2001–2002 Volvo Ocean Race

The 2001–02 Volvo Ocean Race was the eighth edition of the around-the-world sailing event Volvo Ocean Race, and the first under the name Volvo Ocean Race. For the 2001–02 the sponsorship of the race was taken over by Volvo and Volvo Cars. The race was renamed the Volvo Ocean Race. Stopovers were added in Germany, France, and Sweden being the Volvo's three biggest car markets in Europe. In addition the points system had been modified significantly in an effort to keep the race competitive until the final leg. The previous "points" race having been effectively won two full legs before the final gun.

2001–02 Volvo Ocean Race
Event title
Edition8th
Dates23 Sept 2001 – 9 June 2002
YachtsVolvo Ocean 60
Competitors
Competitors8
Results
WinnerIllbruck Challenge
Illbruck Challenge in Kiel
Illbruck Challenge in Kiel
Team SEB, Team Tyco and News Corp in Kiel

John Kostecki, who had co-skippered with George Collins on Chessie Racing in the 1997 to 1998 Whitbread to great effect, captained his first Volvo Ocean race winner in 2002. Assa Abloy's new composite mold technique proved very quick, but not quite quick enough, while long time Whitbread skipper Grant Dalton's two boat syndicate suffered badly from a lack of preparation time (the Amer boats were last in the water).

For Leg 3, yachts joined the iconic Australian 2001 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race that begins on Boxing Day (the day after Christmas Day).

Participants

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Boat Nation Designer Skipper
Amer Sports One   New Zealand Mani Frers[1]   Grant Dalton
Amer Sports Too   United Kingdom Farr Yacht Design[2]   Lisa McDonald
Assa Abloy   Sweden Farr Yacht Design   Roy Heiner[3]
  Neal McDonald
Djuice Dragons   Norway Laurie Davidson[1]   Knut Frostad
Illbruck Challenge   Germany Farr Yacht Design   John Kostecki
Team News Corp   Australia Farr Yacht Design   Jez Fanstone
Team SEB   Sweden Farr Yacht Design   Gurra Krantz
Team Tyco   Bermuda Farr Yacht Design   Kevin Shoebridge

Lisa and Neal McDonald, skippers of rival boats, are husband and wife.[4]

Route

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Event Start date Finish date Start Finish Distance (nmi) Winner
Leg 1 23 September 2001 23 October 2001   Southampton   Cape Town 7,350 Illbruck Challenge
Leg 2 11 November 2001 4 December 2001   Cape Town   Sydney 6,550 Illbruck Challenge
Leg 3 26 December 2001 3 January 2002   Sydney   Auckland 2,050 Assa Abloy
Leg 4 27 January 2002 19 February 2002   Auckland   Rio de Janeiro 6,700 Illbruck Challenge
Leg 5 22 March 2002 27 March 2002   Rio de Janeiro   Miami 4,450 Assa Abloy
Leg 6 14 April 2002 17 April 2002   Miami   Baltimore 875 Team News Corp
Leg 7 28 April 2002 11 May 2002   Annapolis   La Rochelle 3,400 Illbruck Challenge
Leg 8 25 May 2002 31 May 2002   La Rochelle   Gothenburg 1,075 Assa Abloy
Leg 9 8 June 2002 9 June 2002   Gothenburg   Kiel 250 Djuice Dragons

Leg Results

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# Boat Leg 1
 
 
Leg 2
 
 
Leg 3
 
 
Leg 4
 
 
Leg 5
 
 
Leg 6
 
 
Leg 7
 
 
Leg 8
 
 
Leg 9
 
 
Total
1 Illbruck Challenge 8 8 5 8 7 5 8 5 7 61
2 Assa Abloy 4 3 8 5 8 6 7 8 6 55
3 Amer Sports One 7 4 7 4 3 7 4 4 4 44
4 Team Tyco 5 1
DNF
6 6 6 3 6 7 2 42
5 Team News Corp 6 6 4 3 4 8 3 6 1 41
6 Djuice Dragons 2 5 3 7 2 2 2 2 8 33
7 Team SEB 3 7 1
DNF
1
DNF
5 4 5 3 3 32
8 Amer Sports Too 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
DNF
1 5 16

Overall Results

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Pos Sail Number Yacht Country Yacht Type LOA
(Metres)
Skipper Points
1 GER 4014 Illbruck Challenge   Germany Farr Volvo Ocean 60 19.40 John Kostecki 61
2 SWE 1645 Assa Abloy   Sweden Farr Volvo Ocean 60 19.40 Roy Heiner
Neal McDonald
55
3 EUR 1 Amer Sports One   Italy Frers Volvo Ocean 60 19.40 Grant Dalton 44
4 BER 2001 Team Tyco   Bermuda Farr Volvo Ocean 60 19.40 Kevin Shoebridge 42
5 AUS 9011 Team News Corp   Australia Farr Volvo Ocean 60 19.40 Jez Fanstone 41
6 NOR 2 Djuice Dragons   Norway Davidson Volvo Ocean 60 19.40 Knut Frostad 33
7 SWE 20001 Team SEB   Sweden Farr Volvo Ocean 60 19.40 Gunnar Krantz 32
8 EUR 2 Amer Sports Too   Italy Farr Volvo Ocean 60 19.40 Lisa McDonald 16
References:[5][6][7]

References

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  1. ^ a b Jobson, Gary. "Fighting Finish: The Volvo Ocean Race, Round the World 2001-2002." Nomad Press, 2002.
  2. ^ "Farr Yacht Design. Design List". Archived from the original on 29 May 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2010.
  3. ^ "Assa Abloy axes skipper Roy Heiner - Australian Sailing". www.sailing.org.au. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  4. ^ "His and Hers Yachts For Married Skippers". The New York Times. 10 March 2002. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  5. ^ Histoiredeshalfs. "WOR60-VOR60-VO70=V065 Alphabetic List".
  6. ^ "Heading for Hobart" (PDF). CYCA. 2001. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  7. ^ Volvo Ocean Race. "Results and Leaderboard". Archived from the original on 2002-10-12. Retrieved 2023-01-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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