Gitana Team

EDMOND DE ROTHSCHILD GROUP SECURES THIRD PLACE IN OMAN

02.03.2012 : This Friday 2 March wasn’t the French crew’s day on Edmond de Rothschild Group. Having led this Grand Prix from beginning to end, Pierre Pennec and his men stumbled during the seven races run today on The Wave Muscat race zone, to end up with third place in this inaugural event. Victory went to the crew on Oman Air, whose helmsman was enjoying his first taste of the Extreme Sailing Series circuit. Even though disappointment colours the sentiment among the members of Gitana Team this evening, the crew of Edmond de Rothschild Group know that there’s still a long way to go till the 2012 title is decided and the battle has only just begun.

EDMOND DE ROTHSCHILD GROUP DO IT AGAIN IN QINGDAO

20.04.2012 : Under threat for a while due to the weather conditions announced on the race zone in Qingdao, the fourth and final day of the China Grand Prix did indeed take place. It was thanks to a breeze oscillating between five and fifteen knots that the race committee for the Extreme Sailing Series was able to launch seven races and thus create some separation between the nine competing teams. At the end of these races, The Wave Muscat secured its first victory of the season and with it control of the 2012 championship. Red Bull and Edmond de Rothschild Group respectively took second and third place in the Chinese competition after a final raced with daggers drawn.

GITANA TEAM’S DOUBLE IN THE TOUR DE BELLE-ILE

28.04.2012 : By securing a win in the fifth edition of the Tour de Belle-Ile, the 70-feet trimaran fitted out by Baron Benjamin de Rothschild, has snatched her first victory against her adversaries in the Multi One Design class. Sébastien Josse and his seven crew sailed a blinder and on the finish line they were one minute forty seconds ahead of Michel Desjoyeaux’s team. Spindrift Racing completed the podium by crossing the finish line one minute ten seconds after Foncia. A victory which augurs well for the upcoming season and rewards the work carried out by the Gitana Team since they received their boat last October.