square feet, and 20 full-ownership Capella Casonas ranging from 5,000 to 7,000-square feet and an exclusive 66-room resort managed by the top-tier Capella Hotels and Resorts brand. Owners at Capella Pedregal enjoy incomparable amenities including the use of the community's fleet of luxury Viking sport fishers.
Located at Camino De La Plaza #145, Cabo San Lucas, BSC, Mexico.
It is 25-minutes from Los Cabos International Airport,
which is serviced by direct flights from numerous major cities in North America.
For more information on the resort and residential offerings at Capella Pedregal,
visit www.capellacabo.com or call (877) 655-7798.
