Leg 9/2026
7 – 12 July: Porto Santo/Madeira to Mainland Madeira, 70 nm
The contrast between sandy Porto Sando and lush Madeira couldn’t be bigger. There will not be too much sailing, since there are no more than three usable marinas in Madeira and one in Porto Santo.
Portosanto is really a fantastic island.
The marina of Porto Santo. Carol told me that it has been extended and rebuilt after the storm in 2019. I can’t wait to see it in 2025 again!
Who would believe that Portosanto has one of the longest airports in the Atlantic!
The anchorage in the marina has now become a field of buoys while were were there in 2021. You can see all the missing pontoons which were taken in a storm in 2019 (or was it 2020?) but some of them have since been rebuilt, I saw when we passed by in 2025 the last time.
Approaching mainland Madeira
overlooking the Atlantic from a restaurant in Calheta, Madeira
Price: EUR 1,880 per person including all food consumed onboard, harbour fees, diesel etc. Restaurants come extra, where we share the cost.