Monday 24 June 2013

Route des Princes update, Teams make preparations for next leg from Dun Laoghaire to Plymouth

With gale force winds ripping across Dun Laoghaire the remaining inshore racing has been cancelled.  The teams are now preparing for the next offshore leg between Dun Laoghaire to Plymouth.

From the following article on the Route des Princes website:

http://www.routedesprinces.fr/en/news-race/620/tactical-race-to-plymouth.html

With no inshore racing possible in Dun Laoghaire Sunday for the Routes des Princes fleet due to very high winds on Dublin Bay, the focus for the multihull fleet returns to offshore racing as Leg 3, to Plymouth is set to start on Monday morning at 1100hrs local time (Dublin).

read more here

Meanwhile Spindrift Racing are preparing their damaged and now righted MOD70 for transit back to La Trinite.  If all goes well they should be back in action for the next offshore leg from Plymouth to Bay of Morlaix.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.589540594401119.1073741841.347512061937308&type=3

There is also an excellent article on Sail-World submitted by Sabina Mollart Rogerson.

http://www.sail-world.com/Australia/Route-des-Princes---Focus-returns-to-offshore-racing/111148

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