WELCOME to 2017 at Marina Pez Vela!!!! The new year brings a new chapter to Marina Pez Vela as well as the continuation of some of the more popular and iconic events which have become a part of our community culture and our team is committed to ensure your experience with each visit to the project improves each year.
NEW SLIPS ARE OPEN!
As anyone who has visited the project can see, we have completed the expansion of our slip facilities and are officially open for business with a total of 91 new slips at Marina Pez Vela. The expansion was led and built by a team of Costa Rican engineers, technicians and building crew (many from right here in Quepos) and was delivered on time and to the highest global levels of quality. We are incredibly proud of the work that was completed and even more excited about the enormous positive impact this is going to have on the Marina and our community. The marina has more than doubled in total linear feet of dockage and now has the capacity to welcome more full time and transient boats, which will bring more tourists, jobs, investment and visits to our community.
OUTDOOR MOVIE NIGHTS: EVERY FRIDAY 7PM
WE are VERY excited for another season of outdoor Friday Night Movie Nights on our giant, inflatable screen. Our line-up for January is included in this month’s Quepolandia, and you can always get the latest news about the movie of the week, special events and happenings at the project, by visiting our Marina Pez Vela website and Facebook page.
With our 91 new slips completed and our commercial plaza now full of fabulous restaurants, shops and tour companies, we are incredibly excited for what is going to be an AMAZING DECEMBER and kick-off to the high season. Make sure to start planning your month now, so as to not miss any of these amazing events. And please join us for a sunset, a Thursday night happy hour with the RadioDos show live with Evan luck, or outdoor movie night.
BRIGHT LIGHTS BOAT PARADE: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9th
The third annual Bright Lights boat parade promises to be bigger and better than ever this year. This year’s event is going to include the traditional boat parade, circus performers, fireworks display and a lot of fun with our expanded commercial plaza and a chance for everyone to celebrate the start of our holiday season. Charters are available so that you can enjoy the event FROM THE WATER and be a part of the action. Reach out to the team at iFish Quepos for details on a private or shared charter boat or to sponsor and decorate a boat.
As we say good-bye to sleepy and rainy October and say hello to the sunnier skies of November, we are very excited about what is coming, including a soon to be completed new bridge for Quepos and 100 new slips in the Marina to welcome double the boats and double the guests to our great town. Here is what you can look forward in the months ahead.
World Cup Soccer Qualifiers
Costa Rica will play two World Cup Qualifier matches in November, first against Trinidad on November 11th @5:00 pm and then against the U.S. on November 15th @8:00 pm. We will set-up the GIANT outdoor inflatable screen, so come on down to the Marina to enjoy the games.
New Docks, new shops, new faces, more boats, and a few of the world’s largest mammals coming to visit are just a few items which are new around Marina Pez Vela. While the green season might mean a few less tourists in town, it is one of the busiest times for our local operations here at the marina and are months when our focus continues to grow on our local community, local and national celebrations and providing a world class space for locals to enjoy as the project continues to transform itself and our community. Here are some of the key news items for the project and we hope all of you will come out to spend time, support the new stores and enjoy this magnificent setting.
So much for a quiet and uneventful green season! The environment here at Marina Pez Vela just keeps getting more dynamic and the combination of the summer travel season and the events here at the project, there is never a dull moment. We want to thank everyone who came out to join us in our July 4th celebrations and hope that all of you, locals and visitors alike will stay tuned for our upcoming events and continue to form a part of the community and family at the project. August promises more fun and celebrations and here is an update of some important activities and happenings at the project.
MOTHERS DAY
August 15th is Mothers Day here in Costa Rica so do not wait to make your reservations at any of the restaurants here at Marina Pez Vela. There is no more beautiful setting in which to treat your mother to a special dinner, beautiful environment to celebrate all they have and continue to do for us and space at the Marina is going to go fast. Z Gasto Bar, Runaway Grill, Mercato del Porto, Gabriellas Steak and Seafood, Sunrice and Falafel Bar are all here to make an unforgettable experience for your mothers and of course the decadent Gelateria Amorosi for those with the sweet tooth!
