1978 Route du Rhum
Appearance
Event title | |
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Name | 1978 Route du Rhum |
Edition | 1st Edition |
Event details | |
Start location | St Malo (FRA) |
Finish location | Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe) |
Course | Solo Non-Stop Transatlantic Race |
Dates | Starts 1978 |
Yachts | 36 Boats |
Competitors | |
Competitors | 36 Sailors |
← N/A 1982 → |
The Route du Rhum is a single person transatlantic race first run in 1978.[1]
The inaugural race had an unusually close finish for a trans ocean race of this era where boats varied so much. Under 8 minutes separated Mike Birch on his trimaran and Michel Malinovski, as can be seen in vintage footage.[2]
Gallery
[edit]Results
[edit]Pos | Sail No. | Boat Name | Type | Designer | Year | Name / Nationality | Finish Time | Delta % | Speed | Ref. | |
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1 | 39 | Olympus Photo | 11.48m Trimaran | Greene-Newick | 1978 | ![]() |
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23d 06h 59m 35s | 0% | 6.34 | [3][4] |
2 | 28 | Kriter V | 21m Monohull | Mauric | 1978 | ![]() |
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23d 07h 01m 13s | 0% | 6.34 | [5] |
3 | 20953 | Rogue Wave | 60ft Trimaran | Dick NEWICK | 1978 | ![]() |
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23d 15h 51m 32s | 1.59% | 6.24 | [6] |
4 | Kriter IV | 23m Alloy Trimaran | Joubert | 1978 | ![]() |
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24d 06h 27m 20s | 4.2% | 6.08 | [7] | |
5 | 157 | Wild Rocket | 19.17m Ketch | Auzepy Brenneur | 1972 | ![]() |
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24d 20h 37m 20s | 6.73% | 5.94 | [8] |
6 | 43 | Arauna IV | 11.58m Mono | Gilles Costantini | 1975 | ![]() |
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26d 05h 09m 25s | 12.55% | 5.63 | [9] |
7 | Saint-Malo - Pointe-a-Pitre | ![]() |
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26d 12h 52m 22s | 13.93% | 5.56 | |||||
8 | FRA 4466 | Petrouchka | 14.50m Monohull | Dominique Presles | 1971 | ![]() |
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26d 16h 23m 29s | 14.56% | 5.53 | [10] |
9 | 21 | Salamandre | 11.50m Monohull | Ollier | 1978 | ![]() |
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27d 01h 39m 25s | 16.22% | 5.45 | |
10 | Via Assurances | ![]() |
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27d 21h 17m 10s | 19.73% | 5.29 | |||||
11 | X.Périmental | ![]() |
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27d 21h 36m 56s | 19.79% | 5.29 | |||||
12 | Gudrun IV | ![]() |
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28d 01h 01m 13s | 20.4% | 5.26 | |||||
13 | Quart Kriter | ![]() |
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28d 05h 02m 59s | 21.12% | 5.23 | |||||
14 | Bestevaer | ![]() |
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29d 04h 38m 00s | 25.34% | 5.06 | |||||
15 | Damnation | ![]() |
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29d 12h 07m 07s | 26.68% | 5 | |||||
16 | Jeremi | ![]() |
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29d 14h 29m 40s | 27.1% | 4.99 | |||||
17 | Mutuelles Unies | ![]() |
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30d 02h 30m 36s | 29.25% | 4.9 | |||||
18 | Bluamnesya | ![]() |
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30d 04h 36m 15s | 29.63% | 4.89 | |||||
19 | Saint-Marguerite | ![]() |
m ![]() |
30d 12h 29m 45s | 31.04% | 4.84 | |||||
20 | Lady of Sailomat | ![]() |
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31d 17h 30m 51s | 36.23% | 4.65 | |||||
21 | Barbados | ![]() |
m ![]() |
31d 17h 27m 45s | 36.22% | 4.65 | |||||
22 | Journal de Mickey | ![]() |
m ![]() |
31d 21h 30m 00s | 36.94% | 4.63 | |||||
23 | Logo | ![]() |
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31d 08h 30m 00s | 34.62% | 4.71 | |||||
24 | Champagne Delafon | ![]() |
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34d 08h 30m 00s | 47.5% | 4.3 | |||||
TLE | Fortuna Syntofil | ![]() |
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TLE | Belor Avon | ![]() |
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TLE | FRA 6930 | Pornichet Marine | ![]() |
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TLE | 34 | Synthegral | 12.6M Tri | Kelsall | ![]() |
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TLE | Pytheas | ![]() |
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RET | Tanikely | ![]() |
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RET | Lili-Aggie | ![]() |
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RET | Paul Ricard | ![]() |
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RET | Seiko | ![]() |
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RET | Ville des Sables | ![]() |
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RET | Disque d’Or II | ![]() |
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RET | Manureva Dispa | ![]() |
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Source:[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Mike Birch, inaugural winner of Route du Rhum, dies at 90 - the Boston Globe". The Boston Globe.
- ^ Route du Rhum : arrivée Birch et Malinovsky on the 8th Dec 1978.
- ^ "Olympus - Historic Boat Archive". Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ "Sailor Profile of Mike Birch Winner of 1st Route du Rhum". 26 October 2022.
- ^ "- Historic Boat Archive". Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ "Rogue Wave - Historic Boat Archive". Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ "- Historic Boat Archive". Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ "- Historic Boat Archive". Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ "- Historic Boat Archive". Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ "Petrouchka - Historic Boat Archive". Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ "Burg Veenemans".
- ^ http://www.histoiredeshalfs.com/1978%20Rhum.htm