''Gitana 13'' is an ocean-racing
catamaran
A Formula 16 beachable catamaran
Powered catamaran passenger ferry at Salem, Massachusetts, United States
A catamaran () (informally, a "cat") is a multi-hulled watercraft featuring two parallel hulls of equal size. It is a geometry-stab ...
. She has had several names, including:
*2000: ''Innovation Explorer'', skippered by
Loïck Peyron. She was built for
The Race, a no-limits nonstop crewed circumnavigation in which she took second place.
*2002: ''Orange'', won the
Jules Verne Trophy with skipper
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 1 ...
in 2002
*2003: ''Kingfisher 2'', skippered by
Ellen MacArthur. She broke her mast in 2003, south-east
Kerguelen Islands
The Kerguelen Islands ( or ; in French commonly ' but officially ', ), also known as the Desolation Islands (' in French), are a group of islands in the sub-Antarctic constituting one of the two exposed parts of the Kerguelen Plateau, a large ...
, whilst competing for
Jules Verne Trophy.
*2006: ''Gitana 13'' with skipper Lionel Lemonchois
*2010–2012: ''Swift''
She is the sister ship of ''
Club Med'', winner of
The Race with skipper
Grant Dalton
Grant Stanley Dalton (born 1 July 1957) is a New Zealand sailor who has competed in five Whitbread Round the World Races and currently manages Team New Zealand.
Background
Dalton is a professional sailor who started sailing at the age 8 in ...
in 2000.
Records
*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.
[WSSRC round the world record]
*As ''Gitana 13'', she set the transpacific record between
San Francisco and
Yokohama in 43 days, 3 minutes and 18 seconds, in 2008.
*Record from New York to San Francisco via Cape Horn, 2008 Feb, 43d 3m 18s
References
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Individual catamarans
Individual sailing vessels
2000s sailing yachts
Sailing yachts designed by Gilles Ollier
Sailing yachts built in France
The Race yachts