''Doha 2006'' is a maxi-

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 ...

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

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 th ...

, for The Race, * Maiden 2, skippered by

Tracy Edwards Tracy Edwards, MBE (born 5 September 1962) is a British sailor. In 1989 she skippered the first all-female crew in the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race, becoming the first woman to receive the Yachtsman of the Year Trophy and was appointed ...

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 an ...

. It is the sister-ship of

Gitana 13 ''Gitana 13'' is an ocean-racing catamaran. 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. ...

, 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 th ...

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 1 ...

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

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

References

Individual catamarans Individual sailing vessels 2000s sailing yachts Sailing yachts built in France Sailing yachts designed by Gilles Ollier The Race yachts Oryx Quest yachts