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Other names | Innovation Explorer Orange Kingfisher 2 Swift |
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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.