''Gitana 13'' is an ocean-racing catamaran. She has had several names, including: *2000: ''Innovation Explorer'', skippered by

Loïck Peyron Loïck Peyron (born 1 December 1959 in Nantes) is a French yachtsman, younger brother of the yachtsman Bruno Peyron. He is particularly famous for winning many races in the 1990s on board his trimaran ''Fujicolor''. Among his notable achievemen ...

. 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 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 skipper Bruno Peyron in 2002 *2003: ''Kingfisher 2'', skippered by

Ellen MacArthur Dame Ellen Patricia MacArthur (born 8 July 1976) is a retired English sailor, from Whatstandwell near Matlock in Derbyshire, now based in Cowes, Isle of Wight. MacArthur is a successful solo long-distance yachtswoman. On 7 February 2005, ...

. She broke her mast in 2003, south-east Kerguelen Islands, whilst competing for

. *2006: ''Gitana 13'' with skipper Lionel Lemonchois *2010–2012: ''Swift'' She is the sister ship of ''

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'', 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 th ...

in 2000.

Records

*As ''Orange'', she won the

(

Around the world sailing record The first around the world sailing record for circumnavigation of the world was Juan Sebastián Elcano and the remaining members of Ferdinand Magellan's crew who completed their journey in 1522. The first solo record was set by Joshua Slocum in t ...

) 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 San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...

and

Yokohama is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of T ...

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