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A passion passed down through people and boats: meet those who brought the Gitana saga to life.
1876
The origins of Gitana
Julie de Rothschild sails La Gitana on Lake Geneva on 21 September 1876. This steamer marks the beginning of the family line.
Speed is her passion: 20.5 knots for La Gitana, then an average of 26.34 knots for La Gitana II in 1898.
Also a photographer, she sets up a studio in her Paris home. Her photographs, signed JR, bear witness to the period.
1960
A taste for racing
In 1960, Edmond de Rothschild resumes the maritime adventure with Gitana III. He chooses sailing and monohulls.
Designers and shipyards help him create boats for both racing and cruising.
For more than thirty years, his crews compete in regattas in the English Channel, the Atlantic and the Mediterranean.
2000
The birth of Gitana Team
Ariane and Benjamin de Rothschild establish Gitana Team in 2000. The family tradition becomes a professional offshore racing team.
Multihulls now take centre stage. Sailors, designers, engineers and technicians work together to improve their performance.
Composites, hydraulics, computing and ropework all contribute to this new chapter in the saga.
2017
Taking flight offshore
In 2017, the launch of Gitana 17, the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild, brings to life the offshore foiling project that Ariane de Rothschild has supported since 2015.
She commits Gitana Team to designing large multihulls capable of sustained flight on the open sea. Research, testing and development become essential to this new generation of boats.
Following in Julie de Rothschild’s footsteps, she continues the family adventure by making innovation a driving force in offshore racing.
