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Galician nautical tourism hoists the sails with the Xacobea Nautical Crossing 2022

Participants will set sail from Barbate on 28 May to reach Santiago de Compostela on 13 June and complete the last stretch of the Portuguese Way on foot.

 

The Xunta de Galicia through Portos de Galicia, the Junta de Andalucía and the Galician Association of Yacht Clubs, Asnauga, (a member of the Galicia Tourism Cluster) are collaborating in the organisation of the Xacobea 2022 Nautical Crossing, an event that will serve to publicise the wide range of Galician maritime tourism and which will unite the two communities and Portugal around the celebration of the Holy Year. On 28 May, the port of Barbate in Cádiz will be the departure port for the fleet, which will set sail for Galicia, sailing parallel to the entire coast of the neighbouring country. Baiona, Portonovo and Ribeira are the Galician ports where the participants will stop before reaching Portosín to disembark and cover the last stretch of their journey on foot to Santiago de Compostela, the city where they are expected to arrive on the 13th of June.

 

The route is inspired by the route that, according to the Jacobean story, the disciples of St. James made with his remains and will allow participants to obtain the Compostela, the certificate issued by the Church of Compostela to those pilgrims who complete the journey. The Xacobea 2022 Nautical Crossing is open to any sailing boat between 8 and 16 metres in length and participants will be able to join at any port along the route to Baiona. Those interested in taking part can formalise their registration by filling in the form available on the Asnauga website and sending it to the email info@asnauga.com .

 

“We have a new opportunity to take advantage of the sea as a path, a sea that has something of adventure, excitement, relaxation and disconnection. I can assure you that if the seascapes seen from land are spectacular, those generated from the coast as seen from the sea are even more so. To engrave them forever and ever in the memory”, explained the Regional Minister for the Sea, Rosa Quintana, at the presentation of this initiative, which will serve to raise awareness of the Galician nautical sector, which has 14,000 mooring places in 30 marinas, 400 companies and directly employs more than 2,200 people.