Bugio Crossing
The Bugio Crossing is a 2-person relay swim of the Santa Cruz – Desertas Natural Swim, a 13.5 nm (25 km) marathon swim in the Madeira Islands between Madeira and the Desert Islands in Portugal. The 25 km race is in two modalities: Ilhéu Chão Crossing (Individual competition) and the Bugio Crossing.
Contents
Start and Finish
Start: town of Santa Cruz on Madeira Island (coordinates: 32o41’06,76’’N / 18o47’34,39’’W)
Finish: Ilhéu Chão on the Desert Islands (32o33’14.77’’N / 16o32’14.91’’W)
Date
The event will take place between 3-7 June
Water temperature
22ºC
Maximum number of athletes
20 including Colin Hill, Duarte Paulini, Carla Patrícia, Davide Góis, Frederico Silva, Mário Bonança, Humberto Gonçalves, João Pereira, Carolina Ornelas, Catarina Alves, Paulo Silva, Pedro Sousa, Sérgio Pereira, Ricardo Jardim, Marco Silva
Distances
Individual race: Ilhéu Chão Crossing, 13.5 nautical miles (25 km) Two-person relay: Bugio Crossing, 2 x 6.75 nautical miles (2 x 12.5 km)
Organisation
Late Clube de Santa Cruz, Clube de Natação da Madeira, Municipality of Santa Cruz and the Associação de Natação da Madeira will be responsible for the organisation of this event under the leadership of race director Pedro Vasconcelos from Iate Clube de Santa Cruz.
The security of the event will be assured by the Capitania do Porto do Funchal, Serviço de Proteção Civil and SANAS Madeira, and supported by Secretaria Regional de Educação e Recursos Humanos, Direção Regional da Juventude e Desporto, Capitania do Porto do Funchal, Serviço do Parque Natural da Madeira and Associação Regional de Canoagem da Madeira.
Contact
External links
- Santa Cruz – Desertas Natural Swim
- Santa Cruz – Desertas Natural Swim In Madeira Islands
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Colin Hill
- Duarte Paulini
- Carla Patrícia
- Davide Góis
- Frederico Silva
- Mário Bonança
- Humberto Gonçalves
- João Pereira
- Carolina Ornelas
- Catarina Alves
- Paulo Silva
- Pedro Sousa
- Sérgio Pereira
- Ricardo Jardim
- Marco Silva
