Gitana 13

Gitana 13 is a maxi-catamaran that participated to many races. It, is at the moment, skippered by Lionel Lemonchois and is the property of the Gitana Team.

It has had several names ^[1] :

• 2000 : Innovation Explorer, skippered by Loïck Peyron, for The Race, where it finishes in second position.
• 2002 : Orange, skippered by Bruno Peyron, with which it wins the Jules Verne Trophy in 2002.
• 2003 : Kingfisher 2, skippered by Ellen MacArthur. It broke its mast in 2003, south-East Kerguelen Islands, on the route of the Jules Verne Trophy.
• 2006 : Gitana 13 after being bought by the Gitana Team.

It is the sister-ship of Club Med, winner of The Race in 2000 with Grant Dalton.

Records

• Under the name Orange : Winner of the Jules Verne Trophy (Around the world sailing record) in 2002, in 64 days 8 hours 37 minutes 24 seconds.^[2]
• Under the name Gitana 13 : Record of the transpacific between San Francisco and Yokohama in 11 days, 12 minutes and 55 seconds in 2008.^[3]

Dimensions

• Launched : 2000
• Type : Catamaran
• Architect : Gilles Ollier
• Shipyard : Multiplast
• Length : 33.50 m (110 ft)
• Width : 17.50 m (57.41 ft)
• Displacement : 20 tons
• Mast height : 39 m (128 ft)
• Sails: 610 m² / 800 m²
• Crew : 12

References

1. ^ Les maxi-multicoques
2. ^ WSSRC round the world record
3. ^ WSSRC record

External links

• Gitana 13 on the site of the Gitana Team