‘La Route des Princes’ starts January 9th 2013 from Valencia

With the MOD70 circuit lacking sponsorship this is a nice race to gather them along some other big Multis: 4 MOD70, 4 Multi 50 and a Maxi 80. I go for Guichard’s Spindrift. Press release below. Images Marcel Mochet & Route des Princes.
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Routedesprinces.fr “A multihull event celebrating the best of Europe at a regional and local level
The Route des Princes, a completely new concept and first to bear its name, will take place between 5th and 30th June 2013. Open to all multihulls of 50 ft and over, this race is a tour of Europe that focuses on the regional and the local, taking a dozen crews from Valencia, in Spain, to the Bay of Morlaix, in Brittany, via Lisbon (Portugal), Dublin-Dún Laoghaire (Ireland) and Plymouth (Great Britain). It covers a total of 3,045 nautical miles and promises to be a richly rewarding and intense journey, with stopovers to coincide with local festivals and events…”
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Teams , Schedule and Stages at www.routedesprinces.fr