200 miles that will join Portugal with Galicia reminiscent of the transfer of the body of the Apostle Santiago (Photo Juan Caballero)

The Route Marítima O Cabaleiro das Cunchas reaches its eighth edition, reinforced by the active presence of a good number of ships and sailors who have over the years consolidated with their presence and participation a known journey in all the seas. The meeting with the tradition of Jacobea customs and the practice of the sport of the sailing was presented this afternoon at the facilities of the Liceo Marítimo de Bouzas, during a reception attended by representatives of public institutions and private entities that make it possible, including the Territorial Delegate in Vigo de la Xunta de Galicia, Ignacio López Chaves; the president of Portos de Galicia, José Juan Durán; the Senador and Concelleiro, Michel Fidalgo; the Naval Commander of Vigo, Gonzalo del Río Fery the president of the Liceo Grande de la Comunicación, José María María Bouolum; the Director of the Marítima; the Marítima de la Comunicación; the Marítima; the Director of the Marítima, José Fernandez and the Marítima; the Marístico de la.

During the course of the event, Grande took the opportunity to announce in his intervention the concession in 2018 of the organization of the Youth Meeting of the Sail Training Spain, a national body responsible for the navigation on the routes of the Tall Ships of hundreds of young people. The Association Amigos de la Ruta Marítima del Apostle Santiago a Galicia, which chairs Javier Grande, is in charge of organizing the journey, an appointment with tradition and the sea that in 2017 will arrive in the ports of Viana do Castelo, in Portugal, Commud, Cabo de Cruz, and Bouzas, the latter as a point of departure and arrival, during a transit that will begin to be drawn on July 30 until August 5, having ahead of 200 nautical miles, to culminate with a naval stop, in San Simón.

The route, which symbolizes the passage of "The Traslatium" of the body of the Apostle James, recalls the legend of the Cabaleiro das Cunchas, a medieval noble killed by a spear on the banks of Bouzas, succumbing to the life within its waters, and returned to it with the passage of the body of the Apostle, leaving the sea on the loins of his horse covered with shells, attributing the miracle to the same James. Since 2010, the Association of Friends of the Maritime Route has promoted the initiative, joining Portugal with Galicia, to take the pilgrims to Santiago, encouraging the Compostela that is given to them in the same Cathedral, following the celebration of Mass and Blessing.