GALINI crosses the Atlantic: From Lisbon to Malaga – the Mediterranean finale

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Our Mediterranean adventure begins at the start of the season in Lisbon. After boarding, a thorough safety briefing and provisioning together, we use the time to get to know the crew and prepare the yacht for the coastal passage. We first sail to Cascais, the elegant seaside resort just outside Lisbon. Then the route takes us south to the Algarve – with possible stops in Lagos with its famous rock formations or Faro with the unique Ria Formosa.

This leg is part of the GALINI's West–East Atlantic Crossing 2027. Leg 1: St. Maarten – Bermuda – Azores (Ponta Delgada), 01.–23.05.2027, from 3.230 € pp. Leg 2: Azores – Lisbon, 25.05.–04.06.2027, from 1.605 € pp. Leg 3: Lisbon – Málaga, 06.–14.06.2027, from 955 € pp. The legs can be booked individually or together. The complete sailing trip St. Maarten – Málaga (01.05.–19.06.2027) is available from 4.280 € pp. Please enquire about combinations of two legs.

Highlights
Lisbon – Start in the legendary seafaring metropolis, final Atlantic memories

Cascais – Elegant seaside resort and marina, Portuguese flair

Lagos – Spectacular rock formations on the Algarve coast

Faro/Ria Formosa – Unique nature reserve with lagoons and birdlife

Cádiz – Europe's oldest city, pure Andalusian culture
Legs bookable individually or combined – complete trip St. Maarten – Málaga from 4.280 € pp

Sailing area
At the start of the season, the Iberian coast shows itself at its best: this final leg runs along the coast from Lisbon to Málaga. From Cascais we head south to the Algarve, past the famous rock formations of Lagos and the lagoon landscape of the Ria Formosa near Faro, on to Cádiz and through the Strait of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean. A varied coastal passage with short legs, harbours and anchorages – the Mediterranean finale of an Atlantic crossing.

Trip
Our Mediterranean adventure begins at the start of the season in Lisbon. After boarding, a thorough safety briefing and provisioning together, we use the time to get to know the crew and prepare the yacht for the coastal passage. We first sail to Cascais, the elegant seaside resort just outside Lisbon. From there our route takes us south to the Algarve – with possible stops in Lagos with its famous rock formations or Faro with the unique Ria Formosa. We continue to Cádiz, Europe's oldest city, before sailing through the Strait of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean. The voyage ends on Spain's Costa del Sol in the port of Málaga.

For anyone collecting miles for their next sailing licence: as on this trip we sail along the Iberian Atlantic coast all the way into the Mediterranean, a good number of nautical miles go into the logbook. Naturally, we will issue you with an official mile confirmation at the end of the voyage.

Our GALINI is travelling the world – and you can be part of it! With us you are not an anonymous guest on a standard route, but part of a real crew discovering new horizons together. We are not a classic charter company running the same tour every week. Instead we sail together, experience real boatlife and embrace the adventure the sea has in store for us.

Step aboard a superbly equipped, lovingly maintained boat and enjoy what makes us special: with us nothing comes off the peg. Every sailing trip is unique – sometimes spontaneous, sometimes planned, always full of surprises. Unplanned experiences are just as much a part of it as relaxed days on deck.

Do you want to do more than just sail along? We look after the boat's systems together, and you can pitch in yourself if you'd like. You can also turn it from a holiday sailing trip into a real experience on a long-distance yacht and become part of life at sea.

Our sailing trips combine holiday, experience, mindfulness and real boatlife. Become part of our crew and experience a special time on GALINI – authentic, communal and full of a spirit of adventure.

It is also possible to book individual legs as a cabin charter:

- St Maarten - Bermuda - Azores

- Azores - Lisbon

- Lisbon - Malaga

Wind & climate
In spring we can expect ideal conditions on this leg:

Wind: frequently from west to north-west, 4–6 Bft. (15–25 knots)

Air temperature: 18–25 °C by day, cool at night

Water temperature: 18–23 °C

Atlantic: Longer, benign swell (1–3 m)

Weather: mostly dry and clear, rain showers are rare and brief

The yacht
Our beautiful GALINI is a very fast, large and comfortable yacht. She spent the winter in the Caribbean and will cross the Atlantic in May/June.

She is a modern Hanse 575 with 4 double cabins and a skipper's cabin. Each cabin has its own head with electric toilet. Wi-Fi via Starlink (optional), multimedia, generator 220 V / 7 KW (230 V in all cabins), washing machine, air fryer and coffee machine. She has large solar panels, radar, AIS, a watermaker, hydraulic bathing platform and a dinghy with outboard motor. A comprehensive array of safety and navigation equipment and much more besides – in short, everything you need to be self-sufficient on the go without needing to call at a provisioning harbour. A yacht that meets the highest standards for safety, design and comfort.

The sailing characteristics are outstanding too! The Hanse was designed by Volvo Ocean racers and is the fastest yacht in her class. Sailing pleasure guaranteed!

Services
Atlantic crossing as cabin charter with experienced skipper

Berth on the yacht

Sailing instruction and safety briefing

Nautical miles confirmation on request

Use of all on-board facilities

Additional costs
Ship's kitty (food, diesel, final cleaning etc.): approx. €250 per week per person. On the Atlantic crossing there are hardly any harbour fees (hardly any harbours), so the ship's kitty is lower than in the Mediterranean.