Final plans are in place for two milebuilding trips from Tenerife to Madeira and Madeira to Huelva (near Cadiz).

Two of our Club class yachts, Stan (a Prima 38) and Agi (a Hanse 400e), are sailing together up to southern Spain.   The first leg leaves Tenerife on Friday 26th June for Madeira.  After a short sail to get your sea legs, we will make the 300+ mile passage in one go—aiming to arrive in Madeira on the Wednesday.

Madeira is a located in the mid Atlantic ocean.  It is one of the remote islands of Portugal with maderia island and Poto Santo Island being the only inhabited islands. 

We will have a day to explore other harbours and anchorages on Madeira, before you leave us on the Friday (why not stay the weekend?) or take your berth for the next leg.

The second leg from Madeira to Huelva is planned to leave on Friday 3rd July and cover the 500+ miles to Huelva in about 5-6 days

Huelva is a maritime town between the rivers Anas and Baetis, it was seated on the estuary of the river Luxia, and on the road from the mouth of the Anas to Augusta Emerita.

Christopher Columbus started his voyages to the new world from Huelva – and we will be racing in late August here to La Gomera, in the Canary Islands, in celebration of these voyages.

Our final destination will be a marina adjacent to the Doñana National Park located in the Spanish province of Andalusia, in the provinces of Huelva and Seville, and covers 543 km², of which 135 km² are a protected area. The park is an area of marsh, shallow streams, and sand dunes and a river delta flowing into the Atlantic ocean. The original area was established in 1963 by the World Wildlife Fund  and the Spanish government.

With a day to explore the area by sea we will ask you to  be ready to leave the yacht on Saturday 11th July.

Both legs include breakfast, lunch and dinner on board the yacht and cost €800 per week.  If you book both legs the cost is €1400.

Contact us at info@clubsail.com for more details

The urban landscape of Barcelona provides a coastline stretching more than four kilometers and the beaches have earned a name for themselves as popular leisure spaces. It was around the 1980s that the project of first opening the city to the sea was first undertaken. The redeveloped seafront has become one of Barcelona’s popular spot for recreation and leisure. The beaches have all necessary facilities and services which guarantee a pleasant and safe day at the beach. And, with the development of the shoreline Barcelona has gained new areas for leisure. One part of the shoreline has been developed into a new marine wildlife park. The new bathing area of the shoreline is different from normal beaches in that it has been specially designed to create an area of calm waters which are soothing to the senses.

Barcelona is a city well known for its night life. There are exciting cultural activities which provide entertainment and leisure suitThe urban landscape of Barcelona provides a coastline stretching more than four kilometers and the beaches have earned a name for themselves as popular leisure spaces. It was around the 1980s that the project of first opening the city to the sea was first undertaken. The redeveloped seafront has become one of Barcelona’s popular spot for recreation and leisure. The beaches have all necessary facilities and services which guarantee a pleasant and safe day at the beach. And, with the development of the shoreline Barcelona has gained new areas for leisure. One part of the shoreline has been developed into a new marine wildlife park. The new bathing area of the shoreline is different from normal beaches in that it has been specially designed to create an area of calm waters which are soothing to the senses.

Barcelona is a city well known for its night life. There are exciting cultural activities which provide entertainment and leisure suitable to all tastes and styles. Check into one of the hotels in Barcelona to entertain yourself at the numerous shows, bars, discotheques, concerts and popular fiestas which are the attractions of the city. A tourist to Barcelona will never find a dull and boring moment while in the city. The range that Barcelona offers for a night out on the town at times causes one to find it difficult to choose from all the various offerings. The city has a host of champagne and cocktail bars where one can drop in for an evening of entertainment. Another good option is to venture into any of the good restaurants to savor from a wide and varied range of authentic food from across the world. Most Barcelona hotels also have good specialty restaurants serving authentic Spanish food of the traditional Mediterranean variety.

There are a variety of Barcelona Spain hotels suitable to the needs of all travelers and tourists. The economical traveler can check into cheap Barcelona hotels or Barcelona budget hotels for a comfortable and relaxing stay. The more stylish travelers can look forward to the finest of luxury hotels in Barcelona where the best of services and amenities are provided. The young crowd especially fond of dancing and jiving will love the look of Barcelona with its multitude offerings of discotheques, clubs and dance halls. There are many live music clubs to be found where the guests who do not like to move their bodies can head to for an evening of fun and entertainment. The variety of style ranges from jazz and blues to African music. Those desirous of showcasing their musical talents can make use of the opportunity of their tour to try out a karaoke club.

To check out the rich heritage of Barcelona one must take time out for a visit to the numerous museums of the city where you will be able to get a glimpse of the culturally rich exhibitions displayed. The Museo Picasso and Fundacion Joan Miro are the more renowned museums of the city.able to all tastes and styles. Check into one of the hotels in Barcelona to entertain yourself at the numerous shows, bars, discotheques, concerts and popular fiestas which are the attractions of the city. A tourist to Barcelona will never find a dull and boring moment while in the city. The range that Barcelona offers for a night out on the town at times causes one to find it difficult to choose from all the various offerings. The city has a host of champagne and cocktail bars where one can drop in for an evening of entertainment. Another good option is to venture into any of the good restaurants to savor from a wide and varied range of authentic food from across the world. Most Barcelona hotels also have good specialty restaurants serving authentic Spanish food of the traditional Mediterranean variety.

