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!
Launched in 2017, she is 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.
Their ambition for this attempt is twofold: not only to secure the legendary reference time, but also to secure a sub-40-day record. The challenge is a very ambitious one as IDEC Sport and Francis Joyon, the current record holders, have set the bar high, but such is the difficulty of this record and what makes the exercise so fascinating.
Charles Caudrelier and Franck Cammas speak about the Jules Verne Trophy, as well as how offshore racing in general has evolved through the exploits of the men and the boats that have coloured the history of the record since its creation in 1993.