Vendée Globe - In the wake of Gitana

In offshore racing, very often we know the stories of the sea or the biographies of the sailors setting off the races, but very little about the background to the teams hidden behind the performances. Construction, research and development, optimisation, training sessions, competitions, as well as team spirit the Gitana Team opens its doors. In January 2015, The racing stable founded by Baron Benjamin de Rothschild announced it’d return to the great planetary adventure that is the Vendée Globe, the focus of which was the creation of a new boat in line with the aims of Sebastien Josse ans the Gitana Team. After severals months build phase at the Multiplast yard in Vannes, the Mono60 Edmond de Rothschild hit the water for the first time. The Vendée Globe is a sailing race around the world and nonstop singlehanded. Skipper sails around the world from west to east via the three major capes of Good Hope, Leeuwin and the Horn. There is a long slide down the Atlantic, the perilous voyage across the Southern Ocean with firstly the Indian Ocean and its crossed seas, then the Pacific Ocean, the world’s biggest ocean. Finally, there is the climb back up the Atlantic to head back to Les Sables d’Olonne, which marks the start and finish of the Everest of the seas. We take a look at each section of the round the world race course... Sailing News TV est la première chaîne Youtube sur la voile. Elle couvre tous les grands événements tels la Coupe de l'America, le Vendée Gobe, la Volvo Ocean Race, la Solitaire du Figaro, le circuit Extreme 40, la Route du Rhum et tous les grands records océaniques. Axée sur la croisière à la voile et la course au large, SailingNewsTV propose des vidéos sur l'apprentissage de la voile, la découverte des plus beaux sites au monde ou la présentation et les tests des bateaux, nouveautés des chantiers nautiques. Cliquez ici pour vous abonner à Sailing News : https://www.youtube.com/user/SailingNewsTV Site web ▶ http://www.sailingnews.fr Facebook ▶ https://www.facebook.com/sailingnews.tv Twitter ▶ https://twitter.com/sailingnewstv