The Project

OUR ROUTE

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Labarca Remo Club is made up of citizens committed to providing a common good related to the municipality, culture, sports and qualified social relationships, based on the joy and pride of self-organization.

Labarca Remo Club is registered in the official register of cultural associations of the Junta de Andalucía, and its operation is governed by democratic statutes and open to participation.

Labarca Remo Club applies in principle to the construction and maintenance of seine boats and other types of traditional boats -sardinal, chalana-, in their fiber versions; and the necessary installations and maintenance.

Possibly, sooner or later, we would apply to boats approved by the Rowing Federation, whether on a fixed bench - lute - or on a mobile bench.

Once a sufficient number of members has been reached, Labarca Remo Club would incorporate as its objective organizational and financial aid to the constitution of other sister clubs on beaches in the municipality or on the rest of the coast of Granada and Almería.

In the medium term, the organization of a Traditional Rowing League is contemplated, inspired by the one that has been held in Malaga for years during the summer.

It is in our future plan to organize a Traditional Rowing Cup, between the champion teams of the Malagueña League and ours, when it comes to exist. Each year it would be carried out alternately in their wooden boats or our fiber boats.

GOALS

1.- Attract young people and not so young people -but in good shape-, towards traditional group rowing and towards interest in our history.

2.- Beautify and make our beach landscape more interesting.

3.- Qualify friendly relations between natives of the municipality, new residents and active tourists, of any age, sex, nationality or social background.

4.- Contribute to the compilation and creation of the contents of a future Interpretation Center for the Art of Seine Boat, artisanal fishing and Andalusian riverside carpentry.

WHY FIBER

Unlike our friends from Málaga, we will not build wooden boats but rather opt for an ultra-light version, based on fiberglass.

The goal is to reduce the cost and time of manufacturing and maintenance, but not only. Above all, we achieved a radical weight reduction. The historic boat weighed about 1,150 kilos, the sports one from Málaga weighed about 500 and ours will weigh just over 150.

SCOPE OF ACTION

Labarca Remo Club was born in Almuñécar – La Herradura but its destiny is to reach the twenty coastal municipalities of Granada and Almería.

APPROACH TO A
PAST AND FUTURE CENSUS

of seine boats in Granada and Almería
29 potential locations

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OPERATION​

  • Labarca Remo Club, cultural and sports association, at the end of the first year of operation expects to have between 100 and 150 members.
  • The fee will be established between €10 and €20 per month for resident members, according to the decision of the first members' assembly.
  • Temporary partners will contribute a proportional fee, which will be established by the Committee.
  • Occasional rowers will be invited to make a donation of €10.
  • The member will have the right to use the boat 8 sailings per month. These may be less, due to sea conditions, or more, in case of low demand.
  • The club will have civil liability insurance.
  • The departure of the boat is carried out under the responsibility of a skipper or espaadilla, who will have been accredited by the Committee.
  • The launching and beaching operations will be directed by the espadilla, who will ensure the order and cleanliness of the boat at the end of use.
  • The espadilla will decide the destination, course and maneuver of the boat, and is obliged to carry a mobile phone with sufficient charge.
  • The members could form regular crews, with their own name and clothing.
  • The standard duration of the voyage will be a maximum of one hour, which may be extended if there is no demand from another crew.
  • Voyages of extraordinary duration may be authorized by the Committee upon written request.
  • Alcohol and tobacco are prohibited on board, and it is mandatory to wear a t-shirt in addition to your swimsuit.
  • A crew can never have more than 3 beginner rowers.
  • On board there will be a maximum of 2 adults as passengers, or 3 children, always with the approval of the espadilla. Children must be accompanied by one of their parents.
  • Rowers must be over 14 years old, and up to 18 they must provide a liability waiver document signed by their father or mother.

ACTIVITIES

  • Practice of traditional group lever rowing on a fixed bench for training or recreational purposes in your own boats.
  • Practice of group lever rowing on a fixed or mobile bench in boats approved by the Andalusian Rowing Federation.
  • Organization of rowing sports competitions on a fixed bench and on a mobile bench.
  • Practice of sailing, Latin modality, in traditional boats - seine and sardinal boats.
  • Maintenance of the vessels and their auxiliary elements and installations - cabins and lifting winches.
  • Spread of the traditional group on other beaches on the coasts of Granada and Almería.
  • Demonstration of traditional group rowing in a seine boat in swamps, docks, lakes and navigable rivers throughout Spain, for the purposes of tourism promotion and cultural exchange.
  • Compilation of effects and documents (photographs, books...) related to the past of artisanal fishing in Andalusia.
  • Deployment of the old purse seine network once a year, after obtaining the special permit required for reasons of ethnographic interest.
  • Deployment of the old (modified) network for the extraction of plastics and other non-organic waste, for symbolic and ecological purposes.
  • Organization of social and cultural events to promote relationships between partners.
  • Organization of conferences and debates of cultural and informative interest related to the prehistory and history of fishing and navigation, and local geography and marine ecology.
  • In-person contribution of the association's boats and rowers in the seafaring processions of the Virgen del Carmen in Almuñécar and La Herradura (and others where appropriate).
  • In-person contribution of the association's boats and rowers in activities of third-party organizations, particularly the annual commemoration of the La Herradura Naval Disaster.
  • Photographic and/or pictorial contest.

BUDGET

in thousands of euros

Shipyard
Mould14
Fiber boats (2)32
Fiber oars (9 x 2)10,8
Mast + Sail + Perch (2) *5
Secondary
Trailer2,5
Hood (2)3,5
Subtotal67,8
Management
Web1,2
Trip to Sicily **1,5
Promotional video3,3
Presentation circuit *** (20 trips x 2 pax x €50)2
Subtotal8
Unforeseen expenses5
Subtotal80,5
VAT 21%16,9
TOTAL97,4
* We will reincorporate the lateen sail that the historic boat had until a century and a half ago.
** Three-day trip for two people to Sicily to study the insertion of the mast in the boat and the handling of the sail.
*** 20 trips for 2 people to present the project in coastal institutes and civic centers in Granada and Almería.

CALENDAR

2023
Creation of LabarcaJune
Registration in the Junta de AndalucíaJuly
Bank account openingAugust
Creation of the digital serviceAugust
Crowdfunding AAugust
Promotional video creationSeptember
Crowdfunding BSeptember
Creation of a mouldDecember
Creation of two boatsDecember
LaunchingDecember
2024
First membership meetingMarch