The Trophy Fernando de Magallanes was handed over to the crew of the Swing by Manuel Villas Boas, descendant of the mythical Portuguese navigator

The Royal Nautical Club of Gran Canaria was for the second edition the final point of the Discovities Race, the regatta of the great Portuguese discoverers that this year has had three stages: Viana do Castelo-Cascais, Lisboa-Funchal, Funchal- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. It has also served to commemorate the 600 anniversary of the discovery of the island of Madeira. A total of 21 ships with the Swing have participated in the ORC class and Oceania Two as winners in their respective categories.

The great winner has been the Portuguese ship Swing of José Augusto Araújo, - the winner of the second year - has been the one that has been imposed in the general of the ORC class and also takes the Trophy Fernando de Magallanes, to the ship that has made in real time the shortest time to make the full tour of 1016 nautical miles. The Protein Sixty-Five of the Galician Manuel Batallan - winner of the first etapa - has ended in second position in the general and third has been the Alzenit of the canary Miguel Cantero - winner of the third etapa - has closed the podium in third position.

As for the Open class the Portuguese Oceania Two by José Ignacio Costa - winner of the second and third etapes - has first ended in the general classification. The second and third position have been for the two ships of the Portuguese Marinha, the Zarco and the Polar respectively.

The president of the RCN Gran Canaria Maica López Galán led the event, which was accompanied by various civil and military authorities such as Vice President Javier Vega, Comodoro Fernando Juárez, the Consul of Portugal, the Head of the Mayo State and Naval Commander Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, José Luis Sánchez de Lamadrid; Dáil Lacamera of the Harbour Authority and by the European Vela Brotherhood its President Francisco Quiroga, Vice President António Bossa and Enrique Boissier.

The third edition of the Discoveries Race will take place in summer 2021 and important developments are presented to continue to grow, in a race that has already been consolidated as the reference ocean race between Spain and Portugal.

Open Class
1 Swing, 9 p
2 Protein Sixty-Five, 19 p
3 Alzenit, 27 p
4 Papoa, 28 p
5 Layer, 29 p
6 Sao Gabriel, 29 p
7 Lobos Island, 30 p
8 Menens, 39 p
8 Salseiro, 39 p
8 Perennial, 39 p
8 Stella Polare, 39 p
8 Dream, 39 p

ORC class
1 Oceania Two, 12 p
2 Zarco, 17 p
3 Polar, 20 p
4 Nautilus, 21 p
5 Muyay, 22 p
6 Traits VI, 22 p
7 Marujo, 23 p
8 Anixa II, 24 p
9 Solimar, 30 p

13 / 08 / 2019: Discoveries Race: Oceania Two in Open and Swing in ORC first to reach Las Palmas

The second edition of the Discoveries Race ends in the Canary Islands after passing through Viana, Cascais, Lisbon and Funchal

The third and final stage between Funchal and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 284 miles away, will close the Discoveries Race, the regatta tribute to the great Spanish and Portuguese discoverers. The Oceania Two (Open) and the Swing (ORC) were the first to cross the line of arrival this early this morning in the passage through the buoyon of Telefónica, where the Committee of Regatas decided to shorten the tour half a mile due to the strong wave that exceeded three meters in height and with night closed.

As was the case in the previous stage between Lisbon and Funchal the Oceania Two by José Ignacio Costa was the fastest to complete the journey between Madeira and the Canary Islands with an inverted time of 1 day, 8 hours and 32 minutes. It was past 1: 30 in the morning.

From there the next to arrive was the Swing of José Augusto Araújo with a time of 1 day, 10 hours and 52 minutes. The ships made more miles than planned, some more than 300, sailing the last stretch closer to the African continent, taking advantage of the alisian winds of the north-east that accompanied all the way to the fleet and blowing up to 25 knots of intensity.

The Muyay of Aureliano Negrín, the island of Lobos of the Spanish Navy and the Protein 65 of Manuel Batallán, arrived in a fist. The Muyay, with the youngest crew in the race between the ages of 12 and 20, was the one who imposed on this group of three who would come between them with a difference of only 45 minutes. The Muyay did it after 1 day, 13 hours and 20 minutes. The island of Lobos, patrolled by the corbeta captain David Martin, entered 34 minutes after and 11 minutes after the ship of the Spanish Navy, was made by Manuel Batallán's Protein 65 and later by Sergio Acevedo's Papoa after 1 day, 16 hours and 8 minutes.

In the absence of five ships for crossing the arrival line two in ORC, Capa and Alzenit and three in Open, Solimar, and those of the Portuguese Marinha Polar and Zarco.

Tomorrow Wednesday will be the delivery of trophies of the second edition of the Discovities Race at the facilities of the Real Club Náutico Gran Canaria at 1: 30 in the afternoon.

11 / 08 / 2019: Twelve ships depart from Madeira to the Canary Islands to close the Discovery Race

Funchal starred in the departure of the last stage that will end in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

The third and final stage of the II Discoveries Race is already under way. Funchal fired the twelve ships taking part in this journey between the Associaçao Regional de Vela da Madeira and the Real Club Náutico de Gran Canaria. The exit line was given from the very mouth of the port of Funchal.

