2015-generation IMOCA 60 (among the first foiling IMOCAs), designed by VPLP and Guillaume Verdier, built by Multiplast in Vannes and launched in August 2015 for Gitana Team. She later raced as Malizia II (Boris Herrmann) and then Fortinet-Best Western (Romain Attanasio).
Identity card
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- LaunchedThe moment a new boat touches the water for the first time.See in the glossary
- 2015
- ShipyardThe company that builds the boat, or carries out major work on it.See in the glossary
- Multiplast
- Designer(s)The designer of the boat: hull shape, appendages, structure, sail plan.See in the glossary
- Guillaume Verdier,VPLP Design
- DesignThe drawing a boat is built from; sister-ships share the same design.See in the glossary
- VPLP Design IMOCA 2015
- GenerationBuild period: boats of the same generation often share the same technical choices.See in the glossary
- 2012 – 2018
- Hull typeHow many hulls the boat has: monohull, catamaran or trimaran.See in the glossary
- MonohullA boat with a single hull, kept upright by the weight of its keel.See in the glossary
- StatusWhere the boat stands today: active, retired from racing, lost, in a museum or converted.See in the glossary
- ActiveStill sailing.See in the glossary
- SponsorsA company or institution that funds a boat, a team or a skipper in exchange for visibility.See in the glossary
- Not provided
- OwnersThe person or organisation that owns the boat, which does not necessarily race it.See in the glossary
- Romain Attanasio · since 2021
- Operating teamThe organisation running one or more racing boats: technical crew, logistics, partners.See in the glossary
- Gitana Team · since 2015Team Malizia · since 2017
- SuppliersA company that supplies part of the boat's equipment: sails, mast, electronics, foils, keel, energy.See in the glossary
- Not provided
- Sail numberThe identifier printed on the mainsail: a country code followed by a number.See in the glossary
- FRA 10
- FlagThe country the boat is registered in.See in the glossary
- France
- Keel typeThe weighted fin under a monohull's hull, which stops it drifting sideways and keeps it upright.See in the glossary
- CantingA keel that swings sideways, to windward, to better counter heeling.See in the glossary
- FoilsAn underwater wing that lifts the boat so it drags less in the water and goes faster.See in the glossary
- Not provided
- RigThe mast, its boom and all the wires and lines that hold them and control the sails.See in the glossary
- Rotating mastA mast that turns on itself to line up with the sail, for a cleaner airflow.See in the glossary
- Hull materialWhat the hull is made of: carbon, glass fibre, composite, aluminium, wood or steel.See in the glossary
- CarbonA very stiff and light composite material, the standard of racing boats.See in the glossary
- Hull lengthLength of the hull alone, without the bowsprit or protruding appendages.See in the glossary
- 18.28m
- Max beamMaximum width of the boat; for a multihull, from one float to the other.See in the glossary
- Not provided
- DraftHow deep the boat sits: from the waterline to the lowest point of the keel.See in the glossary
- 4.5m
- Air draftHeight of the boat above the water: from the waterline to the top of the mast.See in the glossary
- 29m
- DisplacementThe mass of the boat ready to sail, equal to the mass of water it displaces.See in the glossary
- Not provided
- Upwind sail areaSail area carried when the boat sails towards the wind: mainsail and headsail.See in the glossary
- Not provided
- Downwind sail areaSail area carried with the wind on the beam or from behind, with the big headsails.See in the glossary
- Not provided
Names and sail numbers
What the boat was called and the numbers it sailed under.
Life timeline
Names, skippers, shipyards and races, in one place.
Name
- Podium
- Finished
- Retired
- Yard work
Detailed timeline
Unknown date
Build · until 2015
Multiplast
2015
SkipperThe sailor in command of the boat, responsible for it in the race.See in the glossary · August 2015 – December 2016
Sébastien JosseLaunched as
Gitana 16
Launch · 7 August 2015
Gitana 16 launched
Launched after eleven months of construction at Multiplast in Vannes.
2016
Event · 5 December 2016
Foil failure and Vendée Globe retirement
Third at the Cape of Good Hope, Sébastien Josse suffered a major port foil failure between Kerguelen and Cape Leeuwin and retired, reaching Fremantle.
2017
Renamed
Malizia II
SkipperThe sailor in command of the boat, responsible for it in the race.See in the glossary · 2017 – January 2021
Boris HerrmannSale · 2017
Sold and renamed Malizia II
Sold in early 2017, the boat became Malizia II with Boris Herrmann.
2019
Event · 14 August 2019
Atlantic crossing with Greta Thunberg
Malizia II crossed the Atlantic from Plymouth to New York (arriving 28 August 2019) with Greta Thunberg, Boris Herrmann and Pierre Casiraghi.
2021
Renamed
Fortinet-Best Western
SkipperThe sailor in command of the boat, responsible for it in the race.See in the glossary · since 2021
Romain AttanasioRecord · 2021
South Atlantic northbound record (Vendée Globe)
Cape Horn to the equator in 11 d 18 h 22 min, a Vendée Globe record.
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4 sources · updated 5 Oct 2026