The new Team DMG MORI IMOCA, designed by Guillaume Verdier, represents one of the boldest design concepts introduced in the class in recent years. Rather than refining existing solutions, the project explores a fundamentally different approach to offshore performance, drawing inspiration from technologies developed in the America’s Cup while adapting them to the unique demands […]
Following her launch earlier this year, Gitana 18 – Maxi Edmond de Rothschild has entered one of the most important stages in the life of any high-performance racing yacht: sea trials. For the design team, this marks the transition from years of engineering, simulation and construction to the real-world validation of an entirely new offshore […]
The inaugural edition of The Ocean Race Atlantic this September will see two examples of the very latest in IMOCA design-thinking face off against each other for the very first time. Boris Herrmann’s Malizia 4 (GER) and Kojiro Shiraishi’s DMG MORI Global One (JPN) – both launched in Lorient, France in recent weeks and currently […]
The unveiling of Groupe Dubreuil 2 marks another significant milestone in the evolution of the IMOCA class. Developed for skipper Sébastien Simon, the new yacht is the result of a close collaboration between the skipper, his technical team and Guillaume Verdier’s design office, with a shared objective: creating a boat capable of competing at the […]
Inside the Design Process at Guillaume Verdier Design Every racing yacht begins long before the first carbon fibre is laid or the first mould is built. It starts with a question. How can a yacht sail faster? How can it remain stable in rough seas? How can it be easier to control while pushing performance […]
The 2026 1000 Race marked a successful start to the IMOCA solo season for Sam Goodchild, who secured an impressive victory aboard MACIF Santé Prévoyance after leading the fleet from the opening stages of the race. The result confirms both the skipper’s strong adaptation to his new campaign and the continued competitiveness of the Guillaume […]
With the Hypersail project, Guillaume Verdier and his team mark a new milestone in the exploration of extreme offshore architectures. Imagined in collaboration with Ferrari and driven by a clear ambition—to push the limits of ocean navigation—this 100-foot monohull redefines the established codes of offshore racing. At the crossroads of the America’s Cup, IMOCA and […]
Ferrari unveiled this week the first images of its future Hypersail, a 100-foot foiling monohull designed for record-breaking campaigns and scheduled to be launched by the end of the year. Several members of the Guillaume Verdier naval architecture firm, which designed the yacht, break down the concept for Sailorz. Launched at the end of 2022, Ferrari’s Hypersail project is entering […]
The ETF26 has established itself as one of the most innovative one-design foiling catamarans on the international sailing scene. Conceived by offshore sailor Jean-Pierre Dick and designed by Guillaume Verdier, the platform was created to make high-performance foiling more accessible while delivering spectacular racing in a compact, one-design format. Today, the class enters a new […]
Behind every line, foil, and structural detail lies an integrated design process — where naval architecture, CFD, simulation, and structural engineering converge into a single offshore racing platform.
Inside a collective architectural vision led by Guillaume Verdier Gitana 18 stands as a powerful illustration of what modern naval architecture can achieve when vision and teamwork move forward together. With the launch of Gitana 18 Maxi Edmond de Rothschild, a new chapter opens in the evolution of offshore racing trimarans. More than the unveiling […]
Highly anticipated, the new Gitana 18, designed by Guillaume Verdier with the Gitana Team, was unveiled mid december in Lorient. It was at the Lorient premises of a fully assembled Gitana Team that the latest Ultim, Gitana 18, was unveiled late on Wednesday, December 3. Ariane de Rothschild, who founded the offshore racing stable with her husband Benjamin […]
Just after 18:00 on Sunday 28 December, Master Lock Comanche was the first yacht to cross the finish line of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2025, completing the demanding 628-nautical-mile course in a time of two days, five hours, three minutes and 36 seconds. At 30.5 metres (100 feet), the maxi once again demonstrated […]
The 32-metre offshore racing trimaran Maxi Edmond de Rothschild has been launched by the French sailing team Gitana, following her construction at CDK Technologies in Lorient, Brittany. Also known as Gitana 18, she succeeds Gitana 17, which was launched in 2017. Built as the 28th yacht in the Gitana lineage, Maxi Edmond de Rothschild […]
At 10:55:28 a.m., Macif Santé Prévoyance was the first to cross the finish line of the 48 Heures Azimut 2025.It completed the 307-mile course in 1 day, 19 hours, 25 minutes and 28 seconds, at an average speed of 7.08 knots.In reality, it covered 357 miles at an average of 8.22 knots. “The boat is […]
Paul Meilhat and his crew on Biotherm are the runaway winners of the second edition of The Ocean Race Europe after adding their fourth leg win in five starts early this morning. The French skipper and his crew – Amélie Grassi and Benjamin Ferré of France and the Spanish sailor Carlos Manera – cruised to victory […]
The crew led by Paul Meilhat dominated the race with remarkable consistency. With victories in four of the five stages (Legs 1, 2, 3 and 5) and leading through four of the five scoring gates, Biotherm delivered a nearly perfect performance…. Having secured overall victory even before Saturday’s Boka Bay Coastal Race, here’s a look at the […]
Paul Meilhat and his crew on Biotherm haven’t won the second edition of The Ocean Race Europe yet, but they have produced a perfect start to this unique event and they are going to take some beating. Arriving at the Leg 2 finishing port of Cartagena in southern Spain in the early hours of this […]
Paul Meilhat and his crew on Biotherm celebrated victory in the first leg of The Ocean Race Europe today as they arrived in Portsmouth on the English south coast after an impressive pace-setting performance in a medium and lightwind stage from Kiel in Germany. Meilhat, who finished fifth in the last Vendée Globe on board […]
he French sailor Elodie Bonafous’ spectacular start to her career in the IMOCA Class continued today as she followed up second place in the Course des Caps earlier this month with her first victory in the Class in the Rolex Fastnet Race. Racing with French veteran Yann Eliès, alongside Basile Bourgnon and Gaston Morvan of France, […]