In front they have 284 nautical miles of navigation and with weather predictions that can make it a fairly fast journey as you expect north-east winds between 9 and 10 knots at the start of the stage and they will go up to 22-25, thus they will have practically the aft wind, so the first ships could cross the line of arrival this same Monday afternoon.

Six ships in ORC with the Portuguese Swin of José Augusto Araujo and Oceania Two of José Ignacio Costa in Open, as the protagonist after being the winners of the stage between Lisbon and Funchal.

Next to them are the island of Lobos of the Spanish Navy, patronized by David Martin; the Protein Sesenta y 5 of Manuel Batallán, the Capa de Salvador Méndez, the Papoa of Sergio Acebedo and the Alzenit of Miguel Jorge Canero.

In Open are also the Polar and the Zarco of the Portuguese Marinha, the Muyay Decorations of the Lion of Aureliano Negrín - which has the youngest crew of the race that goes from 20 to 12 years -, the Solimar of Arturo Mirante and the Marujo.

Already in the first miles and after passing a clearing beacon to take a course towards the Canary Islands, the McGregor 65 Oceania Two already took the lead from the same exit with spi, as they sailed along the southern coast of Madeira; followed closely by Swin, Marujo, Capa, Protein Sixty-five and Muyay Decorations of León.

08 / 08 / 2019: Oceania Two wins the second stage of Discovery Race between Lisbon and Funchal

The Oceania Two (MacGregor 65) became from the beginning the great protagonist after leaving the first of the Tajo River and clidding the entire route being also a boat to get the highest points of the journey reaching 10.8 knots. Oceania Two was the first to cross the line of arrival located in the bay of Santa Cruz

The Oceania Two by José Ignacio Costa has been the winner of the second stage of the II Discoveries Race that has separated Lisbon from Funchal, after investing a time of 3 days, 22 hours and 22 minutes. The NRP Polar de la Marinha Portuguese was the second to reach Madeira, followed by the Swing of José Augusto Araújo.

After the victory in the first stage of the II Discovery Race between Viana do Castelo and Cascais, achieved by the Nautilus of the Spanish Navy - which has not participated in the second etapa - and the Portuguese Swing; the second stretch of the 540-mile race between the peninsula and the Madeira archipelago, it left last Sunday from the waters of the Tajo River, and became the equator of this Atlantic crossing.

The Swing (Grand Soleil 50R) was the one that was the longest in the wake of Oceania Two, until on the penultimate day of navigation the NRP Polar (Gaff Shooner) was the one who sailed with the speed of the last hours approaching Oceania Two and exceeding the Swing, which saw the ship of the Naval Scola crossing the second line after 4 days, 0 hours and 50 minutes.

The other two ships that began the journey, the 66th (Bavaria 46 Cruiser) Protein of the CN Sada and patrolled by Manuel Batallán, retired on the last day due to a technical problem.

The Galician ship was the one that sailed closer to the African continent, making more miles than the rest. While the NRP Zarco de la Marinha Portuguese leaves Lisbon two days later than the rest of the fleet due to a break just before the departure and until they could not solve it they did not decide to take a course for Funchal.

The fleet will remain in the facilities of the Funchal Clube until next Sunday, the day that will be given the departure of the third and final stage of the Discovities Race between Associaçao Regional de Vela da Madeira and the Royal Nautical Club of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

05 / 08 / 2019: The fleet of the Discoveries left Cascais for Funchal in Madeira

The fleet left from the Monument to the Discovery in Lisbon and had to remount the Tajo River to its mouth in front of Cascais where it already took a course towards Funchal with a wind of between 14 and 15 knots of intensity.

The second stage of the II Discoveries Race between Lisbon and Cascais is already under way with the participation of five ships. The distance between the capital of Portugal and that of the island of Madeira is 540 miles, and the ships have a time of 120 hours to complete this tour.

Of the five ships that planned to make the journey, the NPR Zarco de la Marinha Portuguese suffered a break on the journey between Cascais and Lisbon and was not able to finally take the exit, making it five units. The four units follow the wake of the first stage between Viana do Castelo and Cascais, the Portuguese Swing - winner of the first etapa -, the school ship of the Marinha, Polar, and the Galician Protein 65 - who defends title after winning the first edition of the Discovery Race and Oceania Two.

The first to take the lead after the first 15 hours of navigation has been the Oceania Two (Mac Gregor 65) by José Ignacio Costa Lopes, a 60-foot ship that already sails at the height of Sagres to the open sea being already the most far from the peninsula at a speed of 7.5 knots. Following you is the Swing (Grand Soleil 50R) of José Augusto Araújo, the fastest of the day at 8.1 knots. The closest to the coast is Proteina 65 (Bavaria 46 Cruiser) by Manuel Batallán, third and in the latest data he did it at a speed of 5.9 knots. Close the Polar fleet (Gaff Shooner).

