Innovation Explorer
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.