This is a project that is pushing at the boundaries at the most extreme end of the sport and could well define the next generation of deep ocean foiling machines.
So when Gitana 18 lifted onto her foils, albeit just on port tack, heads turned.
Plus, PlanetSail's Matt Sheahan talks exclusively to Sebastien Sainson – one of the key players on the design team – about where the project is, what happens next and what the thinking was behind their very unusual interior.
