The seven-day event starts tomorrow, and is modelled on festivals held in the major waterfront cities such as New York, Sydney, Hong Kong, Singapore, Toronto, Rio de Janeiro, Vancouver, Chicago, Cape Town and Auckland, organisers said here.
The week-long event will also feature `Laser Coastal National 2012', where the class of sailboats will be the Laser Radial (for men and women), the 4.7 (for men and women) and the Laser Standard (only men).
Laser is an Olympic class dinghy, a single crew sailing boat, measuring 4.2 meters in length with a single sail and modern sail controls. Around 80 participants are expected to compete in the category.
It will witness the participation of celebrated names like women's Laser Radial champion Rohini Rau and men's Laser Radial champion B K Rout.
