| Final plans are in place for two milebuilding trips from | | | | Luxia, and on the road from the mouth of the Anas to |
| Tenerife to Madeira and Madeira to Huelva (near | | | | Augusta Emerita. |
| Cadiz). | | | | Christopher Columbus started his voyages to the new |
| Two of our Club class yachts, Stan (a Prima 38) and | | | | world from Huelva - and we will be racing in late |
| Agi (a Hanse 400e), are sailing together up to southern | | | | August here to La Gomera, in the Canary Islands, in |
| Spain. The first leg leaves Tenerife on Friday 26th | | | | celebration of these voyages. |
| June for Madeira. After a short sail to get your sea | | | | Our final destination will be a marina adjacent to the |
| legs, we will make the 300+ mile passage in one | | | | Doñana National Park located in the Spanish |
| go—aiming to arrive in Madeira on the Wednesday. | | | | province of Andalusia, in the provinces of Huelva and |
| Madeira is a located in the mid Atlantic ocean. It is | | | | Seville, and covers 543 km², of which 135 km² are |
| one of the remote islands of Portugal with maderia | | | | a protected area. The park is an area of marsh, |
| island and Poto Santo Island being the only inhabited | | | | shallow streams, and sand dunes and a river |
| islands. | | | | delta flowing into the Atlantic ocean. The original area |
| We will have a day to explore other harbours and | | | | was established in 1963 by the World Wildlife |
| anchorages on Madeira, before you leave us on the | | | | Fund and the Spanish government. |
| Friday (why not stay the weekend?) or take your | | | | With a day to explore the area by sea we will ask |
| berth for the next leg. | | | | you to be ready to leave the yacht on Saturday 11th |
| The second leg from Madeira to Huelva is planned to | | | | July. |
| leave on Friday 3rd July and cover the 500+ miles to | | | | Both legs include breakfast, lunch and dinner on board |
| Huelva in about 5-6 days | | | | the yacht and cost €800 per week. If you book |
| Huelva is a maritime town between the rivers Anas | | | | both legs the cost is €1400. |
| and Baetis, it was seated on the estuary of the river | | | | |