Route des Princes. European Multihull Yacht Race calling to Dun Leary
#routedesprinces – Damian Foxall's Oman Air-Musandam MOD70 gains two points on first offshore leg from Valencia, Spain to Lisbon, Portugal after a good start on Sunday and a fast race to the Benicarlo turning mark and scoring gate. According to…
Damian Foxall's campaign for the inaugural Route des Princes title got underway today on Oman Air-Musandam's when the flag went up on the start line in Valencia against a backdrop of cheering crowds. All four 70 foot trimarans, including Oman…
#routedesprinces – Damian Foxall is Ireland's most successful ocean racer. After winning the Volvo Ocean Race with Franck Cammas' successful Groupama crew, his fourth participation in the Whitbread/Volvo Ocean Race, Foxall has returned to grand prix Multihull racing some ten…
#routedesprinces – For those crews competing in the MOD70 class, the Route des Princes kicks off for real tomorrow. Indeed, on Friday and Saturday – 7 and 8 June – the first of the event's inshore races will take place…
The major dates for the Route des Princes: Valencia (Spain) Inshore races: on 7 and 8 June Start of leg 1: on 9 June Lisbon (Portugal) ETA: on 12 June Inshore races: on 14 and 15 June Start of leg…
Kerry's Damian Foxall is preparing for one of the toughest tests of the season when he sets off from Valencia in Spain on Sunday to stake his claim on the first ever La Route des Princes crown. Foxall is part…
Dun Laoghaire Prepares for Giant Multihull Routes des Princes Race Call
29th May 2013 Route des Princes
The first edition of the Route des Princes, a new European Tour which is solely for racing multihulls, will take on a challenging new course over three weeks of racing, starting on June 9th from Valencia in Spain to the…
Route Des Princes Fleet to Make Round Ireland Speed Sailing Record Bid
29th May 2013 Route des Princes
#routedesprinces – A fleet of some of the fastest sailing craft in the world will make an attempt on the Round Ireland Speed Sailing Record next month.The giant 70-foot Route Des Princes multihulls which race to Dun Laoghaire (June 20-23)…
Route Des Princes Challenge Looms as MOD 70 Edmond de Rothschild Victorious in ArMen Race
13th May 2013 Route des Princes
#routedesprinces – For the first of the season's battles with their MOD70 counterparts, Sébastien Josse and the men of Edmond de Rothschild came good and such a performance augurs well for the Route des Princes, the classes first official competition…
Foxall Onboard Giant Multihull as Dun Laoghaire Revealed as Port of Call in 'Route des Princes'
6th February 2013 Route des Princes
#routedesprinces – Ireland's Volvo Ocean race winner Damian Foxall will race onboard the MOD 70 Oman Sail when the giant Multihull fleet races into Dun Laoghaire harbour from June 20th to 23rd. Originally destined for Cork Harbour the route revealed…
#multihull – No sooner have the MOD 70s left Dublin Bay than Cork is the next venue for giant multihull visitors for the first edition of the Route des Princes that will take place from 9th to 29th June 2013.…
