Already, a year has passed since the resounding victory posted off Brest by Charles Caudrelier and the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild in the Arkea Ultim Challenge – Brest. At the end of an epic voyage stretching across nearly 29,000 miles upon the planet’s largest oceans, the sailor, having just turned fifty, becomes a trailblazer: the first solo sailor to race around the world aboard a flying multihull. Season 3 of the Gitana Team’s documentary series ‘Flying Offshore’ gives viewers the low-down on this 50-day epic and enables us to get up close and personal with Charles Caudrelier and his team throughout the adventure.
Announced several weeks ago, the sale of Gitana 17 to Team Actual completed on Tuesday. Indeed, the members of shore crew handed over the five-arrow giant to a location just a stone’s throw from their base, definitively entrusting her care to Anthony Marchand and his men. Full circle: Gitana 17 will be adorned in her new livery just a few metres from her successor, Gitana 18, currently in build at CDK Technologies in Lorient. And so as one chapter closes, with its share of emotion, the next, which is set to be just as exciting as the last, is already well under way.
Flying Offshore, season 3
Flying Offshore is the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild’s signature from the moment she comes into the world on 17 July 2017. Indeed, upon the launch of the project, the aim of Ariane and Benjamin de Rothschild and the Gitana Team is to build and fine-tune the first offshore flying maxi-trimaran capable of pulling off the incredible technological challenge of circumnavigating the globe. Naturally, this label becomes the obvious choice to encapsulate Gitana Team’s documentary series.
A 3rd opus at the heart of the Arkea Ultim Challenge!
Flying Offshore is back and for season 3, the concluding sequel given that Gitana 17 is inextricably linked to the series, the action spans seasons 2023 and 2024, culminating with the Arkea Ultim Challenge. From the preparations for this pioneering race, which prove more turbulent than one might wish, to the 50 days at sea punctuated by almost daily technical issues and unforgettable moments like rounding Cape Horn, a first for a flying boat, to a delayed consecration in Brest due to the weather giving our solo sailors a hard time… This final season is opening the doors to Gitana Team even wider, inviting us to navigate the thrills and tribulations of offshore racing.
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