Vela Classica Mar Menor will bring together 40 ships from Vela Latina, Classica and Epoch

Vela Classica Mar Menor will bring together 40 ships from Vela Latina, Classica and Epoch

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El festival de vela tradicional y de artes marineras se celebrará del 22 al 24 de junio en el muelle de pescadores de Lo Pagán

The traditional sailing and marine arts festival will be held from 22 to 24 June at the fishing dock of Lo Pagán

40 ships from Vela Latina, Classico and Epoco, from the Region of Murcia, the Albufera of Valencia, Galicia, País Vasco, Cataluña and Torrevieja, will meet from 22 to 24 June in the 5th edition of Vela Classica Mar Menor, were presented at the Centre of Tourist Qualification of Murcia.

The event was attended by Miriam Guardiola, Minister of Tourism and Culture; Manuel Fernández, Director General of Tourism; Antonio Luengo. Director General of the Minor Sea; the councillors of Tourism of Cartagena; Carmen Martín; of San Pedro del Pinatar, Silvia Aegea and Los Alcázares, Maite Olmos Andrés Sánchez, as well as the president of the Organizing Committee; Arturo García, president of the FVRM, accompanied by Emilio Gil, Vocal de Vela Classica in the federal body.

In the fishing dock of Lo Pagán the 'village' will be installed, which will become a floating museum of Latin sailing boats "a very remarkable number for such an event," according to the counselor and in the category of classics about 10 boats will be given in the port of sports Tomás Maestre. The event plans to have about 250 crew members, who will generate more than 200 nights in hotel establishments in this coastal area.

This initiative is sponsored by the Tourism and Culture Council and the four municipalities of the Sea Minor, as well as by the Federation of Sailing of the Region of Murcia, and will serve to preserve and promote the region's marine culture. In addition, it will enable the image of the Minor Sea and its unique advantages, such as climatology and the wide variety of options that can be enjoyed in this environment, to be projected throughout Spain.