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 this winter, her skippers - Franck Cammas and Charles Caudrelier – very much hope that the latest addition to the Gitana fleet will be the first of her generation to complete the round the world in flight mode.
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Gitana Team - The Jules Verne Trophy ...
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...
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Gitana Team - The Whole Crew For the ...
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...
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Gitana Team - The Importance of Aerod...
"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...
