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Mike Birch, inaugural winner of Route du Rhum, dies at 90

Por: The Boston Globe Nation October 27, 2022

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SAINT-MALO, France — Canadian skipper Mike Birch, who won the Route du Rhum solo trans-Atlantic race by 98 seconds, has died, the event’s organizers said Wednesday. He was 90.Mr. Birch entered the legend of offshore sailing back in 1978 when he claimed the inaugural edition of the Rhum by an astonishingly small margin after 23 days at sea. In his 12-meter Olympus Photo trimaran, Mr. Birch pipped Frenchman Michel Malinovsky’s bigger, more... + full article



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