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| Location | West Indies |
| Prints issue | LIMITED EDITION 30 prints ONLY |
| Shooting date | December 8th, 1978 |
| Original picture | Slide |
| Original picture | Slide |
| Formats | Large format |
| Era | 1960-1980 |
| Colors | Blue |
In the world of race and sailing, he is Rubi. A nickname he owes to Olivier de Kersauson, his shift companion of the first round the world race aboard Pen Duick VI in 1973. On his return, he changed course and took the opportunity to redouble its Cape Horn on Neptune in 1977. Long gone are the maths.
Prof. left teaching to start a nautical journalist activity. In 40 years of reporting, Bernard Rubinstein touches everything to satisfy his passion: the sea and the boats. Racing or cruising, he first tries them in Neptune Nautisme, Neptune Yachting and Voile Magazine. This is a pretext to sail close with the greatest sailors, from Alain Colas to Eric Tabarly, from Loïck Peyron to Armel Le Cleach through Franck Cammas. To face storms, he spends long periods on the Abeille Flandre and then its successor the tug Abeille Bourbon. Enthusiast about lighthouses, his collection on the subject is unique in France.
Besides, this is the time when these sea sentries were still occupied by guards that he landed on all lighthouses of the Iroise sea with a bonus of an eight days stay in the lighthouse of kings, Cordouan. Today, he can claim in all modesty to have lived since 1976, all departures of Transat, those of Rum and of the Vendée Globe. To have written and photographed hundreds of boats. It would be mistaken to think he could draw a certain vainglory from all that. He is Rubi, just Rubi.
Since its inception, this new innovative race that is the Route du Rhum is quickly nicknamed "Transat de la Liberté". At the end of October 1978, the organizers registered 36 registrations. All the big names of the sailing world have responded to the call: Alain Colas, Bruno Peyron, Marc Pajot, Florence Arthaud, Olivier de Kersauson, Philippe Poupon ... Yet, a name is missing on the call: Eric Tabarly. The famous sailor did not have time to find the financing necessary to develop a boat to measure the competition.
On 5th November 1978, more than 100,000 people were there to watch the start. The arrival of the Olympus trimarans, led by Mike Birch, and Kriter V, led by Michel Malinovsky, the victory for only 98 seconds of Mike Birch on his competitor, and more tragically the disappearance of Alain Colas on Manureva off the Azores will affect all minds and contribute to bring the Route du Rhum into legend, from its first edition.
This photo represents the decisive moment when Mike Birch surpasses "Malino" a handful of seconds before crossing the finish line as a winner.
