The Frigate Libertad, like the other ships from South American countries, left this Tuesday after spending six days moored at the Mar del Plata Naval Base, as part of the fourth edition of “Velas Latinoamérica” 2022, where they opened their doors and they were visited by around one hundred thousand people, official sources reported.
From 8 o’clock began to be observed in a sector of the Mar del Plata Naval Base, the enlistment maneuvers to set sail from this seaside resort to Chile and end the nautical event that captivated residents and tourists during these days.
Even more than a hundred people between neighbors and tourists approached the Mar del Plata Golf roundaboutin front of the Naval base, and accompanied throughout the morning with applause every time a sailboat left the local port.
? Mar del Plata fired the #VelasLatinoamerica2022. After the days in the Nautical Park, which brought together thousands of visitors, the units headed towards #PuertoMadryn.
Note and images ➡️ https://t.co/efTTXsbbM6 pic.twitter.com/QYX1ojOpZX– Argentine Navy (@Armada_Arg) March 15, 2022
The first to depart this morning from the Naval Base of this city was the ocean patrol vessel July 20, from Colombia; followed by the sailboat Captain Miranda, from Uruguay; the motorsailer Dr. Bernardo Houssay; the Cisne Branco sailboat, from Brazil; the brig Guayas, from Ecuador; the sailboat bricbarca Unión, of the Republic of Peru and finally the training ship of the Argentine Navy, “Libertad”.
The event began last Wednesday with a great nautical parade of school ships off the coast of Mar del Plata and as of Friday, the Naval Base opened its doors and thousands of people had the opportunity to see the seven ships that participated in the event and remained moored until this Tuesday.
The great star of this weekend in Mar del Plata was without a doubt “Velas Latinoamérica 2022”, which attracted thousands of tourists and people from Mar del Plata who, in addition to being able to board and tour the ships, were able to enjoy different live shows, artistic, cultural activities and musical and military bands.
As well as visiting the different tents of the Argentine Navy and savoring some gastronomic proposal -such as hamburgers, seafood, pasta and pizza- offered by the carts in the Nautical Park.
The crossing of ships from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Uruguay and Peru began on February 13 in Rio de Janeiro, and continued with stops in Punta del Este and Montevideo, while the visit to Mar del Plata is the only port entrance in Argentina, before the fleet advances towards the Chileans of Punta Arenas and Valparaíso, and continue until arriving in Veracruz (Mexico) in June where the tour will end.
This fourth edition Velas Latinoamérica is organized by the Federative Republic of Brazil, celebrating the bicentennial of its Independence.
Velas Latinoamérica, which takes place every four years, had its origin in the 2010 Velas América Bicentennial Regatta, held to commemorate the bicentennial of the beginning of the independence processes of the republics of Argentina and Chile.
