La Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe: The IMOCAs parade and conclude the pre-race arrivals into Saint-Malo

With a few exceptions, all the of the solo skippers who are set to take part in the 12th edition of La Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe will have arrived safely in Saint-Malo by the end this Wednesday evening. There are already 37 out of the 38 IMOCAs already and were due to take […]

Farewell and thank you Mike Birch

Legendary Canadian ocean racer Mike Birch who won the first edition of the Route du Rhum by just 98 seconds passed his final finish line when he died peacefully at the age of 90 during the night of Tuesday into Wednesday at his home in NW France. The entire Route du Rhum community, preparing in […]