We ask top sailors and marine industry gurus to choose the coolest and most innovative yachts of our times. Johan Salen nominates Gitana 17\u201cThe Ultimes to me are the most technologically advanced and fastest boats that you can still go offshore with, at incredible speeds and at the same time a robustness and all round performance: 30 knots upwind on the ocean! So I think they are technically the peak of sailing at the moment,\u201d says Salen, who nominates the giant trimaran Maxi Edmond de Rothschild, also known as Gitana 17.
\nGitana 17 is a 32m fully foiling trimaran built to a Verdier design to compete in both crewed (by a team of six) and solo races and record attempts. Skippered by Charles Caudrelier, it has won the Rolex Fastnet Race, Transat Jacques Vabre and Brest Atlantiques.
\nPhoto: Beno\u00eet Stichelbaut\/Gitana SA
\n\u201cGitana in particular, even though it\u2019s not the most recent Ultime, has very good sailors who have constantly been evolving it so that at the moment it is the most optimised boat,\u201d continues Salen.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s so big and powerful, and to see the whole thing up in the air is really incredible.\u201d
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\nGitana 17 stats rating
\nTop speed: 50.7 knots
\nLOA: 32m\/104ft
\nLaunched: 2017
\nBerths: 1-3
\nPrice: c.\u20ac12million
\nAdrenalin factor: 98%
\nJohan Salen
\nThe Swedish co-owner of The Ocean Race and former co-president of the Volvo Ocean Race, Johan Salen has been involved with the race since competing in it in the late 1980s. Also a former professional windsurfer, Salen has previously cruised around the world on an Outremer with his wife and son and now lives aboard a Fountaine Pajot Aura 51.<\/p>\n
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We ask top sailors and marine industry gurus to choose the coolest and most innovative yachts of our times. Johan Salen nominates Gitana 17\u201cThe Ultimes to me are the most technologically advanced and fastest boats that you can still go … <\/p>\n