IMOCA 60 Gitana 80

IMOCA 60 Gitana 80
Development
DesignerFarr Yacht Design Edit this on Wikidata
Year19 August 2008 Edit this on Wikidata
Builder(s)Southern Ocean Marine (NZL) Edit this on Wikidata
Hull appendages
Keel/board typeCanting Keel
Rudder(s)Twin Rudders
Racing
Class associationIMOCA 60
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The IMOCA 60 Class yacht Gitana 80 was designed by Farr Yacht Design, assembled by Southern Ocean Marine based in New Zealand and was then shipped to France where it was launched in 2007.[1] The boat is a sister ship to Paprec Virbac 2, also built by the same builder from the same moulds.

Names and Ownership

Caroline (baptismal name)

Gitana Eighty (2008)

  • Skipper: Loick Peyron

1876 (2009)

  • Skipper: Pachi Rivero

W Hotels

  • Skipper: Pachi Rivero

Renault Z.E. (2010)

  • Skipper: Pachi Rivero

Synerciel (2012)

  • Skipper: Jean Le Cam

GAES Centros Auditivos (2014-2015)

  • Skipper: Anna Corbella and Gérard Marin

Newrest-Matmut (2015-2017)

  • Skipper: Fabrice Amedeo

Newrest-Brioches Pasquier (2017)

  • Skipper: Fabrice Amedeo

Family Mary-Etamine du Lys

  • Skipper: Romain Attanasio

Pure-Family Mary (2018)

  • Skipper: Romain Attanasio

Pure - Best Western (2018-2021)

  • Skipper: Romain Attanasio

Tut gut. Sailing (since 2022)[2]

  • Skipper: Oliver Heer
  • Sail No.: SUI 49

Racing Results

Pos Year Race Class Boat Name Skipper Notes Ref
Round the World Races
14 / 33 2021 2020–2021 Vendée Globe IMOCA 60 Pure - Best Western FRA 49  Romain Attanasio (FRA) 090d 02h 46m [3]
11 / 29 2016 2016–2017 Vendée Globe IMOCA 60 Newrest - Matmut, FRA 56  Fabrice Amedeo (FRA) 103d 21h 01m [4]
3 / 8 2014 Barcelona World Race IMOCA 60 GAES Centros Auditivos Anna Corbella and Gérard Marin 91d 5h
5 / 20 2012 2012–2013 Vendée Globe IMOCA 60 Synerciel, FRA 59  Jean Le Cam (FRA) 088d 00h 12m
4 / 14 2010 Barcelona World Race IMOCA 60 Renault Z.E., ESP 49 Antonio Piris
Pachi Rivero		 097d 18h 47m
DNF / 30 2009 2008–2009 Vendée Globe IMOCA 60 GITANA EIGHTY, FRA 80  Loick Peyron (FRA)
Transatlantic Races
Other Races

References

  1. ^ "Historie" (in French). Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  2. ^ "OLIVER HEER OCEAN RACING". www.imoca.org. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Romain Attanasio finishes 14th in the Vendée Globe". 6 February 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  4. ^ "News – Amedeo Writes His Own Vendée Globe Story. 11th Place. – Vendée Globe – En". vendeeglobe.org.


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