Two classic boats, the Bon Temps and Saltillo, en the Bilbao River Maritime Museum, from 18 March

From 18 March, the Bilbao River Maritime Museum will receive two classic historic boats: the Bon Temps and the Saltillo. A tour of these magnificent crafts, can be carried out from 16.00 h to 20.00 h., and is included in the admission to the museum. The Saltillo will be in the museum until 21 march and Bon Temps until 20 March.

Saltillo
This sailing boat was built in 1932 in the G. de Vries Lentsch shipyards, in Amsterdam, and was later acquired by Pedro Galíndez. During the Republic, the president, Alcalá Zamora, authorised this craft to navigate and trade in the seas all around the world. During the Civil War it was bombed, but the damage was not specially severe. For many years, the Saltillo competed in various important regattas. In 1946 Pedro Galíndez donated the boat to Juan de Borbón, Count of Barcelona. Two years later, it took part in the first Olympic Games after the Second World War.

The Saltillo has been witness to a great number of historical vents, such as the wedding between D. Juan Carlos de Borbón and Dña. Sofía of Greece, in Athens.
In 1968, Pedro Galíndez donated the boat to the Official Nautical School in Bilbao to be used in the students training.

Bon Temps
On 17 March the ‘Bon Temps’ was launched in Palma de Mallorca. It is a two masted yacht, commissioned by José Ponsa Soca, who allowed his nephew, Jaume Ponsa to use it for thirteen years. On the sudden onset of water skiing and the celebration of the World Championship in the Arenys de Mar Port, the Bon Temps started to take part in this activity.
One of the most significant restorations of the yacht took place in 1961, when Jaume Ponsa sold half of the boat to Rossend Riera Sala who changed the two petrol engines for one 60 HP diesel engine.
In 1976, Jorge Maciá Mas-Bagá bought the Bon Temp’ and sold it, two years later, to Francisco Gozalbo Catalán, who then went on to sell it in 1982 to its present owner, Isabel Gutiérrez Turrión, who registered it in the port of Santander. The Bon Temps now navigates in the Cantabrian Sea as a cruise ship.

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