| Innovation Explorer | |
| Othernames: | Innovation Explorer Orange Kingfisher 2 Swift |
| Designer: | Gilles Ollier |
| Builder: | Multiplast |
| Launched: | 2000 |
| Skip: | Loïck Peyron Bruno Peyron Ellen MacArthur Lionel Lemonchois |
| Crew: | 10–12 |
| Displacement: | 20t |
| Length: | 33.5m (109.9feet) (LOA) |
| Beam: | 17.5m (57.4feet) |
| Height: | 39m (128feet) |
| Sail: | 610m2 (upwind) 800m2 (downwind) |
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.
The boat has two sister ships developed at the same time for Club Med and Team Adventure.[1]
She has had several owners and several names, including:[2] [3]
The boat was skippered by Loïck Peyron and Skip Novak in The Race coming 2nd in a time of 64d 22h 32m 38s.
The boat was brought by Bruno Peyron in 2002 where she broke the Around the world sailing record and the Jules Verne Trophy. (Not to be confused with Orange II (boat) which broke the record in 2005)
Skippered by Ellen MacArthur in 2003. Whilst competing for the Jules Verne Trophy, she broke her mast near the south-east Kerguelen Islands,
With skipper Lionel Lemonchois