ABOUT PIRATES!
Before the fifteenth century, the incursions of Algerian and Tunisian pirates on our shores were frequent. In Badalona, there was a well-feared one: the corsair Catxidiable. Family adventures!
BOOKUNIQUE EXPERIENCES ABOARD A CENTURY-OLD VESSEL
SAIL IN THE MORNING AND DISCOVER THE CITY FROM THE SEA, EMBARK ON THE SUNSET, LIVE A PIRATE ADVENTURE OR CHOOSE TO MEET THE SEABIRDS. YOU WILL ALWAYS GET IT RIGHT.
SEABIRD WATCHING
From the approximately 9.000 species of birds that exist in the world, nearly 300 are considered to be marine birds. This experience proposes you to look for them in their own environment.
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BADALONA FROM THE SEA. OUR SKYLINE
How does see the city from the sea? Is Sant Josep’s belfry identified? What references have the fishermen? Which is the highest mountain. Discover the history of the city from a new perspective: looking from the sea.
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SUNSET
One of the most pleasant sensations is to navigate in the magical moment of the sunset. If we also add to do it in a classic boat, the experience is unrepeatable. Or not? Because every sunset is unique.
BOOKDISCOUNTS OF 10%
10% final price to members of the Associació d’amics del Quetx Ciutat Badalona.
YOUNG CARD DISCOUNTS
10% final price for holders of the Badalona Young Card.
DISCOUNTS 10% LODGING
10% final price for people staying at the Marina Sallès hotel.
KETCH CIUTAT BADALONA
THE 1929 CLASSIC BOAT WORKS AS A TRADITIONAL SAILING SCHOOL AND IS A SYMBOL OF THE CITY
SAILING ON THE BARCELONA COAST
The Ciutat Badalona is a classic ketch built in 1929 in Denmark which initially worked in the local trade in raw materials such as minerals and grain. It continued in the Baltic coastal trade until, after some years in dry dock, it began its journey to the Caribbean in the 1970s. One of the secrets of its long life is that it was constructed with fine materials and the best timber, even though it was built in the year of the Wall Street Crash.
In 2006, it was bought by Marina de Badalona with the idea of recovering so that it could symbolise the city wherever it went. The first step was to change its name from Johanne Regina to Ciutat Badalona. It underwent a complete, complex refitting process, but by September 2011 it was ready to hoist its sails.
The boat is intended to become a symbol of the city in the ports where it goes and a centre for many sporting, leisure and cultural activities. Among the projects being planned is to use the impetus of the newly refitted boat to create a traditional sailing school to recover the values of cooperation, teamwork and the personal challenge of this type of sailing.
Marina de Badalona could not offer the boat to the city without the close involvement and coordination of the Association of Friends of the Ketch Ciutat de Badalona, who are crucial in providing a volunteer crew for sailing it under the leadership of Marcel Mongay, who is in charge of maintenance and technical advice.
Ciutat Badalona is sailing once again to represent a seafaring city, collecting the testimony of tradition and looking confidently to the future from its urban port. There, it can be a focal point for bringing everyone with a seafaring background together with those who are completely new to sailing. In the boat’s new role, its scheduled sailings are:
Information about the Association of Friends of the Ketch Ciutat Badalona
A group of boat lovers from Badalona promoted and advised by Marcel Mongay have set themselves the task of recovering and preserving the boat as the heritage of Badalona and offering it to the city for both cultural and sporting purposes. If you would like more information about this association, please contact www.amicsquetxciutatbadalona.cat
You can formally join the association before buying tickets so you can begin to enjoy your discount.
CELEBRATIONS AND WORK MEETINGS ON THE KETCH
EDUCATION PROGRAMMES ON BOARD THE KETCH. QUERIES AND BOOKINGS
SCHOOL VISITS WITH OR WOTHOUT SAILING
OTHER EVENTS
