A total of 73 athletes (36 men and 37 women) will compete in the events.

[1] Peru were the sailing competitions defending champions after having won them in the previous edition in Santa Marta 2017.

Peru and Ecuador won 2 gold medals each, however, Peru reached two more silver medals (3–1) than Ecuador to win the sailing competitions again.

Each nation was able to enter two boats per event and a maximum of 18 sailors (8 men and 10 women).

[1] The sailing competitions were held at the Tominé Reservoir at kilometer 10 on the Sesquile - Gutavita road in Guatavita, a municipality of Cundinamarca Department.