floating museum. The best lateen and vintage sailboats from the region, Galicia, the Basque Country, the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands will be launched in April
The Fundación de Vela Clásica de España was created some time ago with the aim of promoting this nautical modality, the care and maintenance of the boats, and the training of professionals who resume work such as carpentry on the riverbank or the exquisite care that they need for these boats.
This initiative was supported from minute one and the programming of regattas with this type of boat has grown in several coastal cities in Spain, including Cartagena, which will host this year a sporting, cultural and touristic event full of maritime flavor, such as the Cartagena Vela Clásica 2023, an event that will create a floating museum in the harbor from April 28 to 30 and an incomparable spectacle at sea.
It will be a traditional sailing and maritime arts festival, supported by the experience of previous editions, organized by Innoventures Capital with the support of institutions in the region, the Murcian Sailing Federation, associations, employees and local sponsors.
The Cartagena Vela Clásica will bring together a significant number of lateen, classic and vintage ships. The important fleet of lateen sails from Murcia, divided between Cartagena and the Mar Menor, will be joined by other ships from the Mediterranean coast, as well as from Galicia, the Basque Country, the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands, which retain this traditional form of sailing. navigation active.
In this seventh edition, the organization aims to organize activities on the pier that complement this show, such as exhibitions, music, lectures and the dissemination of this unique heritage, which can be enjoyed by shipowners and associations thanks to the commitment and maintenance.
The lateen sail has been declared a Property of Intangible Cultural Interest in the region and Cartagena has always been a benchmark for these lateen sailboats that have been the means of navigation along the entire coast of Murcia since ancient times.
«Cartagena is the ideal place for an event with these characteristics. The opportunity to contemplate these jewels so close to the dock and enjoy sailing in the bay makes an old city an incomparable environment,” said Andrés Sánchez, promoter of this new edition of the Cartagena Vela Clásica, adding that it has been done « a great organizational effort that will certainly pay off and that will place the region of Murcia as an exponent and benchmark of sailing and in this case of classic sailing.
Source: La Verdad
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