Innovation Explorer
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 Gitana 13 in 2010. | |
| Other names | Innovation Explorer Orange Kingfisher 2 Swift |
|---|---|
| Designer(s) | Gilles Ollier |
| Builder | Multiplast |
| Launched | 2000 |
| Racing career | |
| Skippers | Loïck Peyron Bruno Peyron Ellen MacArthur Lionel Lemonchois |
| Specifications | |
| Displacement | 20 t (20 long tons; 22 short tons) |
| Length | 33.50 m (109.9 ft) (LOA) |
| Beam | 17.50 m (57.4 ft) |
| Mast height | 39 m (128 ft) |
| Sail area | 610 m2 (6,600 sq ft) (upwind) 800 m2 (8,600 sq ft) (downwind) |
| Crew | 10–12 |
The boat was initially launched "Code Zero" as its owners searched for sponsorship. It was soon renamed Innovation Explorer and is an ocean-racing catamaran. It was built for The Race, a no-limits non-stop crewed circumnavigation in which she took second place.
Design and Development
[edit]The boat has two sister ships developed at the same time for Club Med and Team Adventure.[1]
Ownerhip
[edit]She has had several owners and several names, including:[2][3]
2000-Innovation Explorer
[edit]The boat was skippered by Loïck Peyron and Skip Novak in The Race coming 2nd in a time of 64d 22h 32m 38s.
2002 - Orange
[edit]The boat was brought by Bruno Peyron in 2002 where she broke the Around the world sailing record and the Jules Verne Trophy. (Not to be confused with Orange II (boat) which broke the record in 2005)
2003 - Kingfisher 2
[edit]Skippered by Ellen MacArthur in 2003. Whilst competing for the Jules Verne Trophy, she broke her mast near the south-east Kerguelen Islands,
2006 - Gitana 13
[edit]With skipper Lionel Lemonchois
2010–2012 - Swift
[edit]2014-Present - G-FORCE
[edit]Records
[edit]- As Orange, she won the Jules Verne Trophy (Around the world sailing record) in 64 days, 8 hours, 37 minutes and 24 seconds, in 2002.[4]
- As Gitana 13, she set the transpacific record between San Francisco and Yokohama in 43 days, 3 minutes and 18 seconds, in 2008.[5]
- Record from New York to San Francisco via Cape Horn, 2008 Feb, 43d 3m 18s [5]
References
[edit]- ^ "A new giant catamaran at the Multiplast shipyard". www.multiplast.eu. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ "Les maxi-multicoques". Archived from the original on 23 February 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
- ^ "Document sans titre". Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ "WSSRC round the world record". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011.
- ^ a b "Records". www.sailspeedrecords.com. Retrieved 28 April 2022.