The boat was initially launched "Code Zero" as its owners searched for sponsorship. It was soon renamed ''Innovation Explorer'' and is an ocean-racing

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. It was built for The Race, a no-limits non-stop crewed circumnavigation in which she took second place.

Design and Development

The boat has two sister ships developed at the same time for ''

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'' and Team Adventure.

Ownerhip

She has had several owners and several names, including:

2000-Innovation Explorer

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

The boat was brought by

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in 2002 where she broke the Around the world sailing record and the Jules Verne Trophy. (Not to be confused with

Orange II (boat) ''Orange II'' is a large catamaran designed for ocean racing, a "maxicat". The boat is 36.80 m long and has a 45 m mast and was launched in 2003. It was designed by the Gilles Ollier Multiplast design team, built by the Multiplast yard in Vannes, ...

which broke the record in 2005)

2003 - Kingfisher 2

Skippered by

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in 2003. Whilst competing for the Jules Verne Trophy, she broke her mast near the south-east

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2006 - Gitana 13

With skipper Lionel Lemonchois

2010–2012 - Swift

2014-Present - G-FORCE

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. *As ''Gitana 13'', she set the transpacific record between

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and

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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

{{s-end Individual catamarans Individual sailing vessels 2000s sailing yachts Sailing yachts designed by Gilles Ollier Sailing yachts built in France The Race yachts Oceanic Racing Multihulls