Tomorrow the fleet continues to rise along the Galician coast towards the north, starting the trip along the Costa da Morte from Muros to Camariñas, on a 35-mile tour (Photo Luis Fraguas)

At nine o'clock in the morning they sailed from the pants of the Bouzas Maritime Liceum, the fleet that this year forms part of the 11th Maritime Route O Cabaleiro das Cunchas, with the bow set to the north to, after 42 nautical miles of navigation, reach their first destination, Muros, where they will stay tonight.

With seven days of sea, and the pilgrimage on foot from the Alto del Milladoiro to Santiago, the Route undertakes a special edition, since it can not be held last year, and with the always caution of maintaining the safety measures, not only those derived from the navigation, but also those marked by the authorities with regard to the care and health in prevention of the Covid- 19.

The Delegate of the Xunta of Galicia in Vigo, Marta Fernández- Tapas will be in charge of making the offering before the Apostle James on August 6, at the Mass organized by the Dean of the Cathedral to the pilgrims of O Cabaleiro das Cunchas, and in which you can see the ever spectacular balance of the great Botafumeiro.

We left the Maritime Liceo with a great illusion of relaunching the route of the Cabaleiro das Cunchas, after a year stopped by this pandemic, said Javier Grande, president of the Association of Friends of the Route of O Cabaleiro das Cunchas. We sailed the Ria de Vigo to get out of Ons and catch the wind that would allow us to open larger and fot. At the height of the Corrubedo Lighthouse we had a wind from the north-east, which allowed us to navigate at a speed of almost 7 knots in close proximity, heading directly to Muros. Good sea and at the end of the day has accompanied usI ended up saying Big.

The Jacobea O Cabaleiro das Cunchas Maritime Route, sponsored by Plan Xacobeo 21-22, has the collaboration of the Traslatio Foundation, which promotes the Great Sailing Route in 2022, from Haifa.