The current wind is of a northern component of about 14 knots of intensity. It is expected that the ships will arrive in Funchal in the second half of this week and on Sunday they will join the rest of the fleet that will make the third stage between Funchal and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

02 / 08 / 2019: "Swing" in ORC and "Nautilus" in First Open in Cascais in Discovery Race

The fall on the northern coast of Portugal was very fast, with good north wind of about 16 knots of intensity

The eight-boat fleet that carried out the first stage of the second edition of the Discovery Race between the Viana do Castelo Vela Clube (CVVC) and the 192-mile Cascais Naval Clube (CNC) completed the tour just over 24 hours.

The Nautilus, included in the Open- current champion of the Magic Trophy - class, was the winner in real time, investing a time of 25 hours, 20 minutes and 50 seconds. The ship of the Spanish Navy maintained a nice match race throughout the journey with the Swing, of the class ORC, which will arrive just over 20 minutes later, investing a time of 25 hours, 54 minutes and 25 seconds.

From there there was another interesting duel between Trato IV and Proteina 65 the next to arrive in real, with a difference also of just 20 minutes. Trato IV did so after 26 hours, 33 minutes and 15 seconds and Proteina in 26 hours, 50 minutes and 15 seconds.

The Swing pattern, José Augusto Araújo, explained when he arrived at port that "We had a reduced crew, we could not have the best performance of the ship, but it all went very well. There have been times of stress but everything has been going on pretty well. We tried to take the most direct route possible and came to enjoy the pleasure of sailing."

The departure of the second stage of the Discovery Race between Lisbon and Funchal of 540 miles will be on Sunday at 6: 00 p.m.

01 / 08 / 2019: The fleet participating in the Discovery Race heading to Cascais from Viana do Castelo

Today the fleet is expected to arrive in Cascais and prepare the first stage between Lisbon and Funchal

The second edition of the Discovery Race is already under way... the first eight ships sail in the direction of Cascais on a 192-mile journey. After the afternoon of 31 July it is expected that the fleet will reach Cascais, the end of the first of the three stages of this edition of the race that honors the great Spanish and Portuguese discoverers.

The departure from Viana do Castelo was quick with the Swing leading the fleet, being at the head, followed by the Nautilus - the current champion of the Magallan Trophy - and the Proteina 65 - the winner of the I Discoveries Race in the category ORC.

The north component wind of about 15 knots of intensity that is accompanying the fleet from the same exit, are making a fast journey expected and during the night all the ships had already passed through Figuera da Foz and already took positions towards Cascais.

The Nautilus of the Spanish Navy after the first 15 hours and 132 miles sailed - to the height of Sao Martinho do Porto- is the leader of the fleet by sailing at an average of 9.2 knots of speed. He is followed by the only 3 miles from the Swing and a little more distant from the Trato V and Protein 65. The Nautilus and the Swing were the two ships that sailed further off the coast, and in these last miles they have already taken their way to the ground to the height of Peniche.

31 / 07 / 2019: 22 ships in the Discovery Race based in Viana, Cascais, Funchal and Las Palmas

Each of the stages depending on their miles will have a time limit of arrival, and in this way be able to prepare the departure of the next stage... the participating ships will be able to make loose stages or the entire race, to Trophy Fernando de Magallanes only the ships that have made the full tour and will be won by the ship that invests the least time in the sum of the three stages.

The second edition Discoveries Race is presented as a new and interesting challenge that will unite Portugal and Spain... organized by the European Sailing Brotherhood, has as its primary purpose the promotion of friendship and camaraderie among Iberian sailors, under the pretext of this regatta-navigation route that will have 22 ships online of departure... which is a great success.

The departure this morning from the city of northern Portugal, Viana do Castelo and with the end in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria passing through Cascais and Funchal... is the only race between the two countries with exit from the Iberian Peninsula and that will pass through the archipelagos of Madeira and Canarias.

The first stage between the Vela Clube de Viana do Castelo and the Navale Clube de Cascais of 192 nautical miles and with a maximum time of 44 hours from 15 hours... in this first stage will be 10 ships: Anixa II, Nautilus, Polar, Zarco, Oceania II, Proteina 65, Salseiro, Sao Gabriel, Swing and Trato VI.

The second stage will start on August 4 from Lisbon with the end at the Associaçao Regional de Vela da Madeira 540 miles and with a time of 120 hours. It will certainly be the queen stage with a participation of a dozen ships.

The third and final stage will leave Funchal on August 11 and end at the Royal Nautical Club in Gran Canaria, with 284 miles of tour and 64 hours of time limit. It is expected that the latter section will do 12 units.

The Nautilus of the Spanish Navy, the current winner of the Fernando de Magallanes Trophy, has confirmed the participation in the first stage between Viana do Castelo and Cascais, which will not be able to revalidate the precious trophy.

Who will defend the title of the Discovery Race is Proteina 65, champion in the class ORC in 2017 and this year repeats as a great favorite.

The Spanish, Portuguese and Italian Armed Forces will participate with several ships. The Nautilus and the CNR of Las Palmas will do so on the island of Lobos. The Portuguese Marinha will be the Polar and Zarco school and the Italian Stella Polare.

The first edition will also repeat with the lisboeta ship Sao Gabriel.

There will be two classes, the ORC that will be calculated with the CyberAltura program in its ocean variant and Open that will be based on the real time invested in each of the stages.