To Ireland’s 19th century emigrants who were heading for a new life across the Atlantic in America, the Fastnet Rock became known as Ireland’s Teardrop.

The leading MOD70s on the Route des Princes' second leg from Lisbon to Dun Laoghaire should pass the Fastnet rock this morning where the first to pass gains two bonus points.

Racing with the whole MOD70 fleet in close contact for periods today, Yann Guichard and the crew of Spindrift continue to lead leg 2 of the Route des Princes as they passed to the east of

Yann Guichard and the crew of Spindrift led the Route des Princes MOD70 fleet out of Lisbon’s Tagus river, taking the bonus points at the C1 mark by Cascais, setting a fast, intense pace in t

Edmond de Rothschild repeated the winning ways that she established around the inshore race tracks in Valencia last weekend when they completed a similar success today in the Route des Pr

Just as they did in Valencia, Sebastien Josse's crew on Edmond de Rothschild proved the masters of the short, high intensity inshore race courses Friday on the more compact confines and tr

Oman Air-Musandam crossed the finish line off Lisbon to win the first leg of the Route des Princes at 12h41'38'' local time (11h41'38'' UTC), having taken 2d 23h 41mn 38secs for the 794 miles first

After another night upwind with regular tacks across the Bay of Cadiz in light airs and into head seas, the first multihull on Leg 1 of the Route des Princes turned the corner at Cape St Vincent, o

Fortune tellers are part and parcel of Lisbon’s Popular Saints Festival and in particular the Feast of Saint Anthony that will be in full swing when the Route des Princes fleet arrives.

The leading Route des Princes teams on leg 1 from Valencia to Lisbon should pass Gibraltar later this morning ready to take on a complicated ridge which will protect the Bay of Cadiz and beyond tha