Marbella

Marbella debuts its cruiser sailing crossing on October 31

The Real Club Marítimo and the marina organize the I Travesía Virgen del Carmen with around twenty participants.

Raquel J. V. · Published on October 23, 2026 at 23:10

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Marbella will host the I Travesía Puerto Deportivo Virgen del Carmen on Saturday, October 31, a cruiser sailing race with about twenty registered participants. It is organized by the Real Club Marítimo in collaboration with the municipal marina, as explained by the director of the port facility, Carlos Romero, together with the club's president, Fernando Oltra, and its manager, Nuria Diego.

About twenty boats

The event aims to promote cruiser sailing and strengthen nautical activity in the city, according to the organizers. The race will bring together about twenty participants, a figure that reflects a debut: this is the first edition of the crossing.

Where it is held

The venue is the Puerto Deportivo Virgen del Carmen, the municipal facility that gives its name to the race and collaborates in its organization. Marbella is a municipality in the province of Málaga, in the Costa del Sol Occidental, with 159,786 inhabitants (INE 2025), the second most populated in the province, and one of the most important tourist cities on the Costa del Sol, according to Wikipedia.

What the organizing club is

The Real Club Marítimo is the entity promoting the competition, with the backing of the marina. The race is presented as an initiative to encourage cruiser sailing, a modality that until now did not have an event of this type on the local calendar, according to the promoters.

To take part

The crossing is held on Saturday, October 31 at the Puerto Deportivo Virgen del Carmen. Those who wish to take part must contact the Real Club Marítimo, the organizing entity, to learn the registration conditions.