In 2024 the tall ship Buque Escuela Cuauhtemoc of the Mexican Navy is undertaking
his 42st training cruise and will visit both Australia and New Zealand. Cuauhtemoc is
a steel-hulled three-masted Brick Barca, which is 90.50m long and has a mast height
of 48.2m.
On Monday 16 September, Cuauhtemoc will arrive at Fremantle at 10:00 am.
Cuauhtemoc was launched in 1982. This is his 42th voyage which will take 222 days
and over 25,000 nautical miles to complete, visiting 13 ports. At the helm is Captain
(Navy) Victor Hugo Molina Perez who is a specialist in General Staff and. The total
crew consists of 261 crew. Several nationalities are amongst the crew, including an
Australian Naval Officer, Sblt. Henry Mancilla, who Will join Cuauhtemoc in
Fremantle and will disembark in Sydney.
After visiting Fremantle, on Monday 21th November, Cuahtemoc will sail to
Melbourne from the 3 to 8th of October, and then Will sail again to Sydney where Will
arrive the 10:00am 14th of October.
Cuauhtemoc has a long and proud history of training Mexican Sailors and is a right of
passage for Mexican Navy Personnel. This emblematic sailboat is internationally
recognized.
Thanks to his successful participation in important festivities and maritime events
around the world, he has earned numerous awards and recognitions, among which
are: three times winner of the Boston Teapot Cup; Cutty Sark Trophy twice; First
place overall in the 2012 Tall Ship Races; A first and a second place in the Tall Ships
Challenge Regatta; Second place in the Colón 92 Regatta and third place in the
Osaka 97 Regatta, as well as numerous recognitions for elegant presentation and
fraternity by its members. However, the most important thing has been to earn the
admiration and affection of those who visit its decks.
He is a tireless navigator who with his more than 36 years has made the same
number of training trips, visited 212 ports in 64 different countries and accounting for
a total of 5,862 days at sea and 756,085 nautical miles sailed, the latter equivalent to
making 35 trips around the world.
In addition, the Training Ship Cuauhtémoc has 8 honorable mentions, which are
represented with a star for each mention awarded, placed on the starboard and port
bulkheads in the deck área
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