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The XXV Regatta of Achipencos of Puerto del Rosario’s Carnival gathers more than 7
000 People
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FMHOY - Fuerteventura
On February 19th, more than 7 000 people gathered for the most emblematic event of Puerto del Rosario’s Carnival: the unique Regatta of Achipencos, which was back on the beach of the island’s capital, for the year 2023, to throw into the water and to their luck, the 42 ingenious “Carnival Hydrodynamic Contraptions, Propelled with Non-Polluting Energies, Obviously” (Achipencos), whose crew and pilots provided the public with a good dose of humour and entertainment during that day, which was animated in music by a marathon of various orchestras, music groups and singers from the Day Carnival.
The XXV Regatta of Achipencos is an original idea from the collective called “Así andamos” and organised by Puerto del Rosario’s Ayuntamiento. It is still one of the main attractions of the Carnival and the only regatta with those characteristics in Spain and in the Archipelago of the Canaries.
Hundreds of regatta crew members were anxiously waiting to get to the beach to have fun and entertain the public with their original ideas, fighting to ensure that their contraptions would not sink, and arrive safe and sound on the beach of Los Pozos.
