The route of salt: the memory of the white gold
On Maundy Thursday, the Route of the Salt returns, a classical and popular regatta for sailing cruisers that has been held since 1989. This event remembers the trips to the island to collect salt, an import source of income for the Pitiüses until the arrival of tourism: it was called the "white gold".
But as an origin of the present route, it is said that in 1846, during the "Sailors' Rebellion", a blockage was caused that created a serious lack of salt in Barcelona. Then a Barcelona businessman proposed to several captains that he would pay generously for the transport of salt from the Pitiüses to the coast of Garraf; the first would be paid in gold, the last would not have enough even to pay the sailors. The "Maltese Falcon" of the Greek Andreas Potrus was the first to arrive, followed by the "Jerba" and the "Arrogante".
The Associación de Navegantes de Altura Mediterráneos (ANAM), together with the Club Náutico de Dénia and the Real Club Marítimo de Barcelona, supported by the Club Naútico of Eivissa and the marina Ibiza Nueva, plus the Department of Tourism, are organising this trial that leaves from Dénia and Barcelona and will end on Sunday, March 31. More information can be found on the web page of the Ruta de la Sal.
Pere Marí
coordinador@eivissaweb.com
Date of publication: 21/03/2002
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