There are a variety of Barcelona Spain hotels suitable to the needs of all travelers and tourists. The economical traveler can check into cheap Barcelona hotels or Barcelona budget hotels for a comfortable and relaxing stay. The more stylish travelers can look forward to the finest of luxury hotels in Barcelona where the best of services and amenities are provided. The young crowd especially fond of dancing and jiving will love the look of Barcelona with its multitude offerings of discotheques, clubs and dance halls. There are many live music clubs to be found where the guests who do not like to move their bodies can head to for an evening of fun and entertainment. The variety of style ranges from jazz and blues to African music. Those desirous of showcasing their musical talents can make use of the opportunity of their tour to try out a karaoke club.

To check out the rich heritage of Barcelona one must take time out for a visit to the numerous museums of the city where you will be able to get a glimpse of the culturally rich exhibitions displayed. The Museo Picasso and Fundacion Joan Miro are the more renowned museums of the city.

SpaceBook is my pet name for the collective breed of social networking sites. Sort of a MySpace marries Facebook and it’s all the same thing, different color. As a genre, SpaceBook is taking a deep stab at the integrity of our human social interactions, redefining the way we communicate and consequentially forcing us to create and abide by new standards in social etiquette.

We interact on SpaceBook much like truck drivers on CB radios – Breaker, Breaker 1-9-ing it for anyone who will Roger that. As a society increasingly dependent on digital communication, we have become habitually conditioned to seek social engagement (and attention) from the very source that’s sucking so much of our lives – our computers. The irony is so blatant – we have surrounded ourselves with technology instead of humanity and then wonder why we’re so desperate for human interaction?

Never before has a society been so into probing into everyone’s lives and personal business. A society saturated with reality-based entertainment, we have become immune to any of life’s mystery and demand immediate gratification in every element of our lives. Information you once reserved for the privileged few is now dispersed through bits and bytes into the world.

The SpaceBook Universe is like a virtual high school reunion whenever you want it, no extreme diet or hot date required. From our desktops we click our way into the hip crowd. We see the cool girls who got fat and the fat girls who got cool. But alas we can never truly shed the high school drama. Decades into the future, we still post pictures yesteryear and reminisce about the days where we passed notes rather than posts on SpaceBook bulletin boards. But kudos for us adults – we have successfully made the progression from fake in person to fake online.

We update our “status” on a regular basis. We affirm our love, support our politicians, and send cryptic messages into the Universe. We toss out the line and wait for the bite. We function as self-driven advertising machines, crafting clever “sticky” status lines that will tempt the masses. Entice them to reply … and possibly engage a real person in a virtual conversation.

SpaceBook provides empowerment for those adults who don’t feel comfortable approaching someone in person and asking them to be their “friend.” In the SpaceBook Universe, it takes very little risk to click a button requesting a friend. We can ask it of anyone – and bestow it to anyone.

For those of us with passive aggressive tendencies, SpaceBook offers up ample opportunity. Take the friend request – the fundamental building block of any well-rounded SpaceBook account. As an amateur, I clumsily thought the standard protocol was to approve all friends, reserving denials only for dire circumstances (i.e., ex-boyfriend) or to make a point (READ: SpaceBook power trip). I was proven wrong.

There are die-hards amongst the SpaceBook populace and they maintain steadfast rules for navigating their Universe with almighty SpaceBook Righteousness. Said rules may include strict quantifiable friend approval criteria (i.e., “I’ve spoken to them in the last year”) or self-imposed limitations on participation in the Universe (i.e., “I only approve friends, I don’t poke or send virtual presents”). Every addict creates rules to keep their addiction at bay.

“Friend,” as a title, has never been so overused and under-meant. The label used to infer integrity; it held a high rank in life’s social order of values. Now the omnipresent designation needs clarification. Is she a real friend or friend on SpaceBook?

SpaceBook also functions as a stage from which we broadcast our blossoming (or wilting) relationships. An interactive forum exists for your friends to observe and comment on your romantic interludes. They witness as you publicly exchange flirtatious comments and subsequently over-run your online photo albums showcasing the new couple on Halloween, on New Year’s Eve, vacationing on the beach. You publicize each time your relationship transitions; progressively clicking your way from “single” to “in a relationship” to “engaged” to “married.” SpaceBook gives you the wedding slideshow as it unfolds in real time. We’ve become a culture constantly categorizing and consistently broadcasting.

A friend of mine, newly married, was angry when her husband reminded her that he wouldn’t be home for dinner; he was attending a work event. She knew of no such event, she proclaimed. He countered with “Didn’t you see it on my FaceBook?” Really? A wife has to hear about a husband’s plans at the same time as his high school girlfriend? Virtual romance + virtual communication can sometimes create a complicated formula.

Even the youngest among us are gaining a mastery of online social networking long before they ever learn how to feel comfortable networking with human beings in a room. They chat with “buddies” on sites like Club Penguin and gain a false sense of social sophistication. Just because you can approach another online penguin with a slapstick joke doesn’t mean it’s OK to do with a teacher. Boundaries are blurred by the computer veil. But the reality is that social networking rules do not equal real life socializing rules.

But as with all human vices, SpaceBook does succeed in bringing you small doses of life’s candy. Like seeing that the captain of the football team become a regular guy and seeing the popular girls become regular mommies. Like posting photos of yourself 35 pounds lighter and much happier. Like waking up to see your boyfriend change his status to “in love” for his whole Universe to see.