The first rains have come and gone, veranillo de San Juan is upon us, and as always, our Marina team is making sure that the community of Quepos is a part of this project’s daily energy, growth and culture. There is lots to report, so here we go!
Slip Expansion
Our Second phase dock expansion is fully underway at this time and anyone visiting the marina has probably taken notice of the large barge which we have on site. This is not a new pleasure cruiser, but a working barge which is laying all the pilings which are the base for our new floating docks at the project. As we have outlined in previous Quepolandia editions, the expansion is going to more than double or linear footage of dockage at the project with a total of 91 new slips, which we will be operational in December. This expansion is going to be attracting a lot more investment, tourism and opportunities for our community.
Our thanks to the Bonnier Organization and the Costa Rica Tourism Board (ICT) and the whole Quepos community for once again welcoming the 350 anglers from around the world to last month’s Offshore World Championship. It was an exciting and dynamic event with teams coming in from as far away as Angola and New Zealand. We are proud that Marina Pez Vela and its hard working team was able to bring this great event to Quepos for the 4th straight year.
The high season here at Marina Pez Vela is packed with energy and activities both for the anglers who are flocking to the finest sport fishing waters in the world as well as tourists and locals alike who are seeking unique experiences in the areas most spectacular setting. April will be no exception for the Marina with everything from the nation’s most popular radio show to the world’s most important sport fishing tournament descending on Marina Pez Vela. Here are just some of the highlights of what is to come here in the coming weeks.
Award winning anglers
A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO SAMANTHA MUMFORD and the team from Miss Judy who won the Amateur Fishing Club tournament held at Marina Pez Vela last month. With 80 total sailfish released over the short weekend tournament, the team took first place and our local female angler won the award for the top angler in the entire tournament. A huge honor for anyone in the tournament and an inspiration to a growing female angler population here in the area.
80’s Block Party
Leg warmers….. check, acid washed jeans….check, big hair/mullet… check…Duran Duran tapes… check… thats right.. you guessed it..mark your calendars for April 2nd and the 80’s Block Party at Marina Pez Vela. No excuses not to come out and celebrate the best and worst decade in a millennium with live music from the band Ladek. We will have live music, food and drink specials at all our restaurants and a great vibe with horribly dressed friends with big hair.. What’s not to love???? Go watch Sixteen Candles, Breakfast Club, or the Ghostbusters and find your inspiration for the party!
By Scott Cutter, Sales Director (and personal friend of the Easter Bunny)
February was an incredible month at Marina Pez Vela with an endless line up of events including the Quepos Billfish Cup, Costa Rica’s largest Super Bowl party, scholarship events for local schools, a Valentine’s Day Concert and an incredible season of tourists enjoying these amazing facilities. The energy and excitement will continue in March with new stores and services opening, this year’s earliest Easter Week/Semana Santa and the Costa Rica national soccer team back in action.
Outdoor Movie Nights
Our Friday Night Free Movie nights are once again in full swing and are just another way that the Marina is looking to create a public space for our local families, expats and tourist to enjoy the stunning backdrop of our coast in a pleasant environment. Every Friday at 7 p.m., come and join us under the stars on our giant 30 foot screen, grab a pizza, some popcorn and an ice cream and enjoy!
By Scott Cutter, Sales Director (and die hard Denver Bronco fan)
Happy 2016 from the entire team and family here at Marina Pez Vela (MPV). It is such a tremendous honor for the team here at MPV to be able to share the amazing public space with the community of Quepos and Manuel Antonio. Your support of the project, the signature restaurants & shops, and the events our team works to create are what makes this project and our community great and unique here in Costa Rica.
Quepos Billfish Cup:
MPV is hosting our signature billfishing tournament this February 3-6th. We expect our largest angler and boat count in the history of the tournament and will be welcoming teams from around the country and the U.S. to compete this Quepos classic tournament. The tournament is a qualifier for the Offshore World Championship, another enormously important event we will be hosting later this year.
