Sadly 'all good things must come to an end' and Rally Portugal 2009 is no exception. The Rally sponsors, Marina de Lagos, hosted a superb Rally prize-giving event on Wednesday evening in the Waypoint restaurant at the Marina. Crews gathered for pre-dinner drinks at the restaurant’s outside bar before moving inside to enjoy some splendid food and wine, and then the prize-giving itself.

Rally Portugal is not just a fun and interesting event for the participants. A Year 2 class from a school in Suffolk have been following the event on the Rally website. The tracking of the boats has been made easier acroos the bay of Biscay because each boat was fitted with a Yellow Brick Iridium tracker. Everyday the children ask if they can check the website for updates.