Gitana 11 is starting its 4th season in the stable's colours. Designed by Marc van Peteghem & Vincent Lauriot-Prévost in 2001, this real sea-going trimaran that's very much at home on ocean courses lived up to its excellent reputation last year by winning the Route du Rhum 2006 under the guidance of skipper Lionel Lemonchois. On its arrival at Pointe-à-Pitre, Gitana 11 looked as good as new.

A 33-metre maxi-catamaran, Gitana 13 was relaunched on 30 January this year at Vannes. For the 2007 season, she will be skippered by Lionel Lemonchois. Dedicated to initiation and discovery, she will start the season by attempting two symbolic records: The Route de la Découverte in March and the Miami / New York.

The Gitana Team fleet has been swelled in 2007 by the arrival of a 60-foot monohull (Imoca class). And it is Loïck Peyron, the team's general manager, who has been given the honour of helming Gitana Eighty, this new unit owned by Baron Benjamin de Rothschild.