On 1 November 2020, the crew of the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild will officially begin its meteorological stand-by to set sail on the Jules Verne Trophy, the round the world record under sail!

Aboard the 32-metre giant, there will be a crew of six working in relay day and night in a bid to beat the current record of 40 days 23 hours and 30 minutes held by Francis Joyon and IDEC Sport since 2017. Among them, Morgan Lagravière and David Boileau. The first is known and acknowledged for his incredible feel for the helm and his acumen with regards getting a boat making fast, indeed very fast headway. The second is one of the mainstays of the Gitana Team, of which he has been a part for over ten years. The boat’s strongman, crew and an extraordinary technician, David Boileau is the boat captain on the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild.
Though they hail from very different backgrounds, the two sailors have a number of things in common: they both share a passion for anything that flies, they’ll both be on watch in the round the world and they’ll be contesting their very first Jules Verne Trophy. So here we have the boat’s rookies presented to you via this quick profile comparison!

Launched in 2017, she’s the first offshore racing maxi-trimaran designed to fly in the open ocean. And this winter, her skippers - Franck Cammas and Charles Caudrelier – very much hope that the latest addition to the Gitana fleet will be the first of her generation to complete the round the world in flight mode.

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