Gitana 16 Explained

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Class:IMOCA 60
Hull:Carbon Nomex Sandwich
Keel Type:Canting Keel
Ballast:Water Ballast
Rudder Type:Twin Rudders
Rig Type:Rotating Mast with Deck Spreaders
Othernames:Gitana16 (August 2015)
Edmond de Rotschild (August 2015)
Malizia II (April 2017)
Seaexplorer - Yacht Club de Monaco (May 2021)
Launched:August 10, 2015
Length:18.28m (59.97feet) (LOA)
Beam:5.7m (18.7feet)
Draft:4.5m (14.8feet)
Height:29m (95feet)
Displacement:8000kg (18,000lb)
Sail:620m (2,030feet)

Gitana 16, her name when launched, is an IMOCA 60 monohull sailing yacht, designed by VPLP and Guillaume Verdier and constructed by Multiplast in France.[1] [2] She was later known as Malizia II. The yacht's hull has a tumblehome shape and is equipped with foils, which were upgraded in 2016 and again in 2020. The boat was commissioned for the Gitana Sailing Team founded by Benjamin de Rothschild. Her first skipper was Sébastien Josse who was later replaced by Boris Herrmann. The yacht does not use any fossil fuel for power. In 2019, solar panels with an output of 1.3kw were installed,[3] and power is also generated by two hydro-electric generators at the stern that can be raised and lowered as needed.

Ownership

2015–2017 - Gitana 16, FRA 16

The yacht was commissioned for the Gitana Sailing Team, founded by Benjamin de Rothschild. She competed in the 2016–2017 Vendée Globe with French Skipper Sébastien Josse but did not finish the race, due to a foil shaft problem.

2017–2021 - Malizia II, MON 10

In 2016, Pierre Casiraghi, Vice-President of the Yacht Club de Monaco, worked with his friend Boris Herrmann of Germany and others to create Team Malizia. The yacht was renamed and competed for the team under the name Malizia II, with the sail number MON 10, flagged by Seaexplorer-Yacht Club de Monaco for the 2020-2021 Vendée Globe.

2021 to date: Fortinet-Best Western, FRA 10

In March 2020, Romain Attanasio of France bought the yacht, following a repair and refit, with the intention of competing in the 2024-2025 Vendée Globe.[4]

Voyages

Racing History

PosYearRaceClassBoat NameSkipperNotesRef
Round the World Races
5/33 2020 Seaexplorer YCM
RET 2016 Gitana 16 foil shaft issue
Transatlantic Races
7 2021 Fortinet - Best Western
15 2019 Malizia II
4 2017 Edmond de Rothschild
RET 2015 Edmond de Rothschild
RET 2016
10 2018
2016 Transat Arctique New-York – Vendée
Other Races
6 / 12 2021 Fortinet - Best Western
+Crew
8 / 20 2019
+Crew
3 / 9 2017

+Crew
2020 Le Défi Azimut race
2020 Vendee Arctique race
2019 Bermudes 1000 race
2018 Monaco Globe Series
Portimao to Bermudes
2016 Défi Azimut

2020–2021 Vendée Globe

With skipper Boris Herrmann the boat competed in the 2020–2021 Vendée Globe[5] finishing 5th after having to reduce its speed close to Les Sables due to a collision with a fishing vessel which caused extensive damage to the starboard foil and side. Herrmann helped with the rescue of Kevin Escoffier after his boat sank.[6]

Greta Thunberg Transatlantic Voyage

In August 2019 the Malizia II took Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg across the North Atlantic Ocean from Plymouth to New York City without producing any carbon dioxide during the voyage, however, France 24 reported that several crew flew to New York to sail the yacht back to Europe.[7] The trip was led by Boris Herrmann. Thunberg's crossing of the Atlantic started on 14 August 2019 and she arrived on 28 August.[8]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Malizia II - Yacht Club de Monaco . IMOCO . 2019-11-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190902084223/https://www.imoca.org/en/imoca/boats/malizia-ii-yacht-club-de-monaco . 2 September 2019 . dead .
  2. Web site: A34 Gitana 16, FRA 16 . 2021-01-16 .
  3. Web site: The new SOLBIAN solar system on board Malizia . 2019-08-28.
  4. http://www.histoiredeshalfs.com/Histoire%20des%2060%27/A34%20Gitana.htm A34 Gitana 16, FRA 16
  5. Web site: The Yacht . en-US . Boris Herrmann Racing . 31 August 2019 . 29 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190729184009/https://www.borisherrmannracing.com/yacht-malizia/ . dead .
  6. Web site: News - Time Compensations To Skippers Involved In the Rescue of Kevin Escoffier - Vendée Globe - En. 2021-01-21. www.vendeeglobe.org. en.
  7. News: Greta Thunberg's yacht due in New York on Tuesday. 26 August 2019. 4 October 2019. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190926125608/https://www.france24.com/en/20190826-greta-thunberg-s-yacht-due-in-new-york-on-tuesday. 26 September 2019. AFP. France 24.
  8. Web site: Greta Thunberg wraps up 15-day carbon-free voyage to New York City . The Verge . 2019-08-28 . Justine Calma.