It’s so tough to talk about the Gitana X story!

On the one hand, Baron Benjamin de Rothschild’s intent was clear: after an exciting introduction to the class with Gitana IX, he expressed a firm no to the popular copy-and-paste approach using existing moulds to create a new boat. Instead, he gave a resolute yes to the idea of a brand-new design team briefed to ask all the old questions again, but come up with fresh and innovative answers…

On the other hand, devoting so much energy to reinventing the wheel while your rivals are spending their time and energy optimising the details of a traditional configuration was obviously ludicrous. Except for one Very Important Point: men able and prepared to take on the greatest risks are so rare that they must be honoured just for their courage and foresight…

But…to persevere with such audacity is always the difficult part – and regrettably this is exactly what "our driver" failed to do!

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