Associação Nacional de Cruzeiros - Portugal. The ANC is intended to promote the development of sport and recreational practice of cruise sailing in collaboration with the Portuguese Sailing Federation and other entities related to water sports and the sea. Lisboa, Portugal

Regional Sailing Association of South Portugal

On September 11, 1943, a group of sailors decided to found a Club with the aim of boosting the practice of sailing. Now offering sailing regattas and a sailing school for adults and kids. Leça da Palmeira, Portugal

The Clube Naval da Horta (CNH) website seeks to be a faithful mirror of the intense nautical sporting activity and the intense dissemination and promotion activity in the Azores and Faial, which this Club has been carrying out for many years now. This Clube Naval, son of a very strong Faial tradition linked to nautical sports, heir and successor of the Local Committee of the Portuguese Naval League, outstanding promoter of the Azores as a destination or stopover for international recreational nautical, continues with great vitality and a great desire to fully fulfill its role in this society. With hundreds of young people involved each year in the nautical sports that it organizes and manages, with hundreds of active and involved members, with deep ties to the society in which it operates, the CNH is rigorously aware of the importance of its activity. Horta Açores, Portugal

The Clube Naval de Cascais (CNC) was founded in 1938 and is primarily dedicated to the promotion and development of sailing in Portugal and the upholding of the traditional values of sportsmanship and the pursuit of excellence that has been reached by many of its sailors at both national and international level. CNC is located on the bay of Cascais, right on the Atlantic Ocean and 11 miles from Lisbon, one of the world acknowledged best venues to organize all type of sailing competitions. Since the 1950s, CNC operates a sailing school for all age groups and, since 2006, runs a disabled sailing program and both are presently the most active in Portugal. The CNC runs a very active annual schedule of different type of regattas that represented 115 days of sail racing. These regattas range from monthly club races to regattas for international centerboard and keel boat classes, like national selection, regional, national championships. CNC also organizes regattas for IRC/ORC yachts. Cascais, Portugal

On July 7, 1960, a group of 14 sailors enthusiastic about nautical activities founded the Clube Naval de Leça, and their statutes were officially approved on December 9 of the same year. Headquartered at Molhe Norte in Leixões, this club has, over the years of existence, provided water sports for all who seek it, with a special focus on sailing. The Clube Naval de Leça subdivides its activities into several sections: Sailing, Diving and Sport Fishing. Leixões, Portugal

On December 1, 1987, the Yate Clube do Porto was founded by a group of cruisers who wanted to create a new reference for sailing in the North of Portugal, with the best of experience and knowledge. Their main objectives were the practice of sailing on cruise ships and the development of the sport, seeking from an early age to promote the training of sailors, as well as the participation and organization in major sporting and cultural events in Portugal. It has organized numerous national and international deep-sea cruise sailing regattas, including several “Volta a Portugal à Vela”, “Match Racing” Championships (benefiting from its exceptional location for this modality), light sailing, and, every year, together with the Confraria do Vinho do Porto, it organizes the now traditional Rabelo Boat Regatta. We know how to welcome all sailors in port at Leixões. Currently, the Yate Clube do Porto has the largest fleet of Cruise Ships in the North of Portugal and continues to tread its path towards the growth of the sport and the training of new sailors through its Sailing Academy. Palmeira, Portugal