All Entries in the "Multihull" Category
Time for the Final Act (Gitana Team) – Extreme Sailing Series
Tomorrow sees the start of the fifth and final Grand Prix of the Extreme Sailing Series. The 2010 championship is drawing to a close and the new winner will be revealed on Tuesday 12th October after four days of competition disputed on the race zone of Almeria, at the southern tip of Spain in Andalusia. [...]
Oman’s Gift To Singapore Arrives
In short:-
o Jewel of Muscat reached its new home in Singapore at sunset on July 3 2010 after an epic journey following the ancient maritime silk route from Oman. On arrival in Singapore, Omani Captain Saleh Al Jabri presented a kamal, a 9th-century navigational tool, to Singapore President S.R Nathan as [...]
Express SNSM Record for Gitana 11
The first maxi-multihull to take the start of the SNSM Record, Gitana 11 has set a reference time across the 360 mile course proposed for the 6th edition of what has become a seasonal classic. Yann Guichard and his six crew completed the two return legs between Saint-Nazaire (Loire-Atlantic) and Sainte Marine (South Finistère) in [...]
Gitana 11 returns to the waters of La Trinité between the squalls
At the end of April, Gitana 11 limped into the hangars of St Philibert, SW Brittany after weaknesses were observed on the maxi-trimaran’s floats by Yann Guichard during a solo offshore training session. Now, following a six week refit and some exemplary work carried out by Gitana Team’s shore crew, everything appears [...]
