NavList:

For those in Britain and elsewhere who know of him:

I note in today's 'Times' newspaper (Boxing Day 26th December 2009) the obituary of MIKE RICHEY. MBE. born 5th July 1917. Deceased 22 December 2009, aged 92 years.

The obituary was headed:

'Expert on astro-navigation whose nonchalant transatlantic voyages in the tiny yacht 'Jester' inspired generations of solo sailors.

"Mike Richey was a wartime naval officer and the founding director of the Royal Institute of Navigation from 1948 to 1983, but his affinity with the sea went deeper than either. He made 13 single-handed crossings of the Atlantic in a 26ft boat, the last at the age of 80; survived two shipwrecks and became a symbol to several generations of of solo sailors........ "

"...he always said he was more interested in navigation than sailing......"

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Douglas Denny.
Chichester. England.