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  • Team Actual Leader - Drheam 2020 With A Mixed Crew

    Episode 1

    The Drheam Cup 2020 - 736 mile course starting in Cherbourg, around Shamble W, Wolf Rock, Fastnet Rock and then finishing in La Trinité-sur-Mer. Team Actual Leader, the stunning grand prix racing maxi trimaran, was skippered by Yves Le Blevec alongside a mixed crew including Alex Pella, Anthony M...

  • KEVVLOG - Look At Those Waves

    Episode 2

    Kevin saw a swell with wind coming on the forecast and going straight for Britany. So he decided very last minute to grab the camper to drive down and they really scored.. Big Time! (CC Available)

    Video Producer: Kevin Langeree

  • The Maxi Edmond De Rothschild In Flight

    Episode 3

    With Summer turning to Autumn, it's the start of the season for Gitana Team to set sail on her first Jules Verne Trophy attempt. To mark the occasion meet Maxi Edmond de Rothschild in full flight, demonstrating her stunning stability and elegance. Stand-by begins on 1 November for the men of Gita...

  • Gitana Team - The Jules Verne Trophy - Circumnavigating The Globe

    Episode 4

    On 1 November 2020, the crew of the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild will officially begin it's meteorological stand-by to set sail on the Jules Verne Trophy, the round the world record under sail Launched in 2017, she is the first offshore racing maxi-trimaran designed to fly in the open ocean. And thi...

  • Gitana Team - The Jules Verne Trophy - The Rookies

    Episode 5

    Aboard the 32-metre giant, there will be a crew of six working in relay day and night in a bid to beat the current record of 40 days 23 hours and 30 minutes held by Francis Joyon and IDEC Sport since 2017. Among them, Morgan Lagravière and David Boileau. Though they hail from very different backg...

  • Gitana Team - The Whole Crew For the Jules Verne

    Episode 6

    Round the world experience, a talent for helming at very high speeds with technical knowledge of the craft could well sum up the criteria set out by Franck Cammas and Charles Caudrelier in putting together the crew on the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild. There will be six men to set sail aboard the lat...

  • Gitana Team - The Importance of Aerodynamics

    Episode 7

    "Today, the boats go so much quicker through the water, flying even… that our greatest brake comes from the air!” says Charles Caudrelier. To reduce drag, take care of the aerodynamics… to do that, the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild has undergone some new developments and been subject to some new modi...

  • Meet The Figaro Beneteau 3

    Episode 8

    The first production foiling one design monohull - designed for racing solo across the ocean - meet the pocket rocket!

    Video Producer: Beneteau

  • Vendée Globe 2020 - The Race and The Skippers

    Episode 9

    The Everest Of The Seas, Vendée Globe, starts in Les Sables d'Olonne, France. It's time to find out why this is regarded as the greatest sailing race round the world. Solo, non-stop and without assistance - a record 33 skippers, including 6 women, representing nine countries, take to the water fo...

  • Vendée Globe 2020 - The Start

    Episode 10

    The start of the Vendée Globe - near perfect 10 knots SE breeze and flat seas at the gun - sending the lone 27 men and 6 women off on their gruelling 24,296 nautical mile round the world challenge. Footage ©Vendée Globe / Nefertiti Production

    Video Producer: VR Sport Media

  • Gitana Team - Yann Riou's Twin Role

    Episode 11

    For the past eight years, sailing and image production have been part and parcel of his everyday life. Self-taught, Yann turned the work of media man into a profession at the end of the Volvo Ocean Race 2012, which he won with Groupama. Since then, he has been skilfully recounting tales from the ...

  • Gitana Team - The Jules Verne Trophy - What is it all about?

    Episode 12

    Start and finish, time to beat, intermediate records… The Gitana Team gives you the general low-down on the round the world record under sail.

    Video Producer: Polaryse

  • Gitana Team - Helming - During This Record Attempt Every Minute Counts

    Episode 13

    Helming remains a key element in success aboard the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild. A top-flight exercise at very high speeds, steering the latest addition to the Gitana fleet at over 40 knots day and night is quite an art. It requires a great deal of concentration and lucidity as well as the opportun...

  • Gitana Team - Waiting For The Right Window Of Opportunity

    Episode 14

    From the start of November, the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild and her crew are officially on stand-by for their Jules Verne Trophy attempt. After a final sail offshore of Lorient, everything is ready to go aboard Gitana 17 as she awaits the moment to set sail on the 22,000 theoretical miles of the le...

  • Gitana Team - Provisions - What Does It Take To Feed The Crew For 40 Days?

    Episode 15

    The compromise between pleasure and performance.. The calculation is a simple one, yet this mission is always complicated since it’s a sensitive topic and one that is essential. 40 days at a rate of two meals per day for six people, not counting the individual breakfast portions and other snacks ...

  • Gitana Team - Jules Verne Trophy - Are You Sailing?

    Episode 16

    The crew of the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild left the pontoon at their base in Lorient at 9:37 pm after a quick goodbye in the frost of this early autumn night. Franck Cammas, Charles Caudrelier, Erwan Israël, Yann Riou, Morgan Lagravière and David Boileau started their campaign to break the Jules V...