''Doha 2006'' is a maxi-

catamaran A catamaran () (informally, a "cat") is a watercraft with two parallel hull (watercraft), hulls of equal size. The wide distance between a catamaran's hulls imparts stability through resistance to rolling and overturning; no ballast is requi ...

, that has participated in many offshore races under several names: * Club Med, skippered by

Grant Dalton Grant Stanley Dalton is a New Zealand sailor who has competed in five Whitbread Round the World Races and was appointed manager of Team New Zealand in 2003, and is CEO of the team. He is also passionate about motor racing and is an avid F1 ...

, for The Race, * Maiden 2, skippered by Tracy Edwards and

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, * Doha 2006, skippered by

for the

Oryx Quest Oryx Quest was the name of the first round-the-world yacht race to start and finish in the Middle East and was held in February 2005 in Qatar. The race, organised by British sailor Tracy Edwards, was regarded as a follow-up to The Race of 2000 ...

. It is the sister-ship of

Gitana 13 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 ...

, winner of the

Jules Verne Trophy The Jules Verne Trophy is a prize for the fastest circumnavigation of the world by any type of yacht with no restrictions on the size of the crew provided the vessel has registered with the organization and paid an entry fee. A vessel holding t ...

with

Bruno Peyron Bruno Tristan Peyron (born 10 November 1955) is a French yachtsman who, along with his crew on the catamaran '' Orange II'', broke the outright round-the-world sailing record in March 2005. He was the first winner of the Jules Verne Trophy in ...

Records

* Under the name ''Club Med'' in 2000 : Winner of The Race. * Under the names ''Club Med'' or ''Maiden 2'' 3 times between 2000 and 2002 : Winner of the

24 hours distance record Speed sailing records are sanctioned, since 1972, by the World Sailing Speed Record Council (WSSRC). Records are measured either by average speed over a specified distance or by total distance traveled during a specified time interval. The thre ...

, with, in 2002, {{convert, 694.78, nmi, km. WSSRC Records
/ref> * Under the name ''Doha 2006'' in 2004 : Winner of the

References

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