Barcelona to Sitges transfers (ferry)

Maiden voyage of the new sea line connecting the two cities and is starting to work today

Barcelona to Sitges transfers (ferry)

Good morning and welcome aboard the first ferry for Sitges “announced yesterday public address test on the trip boat connecting Barcelona and Sitges regular maritime connection and BlueCat operating company. The PA, however, forgot to recommend passenger- journalists and representatives of institutions that were forewarned and take a pill for motion sickness before leaving. More than one inexperience of work and surf at the same time was a bad experience.

A wonderful journey was presumed. The day accompanied with a bright sun, the sea sparkled and the ability to go in short sleeves made the visit to Sitges the most appetizing.

The new offering ferry trip is intended especially for tourists and cruise passengers. During the presentation, which also took on board, testing the endurance of more than one, they said, “it is another way to share tourism between Barcelona and Sitges”. The authorities hope that it will be an “opportunity to fluff the mass tourism of Barcelona”.

On leaving the port, the passage could enjoy the skyline of Barcelona. The imposing hotel Vela, recognizable towers, the Sagrada Familia cathedral and is blurred in Eixample that could only glimpse the streets climbing up the mountain …. and all moving from left to right from the high seas.

“We do not intend to compete with the train, but we want this to serve for an experience for the Mediterranean”, said the head of marketing for the company, aware that the initiative is not intended as an alternative to the 35 minutes it takes the railway to connect the center of both cities.

“Oh, oh, oh, how boot this,” said a reporter he closed his eyes clinging to the seat to prevent the rolling waves go to his head. “It seems we’re on the Dragon Khan”,.

Meanwhile, those responsible for the initiative showed their satisfaction. “It was a project we have been working since 2014. It is an opportunity in which we all win,” they said.

“Councillor, Councillor, are you okay?”, Two women, specialists in the marine industry, tried to resuscitate the first deputy mayor of Sitges, which succumbed to the movement and fell fulminated. He collapsed while making a move to enter cover. The impact was so strong that it was one minute on the floor unconscious until they finally came to. It was the culmination to a sharp rattle an hour and a half, which was to last only half an hour, and hardly could bear the unaccustomed. “I told you on the boat is better not to look the phone to not get dizzy,” he recalled pertinently, though in retrospect, a member of the crew.

The boat arrives traveling 35 knots (about 68 km / h), a very fast speed but may be delayed in departure and arrival to port where it should slow down. The Government expects the ferry is also consolidated in an alternative service for the Catalans who want to spend the day to Sitges and wish to make a slightly more original way.

Most journalists arrived groggy. However, in the terminal Sitges has installed a lounge area with good drinks and good food has arranged everything.

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The Boat Show returns to Barcelona in a climate of recovery in the sector

The event, which will have 260 exhibitors and more than a hundred new features, will be held from 14th to 18th October in the Port Vell

Salon-Nautico-2015

The Spanish marine industry hopes that the LIV International Boat Show of Barcelona confirmed the “turnaround” experienced by the sector in 2014, after several years of crisis, with good attendance data.

This edition, to be held from Wednesday 14th to Sunday October 18th at Pier of Spain and the whip of the Port Vell, will feature 260 exhibitors -a 4% more than in 2014, 130 new products and a total of 670 boats with an area of ​​54,000 square meters more-2000, explained on Monday at a press conference the president of the show, Luis Conde.

Conde expects the number of attendees is “around 55,000” and exceeding 54,000 last year, and is optimistic by as lounges have worked Genova (Italy) and Cannes (France), held in dates very close to Barcelona, ​​and has highlighted that 16% of the exhibitors are foreign.

The President has welcomed the experience of the previous edition of the fair is delayed a few weeks to avoid overlapping with Genova, which this year has been postponed a few weeks, and says he will not have an impact on Barcelona.
Positive data

The secretary general of the National Association of Marine (ANEN), Carlos Sanlorenzo, stressed that the sector “finally recorded positive data” and that between January and September 4,150 pleasure boats were enrolled, 10.5% more than the same period last year, which had an increase of 12.8%.

Sanlorenzo explained that the sector has undergone a period of stagnation, but registrations are still 65% below those of 2006. For him, the recovery takes hold in the rent increases by 37.4% and it increased by 56 % in 2014 due to a change in consumer habits “it is changing the concept of ownership by sharing”. For lengths, boats are the fastest growing between 12 and 16 meters passing of 85-104 registrations (22%), although the most numerous are still the less than eight meters which increased by 10% to a total 3,725.

By provinces, the Balearic Islands lead the standings with 677 vessels (16.32% increase), followed by Barcelona 465 (10.98% more), and Madrid that gets third place (20.8%) at the expense of Cadiz with 302.
More than a hundred new features

Of the total of 130 innovations, new models are 80 boats and 50 engines electronic accessories and art. In addition, the show will feature a conference in which participate the secretary general of the International Maritime Industries Association (ICOMIA its acronym in English), Udo Kleinitz; export director of the Association of Marine US, Julie Balzano, and general secretary of the Association of Nautical Colombia (Asonautica).

Looking to the average consumer, holding the Nautical Night Friday, October 15th, in which you can visit the lounge at night with musical entertainment and Havana, and the promotion of a group of exhibitors who regale buyers highlights vessels between 4.5 and 6 meters long with a free course navigation.

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