A few hours of departure, participants Route Memory I Cartagena- Oran concentrated in the port of Cartagena ready to celebrate the first edition.
An event, which starts on Thursday 4 and join the two Mediterranean cities with the aim of recovering maritime relations that maintained historically.
In organizing clubs and Oran Cartagena regatta with their respective municipalities involved, besides the Phoenicia Association Sailing Federation and the Algerian port of Oran.
From the Real Club de Regatas de Cartagena will leave this event with a distance of 100 nautical miles.
It is, in short, to recall the ancient sea route that existed between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries, as well as passenger transport line which opened in 1890.
The last preceding voyage was the last year of Cartagena Agüera paddlers and Pedro Jesus Alejandro Martinez, who came paddling from one to another side of the Mediterranean.
Ten ships of Oran and other Cartagena 30 participate in this first edition.
The race is scheduled to arrive on Friday, September 5, further including a program covering the awards ceremony and a tour of the city.
It will be this afternoon, Wednesday 3, at 19.00 hours meeting patterns, pre-departure, to be attended among others Ghalam Abdu, president of the Association Phenicia Oran and director of the newspaper La Voix D'Oran, accompanied by President of the Real Club de Regatas Cartagena, Miguel à ngel Celdrán
The race to join the Peninsula and Algeria launches, with output expected to top 11 hours.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena