ZAMBOANGA CITY — All is set for the “vinta” race and sardines boodle fight at the Justice R.T. Lim Blvd., known as the “Cawa-Cawa Blvd.”, as the Zamboanga Hermosa Festival enters its seventh day on Sunday.
Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar, who will lead the opening of the race, said some 200 vinta owners have registered to join this year’s Regatta de Zamboanga.
The Regatta is one of the activities of the Zamboanga Hermosa Festival that attracts thousands of spectators.
Salazar said the first to cross the finish line among the 200 competitors of the vinta race will take home a cash prize of PHP15,000.
The second placer will receive PHP12,000; the third, PHP10,000; the fourth, PHP7,000; and the fifth, PHP5,000.
Salazar said this year’s Regatta will feature the Capability Demonstration by the various units and assets of the Philippine Navy, as an added attraction.
She said the vinta race will be followed by the “Wow Sardinas” Grand Boodle Fight at 11 a.m. along R. T. Lim Blvd.
Tables covered with banana leaves and filled with canned sardine products from every major sardine manufacturer based in the city will line up the boulevard stretch, as thousands of residents gather for a communal meal. (Teofilo Garcia, Jr/PNA)
