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The Funchal 500 Tall Ships Regatta and Festival do Mar 2008 will be the centrepiece of year-long celebrations of the 500th anniversary of the first settlement on the Portuguese island of Madeira.
The fleet of sail training Tall Ships will gather (10 - 13 September) in the historic port of Falmouth on the south west coast of England before racing to the Ilhavo (Port of Aveiro), Portugal (20 - 23 September). From there the Tall Ships will race to Funchal, Madeira for a Maritime Festival and major celebrations in the city (2 - 5 October).


Find out more about:

Course of the race and the host ports

How to enter

How to sign up as crew

VESSEL ENTRY LIST

The entry list for Class A ships is now closed!

The Funchal 500 Tall Ships Regatta is organised by Tall Ships International Limited, a wholly owned company of Sail Training International.

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