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Two pearls of the history of navigation espaola calling at Istanbul. Andres Mourenza
Istanbul, 24 feb () .- Two pearls of historical fleet espaola These days come together in Istanbul in the strait between Asia and Europe: the ship of the Navy John Sebastian Elcano and galen Andalusia, a replica of a seventeenth-century ship belonging to the Nao Victoria Foundation.
The schooner bergantn Elcano returns to Istanbul for the first time in 60 years, for the annual cruise to train naval officers, power leveling wow, has been shortened from the usual seven months to four and, instead of the usual through the waters of America, will take on Europe from the Mediterranean Sea Bltico.
"It's because in May the vessel to enter a long ms works than usual to renew the stern and machinery," said the commander, Manuel de la Puente Mora-Figueroa.
The previous voyage to Istanbul, eve isk for sale, took place in 1951 when Turkey and enjoyed his first government democrtico, was about to join NATO and Bean contributed to the founding of the UN and the Council of Europe , while Spain under the Franco dictatorship, suffers an international isolation.
"If this stays speak," sighs an officer, aware that more than 80 years of history varnished, cheap aion kinah, decks of the ship.
And practically everything continues as in the year of its launch, 1927. The navigation is done by sail, by hand, and the 51 cadets being trained as officers were taught languages to calculate the position with only the aid of the sextant and the heavenly stars.
"Today he is navigated so technologically advanced boats have freed the man from the sea. So this, wow power leveling, is the best place to experience the bad and good times of the sea," said de la Puente, a family Magellan offspring has been nine generations of Navy officers and three commanders to Elcano.
The vertigo can take control of who see the candles are hand tied to what the cadets have to climb to the top of the masts and work at 50 meters.
"Now up protected by a harness, but in my time go up with nothing," said Francisco Villegas corvette captain Cabanas, rrring to recent school MOTNE Aleman on the ship "Gorch Forck" after the death of a sailor falling from masts.
The same occurs in the Andalusian galen, built in 2010 to participate in the Universal Exhibition in Shanghai (China) "first historical rigor," says Miguel Talegn, press officer of the ship.
"It's a luxury sailing as HACA before the sextant and guided by hand by the maneuver of sailing. To pick up the mainsail, which weighs 1,000 kilos, we need 15 people," he adds.
The Andalusian is on his way back to Cadiz from the Yellow Sea, having sailed the waters of the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Djibouti, Red Sea and the Mediterranean.
A box of carnations that reads "Viva Spain, Viva Turkey" and the orchestra pasodobles ship's guests receive the official reception on the deck of Elcano.
"Welcome to Spanish territory, salutes an officer, with his uniform and saber belt.
After 14 das and 2,000 miles of continuous sailing since his departure from Cadiz, the scale in Istanbul is the time to quench their thirst for land.
"But we do not usually have problems because, unlike other ships, this is a voluntary target. The dedication and desire to work are complete," said Villegas.
"It's a very self-sacrificing profession but very nice," said the midshipman Carlos Noval.