Orange II is a large catamaran

Catamaran

A catamaran is a type of multihulled boat or ship consisting of two hulls, or vakas, joined by some structure, the most basic being a frame, formed of akas...

 designed for ocean racing, a "maxicat". The boat is 36.80 m long and has a 45 m mast. It is one of the fastest ocean-going sailing vessels in the world. It was designed by the Gilles Ollier Multiplast design team and built by the Multiplast yard in Vannes, France.

Orange II held the Jules Verne Trophy

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 the Jules Verne trophy will not necessarily hold the...

 for the fastest time around-the-world

Around the world sailing record

The first around the world sailing record was, logically, set by the first person who circumnavigated the world: 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 the Spray .Most races...

 at 50 days, 16 hours, 20 minutes and 4 seconds from 2005 until March of 2010. Orange II was skippered by Frenchman Bruno Peyron

Bruno Peyron

Bruno Tristan Peyron 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 1994, for completing a round-the-world trip in under 80 days...

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The sponsor, Orange, discontinued its yacht racing activities. The boat is currently (March 2010) in storage at Multiplast and is reportedly for sale.

Dimensions

Length of the hull: 36.8 m / 120.7 ft
Beam: 18 m / 60 ft.
Length of the mast: 45 m / 147 ft.
Headroom: 49 m / 160 ft.
Draught with daggerboard down: 5.5 m
Draught with daggerboard raised: 2.5 m
Surface area of sail close-hauled: 800 m² / 8608 sq ft.
Surface area of sail downwind: 1100 m² / 11,836 sq ft.

External links

• BYM News Photo Gallery Album with hundreds of Orange II photos.
• BYM News Interview with Orange II skipper Bruno Peyron.
• BYM News Interview with Orange II designer Giles Ollier.

http://www.cetim.fr/gb/references.do?id=&idr=4649 Cetim Technical Center about the construction of Orange II