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On the afternoon of this Saturday, September 19, the Galleon Bucanero Museum, built in 1991, suffered an emergency, almost sinking in the Bay of Souls, in the Historic Center of Cartagena.
More than 10 members of the National Navy are working to refloat the boat.
For their part, the owners of the boat and people who were in the place lowered the heaviest elements of the boat.
Diego Amaral, who is part of the family that owns the galleon, detailed to The universal that the emergency originated from a mechanical failure in the motor pump.
“Like any artisanal and wooden boat, water leaks, but the motor pump had a failure and did not start so the water did not come out. The entry of the water accelerated when it reached the level of the motor pump’s outlets and exceeded the waterline, ”explained Amaral.
He added that at the time of the sinking the Buccaneer was only with the citizen.
Amaral indicated that they now cover the holes and the outlets of the motor pump, once this is achieved the motor pumps will be turned on to finish raising the ship.
About the Galleon
It was built in Santa María de Belem de Gran Pará – Brazil in 1991. Made entirely of wood from the Brazilian Amazon with 28.1m in length. The journey to transfer him from Brazil to Cartagena lasted 28 days and was carried out with fully sail propulsion.
Its captain Geraldo Amaral was the one who built it and captained it. The Bucanero galleon has been the scene of film and television productions and memorable events such as the launch of the Caribbean Music Festival in 1993 with the cast of the national telenovela “Escalona”, the electronic music event “Ultramar”, Contest Nacional de la Belleza, the celebration of the premiere of the movie “Pirates of the Caribbean: sailing in mysterious waters” among others.
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