''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 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 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

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, whilst competing for

. *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 th ...

in 2000.

Records

*As ''Orange'', she won the

( 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

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