CEBU CITY, Philippines — Sailing at about eight kilometers per hour, the LCT (land craft, tank) vessel that will be transformed into the Galleon that will carry the image of Señor Santo Niño
The Galleon, Mandaue Shipping and Lighterage Corp.’s LCT Teofilo Camomot, Coast Guard’s vessel BRP Capones and eight other small floating assets traced the route of the seaborne procession during their dry run on Monday, January 13.
“Tama lang ang gikusgon sa among dagan pero on the actual three knots na lang ang among idagan to compensate for the time allocated for the fluvial which is two hours. Maybe we can finish in one hour and thirty minutes, more or less,” Dela Peña said in an interview after the dry run. BRP Capones will be the lead vessel in the fluvial procession followed by LCT Teofilo Camomot which will ferry the image of the Holy Child and priests from the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño.
“Mauuna yung lead vessel followed by the Galleon. Yung dalawang vessel lang na magdedepart from phase 1. Yung iba will remain until yung galeon will preposition facing south channel going to Pier 1,” PCG-7 Spokesman Lieutenant Junior Grade Michael John Encina said in a briefing prior to the dry run.
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